The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-04
OUTSIDE INFLUENCE LARGELY THE
CAUSE OF Discomfort WITH
Many FARMERS.

! To the Editor OF the Eagle
There are very many outside of the
farming community of mugwumpian
proclivities who talk and write much
about the hardships endured by farmers
in consequence Of class legislation that
the bulk of legal enactments discrimi-
nate against all products of the farm and
the brawny husbandman is left without
any margin of profit on his side of the
ledger. Such stuff is nothing but squash
/ gush. Those who advocate such views,
TO say the truth, are a horde of mOunte-
banks striving to engender pessimistic
feeling among farmers. They are not
the farmers friend. Like the tabled
wolf and lamb, the former on going 70
the stream below the lamb on pretext to
drink, but ostensibly to accuse the lat
ter OF rllIng the water as an excuse TO
siege and devour the lamb to satiate his
voraclouS greed. Human nature Is a
subtle compound of good and
evil, the latter too frequently dominating
IN order TO seize the reins of lustful
power to appease a very small conscience.
Unfortunately, through cupiditv, of
late too many have been caught IN the
meshes of political vampires; they may
1--we to learn that repentance through
sanctitication tends to enlighten the path
of political rectitude. The intelligent.
enterprlsing and progressive farmers of
Harvey and Sedgwick counties, or any
other county, are not whining and find
ing fault with our laws and Lawmakers:
they have settled down to legitimate
business industries, of judiciously cult
waiting their farms, improving their
stock, reading the papers edited by men
with brains and common sense, and
marching along with the times. Such
men always have something TO sell on a
demanding market at paying price;
they never fail to get there; the T POCKET
books are not troubled with congestive
chills of emptiness: they pay as they go;
are independent of those who delight to
crack the whip of legal authority over
helpless victims. Ours is a government
Of the people, by the people, and for
the people. BY the enactment of Just
and liberal laws the public lands
have been given free as air and the light
of Heaven to every American citizen
who desired to have a rural home; with
many it came too easy end with it
reckless desire to borrow money without
a knowledge of how or when the debt
should be Cancelled. 1t is an easy ma ter
TO get in debt, but not so easy TO get out,
many have learned this to their sorrow.
Cursed is the groun for thy sake: not
only thorns and thistleS but also sun
flowers and cuckleburrs shall it bring
forth to multiply sweat In thy face.
Mist and rain moisten the face
of the ground at intervals. fire.
quently when most needed TO
make a beautiful harvest too scantily
and where the raising of grain is the
only hobby. or no hobby at all, in the
end failure will be the result; and thus,
it is through mismanagement in farming
that men fail; not because there is any
thing wrong with the soil, that the
seasons are too wet or dry, but simply
because they are not qualified for the
task they set about TO do. The divine
injunction, "Owe no man anything" is
stolidly ignored: consequently. thousands
are hopeiesSly in debt. Blindlv have
they made themselves slaves to the crack
of the whip of the law; the squeal for
redress of grievance for wrong doing
will! not avail. Another injunction of
mighty good authority, too: Pay that
thou owest, cease to do evil, learn to do
well, and sin no more.
Farmers, keep out of debt, and we
will know nothing about hard times.
u. W. BRoCKwAY.