Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-11
G w. Hill Editor.

Extracts from Our Country.
Liz ye stern, hard-handcd toiers,
:, 7 who suffer, ye who strive
3llE mas been when your dispolcrs
INeye lash. and task and Tyre.
Ihei yc thought that ye were minions,
= n that lords were noble things;
AN our faith Was--old opinions
Aid Inc holy right Of kings.
1r.tn viii shame the crafty school-inan,
III Ihe hoary scribe with awe;
al Jerusalem the law.
shtisknot; pause not il. your mission;
You must lead the futures van
For Jehovah gives to industry,
The Stewardship Of man.
! Tie same paper goes on to tell-in
ltsjagriculturai columns, of the small
an 4ount the farmer got for the product
olIhis labor, and the large amount it
\dt the consumer; and again of the
Aaall amount the importer gets for
tN and the cost of the same to the
ftmer, showing the truth Of the as
setion that the farmers are now rob-
beAof full8o per cent of all their earn
inga Through monopoly,and the laws of
briba legislative bodies: from which
oppreSslf we can never escape only
by unitef action in organized bodies
like theE Farmers Alliance.
We hfFe got to educate ourselves
and ouichildren and thus through in
telllgeT cooperation,p protect ourselves,
or our |hildren and their descendants
will sdn be in utter poverty; slaves to
the mjlionaires.
1t VII be but few weeks until cat
tie blEers will be around. Cattle will
sell y weight at SO much per hundred
and Ilen those who sell will have a
cha4'e to see the difference between
comhcn stock and grade Durhams Or
otha Beef breeds. Two hundred en-
twdyear olds, and three or four hun
dret pounds each on three year olds
me}ns ~ to 2 cents pound more
than that for light steers for beef
and that means at least from 9t15 to $50
mdte tor the animal in Chicago mar
ket. Is it profitable to raise scrub
stock. But says the small cattle own
er, I'VE can sell here" Wen IL you do,
it Will be at the same loss, and it is
doubtful if the country people will
eat such tough beef even here. We
have too much scrub beet at the hotels
now fer the credit of the houses or
the stomachs of ordinary mortals TO
enjoy. The butchers can get it SO
much cheaper, and the most Of it is tit
for nothing but dog feed,
Now is the time for action. Educate
the children at home, in your own
town. An election for directors Of
every school township in Dakota will
take place in few days, and in many
towns vacancy Of clerk or treasurer
is also to be filed You can never do
q better deed, Or spend money in bet
ter way than by providing for the
comfort and education of the children
at home, in their own township and
county. Il you neglect it now, you
may never have the opportunity again,
Time once past, opportunity once lost
can never be retaken. 1t is far bet
ter to build q monument of knowledge
IN the minds Of our children, monu-
ment of intelligence, virtue and honor
in their hearts, while living, than of
marble over their graves, when dead.
The nonresident land owners and tax
payers, the miser and the ignoramus
may plead, not now but in q few years,
educate your children. The toWn-site
owners and iugglers may say not now,
and all who want your earnings to go
to build up villages and cities may say
not now, but the childrens necessity
and welfare, says now, and 1T home
let Us have the benfits OF good schools
with all the comforts Of necessity, and
you Will not need in the future, to sing
or cry; "Stay on the farm or Johnnie.
lCdi q OtlhLC l-Ui! u S35O - fCi Cs,oCAl1ldl
that the best men be chosen for ui-
rectors and other Offices of school
townships. The common schools are
the foundation Of society. The school
officers are the builders Of that foun-
dation. Its quality is your choice.
Your vote or your influence may be
Just what viii determine it. Who do
you wish that 1t should be. So act and
so do, that IN after Life You will have
no cause tc regret it. Select those for
office who have both ability and will, to
perform its duties: then encourage
the schools by your presence at least
once in each term and more il possible.
Make the country school house WARM
and neat, and furnish them with All
the needful appliances OF art, fer use
fulnesS and attraction, for teaching
and understanding and the farmers
children will sing:
We will STAY on the farm,
we have no desire Togo:
The aliuren"ufS OF ulV life
Are but spider webs you know
ALTHOUGH il would net be right, yet
il is better to ha,l starYe the horses
and cattle than 10 bring W the children
il. Ignorance, The cost OF education