Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-02

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Ifuers With = izr9vs
i psodsrts. ard while The
yfpeity 10 many mIads sag
5sssrersly The though: Of trade
ID car seigh5oss 10 the Southern
kspussics especially. We must not for'
get ID 1t the n-osE profitable markets FOE
cur agricultural products will Be found
far many yrars to ccme. At lezsf, 10
Esrop~zn countries Indeed. 10 some
Of he sessh American eoansrsf the prob
sbi.ay i. that the prinespieof rseiProc-
nv .f,. ewing to the character OF their
own sgfienlssraI predictions. be most
I;Esly e. favor cur manufacturing rastef
thas oar agricultural interests
ia addition, says Secretary Rnsk, TO
whatever may be accomplished By re-
eivrssisg--and no doubt lsHeii may BE-
accomplished on that priae5pte--wer nust
persgs, In occurring whstevsr nsficnsl
lsgg. lasEon may be necessary TO aeeofap
!i.h 80 things. First, ample and rigid
iaspectiea Of all feed products Intended
for interstate OF foreign trade. We
must have no juggling with names with
a yiew 10 deeeisEag the purchaser as to
the true character Of what be buys
He NUT know that it IL what its name
indicates lr 70 be, and he must know
furthermore, that ii IL a pure and
wholesome article OF Its kind. SO with
the condition Of our live stock sent
abroad; 10 must be absolutely above
suspicion. In addition to all this we
au.t study foreign markets. and exfesd
oar atudy 10 al foreign markets, in or
der that there may not be market In
the world where demand eyists for
anytEing which American agriculture
ran produce which will not be
known to us, and which we will
not be ready to supply. Finally,
Sc, rotary Rusk says there are grave
les s0ns ia these recent successes al the
polls 30 farmers themselves. He writes !:
II have said that the first and grayest
lesson Of this movement was directed 10
the public men OF whatever political
par les in this country Next in impor-
lance to that is the lesson read TO the
farmers themselves IL IL the lesson of
patience and of prudence Farmers VIII
come into public affairs handicapped by
some lnexperience In disposing of pub
lie matters. They viii be naturally
impatient to accomplish something in
the mitigation of evils which they seek
to rectify. aud they ~il be further urged
thereto by the clamor OF their con-
.tituent4 ignoring the character OF
the difficulties with which their
representative will have TO con
tend The temptation will be to
attempt too many untried panaceas,
to accept and apply remedies for evils
before their proper diagnoses have been
had. The farmer statesman will be
called upon to play a difficult and re-
spollsible part; and one Of the most i'm
portast duties OF the farmers in their
enlai ging political influence and activity
must be in the selection of men to repre-
sent them, whether in the state or na-
tional legislatures, of unimpeachable
character. indomitanle resolution, and
infinite good sense, in the selection of
whom III individual selfish interests
must b. ruthlcssly sacrificed. With
such men to lead them, the farmers' n
nuence will become permar lily estab-
lished in public aaaifs, result which in
nv opinion VIII, IL attained, conduce to
the best interests OF the entire country,
OF class"