Telegram-herald., 1890-05-03

Aess u shiz In pcrtaztol should be pro
auc7d ners slc may I4Lnof prod - lot
nza1sd; Ia faact. there 10 1EEls "a The hss.
exceys "a and coffee. thas saould bs iaa-
Ports1 There are many plr1Is Welding
fr1iIs. dyss, Medicines and othsr oro-i-
uc1s useful Ia tns arts Or for food Ihzs
could be Drontsoly grown, after suitable
experiment. for the supply Of demand
alrss1y sXlstinz or % % created znd
uEllzklg rural AbOE and Increasing ths
wealth u the country.
The main difficulty = there u oyerpro-
d1ctlOn Of few staples and quite TOO
limited hsE Of rural products.
Alne- tenshs al least Of al the "a ma
teriAls required for textile, metallic, ne
eh4AloA4. eheAical. oisagiaous or otAsr
man anafscssre can bs produced primarily
oy SoT farmers dlvertinS their labor 70
pronIabls channels, and swelling Tie
value Of their products. stsadying the
prices u the food staples and insurinS
prosperity aud comfort 70 all 10 other
pGnAcea viii cure hard times: = profit
able outlet. by liberalization And exten-
sion. for constantly augmenting rural
labor, can alone make rural industry
profitable. II Ihs policy Of going abroad
for all noers except cotton shall be put
into permanent practice, and fcs al
sugar and fruits, barley and oil seeds, TO
Dc paid for Ia corn and wheat aud cot
ton, which are already crowded into
foreign markets 10 the last pound and
osashel. theFe viii be no necessity for a
single tax" % make the farmers land
valueless, and no need Of account books
or pocket books and little demand for
books Of any kind
And yet there is gross ignorance
abroad or the extent OF these limitations
OF our agriculture and Of the means Of re-
euperatOn. Many Of our farmers are
delaying the emancipation OF rural in
dustry and seeking TO import cordage 20
bind upon their backs still closer their
present burdens. Instead Of enlarging
the range Of profitable production, they
are seeking u restrict il. The wheat
growers insist upon going 10 the antipo-
des for binder twine, while a million
acres OF flax fiber Is wasted in adjoining
fields, and when they could produce
hemp enough within SIX months 10 bind
the wheat Of the world. The cotton grow
ers want TO go 10 India for jute, which
will grow in their cotton fields as readily
as weeds. II we will not produce the
twine 10 bind our sheaves, or the lutte or
hemp or flax 10 cover our bales. we shall
have no right 10 complain Of 80 cents
per bushel for the one or 3 cents per
pound for the other.
During the last ten years more than
1000, 900 workers in agriculture, armed
with improved Implements, have been
added TO the : 200. 600 that were making
corn and wheat and cotton: and shall
they still insist on the same limited
range OF effort, walk in the same fur
rows their fathers turned, and seek TO
live and die in the same overdone and
prodtless routine2 II so, agricultural de-
preston will become chronic and in
/ tensihed TO a degree unknown at pres
ent. Shall farmers hug the chains G.
/ their de- dence, limit the range of
| their in04.1ry. refuse TO strike out into
/ new paths and sink into comparative
/ idleness and povertyl There are millions
/ OF them too intelligent and enterprising
and ambitious TO cooperate in any such
scheme Of self degradation.