Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-06-14


agriculture, going to labor withK nsa
farmers in assisting them to obtain re
lief by legislation? No. Is jerry Rusl
gving to tell the farmers and labOrers o
Kansas and the country at large that tn
cause of low prices for farm product
and labor is the want Of sufficien
money circulation? No. Oh, no! H,
is going to tell them indirectly that the,
are a set of blockheads. For proof O
this, we point them to the followin!
language Of Secretary Rusk. He dis
cusses in the New York Tribune tn
causes of the present agricultural de
preston and the remedies for it
Among other things he says:
"On many farms. regret to say, w
find depreciation of the productive
power of the land due to careless cul
ture We find a want, too often, o
husiness-like methods, due to the fact
that IN earlier times business training
was not regarded as an essential prepa
ration for the farmers work, whereas
to-day, with altered conditions, whei
every penny, and | may say every mo-
ment of time, has to be prufitably ac
counted for. and in the face of world
wide competition, successful farmer
must be as well trained and careful il
business us the stOrekeeper, and hi.
equal in intelligence and general educa-
! ton. Nor are the important question.
Of supply and demand Of market price,
studied with the vigilance which char
acteriZts the methods of our merchants
and manufacturers. These last, more
over, have the advantage Of tlanSacting
their business in immediate proximity
TO trade cenlerS, where the widest in
formation in reference thereto is readily
ODtanable. Our farmers organizations
are wisely seeking TO supplement this
want for the farmer; the agricultural
press is earnestly working in the same
direction. and one of the most import
ant duties devolving upon this depart
ment consists in gathering and promptly
distributing reliable information on all
these subjects which are essentially in
teresting To the farmer. 1t remains for
him to avail himself Of the information
thus supplied as his chief projection not
only against Over-supply of certain pro-
ducts. but against possible over-reaching
on the part of purchasers. The farmer
must look with suspicion upon any AT.
tempt to abridge his sources of his in
formation. Ills advantage will always
be in the fullest knowledge of the facts.
He must carefully study the character
and quality of his products rather than
nd IN, mi, Al
that whether prices are high or low. it i,
always the best goods at the best obtain
able prices that are The most readily
sold. Many of our farmers have been
land-greedy, and find themselves the
owners of more land than they can
properly care for in view of the cOmDar-
ative high price of labor in The rural
districts, and in view of the fact that
but small portion of mankind, com
paratively, can prOtitably control the la
Dor of others. The prudent farmer will
limit his efforts ta that which he can
efficiently perform. Again. more atten-
ton must be given. especially on west
ern farms, to the raising by the farmer
tor his own use. everything that may be
utilized by himself and his household
us far as soil and climate will permit"
Lest we lose sight of General ingalls,
we give the following, which we clip
! from the Record and Gazette, an admin
iStration organ published in Washing
ton, ID. G.. 1t speaks as follows:
"Senator Ingalls, is preparing another
speech, which it is predicted will make a
sensation when it is delivered in the SEN
ate. Since his late speech, the Senator
has received large number of little
testimonials from the South. and it Is his
purpose to place these on public view
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