The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-08-28
The Coming Farmer.


The industry OF agriculture is OF such
8 Importance that 1t Is interesting to
consider the PROBABLE future condltlon
OF those engaged l n 1t. The lie OF the
farmer is so quietly passed and his con-
tributions to the wealth OF b Nation
SO unostentatiously made that he and
his important pursuit are often for
gotten or unappreciated in the buster
walks of life. Yet it is to the farmer
that we owe our National prosperity
and the existence of our hope that
America will achieve a success as a
Nation unparalleled in the history OF
the world. Our magnificent cities,
which real their spires and monumental
grandeur from he Atlantic to the Pa
cific and from the lakes to the Floridas,
look to the hills and the plains for sus-
tenance and grow vigorous upon the
sweat of the farmers brow. 1t is the
music OF the reaper and threshing ma
chine that attracts the immigrant to u
shores and soothes him into content
ment. When the husbandman folds his
arms and the soil sleeps, the proudest
city starves. the shipping weighs anchor
and seeks other harbors, the iron rail OF
the road rusts out for want of use, the
immigrant turns back and postpones
his coming to a more favorable time,
the mechanic locks up his tools and
waits for the waving OF the harvest to
Ibeckon him again to work. and desola-
Ition like a funeral pail spreads over the
earth: 1t is OF the utmost Importance,
tnerefore, that the neids DE kept IN
a the cultivator Kept active. but II
III can TGAQllV DE D6rcelV6Q una CQ6
farmer can De TO a conoltlon
that IN consequence tne pramDie may
commerce slcken Tor or vigorous
conaitlon, however, huss Dc the result
OF his own lethargy. Inc American
farmer is master OF the situation, he
must be the architect OF his own fortune.
He can permit OF Legislation being
turned into committee-rooms for schem-
Eng against his interests or ne can
permit monopolies to devour his
substance n reduce him to
or ne may not. lie may as
able himself by neglectlng to
avail himself OF the abundant
educational facilities which surround
Aihhs ohN PNoo WIN
ignorance. or he may exhibit the
strength which m of knowledge and
culture. Will he permit the visitation
of such misfortunes while he can SO
easily prevent it? Probably not. At
least the patriot cannot breathe a kind
lier wish for his country than that the
farmer may grow in independence. In
all probability the coming farmer will
be a recognized power in every sphere
of usefulness. Commerce will give him
the credit which is due; politics will
shape from his Judgment and will; So
ciety will confess his worth and &C.
knowledge his title TO nobility-atleast
the ONLY nobility that should ever exist
in this Republic-and he who to -day
occupies a comparatively obscure posi-.
ton, will be an American leader. When
the true men-the tillers of the soil
become the legislators aud lawmakers
of the land, Just and equitable laws will
be the rule and the tendency to aris.
tocracy will be discontinued. AS q
matter of course, the husbandman o.
the country must be the first to demon.
strate his own merits, and he mus
aspire to the position which belongs te
him if he would have it, and he mus
strive to fit himself by study, culture
and thought to fill the place that surely
awaits him. When the farmer shall