Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-01-05
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the executive branch at the government
It is believed, aud we should demand,
that it should be represented in the
Cabinet by n Minister Of equal Influence
honor aud dignity with any aud all
other constitutional advisers of the
President, to the eud that i,s true rtla
tons to taxation. IA Commerce, t0
finance, aud all oIl!rr great Industries
may he effectively studied aud under
stnoii. and presented and defended
with proper dignity aud t"rce III the
COUNCILS If the nation. That such L.
now the Gaze It il but idle u pretend
Farmers ut America, we put it TO you
that it is your bounden duty To your
selves aud 10 YOUR poslerlty To use the
power which belongs &c You TO enf"rc'
this just rec guiIion of your dignity and
your righ.s! II the word agriculture
is not in the CONSTITUTION yua have al
ways found, you will ever find, when
votes are wanted, it is in every polill
clall's mouth. We make no war up n
any profession, calling or pursuit; We
know full well that the prosperity #
all in any well.ordered community
We. simply ask of our representatives II
reasonable and proper recognition ol
our rights; aud this, let Us cause them
to understand, is what We are resolved
to have. We are fity.spven per cent.
Of the population of the United States /;
we need such organization as shall
awaken us to Il comprehension of the
habitual subordination of our interests
to those of every other class, producing
and non-producing. Such organisations
and such intelligent comprehension IF
| our situation as will secure 4 proper
representation for US iu the Legislative
branches of the governments, National
and State, under which we live, is one
Of the prime objects Of our organization.
1t is only by and through effective
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organization in every county, in every
State, that we can hope To act inteIli
gently together to obtain practica
recognition of our political rights. Let
your present representatives be made ia
knuw that some of the most extensive
and important interests of agriculture
arc to day seriously imperiled by their
failure or refusal to provide remedies
adequate to the danger; that you look
to them and expect ofthem to provide
proper and sufficient appropriations OF
the public funds to protect the great
animal industries Of the country from
perpetual menace andimmiuent danger
| by contagious discusses, constitutions
qualms to the contrary notwithStand
ing. Let them knew, also, that thu
agriculture of the country expects anC
requires at their hands that the bene
fits of the Signal Service be extended
| to the farming operations of the coun
try "a well as to navigation, commerce
aud other pursuits, and that whatever
funds are necessary for such purpOs'
ought to be provided without further
delay, 80 that information Of approach
ing storms, cold waves and incemen
cies of the weather, threatening ant
causing destruction to agriculture
products, may be timely sent to ever,
!, community which railroads or telegraph
liues reach, or to which warning signal
can be conveyed by any means know
to modern science. AS one result al
: ready matured of the bene6cient wis
f dom of the immortal Naury, the ap
, proach of destructive storms may nov
be foretold two days or more in advance
surely agriculture, which bears tn
greatest burden Of taxation, is entitle,
to the vast measure of protection whicl
would accrue to her imperiled product
} from the general diffusion of such time
ly information, and thereby save to GU
interest and to the nation thousands Q
millions of dollars. II the machiner
; and funds necessary for the collection
and distribution of such iucalculabI
| valuable forewarnings are lacking,
: will be a shame to our representative
; if, with an overlooking national treasur.
and a sufficient corps Of trained scien
; tists lacking employment, at their di;
l posal, the machinery and the funds ar