Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-12
RELATION OF THE FARMER.
T Continued from second page.

teudipg beyond the reach Of the human
eye. wave with 3 golden harvest. lsnt
d .desmed From Perpetual Solitude and
Night
to busy life, now presenting picture more
wondfous than the visions coDjured up by
Alaedin's lamp in the days Of the fairies
Thousands Of miles Of railway embrace
the willing earth, once so desoiAie, with
arms Of steel and the iron horse 10 seen
rushing, roaring and snorting over the
prsiries ard through the valleys and moun-
tain gorges In every direction, breathing
fire and smoke from his ncslrils, and with
sinews Of steel dragging with Hercalesn
power, and tireless energy immense trains
Of cars, laden with the wealth gathered
from her fertile soil, ard garnered by the
busy hands of the husbsndmeu Over the IN
millions OF population poured in TO stay.
Great states have been carved out Of this
wondrous territory. Splendid cities have
sprung up as Ii By msglc. with h.if many
magnificent public buildings rsachiDg up
towards Heaven. Palaces which kings and
princes might covet are familiar sights,
while their marts swsrming with busy life
and untold wealth sre the wonder of all
civilized peoples. What made all these
things possihl,: We should rather ask
what has made them fIed reality? Whist
within The memory Of the living has opened
and settled this vast and then unknown
region. which nov in population, and every
thing which goes to make q great nation ia
the marvel Of sill lands, and which is roll
ing up history. wealth and power almost
beyond our conception!
There is but one answer. Today tie
great West would stiil have been the ~il.
derness Of yore, unless we except the Dor
ders of some pavigsble rivers and the great
lakes. The country which has made homes
for the swarmiDg population OK the Old
World would never have been settled In
this century had rot corporations been
formed, and railroads built TO shorten the
distance and enable the hordes of emf
grants from every part Of the globe TO enter
snd possess the land. and fnd within it.
borders new homes and fertile coil &c
rsise food, to feed AID rear their children
and new and better government to which
to give their allegiance.
The same is true as TO the wonderful pro-
gress and prosperity Of the South, but With
IN much shorter period, railroads like
spiders webs from continuous net work
all through the South. and cotton is nc
longer king. Diversified industries have
sprung up all over this fsr and beautiful
land. and she is prospefing IS never before
az the last census shows. Rapidly incress
log in wealth and population. increasing
her sgrie uliurai products, ard developing
her long siamoefiog res ources, rivsiing the
North in its great iron and coal industrig Q
and in it's many varied industries, which
hut few years ago ~eie confined exciu-
sively iaihe North.
The Farmers Interest In Railroads.
Il not the farmer intere sted that this crest
prosperity should continue and increase
II IL does nor continue, is 1t not as certsia
as that darkness f)lioss the lighi. that il
1t great psnu.scturi' snd commercial
iatert SIS Of TIE country. aud the inuumer
able industries which at the present tina
employ tens OF thousands Of producing
lshorers should be depressed FOR want of g
msrket; that the farmer must suffer in his
pct Set, rh.t ne would feel the general stag
uaucn Of business, and must inevitably
experience loss ard dlsappo ntment?
II saiirotd corporations cannot make
money, capitalists will not rua them. II
cotton, wooien, iron AMI other fsc.orie.
cannot obtain Al iiyslent for ihyir pro-
duets, they csnlo. be sustained, and
must go down. Rsirosds in the great
agricultural states are mainly dependent
upon the products of the farm for theiI
prosperity. Take from them thu vast grain
fIeights and living freights supplied by ths
farmer. sud the ousiuess which il creates
and under VII CHI their trsins are constantly
grooming. and taxing the metal Of the iror
horse ,apd they can no longer be run. There
.s mutual oond Of interest existing be
tween Them. Railroads should eLc)uTage
agriculture By equitable rates and liberia
treatment while The farmer should aid II
sustaining railroads. Is is suicidal for tbs
husosndman through public, or secret
ors AZ sGons, 10 wage war against the N
They are not bis enemies, but his frieadl
and servants, bauud together by boods Of
mutual interest II q blow il aimed At ont
the other feels the shock With nothing
sppsreutly in common. Tho separate snt
distinct yet are they ciosely united. By /:
wise enactment commissioners have beef
appointed from esch state whose duty il j!
| to guard sad protect the interest Of these
who use railroads.
Il i. tue that some corporations are man
aged by men who hsve no souls. They uss
their power to Cypress the poor, and those
dependent upon them for employment aut
support. Men Of wealth are found wht
carry on business utterly regardless Of The
rights of Others, VINO would grind the face
of the poor to promote their own selast
ends Sbylncks, who would take the las
pound Of fs,h In this eouatry they are
| the exeepuo,. AS - rule those who do The
business Of the country, those wno employ
and pay fer honest labor are men OIL
| integrity, who sscredly discharge ihei,
coarscts and business obligations
ard we must remember that tbs
vast msj,rity Of them started in life with
comparatively nosbias, and have made vhsI
they srs, ard created ~hst they have ny
Their enersy AMI education and indcm
liable perseverance,, and the confidence
rsposed in them By their fellow men.
Because there have been and are huge
corporations srd combinations Ard trust.
thst through their wealth and influence
| would control iaportaut article. Of con
| sumption, or Traffic. 70 the dstriu Il Of
most every other clsss, is it wise Tor the
farmer, ard by farmer We mssn all seri.
caltuyisss, laborers ard others VINO directly
CT iuClrtEHy CIaN ASeititDl lfDul fHt
| soil, to unite vith those organizations ~hose
ssoved purpose IS to hamper. or break
dosn the business of al successful cjrpor-
stions and manufacturing industfie,? To
unirs with those whose bands are turned
assiD.t the rich, simply bsesuse they are
rich. forgetting that In this glorious Union
today, ihs rich man sp.aps from the rank.
Of the pcor-- hat the nsu Of sesiih today
may b. the poor msn ton orow and tina
poor nan piBched by pebury and want may
take his place in the Struggle Of life sonor.
row.
The Better Way.
There 10 safer add better way to pro-
coed. Our institutions are founded sed
laws snsctsd to pto.sct the poor ~ well As
the rich. The farmer holds viihia the hoI-
low Of his asni the pfw>r 10 reiress he
wrongs There !. DO state in the Uoicu
hare be does no, eons.oI q n-jo isy. He
can Sand statesmen to Congress
who ~iF sse shsi iast laws are
enscsed 10 protect bis interest
ard his rigsts. Wassher in the halls Of
Congress. Of the Legislature Ct his Sat-.
or in bis town government he Is equally
safe. He possesses the mssas snc she
power, through the ballot box 10 secnte .
Just sygsm OF sxei,a and equitable ard
impartial laws 10 protect AID advance h.s