The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-10-09
A Bad Bug.

In his address at the Columbia coun-
ty Agricultural Fair, Governor Tilden
gave the farmers some important infor-
nation In regard to that which is far
more destructive to their incomes from
year to year than the potato bug or any
and all of the insects that eat up their
crops. The address is very suggestive.
and We copy the following portion of
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the culture III which you are engaged no doubt
] could poipt on, whPt and who your enemies
are, could point ont what aRency 1t ia that
lar TO the potato bug. with which the farmers
OF this county are pal ticularly familiar. But
have 10 say to you that there Is bug far worse.
There Ia bug that consumes not merely your
potato crop, but that consumes every one OF
your crops, consumes them partly before they
gathered -apd that is the K collector. This
little animal appears every year. You may
have struggled and tOiied Won may have worked
IN your field and in your workshop. but he eats
mp your suDtanoe at the end OF the year.
nad occasion last winter to say that In this
country there Is far too much OF the net earn.
Jugs OF society far too much OF the fruits OF la.
Dor consumed for the purpose Of carrying on
the Government, and that there ought TO Ue Ell.
forced q str1cter economy In our affairs, both In
the town, In the country, IN the stale. and Ill
the Union. Fellow-cihzens, within the last ten
years there has been taken frop the fruits ol
industry IN tine American UuiOn seven thOus
and millions OF dollars TO carry on the govern
ment-seyen nundl cd millions Of dollars In each
year. Think what m0nstrous anu appalling
amount. Think, fellOw-citizens. whatever may
be your party aiiiliaIi0ns or party Opinions-say
to mo whether there Is not great evil and q
great wrong which every good cilizen ought y
Join hands with all other good citizens TO reeti
". am quite aware that a state OF Things hGl
existed IN our country that would nstural y
create these evils In the exigences OF war, 10
sues OF paper money were supposed TO be neces
BArY, ano habits and tendencies the reverse OF
frugalily and economy were engendered among
the public cticoIs. A. custom grew up to spenc
more on every Objeot and particularly TO spepC
more for those objects in which the pubic
agents, without paying II themselves, draw in
steaa from the pockets Of the people, This Is 4
condition Of nffairs that requires the oOnsdergte
patriotic firm action OF ali citizens Of ali parues
OF all GLASSES.
And there is no person In the American UnioI
who ls more deeply interested III this refOru
than the farmer. To-day about halt of the tai
contributed by the IarmeI goes 10 the stale o
New York 10 carry on public AFFAIRS. II, there
fore, the amount can be reduced One-haf.lt vii
repQce one quarter, what the Jax-Rath re-
claipls, II you do not reduce town and count
taxes, that Il ypur own iault because the thin
TO State taxes, that Is within the power OF tn
legislature aud the Executive ut Albany. II
regard TO that you Will have no difficulty what
eyer II you send there tue right men and yol
viii fiD1 that II ere will be no difficulty in re
ducinR the state tax one-hHlt Within two year
the faTmeis IN the rural districts win onl,
hay they desire it and are determined 70 hay