The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-22
THE FARMERS COLUMN.
Fitted BY the Pioneers AgricuAural
Correspondent.
Whore Protection Fails.

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The benefcent system of protection fails
sometimes. II enables the Western farmers
to burr their corn to keep from free zing,
but 1t does not enable the GOAL miners to
eat their coal to keep them from s~tarvirg -
Chicago Herald.
The farmer is the inne cent with whom
tho protect;onist spo It's. He has been fooled
with a mystical home market for nearly q
hundred years, and now he is informed that
there are further welcome surprises in store
for him. He is TO be blessed with . duty
on barley, eggs, dressed poultry and nearly
all other farm produt Is. His horses q G to
be protected. Dear old farmer! How glad
he will be to know that If any one is foolish
enough to import farm products whi,h are
begging for II market at home. the improvid
cnt man must pay a duty. And this well
come surprise is to make the farmer hilari
ously happy when he pays | is taxes Oh his
clothes, on his transportation over protected
rails, ON his dinner-can, on his agricultural
implements, or his house and barns. A few
more such welcome surprises will ruin the
American agriculturist beyond redemption.
N. Y. World.
In this cold bleak weather let the poo,
shivering Dakota farmer be thankful,
though heavily taxed, that MIR. Hansbrough
will cause a duty to be levied on eggs. .
Q. Are eggs imported into Dakota?
1t is said farmers are extravaganza; How
at out national, state and municipal extra.
vagance? For answer, consult the tax lists.
This is a republic; every bit Of its legis.
~lation, whether good Or bad, wise or unwise,
Is made by and with the consent Of the PEG.
pie. Remember this, o, ye kickers!
Tax laws, system Of taxation. equalizine
the burden Of taxation, ETC., are now being
discussed all over this land, but there is not
half enough said about decreasing the taxes
Don't talk about it:-From Maine to Cali.
~fornia, from Minnesota to Florida, the cues.
tiol is being discussed. What ails agricul.
tire, and what can We do for 1t? Not alone
agricultural, hut political, religious aad
!''ml.y papers are discussing the questicn;
an | ministers, lawyers, and doctors are also
at it. Gentlemen, it is time to call a halt.
Your course is demoralizing; you are discour.
aging farmers? You must not admit IL At
anything is wrong; must not admit tina,
farmers are hard up. that they are making
no money. Your course is suicidal. Give
the farmers some more ch!oroform of hope;
assauge their aches by liberal doses Of nobi.
lity and grandeur Of farming NJ an ayoea
ton; apply lotions Of +. better me,ho Isl
give them larger pills Of economy smii.
ing tell them that longer hours. harde,
work, and a more liberal diet Of wind viii
fetch them out all right: but, for heaven
sake, don't tell them the truth!
TIE "old school, medical practice was t.
reduce and weaken the patient first, then to
proceed to build him up to n sound and las.
ing health. Perhaps our political doctors
are worki' 6 il the same way with sick
agriculture But don't they begin to think
10 patient is about weak?-Farm Stock &
Home.
The horse, just when he had learned
to Ii re upon nothing was fool enough te
lie. 1t there is not q change soon farmers
will have to live upon nothing.
The continuously lesserin g moisture OF
OF the IL rec last seasons, culmi aating in
the long continued drought Of this sease II
has attracted much attention to the subjec.
OF irrigation. While all admit the need Of
additional moisture, it will be well in this
case ITO make haste slowly" If the sgita.
ton IS principally new spaper agitation. o..
W agitation in which lawyers, bar kers,
and defeated politicians are the principal
'gitators, it will be 8 good plan to st md of
and v atoh the drift Of I ings. II, on the
other hand, it is found the farmers the
mechanics. the tradesman aud the producer
are agitating the matter ii these are the
parties wiz are pushing irrigation it may
oe we'll to lend y hand. The subject il one
Ut vast importance, aud will require vast
expenditures TO make it O success. Any
plan that anticipates q large bonded indebt-
ednes., should be carefully scrutinixed.
However desirable in itself. Il must not be
forgotten that irrigation will not add any
thing to the market value Of o cow, hog nor
horse nor will il raise the price Of wheat o
single cent. The prudent man seeth the
evil afar of."-Dakota Farmer.
Twenty thousand clerks unemployed over
coats in pawn, tramping the streets, look
ing for work: wives hungry, babes or, ing;
cold weather here. the doctors bill unpaid.
Twenty tllous and gin-miils In full blast.
White slay es fighting the wolf at their
door with needles that net them 80 cents
. day. " :
That's one side.
Miles Of blocks of houses, costing from
$4,000 to $5OO,O0O to build, in which fam
ii,es live, each spending from $4,000 10
! 600 q year.
A hundred capitalists, each with convert.
IDLE assets estimated ut from 81, OOO. 900 to
$3.50, OOO, 800.
starvation. on one hand, waste and ex-
raw gance on the other.-HoWard, in New
York Graphic.