Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-11-01

bread with IT,
And SO The hospital fair didn't get
Minnie Merriman's loaf OF bread at all.
The Farmers Disadvantage.
The Virginia farmer Of today labors
under n disadvantage. ReDoe from
railroads and telegraphs. and in Ne win
ter isolated by reason Of impaeable
roads, he is cut off from the cities and
great centres ofnews, and often the in
teligence nc receives of the vital gus
tions of the hour is gained only at tie
time when such questions are eclipset
by others Of graver moment, reqniring'
his Immediate consderation-a cOnsid =
Grafton which they cannot receive be-
cause of his inability to know OF them
promptly. The sessions OF Congress
and the State Legislature are held IN
the cities, and Of the plots and counter
plots. measures sprung up in day al
feclinq his interests, schemes of willy
speculalors whose objective point Is al
WAYS the State treGsury-ot these he
often knows nothing until they are co1-
summated. Such knowledge is general
ly his grief, for ii brings with it the
realization of his weakness to redress
the wrongs Inflicted. 1t follows, there
fore. that the remoteness Of his situa-
ton is his great disadvantage.
Our Constitution, it is true. has given
the country districts its representative
in the legislature, and he is charged
with the duty of looking after the inter
esls 10 his trust; but when he abuses
the confidence placed in him his chea-
ted constituency, by reason Of isolation n
can only know OF bis dupliciiy after the
wrong has been committed. Then 1t
becomes the time for the farmer to take
the remedy into his own hands. His
vote at the polls is the rebuklng power
It's his last. yet most formidable, wea-
pom.
Last winter when the General As
sombly was IN session concla7e sat
pightly. That canclaye vas welded by
one man-iis members were lts puppets
Through that band Of conspIraiion he
nroposed ruling The Legislature. Him.
self the representative ofrailroad wreck
ers and stock jobbcrs, he had undertak-
en- 10 hand over the States territory to
them. Himself a political adyeniurer,
he lad undertaken the enterprise Of
selling to the hishest bidder the aggre-
gated vote Of that great class known as
The farmers OF Vuginil. The slckening
record. of those transactions are beGiu-
ming to reach the deluded people.
The bargaining and corruption, the
Aor Of bribiuc rum iato the tiioats OF
men whose honor was gulped down in
each drink, the coercion Of innocent
and unsuspccling country members into
wronedoins. we're conspicuous features
Of the history Of That junta which ruled
the LEGISLATURE. Whie the carnival Of
CRIME was at iis heish! representa-
live farmer raised his voice in manly
protest. Samuel II Newberry Joined
bv three Others, in the name OF the
BETRAYED farmers OF Virginia, called a
Lalt in this rush of foul deeds. But the
ono baroaln had been made with rail-
road rings, the other with President
Arthur. NewterrY could but return
home aud call upou the farmers OF Vlf-
,inia 70 use th,ir la.t remsdy-ther
yo,es-,o prevent william Mahone' the
contractor, from carrying out the pro-
visions OF the tWo contracts.
The Importance Of The result OF this
campaign to the agriculturisi can not be
oyrres,imaied. His class OF all classes
will Fl ror the mot kneely If Newberrys
appeal is in VAIN.
Tie man wLO represent his otate i
bo fellow.inirlauer. the partnership
sne1nlator of that corrupt ring of north
e,n railroad pirates and heariless mon
onolists of which Jay Gould and Will
liam IT. Vanderbilt arc the most prom
lnent types. II was Vanderbilt VINO
coil a few DAYS since SHE public be
domnodu That sen timent is his alone.
T, the echo Of the policy of William
uabone. 1t is to that class he looks
cor the neans TO win in the coming
comn,lpn. Have the farmers OF Virgil
ever thought of the considerations 10 Dc
given for this aid ?
With The railroads of Virginia in the
hands of Gould and Vanderbilt, 1t VIII
he not the cities, but the country what
will suffer. The products of the farm
Or will be at the mercy Of the specula-
Tor. The monopolist owning the roads
the roads owning Malone, and Malone
owning the Legislature it is TO tie mo-
nopolist alone that appeal can be made
it is the monopolst alone who Will
make lie laws, it is the mono?olst
alone " he trebbles the freight Charges
and forces lhe Iarmer to starvation and
bankruptcy. The farmers OF Virginia
are at a disadvantage. Let them lis
ten TO the warning voice before the
time when listening will be ofno avail
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