Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-12
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hsf bosom and from IL has bufss forth Z
| rich harvest. The God Of nature has msf-
cifuilJ waited spon the Rfess Wsk, and
other portions Of our favored land, benign
showers Of the proper season 70 refresh the
thirty ssrsh sid pfodaes shst condition Of
things that has resuise5 10 bridging forth
aries Of the West With golden grain which
Ike beseons tower tsvssd Heaven 70 glad
dea ,hs hsarf Of the hasosndmsn- Tbs
general prosperity Of tie non-pfoducins
sectisas Of our Countrywide manufactures
and the mysisds Of Industries which s.e IN
succsssfui operation all over the land, com
binsd vith the great Eeeds Of European
ard other iess favored nations where the
grain crops hsve been in psrt, or almost en-
tireiy failure, have consrifed to furnish .
msrkst for the vast and unprecedented pro-
ducts Of the farm IN tie CREST grain growing
Ioss, suffering and disappointment Of fer
mar years, insuIias peace and plenty With n
cur own borders, ard creating vsst stofes Of
cereals upon which the furnishing milliona
| Of the Old World may draw, bringing bach
| la continuous streams the gold. which for Z
long time vas being drained from thii
l E9Gnuy W ki2GLt t0S bSoFy A0RvsstOS~s
from sbroad. Thst this prosperity may
continue to increase, thst the msrksts in
this country may in the future be ~ good
~ ~ present IL the hope and essnest prayer
Of every true tiiler Of the soil.
MANN faetursrs asd Railroads.
| While no manufactures can exist, no
railroads be run. no industry Of any kird
flourish. or the rising generation be edu-
Gated unless agriculture prospers; there il
no cIass Of men, or industry more dependent
| upon them eli than the tillef Of TIE soil.
while sll other classes are dependent upon
him for health, strength, the bone and mus
Gle necessary for them to pursue their sew
eral avocations; his hope Of future pros
perity snd happiness, for the education,
comfort and intelligence Of bis children al
dependent In . great measure upon theft
success. For the farmer has the advantage
over all others, that he can produce
| upon his farm all the food necessary
for existence, and raise the mater.
| isl ne csssary to clothe himself and family
still beyond that / e 10 dependent upon the
general prosperity Of all other business.
| II becomes then his daty and his interes,
to aid in every way In his power to promote
the interest Of every legitimate enterprise,
every msnufactofy. business or industry
that will afford market for the products
Of his farm. He should ever bear Ia mind
that upon their success and prosperity, his
| livelihood, success and prosperity in great
de gree depends. 1t 10 . mutual reciprocity
Of interest. and one which is not rightly
understood, not only by the ignorant, but
| by large class Of people who have moi
given the subject careful thought; and YET
organizations are established, societies
formed, aud men are banded together ia
war against all institutions which have fol-
| their obi ect the increase OF business and
wealth, the establishment Of msnufa ctories
by combined capital, to incite labor against
| CAPITA raising the raven cry of the pool
ssainst the rich, and the farmer is called
upon TO Join those various associations. and
| TO lend his aid, his influence, his money and
HE vote, to enact laws to cripple the indus
| tries Of his country, to throttle the cor
| pofations and business which employ, and
ray thousands Of wsge workers, without
| which the products Of his lsbor would meet
with no adequate return. He 10 asked "a
look upon railroad corporations and large
| monisd institutions and manufactures q
cslamities, A. enemies of the farmer, and
| sgriculturist ard Of the poor man, and that
there should ever be s perpetual sntsgou
ism between capital ard labor when In
truth and in fact neither can exist without
the others aid. There 10 this difference
perhaps, the real power is in the hands Of
the latter.
Railroads as a Factor in Civilization.
Among 4 large Glass, railroad corpora
| tions saem to be the particular crime which
needs to be sentenced and punished without
| Judge or jury. What would this great and
glorious country have been were IL not thai
there were men Of pluck. energy, enter
prise and wealth to create and maintain
them? Whist would it be tomorrow II
every railroad in the country cauld b.
| wrecked today, every factory in the lane
should close its doors to the wage workers
What il the moniei institutions which hsvs
been sending and are now pouring out vss
streams Of money to pay for, and move thu
immense products Of the West to supply
the North, and to feed the nations in ar vel
to the distressed cry that is borne to rs from
across the water, give rs bread or VI
perish" What II they should seal theil
vaults and stop the flow Of that povel
which alone can send the staff Of life Il
| the hungry millions Of the world, and brins
back, to fill the lorg depleted pockets o.
the industrious farmer, the much needed
proceeds Of his labors.
What has opened and built up the grea
West and contributed to the present won
derful prosperity Of the South What made
all these conditions aud changes possible
We must entertain broad views, draw witt
conclusions, exercise reason, Judgment snt
common sense, and look ahead to anticipate
the result Of our acts. Discard narrow ard
contracted prejudices. Jealous, envious and
selfish feelings before We condemn thor
We think are better served than US, or who
seem to usurp the rights Of othsrs.
There are men in this Congress, and they
need rot be very aged, who csn look bach
to the time when the vast territory Of thu
west was - unknown - the interior OF
Africa before the days Of Livingston and
| Stanley.
The ,un in ito daily eoufse looked down
upon . vaet country Thousands and thous-
ands Of miles in extent, over areas Of mill
| ions and millions Of acres, portion Of
which was called the Great American Des.
| ert. . vast. desoiate, uninhabised waste,
where the foot Of the white man had never
tYod, where the wild grasses Of the praifies
| were never fed BY domestic abimSls, the
home Of the buffalo and the coyote, where
wandering bands Of savssss roamed IN.
| molested or never visited, extensive and
impsneirsble forests where the sound Of the
| white mans axe vas never heard, holding
! within iss bosom those resources, and this,
| wealth which has been slumbefing from sh g
be ginning Of time, awaiting the hsnd Of
| man TO awaken and develop them.
| But now how changed. The pioneer
pushed his way into this dresrs waste, and
r.snted the American fig; then the survey
OF With bis iast,umepis followed in his foot
s.ers; ihen came UPON the scene the
hardy Isborer .i.h his sxe and spaie, and
the artisan followed and soon iron rails
were lad up,n the waiurg earth, hsrdiy
was this accomplished before the iron horse
with its train Ct carr est, haidr settlers With
maferisl fer modest bones. formed the sd
vsnte Of tbs; mighty muiiitn1s which
came sitter. Nov the ssme sleri,us orb
cars ering to IL rIsce in the Heaver iooks
down upon . civil zsd AMI Chris ian land ,
it, genisI beams seudirg warmth and j ,
spa rladness to the hearts Of . prosperous
neopie. charging barren waste 20 . frpis.
FIJI lard, where marvellous grain fields. tx-
1Contiaued on fourth psee.