The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-08-12
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HOUSE, FARM AND FIRESIDE.

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HOUSE, FARM AND FIRESIDE.
MACHINERY AND LABOR. was
predicted years ago that machin-
cry would pauperize the labor
ers, and it has only been a few years
since organized bands raided over
the West and broke the newly in
vented machine for supplanting hui
man labor. The predictions, however
have not been fulfilled, for with every
Z new invention the laborer has been
benefited. This is due to the spread
of agriculture by means of labor saw
ing machinery, and more land is cul
tivated, new markets are opened and
food produced more easily. Machin
cry on the farm has merely lessened
the harder portion of the work, and
strange to say, there is a greater de
mand for farm labor all over the
country and prices are no lower.
With all that may be said against it,
machinery has been the salvation of
the working classes. 1t did away
with the old fourteen hour system,
and saved the South from bankruptcy
with the cotton gin, has saved many
poor freedman from an untimely
grave, and Mccormick, with his reap
er, added not only longer periods to
the average life of farm laborers, but
benefited us as nation ten times
more than the value of our national
debt. Even with thousands of emf
grants flocking to our shores, it is
safe to say that, without the aid of
machinery, the crops of the United
States could not at the present time
be harvested with human labor.
Machinery may be condemned by
some, but facts are against them,
and all prejudice should be laid away
in the face of evidence. Every in
vention, no matter how trifling, as
sists in elevating every class to a
higher plane, and though the laboring
man may at times be fearful of ma
chinery, yet so far he has been bene-
fitted by it though he may not be
cognizant of the fact, let the machin
cry be invented, and the fields may
wided, for we have as yet been una
BILE to produce too much. Provisions
are still too high.-Rural Guide.
Slow Bur SURE,-The saying that
farming is slow business may as
well be accepted in comparison with
the stock-watering possibilities of
cities, and that it is sure is unaoubt-
edly true, when contrasted with the
successful ventures of speculation or
the investments in commerce or man
ufactures. We ale repeatedly told
that it is the destiny of at least nine
teen in every twenty in mercantilelife
to fail at least once. However, it is
belived in many cases to be withal a
sweet and profitable destiny. There
are few absolute failure among farm
ers; not that "crop failures" are un-
known, for they seem to occur al
most annually, and are naturally ex-
pected, and survived with wonderful
ease. Thousands of farmers can fig
uIC Out oil dDSOlubC lOoS Ill Vic DuSl-
ness, and at best can make two per
cent. interest the maximum Of profit,
yet the fact remains that they occu-
py comfortable houses, entertain
friends drive a span to town, raise
and educate children and increase
gradually their taxable realty. Not
that every man who lives by the pillow
can accomplish all this. Not every
boy that learns a trade becomes a
master mechanic, owns his own house
or amasses little competency.
With nearly 100000 getting their
living from the land, Of the 1000, 900
of workers in the United States, a
large proportion on their own acres,
is it reasonable to compare the mass
who control our commerce or operate
large factories? There are leading
spirits, great organizers, in agricult-
ure as well as in trade and manu-
features, yet the multitude in these
latter caliings are laborers, toilers in
crowded quarters by day. and subject
to the dangers of sewer gas and other
impure air of cities by night, with
whose condition even farm laborers
would not be satisfied. But it is not
proposed to argue this vexed ques-
ton over again. Is agriculture a
safe business? Yes, decidedly. BY
the sweat of his brow the farmer does
make his bread. The frosts bite, the
winds wither, the sun scorches, the
waters drown, the insects devour and
mildews mysteriously blight. The
sower scatters the seed, not knowing
whether he will gather ten or a hun
dred fold; he fertilizes and secure:
the larger crop from some unmanure(
surface; he feels sure of a large re
ward and reaps failure. Yet in thu
average he gamers a fair return, an(
finds fulfilled the promise that seed
time and harvest shall not fail. So
with all this fiuctuation and loss thu
husbandman finds his business til,
surest of all the occupations of thu
earth.
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