Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-04-01
Far,nsrs' Institute.
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IL looking over ~ public prints Ind
The Fairness Institute ~ discuss the sub
ject Of taxation and other matters, such
% tArifI and nnancay and such subjects %
farmers are generally interested IN.
Many Of 10 fafmere only get our papeTs
,, once . week, aud hence We do not get 70
hear OF those meetlngs- especially when
the notice b short until they are all
over. Bat W tktuk that those meetings
will do great deal Of good, and ought TO
be held uio.s ffsQuea.ly than they are.
sss BY the pepeu that Mr.. Higgias aud
Mr.. Murphey thought that the subjects OF
tsr'd aud finance ware political quss'ions.
stitute. But I think they were In error |
10 regard 70 this matter, for 1t has been |
decided years age (by the National |
Grange) that thoss questions were very |
suitable ouss 10 come bofore the Grange,
and hence would be just ~ proper oneS |
10 come before an Institute. But the |
only thing We zee wrong about the mat.
ter Is the following In the old path OF By.
gone years OF inviting some student or
professor Of some college, or come lawyer
or editor to explain to us about taxation
or tariff, and which reminds us OF the old
system in vogue long ago Of inviting some
COlieKS 8tVuoUt " ubhtbotH VI INV yot -
our agricultural meetings 10 prepare the
address and tell N what they know about
: farming. Resides, dnderataud that there
; WAS resolution offered before the Instl-
, tute In regard 10 the tarld or free trade.
Now, I would ask, after Mr.. Finley
had delivered his address on taxation,
embracing forty minutes time. and
!. aiterwards TO be followed BY Mr.. Bates
.. for perhaps an equal or longer peri.d Of
|. time, what room, l would inquire. would
there he to discuss tariff or finance or
,, other matters, even iu fve-mtnute
!, speech? Not much wonder that Ny.
/, Higgins refused to discuss the subject Of
!. tariff, for discussing tariff under such
!, circumstances would be like playing
= Hamlet with Hamlet left out. would
I, much rather see some Dilworth, come
= HAsipger or Homewood discussing mat
), tiers In which the fariners are Interested
|" than see or hear some professionals who
!, perhsps are not ct all interested Ia aeri-
. culture, aud pcrhaps II we knew their
:, thoughts ignored the subject before them
' aud have contempt Tor the calling. We
!; understand that Mr.. Dilworth expressed
= himself ss an out-snd- out free trader,
:. aud also understand that there were sew
y era more at tho Institute OF the same
opinion. Theee are the kind Of men we
= like to meet with, and think they ought
to have chance TO ventilLte their opin-
lions a Il we know NO better way than
to have some mole Institutes. We might
have some two or three-one in Whining
4 ton to discuss the tariff. ono IN Newark
to discuss fiuancc, and one at some Other
point TO dIscuss our general agricultural
( Interests. And II 1t 10 known that fire.
=. trade 10 to be advocated we will guaran
tee that the opposition will be out, Tor l
1 Il ala ract ND Or
that cuse notify Junlus, and we will war
rant that he will surely come to time.
The greatest agricultural interests WI
have are the dairy Intel eets, aud the cat
tie Industry amounts to az much as al
the cereals we ra'se, or TO billion y
dollars. How are you going to protec
$, them, either by tariff or free trader 70,
70 cannot do 1t; 1t cannot be done. The
y how are we going to protect those grea
y interested 1t is very easy. By the farm
; ers all uniting. by assailinR and destroy
Ing .he great trusts that are invadin
the farmers greatest interests; by attac
Ing the beef trusts, the oil trusts, and al
The other great trusts in opposition
r the farmors; by passing wholesome iawi
aud by our police aud legislation. An
:. who are to aettle these questions but u
iarmerss When the bArbariaus OF EuroI
= were marching down upon the lioms
:. Empire. threatening to burn the city au
extinguish the natton, the ctix,ns {
Rome called upon farmer, and once I
m twice we are told he left his plough, ma
~ shsllcd hia hosts, and At the head Of I'll
Roman legions drove back the barbaria
lords and thus saved the city aud Il
empire. Have you ever read fn hlstoi
of TamerAiane, who placed his engine
ma before the ramparis OF smyrna, chaine
down the raging bllow. bafiied ii
!. European isats by means of dykes, an
!. showed the astonished world that mott
M ing was impossible with mani II 10 sal
ri ri OF The British empire that they have g,
is. tended Ihsir dominions and possession
'r5 until they have encirclei the globe, an
4 that the sun never rises or sets but that
IN Is shedding its rays on some portion {
m the British dynasty.
ey But when the great rebellion br oke o,
nus nus and Threatened to rend IN tH ain our II
u. public, with = broken treasury, an empi
i'm arsenal, and without n feet, with poveri
tw and dehtitution staring rs In the fac
RI with England, France. and all Europ
m (save Russia) against us-whAt did
his dol We passed the Morrill, Tariff bill
created the national currency an
ma treapury notes, extended our circulatio
to O million aud half of dollars an
,,o swept the rebellion from existence, an
10 at the end of the second decade we wei
the richest nation on the face OF II
~ earth, by far eclipsirg England, Frame
ct Germany. Austria or RussiH or ID
lst palmiest days o. Greece, or monuments
Rome. But you tell US after all the ric
an men have gotten the money. and u
!, ~ farmers arc poor. Grant IL, what 10 Il
:" cause of this condition OF anairsf Is
not because the farmers have not gotte
N their share OF the equal division of Il
ION proceeds OF labor? For labor 10 II
,do source Of all wealth. 1t is because II
u chartered institutions, the railroads, II
Nc lite Insurance companies, the buildir
srd associations, and the great trusts, Il
u oil trusts, the beef trusts. the whist
, 1 trusts, the sugar trusts, tue salt trust
and host Of other trusts have absorb
i. everything and lett nothing ior Il
farmers.
iS Tie manufacturers GU the Other har
~ eau hardly be- called monopoly, OF
trust; because they have really chea
III enoi everything we bave to puy or co
Al snlne, and have also given us near al
NJ ready m,rket Tor everything We have
I'd sell. Hence they are distributors
lsu wealth. Then why are We poori /
n cause we have not got Democratic
IVA Republican form Of Government. 1
, 4 monopoles and trusts have absored q
n and even moue polizes tho goyerlme
~ itself. We have not recently looked OF
faI sta istics, but wa are told by those "
.5H have right TO know, thit at the prese
&S time 1t Will take more grain. cotton,
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