Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-04-17
5selntnltt Chronicle.
THURSDAY, APRIL Il, 1890.

trenched IN the DSlle1 tndl us enNuOH- '
ments are totally of a negative character.
Men engaged in one occupation are
likely.to become enyious, and conceive
the idea that men in other callings are
in a sense their enemies. Human ma
ture inclines men TO the belief that a
bonanza exists in other callings, and
magniiesin to advantages what would be
disadvantages did they possess a thor
ough knowledge of the difficulties and
obstacles encountered in those vocations.
One class believes that it is ground
down to contribute to the benefit of an
other The horizon of the average man
does not embrace any definite knowl-
edge of the inequalities in the different
trades. Just at present balm and
salve for all wounds is believed to exist
in organization. But unless there is
organization for definite purpose, and
an effort is made in that line harmoni-
ously and with concerted action, failure
is foreseen in the beginning. This prop
osition forces itself upon our vision that
no class of laborerS or producers are at
the present time experiencing prosperity
in a marvellous degree.
The farmer complains of low prices
and meager returns for capital invested.
but yet every class is working on very
slim prices; merchants are selling on
small margins, and it requires close cal
culation to make ends meet; miners are
toiling at low wages to meet the demand
for cheap coal; in short, every person
who is a producer in any sense is re-
ceiving limited remuneration. We have
not yet recovered from the reaction in
duced by imitation of prices during the
war, and a we'll defined rule governs in
flation by a corresponding depression.
The farmer now thinks himself the
chief sufferer, when in fact he he is on
ly enduring his share of the burden
True, taxes are high, and should be cut
down, but that would make only a
minute difference per annum. The
trouble lies in this, that we want to still
live in the state Of luxury which was
warranted by more prosperous times.
To cut down our expenses in order to con-
form to our financial circumstances is an
unpleasant idea to contemplate. 1t is not
difficult to get what we really need, but
to obtain what we think we want plays
havoc with money. The farmer raises
everything he needs for subsistence, with
the exception of sugar, coffee, tea and
the like. He can dine on the choicest
beef, pork or mutton grown on his own
farm, while at a trifling cost he eats the
products of his garden, which his broth
er in other callings purchases atan enOr-
nous price in comparison. There may
be mortgages on many farms, but in
proportion forty merchants fail to eight |
manufacturers and one farmer. The |
chances for success on the farm are
greater than in other vocations, although |
at present the returns may not be large. |
Doubtless the farmer experiences hard |
times and Irregularities exist, but the
time never was in history, and never
will be until human nature changes or
the millennium arrives, when everything |
will be organized on basis of equality, |
and all men will receive what is justly |
due them as a result of labor.
MONDAY marked the twenty fifth an
niversary Of the assassination of Presi- |
dent Lincoln. That quarter of a century
has passed and yet the event is so uni
versally recalled with sorrow, denotes
the strong hold which Abraham Lincoln
had on the confidence of the people of
the North and the greatness of his char
acter in dealing with people in the
convulsions of civil war. The Civilizations
into which the people plunged, when the
news of Lees surrender was heralded |
abroad were suddenly stilled when the
unerring helmsman, who guided the war
riven Ship of State through the dark
days of civil war and its impending
perils, was felled by sneaking assassin.
Abraham Lincoln's name still lives in
honor and reverence and as men now
study his life in the light of the past
new laurels are added to his brow. No
man can write true life of Lincoln, but |
his fame stands enduring and imperish-
able in the history of the Four Years War.
His death was compassed to benefit the
South, but by it the South lost the pity
of his magnanimous soul and perhaps
was the greatest loser
SENATOR PADDOCK, of Nebraska,
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Agriculture, writes to BrddStreet's that |
the outcry about the wretched condition |
of Western farmers, as far as his own
State is concerned, is mainly misleading
and greatly exaggerated. He admits that
even the immeRse yield of corn and other
grains in Nebraska last year did not
make up for the extremely low prices
now prevailing, but he denies emphatic