San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-05-24
The Farmers CaIIIny

That farming is as snTs 49,,
honorable and remuneratiye Sh us!
ness as one can enter upon, has I bas
asserted and proved over and and o Os
again. 1t is true that other E;na over
business-trade, commerce and S as, Of
kinds of manufacturing that sN Ooaae
lahons OF various kinds-banLinap s an,
joint-stoek companies...ha ss aua
cially of late years, attracted m N'ps'
attention and have been popular will
the dashing ambitious young m "au'
still, in the experience Of few naa,
years, the statistics of business d;ppa as'
tiers and failures, the moral wrecI Ia .,
character and the crash and ruin "
men who were reputed rich, bava
proven that farming is an indnst,uo
less huctuating, less depressed ~
hard times, less subject to failures
a pursuit in which temptation 10 Dis,
honesty has had less influence, and
in which men have pursued the even
tenor of their. way with less anyietu
and with less exposure to financial
ruin and wreck of moral charactsr
than any other kind of business. Thai
colossal fortunes are made here and
there, now and then, built up NV
speculations, sharp practices, gamblins
in stocks, spoilation of labor, and bvV
direct or indirect robbery we can not
deny; but those fortunes however
large and glittering, do not stand m
to the public gaze as monuments Of
public honor, of patient industry, Of
painstaking, of honest labor, but thew
tower rather as beacons, warning men
to beware of the hidden rocks and
treacherous quicksands on which 50
many OF life's voyagers have been
wrecked. These fortunes have no
foundations to rest upon, and when
the floods come and the winds blow
they fall like the house built upon the
sand. Farming is a business that
rests upon sure foundation. It de.
mands honest work. 1t is not built
up by the spoilation of others. It's
gains though small, are legitimately
and honorably earned. There is more
capital invested to-day in agricultural
pursuits than in all other industries.
1t pays for the support of the Govern.
ment and and receives less protection
and consideration from the Govern.
ment than any other interest.
In looking at farming in the broad,
full light of practical utility, Of safe
investments, of sure dividends and of
best public service, we can not help
commending it, and urging it upon
the young as pursuit upon the
whole more satisfying, less hazard.
GUS, more useful, honorable and re-
munerative than other kind of bust
ness. 1t gives scope to the intellect,
a play to the imagination, range to
the affections, a field to the inventive
powers, a work for the hand and
heart which no other industry sup
pliss,
But for any adequate realization Of
the advantages, the recommendations
and satisfactions of farming, there
must be among our patrons and farm
ers high education, better culture
and a larger appreciation of and de-
votion to their own peculiar calling.
They must see and feel its importance
in it's financial, social, moral and in
dustrial bearings, and prepare them
selves with as much zeal and earnest
ness by careful experiment, close OBJ
and persevering study, as
those who propose to enter learned
professions, OF the paths of science,
or the study and practice of the arts
Spirit Of Kansas.
The Gaines Case.
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