The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-04-17

When stock In the invention leaped from one hun
oFeo 10 thirty -hve hundred dollars per shate in :
lew days. the enthusiasm of the people was sud
denly chilled by the prospect that the benefits tt
| accrue from the invention were nearly all to bt
poured in gold into the, Golfers of those who wer.
rich enough to invest in the stock of the grane
| monopoly.
And now, as by the invention of the Prose-,
Cylinder Car it seems to be fixed fact that tn,
grain of the farmer be transported at les:
tnan halt the cost heretofore, who will reap The
Deneht! VIII the farmer receive proportionatt
share of the benefits of the invention? Who for q
moment, with the light of existing monopolies be-
tore his eyes, can be SO blind to hope for such
a result? nss4# as aes ~ -
lie may, 1t is true, receive a fraction of a cent
more per bushel for his grain than he would 9th
erwIse get but even if he does, this invention as
Wei as Its predecessors, will only widen the gap
between capital and labor, or rather between the
greater and the lesser capitalists E U -
wealth Is comparative, nota positive quantity.
Above bare subsistence man is rich or poor
only when compared with those around him, with
whom he is necessarily associated, socially or po-
litically. A man may be rich man with a thous-
and dollars capital, and another poor with hum
dred thousand; but this important field for dis
cussion will not enter now
The great question before the American farmer
TO day IS: Can this tendency to the aggregation
OF capital, by which the capitalists obtain power
over the noncapltalists be checked or controlled?
If not, then it is only question of time that
the masses will become reduced to a condition of
abject servitude to the minority who possess the
wealth and consequently the power to rule. /
will not enlarge by picturing the evils which must
result from thus tendency my only object being to
call the attention Of the intelligent, thinking
farmers to the subject that each may for himself
follow out the inevitable conclusion
The history OF the human race is repiete with
precedents to the fate of our own nation, if this
tendency is not speedily checked.
What then the refaedyS Ralievipu 7 dr
that in our republican form of government the
cause of this tendency and the remedy therefor lies
with the farmers of the country more than with
any other class of citizens, appeal to them ask
themselves if the primal cause is not in the neg
lect on the part of the intelligent and honest vo-
tiers to take such steps as shall secure just legsla.
toni
The first error consists in allowing the primary
meetings, the caucuses for the nomination OF
| candidates for Office to be packed, selected
and controlled by cunning, ambitious per
sons, who in this way secure their own election
Money is spent without stint for the purposes OF
lifting these men into places of trust and power;
and is it to be supposed that such men will, as
soon as they are safe in their coveted seat in the
State or National Legislature, at once cast away
all that is selfish ambition and henceforth have an
| eve single to the test interests of the people:
This is not human nature, and SO long as we al.
| low men to work for and buy positions of honor
SO long must we expect that they win still use
pOSitioHS tllo purposes oi own greed
glory or self, elf,aggrandizement; and just so long
will money control all legislation which they may
effect. ges. - mE4 fraxfY
When the time comes that an intimation even
/ from any man that he desires an Office is acc apted
by all as Sufficient reason zvhyhe Should not Be
elected to IT. that time will be the dawn of hope for
a system of legislation which will check monopo-
lies and bring the greatest good to the greatest
number. ~
This may be accomplished, if the work is speed
lily begun and fearlessly and conscentiously pros
ecuted, though it will even now cost fearful
struggle, and require all the ability, energy and
conscientious devotion to the cause of truth and
humanity of our ablest and best men,
This is wide field for careful thought and
study, and the limits Of newspaper article viii
not allow entering upon it. 81 sblo aa tfss
l. Let Us then, brother farmers, look about us and
see who among all the intelligent, honest and true
men within the bounds of our district We would
prefer to entrust with the responsible duty of ma
king or administering laws, and then unite--no
under party name hut in the name of humanit,
and justiGev-and see to it that these men are cho
sen as servants of the people, the whole people.