Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-09-17
WHOLE NO. 1892.

, Spectators and middle men make
more prof. than the producer Of the
raw product very often. The rem-
edy for this is to borrow less, 70
slower, and be independent Of the
market as fur as may be. A serious
difficulty here, might be, that the
crop can only be moved at certain
seasons on account of bad roads. Il
seems to me that the +" Granger
plan of building warehouses on the
line of railroad is o remedy for this
evil. At all events, if the farmer II
not compelled to sell on poor mar
ket in order to live or save his prop
erty from sacrifice, the difficulty Of
moving his crop can be met. It il
far less serious than than the other.
FARMERS SHOULD WORK LESS AND LIVE
| MORE.
Many men work to hard and live
too little. They seem to think that
work is the end and aim Of life.
whereas it only supplies the means
of living. Life is the same in all
places and conditions and men have
no right to narrow and dwarf it, to
put off living until the end of life.
A man ought to live every day as
rational creature, not simply to sub
sist in the present for the sake Of
some coveted good in the distant fu-
ture.
With the infinite endowments Of
mind and soul that make him heir
apparent of everlasting glory, he has
no right to make Of himself q ms
chine, whether it be to solve legal
problems, to weigh commodities, to
count money, to hold a plow or to
do anything else. He should live %
God intended him to live. This
truth applies everywhere and there-
fore on the farm. The farmer, rs :
general rule, does not live enough,
especially in new countries. He
does not take the time to live, or let
his wife or children live. He eats
enough, and his food is generally "
the best. But as rule, his home =
not comfortable enough: it is not ~
tractive enough. His daughter Hal
as good an ear for music, as true II
eye for art, as true taste for dress
as her city cousin. His wife ana /
boy are precisely oi the same matsxa
rial that composes the wives ands
boys OF the city. These feelings and
senses that belong alike to all that
are natural and true, and in .the
vesy @etarcation and emPSgyme4s Nf
which life really consists, deserve
recognition as much in the country
as in the town. 1t is q too common
error for the farmers vito or daugh-
ter to dress meanly simple because
no one is expected to see them, but
the folks at home" This is q
radically wrong theory of dress.
All decoration Of the person or OF the
home is for ourselves and our families
first, or should be. This is as much
part of correct living as is correct
thinking. Let the farmers home be
made attractive and beautiful; let
his wife and daughter be dressed
neatly and becomingly, not luxnri-
ously, nor expensively, nor waste
fully, for that is out of taste; but
economically and nationally SO.
Give your wife and daughter a little
longer tether in this matter; do not
complain everlastingly Of hard times
and burden their minds with tho
idea that you are on the ragged
edge" of ruin. Depend upon it,
you will not only live happier lives,
but the investment will bs Good
one in dollars and cents. Your
house should have a musical instru-
ment, piano or organ, just as soon
as you can afford it. Do not think
these small matters and unworthy of
attention. It is sober sense-prac-
tical, every day sense. Man is not
a machine and he cannot afford to
maintain q mechanical existence,
and the farmer who lives the most
nationally in the respects / have
mentioned, if he has sense and pluck,
will prosper most, financially and
stand better socially, and what is far
more than either, will stand best in
his own rightful esteem. If we can
not find true and attractive homes
on the farm, where shall we look for
them? There is another advantage
to be gained here, that compensates
all cost thousand fold. 1t is
sight too sadly familiar in our coun-
try to see young men and boys leav-
ing the farm in vast armies for the
city. They go to seek more at
tractive and congenial life. It is3
but the natural tastes and feelings
asserting themselves. Mistakenly
often, but naturally. We know the
result. How many 60 to their ruin:
to financial disaster, casting bur-
den on their lives from which death
only can deliver them! How many
go to sickness and want,-to profi-
gacy and crime! This is true Of the
young woman from the farms. They
escape from the too hard life OF the
countrx, IN tho a ~ .ro~o a nj Ison cko,.,