Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-03-05

wool and meat, and the better his goods
the higher the prices he obtains. He i:
compelled to compete in the markets
with others who are engaged in the
same enterprise, and in order to cheaper
his articles in cost and crowd his rivals
aside he must resort to the easiest, most
inexpensive and best machinery for his
purpose.
What the machine is to the cotton
manufacturer the animal is to the farm
er 1t is his machine for utilizing the
raw material of the farm. To secure
the best results the best kind of a ma
chine must be used-one that will not
waste the raw material or turn out an
inferor article. And the better the raw
material the more efficient the machine
and the lower the cost of manufacture.
The farmer should not engage in his
business without knowledge of the
machine (the breeds for his purpose.
He cannot secure large amount of
milk from beef producing animal, or
meat in choicest shape from mild-pro
ducing one. Nor must he expect to Sc
cure the largest amount of milk from a
material that can be best converted into
meat, or expect to realize the most un-
less he adapts the machine and the ma
terials to the proper conditions of man.
ufacture.
The farmer is as much compelled to
watch the market and push his sales, as
well as introduce his articles, as the
merchant, and it is just as important for
him to keep accounts and avoid risks
and loss as it is to supervise his work
on the farm and manage so as to have
all his animals and farming implements
up to the required standard and capa-
city for realizing, to the fullest extent,
all that is possible to secure. The farm
er also has the advantage of being able
to annually increase his supply of raw
material by manufacturing into manure
all that cannot be utilized into some
salable product. The success of the
farmer depends more on the intelligent
of the farm than upon the
farm itself, for, after all, it is the use of
animals best adapted for the object in
view that the farm is made to pay
THE NEW SECRETARY.
New York Press.
Ex-Governor Charles Fosters ap-
pointment as Secretary of the Treasury
will materially strengthen the admins
tration politically, while at the same
time maintaining its high standing
financially. AS Western man ex-
Governor Foster has none of the green |
back or silver craze which has infected |
portions of the West, but has steadily |
set his face against anything and every
hing that would tend to deteriorate the
nan he has demanded sound currency,
Without having any prejudice against
silver that would prevent its being fully
utilized as money metal under favora-
lle conditions. In respect to the silver
ssues of the hour his views undoubtedly
coincide with those of President Har-
'ison, which Mr.. Window was engaged
n carrying ont when he died.
1t was said recently by prominent
public man that the principal qualifica-
ion needed in Secretary of the Treas
lry was that he should be ''a man of
lffairs." Ex-Governor Foster fills that
Measure completely. He has been
business man all his life, accommodating
/ large fortune and extending his capital
n large enterprises from the country
tore which was originally at the cross
oads where the city of Fostoria has
,rown up in Ohio. His business repu-
alton is that of keen, level headed,
PRACTICAL man, with no distractions or
about him, public spirited,
lind hearted, and thoroughly imbued
With Americanism.
In his political career ex-Gov. Foster
las shown great sagacity as well as great
ourage. He has repeatedly been elected
o Congress in districts which had pre-
-iously given large Democratic majori-
les showing his personal popularity. ,,
Ie has never been defeated, except in
districts. AS guber-
sound money plank in the platform on
1hich he ran, although the Greenback
arty then had strong hold in Ohio.
Ior did he, as Governor, hesitate to take
p the liquor question and secure modi-
cations of the laws, which have since
cen perfected so that the saloons of
'hio pay some proper measure of tax
Or their existence. In his connection |
18th men he is master of policy and
ence good politician.
The Press congratulates the President
n his choice.