The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-18
STATESME En- At THE FAIR.
sPEEtHEs mar 'ONkLING 4ND SEy-
NOM N.IDE ~ IOWyTLLE
The Farmers Of Lewis County Instructed IA
TO the Importance OF Agriculture. and the
Nn-tness of their Count,y's Resources.

large audience 10y the Hon. d. C. West and
were enthusiastically received. Senator Conk-
ling sioAo as follows:
one thought j. suggested 10y this occasion
which yu1 VIII let ne present. ! mean the adj
vantage - agriculture in America OYER
every other country on the glohc. In mar
" every an,. hu ihis cultVHing thu soil
begins and uds with an effort to make tho
country yicli food enough for the people who
live IN H. Ia most countries oven this cannot
he done. Many oi ~" nNinns are CONSUMERS
COMPELLED To- buy hrnntlstuiI- from others In
one country luly besides this can mgr ulture
even be- an cAi'rnHi commercial Industry. and
In n" country can n h. 80 fully ~ 30 IT, here tho
,.r%,lninaii lint al" ruling comn"rriai interest.
III" sources amt '"m"nis ni wealth eV.IvWhrre
IN all time, IA, few ana con ~ easily pointed
out. In no country Hu wealth over b. crr.t II
by sle'gli OF hand or ia any way sayo only 10y
Iabor II 'an never br ,rrutnd 10y political par
tics. or ny icRi~iaion. 81 that laws can do Is 10
h,lp or hntri in IL work.
and must /" ~. product of human toll II
must be- pi"u. h'l INT OF thr ground. blasted
wron!;h, "u, ~, In. '1' rnTn,"d ant i i1 ,5 I,
anvil Production lies at th, bottom nf ,il COM
MhHrr our srr"i' ~ 10 -,ir.' ana Treasure ll's.
IL il not nllhnla, wealth; ytt W. have mines
rich IN IA" pr",i"u- ~ ta-, and rich'I Vet. vast
mines ~ M wing Of metals. iron. We have
coal .l'lft rNhll-tc-- and unsurpassed in the
fuel they rruuucr. W. have timber in nlun-
,uanr'' .hd 81 great Narct}i Bui any ON u
rcpr'sen' IN ou@Erout strength ana advantage
of our country. They arc all secondary whom
compared wth somotiing clsr. Thr bfoado-t.
strongest most enduring hgsis ~ nr t,r,.ai,.,.,
ity ~ 10 unti.u ana a. Oiir hdi,iauNi Wealth -
the soil Dur Hrsa;pst uo~-,'~.iun ami lrniit Is
aud Is 10 be- thr oilt .nns ol tii. ,urth Here il
our on ~. 40 advantage over every other poo
temp rit..tr la e.. f,rrit intitiid. udnnt.al la
produc NJ ail the great staples. from wheat to
From -,r b. ew. ,Ntnndinr from north and
south noa iy tg" thousand miles W. have "A
continent 90 Won 'oriul f'rllty. In rs midst.
g. b" SURF D.. !. fainl 80. region: Int oven this ns
has boon shown in U,nh. EN- Inv irrigation l.,
Calllurni., thr.y year. ago n. Il volcanic ,l,' y,
and row tno flock and Tn wheat fields of cal.
iio,nh are among iie Wopdsrs OF our inns.
sl"-t OF out soii a~s- lttc Of the hand of man.
viii a haryy~f Srr.ai 81, thn man ma li" 80
the rr.ma 'his give us amon.; tho iai. l- OF
makes agri u.iu," NOT onlv our lnn,i'ni- iniet.
.sf al In. MI ,,t T.. ~. ~ ''.- it'',1i
mr., s,,in,, i.,r, az III ~, az W.
green d ,t 49, H., ,n,' '' i'' ,,i, p'' ,,
hcriird aDuufrit.. in ,yhi IA n'hrr nufi.,n- ,,r..
crowded nr, M. III NJ 90
a. i MAJ no' be- safe i9r me To- say much about
Juriu. .7,,', '.', N.Sl l"Iih'r inn rs
IN f1r M ,r.inr n'nr ~ cntS c''','y' , i'Inn-
pn.. llr,...! gna .,,in'.. Ind iu,,, . ,', YIN
thu i.t, ni rtt', al Ii ,,, ,''' i.,,,,, MI
better ~i-.d VITA h. -'rins To- be- ite..fb"r
and sun"riar h"inps il Is dn.n.d v s-. mn,
persons evidence, az broad yirvs.an,l n ivnn',.I
I'LL EHiurS, ani r,i.n,ii.ni' and even morality 10
stitut,une If l. fh.t.yhf mt. i,.i' XII H., -,
hunt ON and rl!.uIilv and dwell nm, "a n 10.
fcenrir- and shortonmings. real OF imagined
OF tho Aiu,.ri,'r Moon H. ,,n il'1,r tb", So H.,
WuriI nu,i ,i.nt., hi H. v.n la ~, ~
fore tie ra.l ue,n, and grnn 1 m ms ~, ril,,.r
countries l.on.' will ,iitl.r n Lnuf III rt,..
ar" spots ON tn sun. hut If our .l,n l. nnr..
spotted than some other sun. my oy.s greatly
deceive me.
However this may be the 1,eorranhv ~ iha
we'll kunvn unrie al th. ,.nru, ~. ,,,n, m MR.,
on All Franco il oniv f,ur-fi,th. ihn ~. - ~,
single state OF TnXn- France, ha. az n,,1 ma
people. or IN 10 iLe snuarr milo One.hnif "f
theln are npriculfIri-t- ENGLAND /. ah,,t ~.
siz,, Of lin" Si,to ~ NV YnrE III a. iIi,,, -,
feed her own reopie i Shown in a inii"r rom
nm American 4, I'M, nm, E,i,,'t - a ,n
1ircs apInrrnily stated win n''mrn"y nn,,'',r
IN tLa Albany Er.,foo JginJinf If inst .,,v,iniu"
III. SAYS. '''
The Bru.h tool SAMMY cor,os ,,,,,n,. c,, d.,
Prom year a. wear ',nsiiniiv and r"itl w, A., %
srcat staple, i. brought from c"nunctia
countrI". rui 'e tinted states In 1876 cereals wrre
ti .,, I aiu, "i rs'',.sss meats Of ull kini,
enc. 81 ~. 100 sit,s,t,,., pu , 80.
itri y -irt,i tn ,i,f .ontihn,,,ll \. ,,r M " xxx
~ .fl.uH l..s, item. go SLOW he dci,n tnr, n
hfrAt hni DO ","n other c0untlic. and BECAUSE they
,aiu'5,. T. N' ,.'.. n't hu,i Jay hi-.r prices
~ -'' '''' j." '' '"ip''' are dfaNh
Ih' German empire T. not 80 large as Texas
10y =" 4 81 al, anu Germany has 42.OQu coo
hl"nlh L. l''d on 200 io me square mile. Rus
"a alone hi' land enough Co. feed herself AMI