The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-10-10

see to-day the vast and wonderful I'M
prov emeHtS the farn: erS and farms of the
county have undergone since the exhi-
blton of 1879. Instead of looking upon
the fair at Elkton as mere place of
amusement where they could take their
children and household goods to re-
main few days amid scenes of fes-
tivity, they have taken it in its deeply
practical light and profted by its lesson
to a surprising degree.
When we glance at the productions
of these sturdy toilers and reapers it is
impossible not to become deeply i'm
pressed with the importance and neces-
sty the producer is to the welfare, not
alone of his own state and county, but
Of the country at large. And when SO
impressed it is impossible not to be-
come as deeply chagrinned at the naked
fact staring us in the face that he, the
very blood and sinew of the race S, re-
ceives such paltry remuneration for his
products and labors that he is barely
able to derive livelihood from them.
We blush in shame for government
that has so long failed to honorably,
freely and generously recognize the
farmer-her greatest benefactor in every
avenue that leads to her welfare. 1t is
through his efforts that the country's
broad and rolling acres are stored from
season to season with the rich crops of
the graneries, the abundant fruitage of
the trees and vines, and the wholesome
products of the fowl and kline. Doing
as well as he now does with no hope of
applause or reward for his efforts, what
would be the result if the government
so modified her laws as to enable him
to demand price for his goods and
labor compatible with the quality of
the goods and labor themselves? 1t is
a philosophic fact that every nation of
the world from the first dawn of day to
the latest hour of tine present century has
found its strongest, surest, most faithful
resource to be the agricultural advan.
tages of its soil and climate. The
soil and climate contain the wealth,
the farmer produces it, the spec
ulator absorbs, and the capitalist
enjoys it, whilst the farmer in the
old mad order of things "come out at
the little end of the horn" The men,
bers of the cecil County Agricultural
Society long recognized this condition
of affairs and it was their ambition to
bring the labor of the farmer and the
condition of his labor before the eyes
of public that would be forced to
appreciate them and advocate newer,
sweeter, better method of reward for
the honest old toilers in the waving
fields and level meadow lands. The
results of their endeavors are manifold,
but they have only been brought to that
stage where the farmer in his attain
ment of wide and general excellence
awaits an action upon the part of the
government through which he will be
enabled to see a brighter prospect
looming. The more we respect and
honor and esteem a man for what he
does the more he will endeavor to do
and act worthily of such esteem; the
more the government does in the in
terests of the farmer the more he will
strive aud struggle to surpass nature
itself and SOW the land with harvests
that will overflow the Golfers of the ma
ton, establish its resources throughout
all time and renumerate him as he de-
serves,