The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-08-01
THE PAPER FARMERS SHOULD SUP

says:A g. B & 4 T.,
ahe<pgses is xLas6 reat2moyipas ppwsl
Of the Civilized World. II modlds con-
mon minds and sways public sentiment
like the magic wand OF the enchanter
It makes or unmakes the politician and
the aspirant for public favor, and it is
the salvation or destruction OF parties
doctrines and creeds. Truly 1.-THE pen
is.nfglltier THAN the sword" for If the
latter has slain its thousands, the for
mer has slafn IT'S tens Of THOUSANDS, and
greater il thousand times and more glo.
rious are its victories than all the tri
umplIs that !. Cesar, Alexander or M.
p0leon ever achieved on hundreds OF
sang,,i,,ary fields. Ii this country, he.
You'd all others, the press is supreme,
for we are Il nation Of newspaper read
ers, and our passion for the printed
sheet is one Of our national Gl:.racteris-
tics. In the railway car, nN the steam.
boat or steamship, on the crowded
thoroughtare OF busy mart, ut home Or
ABROAD, on land or OH sea, you will find
the traveller and the lounger, the busy
man and the man Of leisure, alike all
sorbetl in the inevitable newspaper
Neither men nor measures Gan stand
against the tlood-ti.les of the mighty
power of the press. This tremendous
power directed and led 10y our enemies
is arraying itself against the agricultu.
raj and laboring classes Of our nation,
and if we inditferem'ly fold our hands
" tn l,e notion that it can't hurt us
lpuci'. We shall mast assuretlly be de.
Ct we'd. The only way to meet it is tn
w ~. q ct
ii, You know sometimes in serious
co!:f "a; ions it E, eypet'ient to turn
We uelou;;ny t!tlnel, against itself
f,A; Ii t win fire. This $ just what
WE III. 81 do. we must support the papers
puUi;s.:td in the 'inle' est OF the agricul-
lu"al and lauorng classes and with.
draw. or" patronage from those that are
man::e,llv our foes. We must arm,
ourselves with able, ACTIVE, earnest
newspapers. and support them to t e
uluosl. We owe it to ourselves to en-
courage and uphold the papers devoted
to our interests. and we owe it to them
also. There is no good reason why IN
agricultural journal should not discuss
every subject that relates to the welfare
Of the classes which it presumps to rep.
resent. If it does not do that it is i,
fraud it bellies its profession besides
the farmer has no other organ through
which he can be heard and through
which lie can discuss questions more
vital to his interests than how to raise
corn or potatoes. The ordinary news
papers are political and they are not
only political but partisan, and so in
tensely so that .ruth to them is stran-
ger than fiction they are not open for
discussion unless it lias a partisan bias.
They are etfectualiy subsidized to those
very interests tina: are inimical to that
of the farmers. The farmers should
brush aside all political papers Of every
kind and support and establish a press
isan, hut tt o:oughly alive to
.he interests of all the people and to
l'orest AND Just goYernme"t.
Thase are golden words and every far
mer slruld give them heed. For hold
ing exactly these views, and en,leavor-
ing to put them in practice in the pam
ageEent of the ADYANrE, we have Lad
to undergo a vast deal Of misrepyssen-
tation and persecution, while ABOUT
everything that partisan spite, religious
bigotry and personal malice could do
to drive us out has been done.
Nevertheless, we shall persist in just
exactly this course. making tile AID
an oatspoken, independent pee
pies paper, cri1icising I'LL parties and
crecds, when we think duty demands
it, a,1d ialor!ng for the freedom and
elevation of the people. SO far us our i'll
tluence extends. Farmers have other
interests besides the mere cultivation
of the soil, important rs that is, and
the newspaper which is merely All organ
of some political party, or which fails
to speak out Oh moral. religious and So
cial topics in WHICH farmers have an
interest together with all other classes,
such paper falls short of doing its duty.
The hope of free institutions, the
of men from mental and
every other form Of slavery, depends
more upon an independent press than
upon any other force ROW 1T work in
the world.
Yet it is iamentable fact that u ma
jority Of the newspaper press have no
more power to stand upright than so
many empty bags. AS Prentice Use i
to SHY, they will lay their hands on their
hearts and say, "My soul is my own
subject to the party and the constitution
of the United States" Or, MY soul is
my own-subject to the church and tile
preacher.''
THE Doc suow.-The Minnesota Ken
mel Club has issued a general invitation
for everybody to join in the Jolly field
encampment and participate in II four
days hunt: At the meeting lately held,
the object was explained, and a gen.
eral informal conversation ensued
which was finally precipitated in the
form Of a resolution as expressing the
sense Of the club, AS follows;
Resolved, That the club give q pub.
lie field trial Of settlers and pointers.
on prairie chickens. to take place i'm
mediately after the bench show, Sept
10th. and continue four days.
After further discussion, it was de-
termineA that the sum Of $3.50 should
be distl ibuted in prizes to the dogs
taking part in the trial, under tie
rules established by tie National Ken
mel Club, the amount to Le diYided as
follows:
MINNESOTA KENNEL CLUB STAKES:
For settlers and pointers under Is
mpnths:
First pri2e $50 90
Serontt prize 30 90
Third prize 20 on
THE SPORTSMAN CLUBsTAKEs.
For settlers and pointers of all ages
First prize $50 90
Second prize 80 20
Third prize 90 90
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STAKES Fol
BRACES:
First prize $50 90
SECOND prize 20 f}O