The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-07
Are There Too Many FsrmsssS

just now there Lspp. Do to Be too
much Of almost everything that /, n,o.
duecd by human labor. There j, ios
asssh, sssl uasaed, the turnaces ,urn
cut TO III mach iron; too much cotton
aud too much woolen cloth are woven :;
too much leather Is made, aud curious.
y enough, nlauy people are complain.
Ing tha. there has beef ,oJ much mon.
cy wsde; Indeed, soome 70 SO far 40
% declare that the { &c. 70 in the manu-.
faesu'e oi paper dollars is the very rca.
son Why ,Ler. seems to be too much
Of too n,a"y Of everything produced BY
ialor. The farmers Is 10 s1ceptiou,
Tie has too much whe 1t and corn, or
Ut least there is SO much Of it to bs
ooid that he caLnot get u salts xctory
price for Ills produce 1t is the same
with fruit, vegetables, ckeese, butter
aud beef; pork ouly seems to be sin.
gle exception.
Are there then too MANY farmers. N
some people seem to think? II So is
would se.m that there are too mapy
mlaers, sP'nnrrs, wesve.s, :.Saune,s,
builders, carpenters, merchspts, .elcrka
aud isw>sss. NJ we'll; for ali these peo-
PIE are complaining that their business
IS ~ b.d or wors. than the tai mers de.
clare theirs to Be. 1t can hardly be
he Case that there are tco many p~o.
pie in the world. Ii there ale too
luauy Of all other classes than farmers,
one might we'll euppose that, as 10 IN
'rs src "erd>d to supply others with
iood aud material for 10, hing, there
would be more Customers to purchase
their produce, and that ,he,r uuubxr
uis ut be safely INCREASED.
The suppos'tiun that there are too
many farmers usy be sbsudvued ~
u"tou"ded. Every farmer, who should
leave his iarm aud 70 iuto other bust.
uees, would have worse state of things
tina" he is endeavoriug to leave. If
Que should sell his farm, aud try to in.
vest his mo"ey It interest Ls would
h"d that there are too many in that
safe and Proftsb!e ,uves, we,,ts are -
difficult 'o 6ud at high prices for cru
or wheat.
Under the present tcmpory condi-
tiou OF tn ass tue tarm~rs are tho only
class Vi people that are not too .umer.
Gus. When thsl. business hspp. rs to
be poorer than usual, they d. no, tud
themselves suddenly DISCHARGED with.
out wages, to Sstve or to subsist upon
their s'vrs hosldc f"r such u 'raluy
day." q" the contrary, the farmer
has, or he u'ay always have, sufhc,ency
vi the ncc.ssari.s Ut: life. aud most of
It's couiorts, aud although he may not
have much monty passing through h;s
hands, Or b. able to sp:ud uuch il
| 'uxu'ies. yet his posi'iou is So vastly
better 'l,a" that ot any ether classes If
WORKERS., that these naturally seek to
become iaruucrs When their own busi-
ues tails Or .im,s are hard. We hsvo
now .ctOrc Us numerous letters from
persons who have h.th,lto worked in
.ac,o,i.s or at various trades, sskiug
Us t. advise them how they may invest
their savings in i iarm ur a garden
tract, a. j become independent VI y
man.r of life that is tu.i VI "urs aud
dow.s" aud serious reverscs, which
they believe the flrmcr's Lie " he tree
rUu.
The fict j., lev Of Us "see ourselves
as Others see- Us" and We are too apt
10 look too much upon the dark side
oi our own affairs, aud the bright side
Vi other people 5 instcad Vi colug tho
reverse. 1t would make great differ.
e"cc in cur ideas uf things, it farmers
wc,e to d. tbs, aud there would be
fewer VI thew inclined 10 think or be.
''.ve that there are too many Ut then
i" The country. AS u curious coincid.
epce, We notice that the English farm.
e's ti''Lk thtre are too many in their
business there, aud are disinc;iued to
Ply. ," high ren,s for their farms 40
they have heretofore been doing; and
yet the E"gI'sh people are buying
over one hundred u'ti,,on bushels Of
'rosa foreign ia'uuers every year. Per.
"sps: they think there are too many
tsrmtrs here tor their profit It would
serve their purpose, doubtless, Tor y
tlu,e, ii We did not raise hush. Of
wheat for export. but it could hardly
| bette. our tir.un,sf ant..a
Out Ct our Population there are six
perso.s engaged III other industries 70
very one engaged in ia, u,iug, aud this
RATIO is increasing eyer, year. Every
year farmers are deer easing in proper.
lion to the whole population, and if
figures speak the truth, We cannot bs.
lleve that there are too many fat N: 70
now, when there are relatively fewer
then there have ever bscn bstors.-1
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