The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-16
EHE FARMERS PROSPECTS.

orally considered the most inde
pendent. He does not take tn
chances Of making a great fortune
nor does he at the same time ru
much of a risk of l0 ing what b
has, if he exercises ordinary pru
dence. His is that middle position
in life which goes to extreme
neither in one way nor the other. [
is that condition which seems bes
adapted to the majority of mankind
1t is based more on certainty, ant
hence is less liable to disappoint
ment. Some men may not find thi:
mode of life congenial to theil
tastes; they want something more
exciting, and will not rest without
it. The number of these at present
is most assuredly great enough
They do not employ their energies
in starting new enterprises, which
will not only afford them an ample
return for their money invested, and
at the same time afford constant
employment for many working
men, nor in experimenting
and directing q business all
ready established, but their
time is taken UP in trying to fleece
each other, or in taking advantage
of those who have teen unfortun-
ate, and in order to maintain their
standing must make sacrifices. Such
men may buy and sell stocks from
now until doomsday and yet will
not thereby have contributed sim
gle dollar to the material wealth of
the world. The only thing that this
will have accomplished, will be
merely transfer and accumulation
Of wealth from one to another. In
fact the world will have been at the
cost Of their support during their
lives.
But least of all is the former one
of these. He is one whom the course
of his life produced not o1ly all
that he has consumed in that time,
but also great deal more. which he
leaves behind him, and thus in
creases the aggregate amount of
working capital in the world. He
is a man that deals in certaiGties.
He knows. that by fertiliZing, and
turning over the soil, and by SOW
ing the seed, and properly caring
for it, he will surely be rewarded
for his efforts. His mind is not
worried for fear Of sustaining ary
very serious losses. His mind is
occupied by day in attending to the
various labors required of him by |
the seasons Of the year. he retires
TO rest seldom tormented by that
nervousness and restleSsnesS so
common to the man of busi-
ness and especially the speculator.
He may be unacquainted with those
extremes of pleasure known only to
the man of wealth, but what will
we think when properly weighed,
far more than compensate the loss,
he is total stranger to the rich
mans extremes of misery.
But however smooth the farmers
life may be, it is nevertheless sub
ject at times to ups and downs,
which, however, are comparatively
small. The money market may be
tight, and he will be obliged to sell
his produce at a sacrifice to meet his
obligations; rates of transportation !
may be so reduced that new compe- !
titors appear in the field to bid
against him; determinations may
be made against the district in
which he lives, and put him at a
disadvantage; seasons may be un-
favorable, and besides these. many
other causes may operate against
him. The one cause, however,
which seems to affect our farmers
more than any other at the present
time, is the great freight war going
on between the Union Pacific and
Denver 81 Rio Grande railways.
One of the great advantages of a
railway is to abolish distance to a |
certain extent, and thus bring into
the same market, as competitors,
those who geographically may be
located thousands Of miles apart. No
matter how great may be the in
trinsic value of a thing, that value
i, sure to be much increased If it
can only be had where it is wanted.
But the natural resources, on which
mans wealth is based, are scattered