New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-04
TALKING TO THE FARMERS.
SENATOR MILLER AT A COUNTY FAIR.
ADVISING THE NECESSITY OF FOSTERING A HOME
MARKET FOR FARM PRODUCE.
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BALLsToN SPA, Sept. 3.-Several thousand
people attended the Saratoga County Fair at this place
today The annual address delivered at IL by
United States Senator Warner Miller, OF Hcrlmer He
spoke for ABOUT hour without notes, and fire.
quenty appauded especially during his remarks the
desrability of fostering home market for farm prod
ucs Colonel F. d. Curtis, president of the society in
troduced the speaker After Introductory remarks
Senator Miller said
is highly desirable that the National Department Of
Agriculture should he given wider scope and facl-
ites to correspond with its Importance Efforts In that
direction w am sure be eventually successful and
VIII receive as deserves, much careful thought aud
labor as is bestowed the Navy Department Still the
in agriculture rests more on the effort OF
the individual farmer than with the Government To
accomplish this end the farmer must make use OF such
colleges the county fairs and the agricultural papers
ana magazines place great Importance on the agricuIt
cultural schools they during the winter, when their
work is through at night read the papers In which the
fruits OF tho chemists and scientific farmers put In
plain English for bin. Here he may become acquainted
win new systems OF agriculture and the wonders or m
nifty and or s o asonure need to be
tuly recognized 1t is Of the great safeguards OF
number Of the citizens landhoders and directly
Interested in honest Government the farming class
found be the case in our late war when tho regiments
OF boys did tbs best lighting because they were
Agriculture yet in its infancy Though science has
round out way Of making butter believe that In the
ana the canals have made great deal OF our agri-
cultural prosperity This the reason why the balance
OF trade with foreign countries In tho last
year shows Sl60000000 in our favor.
Too much Importance cannot be laid on the
manufacturing interests OF the country identified
WIFE the agricultural interests Where there are facto-
ries there large families to be fed and home
market Is created This cost OF transporta'
tion Is much desirable than foreign market The
value Of your land thereby increased To-day we have
scattered over the middle states and New-England
manufacturing population that consumes AL the agi
cultural produce of those States and In some cases there
Is not enough produce. The manufacturing IN
terests or the country according 70 the
last census, amounted 10 five thousand millions
OF dollars by comparison find that throughout the
country the price Of land and farm products keeps pace
with the growth OF manufactures. Only per cent OF
this cOuntry's manufactures found south or the
Potomac Compare North Carolina and Massachusetts,
two typical States and hnd that land In the former
State sells for less than $40 and In Massachu-
setts at 800 Compare New-York and Virginia. hun
dred years ago they equal but to-day we have SIX
millions OF people against tirginia's million
and half Compare Illinois and Iowa
and find that the manufacturers OF the former state
furnish homo market while Iowa has 10 send her sur
plus Eastward-even to EuroPe-and 30 the Iowa farmer
makes less than the Illinois farmer Nor arc the interests
OF farmers and manufacturers antagonise The foreign
consumption of products amounts only to aDout
per cent aside from cotton and tobacco 1t obviously
OF the greatest interest both classes t0fostcr our nome
market The interests Of these two great closes are
bound together and he Ia public enemy who tries TO
stir animosy between the mechanic and the farmer