The Portland daily press., 1886-12-22
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ows there which do not fall on the daily rou-
tine or the vocation Of the husbandman
Success In all other pursuits Is very uncer-
tain, there is doubt and hesitancy when you
have to feel the public pulse, there is lack
OF true manhood when you are obliged TO re-
sort TO deception and sharp practices, there
Is no happiness when you lose your own re-
speet without gaining the respect Of your
Patrons, be content with your occupation
ana - set that your sons may feel the high
IespectaDiiity OF an enterprising and indus
trlous htnsspardman, and teach your daugh-
tiers that the highest and nOblest position Of
matron Is the wife Of an independent yeo-
man. The many defalcations and criminal
frauds which have been praetieed In tina
financial and business world during the past
year Is worthy OF consideration. There Is
a useful lesson from these experiences which
speaks to us all to beware OF the greed and
false glare OF wealth, and the danger ofspec-
ulation. The temptations for sudden and
great gains does not hover around the Guilt
walton OF the soil. Nature discounts Its fav-
Ors AID smiles with an equal and lust hand
and fraud and dishonesty never hover
around the great bank of Nature, over which
providence preSides as our great Patron and
example. Speculation means loss some
TO often predieated upon sharp practices,
Ignorance and undue advantages. The fruit
thereof seriously Injuries at least one, and
often times many victims. The vocation Of
honesty and justice, and from the seedtino
TO the harvest home the same bow Of prom
Use Tor success spans the heavens, and when
success crowns the efforts Of the husband
man with an abundant harvest, not single
person is injured, not one persons fails. We
read In our daily paper OF the wreck OF Tor
tunes, the failures OF commercial houses.
and the large banking and insurance COM
OF bank presidents, cashiers, confidential en-
ployes, and OF the many dark and inaccessible
frauds in the business world but we scarcely
ever read OF the insolvency OF the tiIlers Of
the soil; they are the most independent class
In the Nation, scarcely ever becoming bank
rupt and are the subjects Of but little unjust
criticism.
This vocation, therefore, above all others
commends itself as the best and highest en-
ployment for any member Of the great human
family. The representatives Of the agricul-
tural interests and pursuits Of Maine are here
assembled for their mutual advancement and
protection. The State of Maine Is one Of the
leading agricultural sections Of this country
MISUNDERSTANDING c;t,ns d numerous and populous
state Is engaged in farming. There wisely
exists here a deep interest for the triumph Of
the purposes Of the Patrons Of Husbandry.
me lands are well divided among the popu-
lation, and propriet0rship Is fully recognized
and the evils Of tenancy and monopoly In
land do not 0bstruet the supremacy and hap
piness Of individual rights. There are how
ever some abuses and wrongs common with
other States In the proper administration
of law and justice, which need Correction, In
order that there should be
EQUAL AND THE SAME PROTECTION
to the husbandman as Is awarded to other
pursuits. The farmer does not expect or
desire great riches from his employment, but
ne does not mean to be, and should not be uR-
justly burdened with the expenses Of govern
ment taxes, special legislation, excessive
rates OF transportation, &c, which belong to
others to pay. There should be reciprocal
interest between the city and country. be-
tween capital and labor There has been a
wonderful increasing exodus from the eoun-
Try TO the city during the past fifty years.
IN our own State today $4,000 Of the popu-
iatlon 1--we in cities, which Is about one
quarter OF the entire population. Since 1880
our city population In Maine has Increased
per cent. while our rural population has
increased but i've per cent. In 1890, In the
United States, only one sixteenth OF our pop
nlation lived In the cities. but In 1880, we lind
the suburban population to be one fourth Of
our entire population. The faithful and
conservative influence Of the country Is grow
ing numerically less, and from the eloqnenee
and logic OF statesmen and Of moralists, who
are governed by the lessons Of history, there
appear signs OF peril and come words OF
warning. Without some compensation from
these changes in population there would be
greater cause for alarm. II may be true that
t she results OF these changes are not for the
es ind employment in the new and varied
pursuits Of the city. The wonderful i'm
provements In all farm tools and machinery,
the discovery Of new methods Of fertilizing,
the more general use Of new methods OF
cultivation, the better exercise Of the brain +.
In connection with manual labor have not
only dignided the pursuit Of farming. but
these auxiliarles have thus sent thousands
rom cur rural homes to the business eenters
Of the country for a necessary livelihood
ms diminution OF farm labOrers does not
seem TO retard the wealth of the country, for
as nation we are marching on In power
and wealth Our aim should be to cultivate
the most friendly feeling and intercourse be-
tween the country and the city, and acting
together stamp out any influence or party
which binders or burdens that pursuit which
alone feeds and clothes the nation, and
everywhere we should cooperate 10 bring 10
the front the saving power Of intelligence
and good morals
1t Is true that he who makes two blades of
grass grow where but one grew before Is
pubic Denefactor." IT Is equally true that
the mechanical mind which fnvents ma
chinery that saves to the laborer his time,
that he may accomplish In one day what at
one time took weeks and even months 20
perform, Is also great Dhilanthropist
PROFESSIONAL LIE, manufacturing. CONNER
eial and mercantile pursuits. are the neces-
sary collateral auxilaries of a progressive
civilization. The relationship is 50 Intimate
that each must be supported and protected
n ny Ins mutual cooperation Of the whole.
But the perils which arise from the consolI-
dated wealth Of the large Cities so powerful
IN the interests OF every species Of monopoly.
tne controlling political influence OF the mas
ses by currupt ballot, the iiliteracy and
bad morals Of city life, the power Of the mob.
these agencies when aggregated are among
the potent influences which are antagonistic
to the democracy and purity Of country life
and threaten our national existance. Our
SAFETY depends upon an enlightened self In
terest, and cooperation Of every and all ma
terial and honorable pursuit everywhere.
that every agency shall be destroyed which
attempts to ALLEVIATE them. But above all
representatives Of the country, which God
made, should not be unfrendly TO the city
which man has made, but possessing peculiar
interests and advantages, the owners and
eultivators Of the soil OF the nation should
have one common and undivided interest for
all the people, and associate themselves to-
gether that the blessings Of Independence.
liberty, law and order, and the sovereignty
Of the people may bepreserved as the inalien-
able right OF themselves and their children
Popular education Is the hope Of this country.
The church nestles In our valleys and crowns
our swelling hills, liberal and complete
graded system Of instruction honOrs our cit
les and villages, and the public school-house
stands on the corner Of the country road.
The American town house exists and Is the
place where local and national questions are
discussed, and where the free ballot is cast
great interests ana prac~
tically elects all Of the rulers Of this repnb-
lie. The Grange hall Is erected in the inter
ests and for the elevation Of the American
husbandman, and Is the patron Of a broad
and intelligent agriculture which Is the prime
source Of national prosperity and happiness
Patrons, attend to these great interests indi-
viiually and collectively, for they are the
GROWING glories of a free and independent
people.
HERO OF THE HUsTiNos.