Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-10-28
GEN. GARFIELD.

His Speech at the Northern Ohio Fair.
CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 9.-There was
an immense attendance, the largest for
Years, at the Northern Ohio Fair to-day.
The weather was delightful. Among
the guests of the association were Gen,
Garfield and Ex-Governor Bishop. Brief
after dinner speeches were made bv
Gen. Garfield, Bishop, and others.
Mr. Garfield said
MIR. President AND GENTLEMEN. While
Gov. Bishop was speaking Of the thrift and
prosperity represented on these grounds. l was
thinking of the forces at work ia this country
which are silently but powerfully affecting the
relations between two classes of our population
All WHO haze thoughtfully considered the
reports OF the national census during the last
thirty years have observed the great growth Of
our cites and the comparatively small growth
OF population in our agricultural districts. In
faet, many or the older agricultural counties
have actually decreased in population. The
tendency OF civilization is towards the city and
away from the country. Let me ask Won to
reflect whether this is a good indication.
have me to notice but one feature OF the
problem careful study OF the men who
have won distinction in every field Of activity
pub &c and private professional and CONNER
eial, Will show that large ma jority of them
NtiO DOIu dlu UItu III INC country. Examine
the roster OF all our professions, civil and mill
tary; recount the men who have achieved dis
t.uetlon III al the fresh fields of manufacture
and commerce, and you will find the larger
number Were country born boys. whose eafly
manhood had touched the soil and drawn
health, aud strength, and inspiration from the
forces OF nature which play with freshness and
freedom in the green fields of the country,
Applause Gentlemen, would you willingly
-as3 fba f1caspnf tandaDnv ol u.
majority of our people are inhabitants of great
cities? If this tendency must prevail, there is
one way to mitigate its evils, and that is by
bringing the city and country into closer bonds
of sympathy and this brings me to the chief
significance Of this Fair. This great and
growing city Of the lake has opened her arms
to the country, and annually invites the people
who TILL our fields, dig III our mines, and work
in the country shops to come among you and
bring with them the fruits of the land and the
products Of their skill. In return you show
them the accumulation of city industry and
culture. This interchange is beneficial to both.
and. let me d, especially advantageous to
residents of the city. | am sure that the MANY
leaders of the commerce and trade Of Cleye-
land who were reared in the country are re-
freshed and invgorated by the reminder of
their youth which this fair gives them. They
remember "the rock from which they were
hewn," the sol on which they grew, and are
Deter ana stronger Tor the remembrance in
this Fair. The city and the country shake
hands in renewed friendship, and recognize
anew their dependence upon each other. Isee
at this table lawyers, bankers aud merchants
whose eyes brighten at the remembrance of
their country homes. One of the foremost
lawyers and jurists of this State, an honore3
citizen of your city, will not forget his pioneer
life in the woods of Portage County. / am
sure that Judge Ranne. does not regret the
hsrdships ana inspiration which country life
gave to his boyhood.