New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14

There wa, nothing ~ the rough unth,Orcd plough
man. or even the conventional Wc,crn"r ab"ut HIN
scarcely q suggestion of ru.ticity was ohcrNabe III
nj, manner or aupcarancc on the contrary he had all
the dignity. selfcpnFo and urbanity Of thorough man
/ Of the world. lie had more than That. behind hi'
| agrc able una,~uuing exterior hs colleagues soon
discovered mcma crap and rcslnc'~ Tor ""f" "Ih'h
entitled him ~ ono" 10 superior place III 'h'lr ON
,idcrntlon That respect which h. instantly e. acHS
an hi. entrance into Cnlgrrs, has been growing ever
since An Illustration ~ tbs va, given las Dee m
| lcr when Notwithstanding his young experience the
marty caucus paid him the high compliment OF making
| him chairman Of the senate Committee ON Railroads.
| beside. giving lin places on Other important com
mittces.
II is hardly necessary q cay that senator '">ey
| has been Republican since the parry 'N''ci' at
though h was only Il boy when 1t wa, born lie j.
strong Protcctiont -ccing in that policy the sAic
gard OF the wagccarner and the creation 81 h''"c
market which may be expected al an carry u'N "
render tho granger independent Of ElIn'h bpe'H'
lie was an earnest champion of protection 10 WOOL
barley naxsecd md other farm products IN iUe IL.
Congress Never lms he doubted the sonhuhc's "'
ncnullican doctrine in a policy which has found W.
| expression ia the Mckinley bill
like many other Western leaders tho senator halls
from tho Fast. lie j. u native Of ms state tic
was born in York. Livingston County. Ih' "h''''"''
settled n Ehod, Island about tie middle OF 'e soy
cuteenth century. The senator pass d his early NE
IN his fathers farm From the district school lie
went % Temple In Academy. thence to 'nloh Hcm
mary AZ Ypsani Mich, t. prepare Tor Il course III
the famous University Of the state. ILis c"ur'' no"
ever he was compelled To ABANDON. Tor inc sam
reason that caused 1homa, {. FElit - INo up NJ
,rdics q, Yal-i health. due - >cd"ntaIy life IilS
g., lem demanded greater physical activity than was
afforded bv a student, Hfc. he left college ana en-
tered upon coupcrcIn pursuits, which he followed Tor
many ycarr -,
In l-72 III health again came to interrupt Ms
,ctlvuos and he forced - abandon business en-
,,ry Then followed eight YEAR Of health seeking IN
,b. old World with hi. VIE h, spent several years
in t,ciep aud, returning 10 ind his complete r'tora
uon under the influence ~ the stimulating climate oi
the Northwest In IS,2 he went 10 Norih Dakota
At that time the influx o. immigration wa- al IT. height
Large crop, ard good piiccs had made farming
great success, aud attracted t. it men Of every calling
Not only cx pcrlcnced farmers. but meicaui- lawyers
doctors. even preacher. jo-tcd each other in their
hu,tc 70 &c on public land. Immigration Of s"ch
auniity had never lecn experienced elsewhere Nhch'
after awhile. many Of the sentimental Farmers hhn
droppod out there remained those practical men 81
cnerey aud determination, possessing also knowledge
Of men and thmge who now constitute the FARMING
population Of the state. Mr.. Casey fcci on quarter
section Of land which he owns. lie soon became
interested in II tract of land owned by Eastern pco
pie among the principal Of whom were W. d. earring
Ton o. Toledo ohio, and 7. Is. Casey OF Minneapoh''
and ,he corporation Of the Darlington & Casey Land
property. putting under cultivation some thousands Of
acres
The senator Is an enthusiastic farmer, and believes
that II IT Is not now farming Is 10 become the Ideal
calling lie the disadvantages under when inc
farmer as vet labOrs. I'm his view the clihor i"
cheap food sustained by nearly all consumers, has been
carried to extremes with Indifference TO the pros
p,rity Of the farmer England said the senator In
discussing this subject recently "wAn, cheap food for
her poorly paid w0rkmen To get II she has remorse
le,sy crippled her own agriculture r7lucing her farm
laborer, to ,quald want, while fostering wheat culture
I'm India. carried on by laboprs earning 10 cents
DAY. on the other hand the phllanthlopiSt alb
sorbed IN the view OF the suffering poor reJoces 10
see breadsn. decline orgctul OF the threat Of poverty
such decline carries the millions engaged i'm raising
food for rich and poor alike Encouraged by me Senli
ment thus created, the trader and the mddlcmah use
all appliances to induce cheap prices, and the heart OF
the tillcr of the soil grow sick how well they
succeed. Ovcrpoductlon has bech charged with the
great ial in prices Of cereal, from 15-2 10 1856 ana
the erroneous increase OF cultivated for some years
earlier than that doubtless explains it to certain eN
tent. Yet The markets have every year taken thc
product OF that year, aud st the saving that tne
world is always within a year OF starvation mas
practically held true.
Moreover although between 1875 and laoo the
cultivated area OF the United states increased more
than one third. and the population about only
one eighth between 1855 and 1880 cuiuva-
ton increased but Onc-fOurtecnth. and population
about oneninth that If In the earlier period the
storehouscs OF the world received and put away large
surplus stocks. II would that such stocks eoull
net last long II depending for replcnishmeht on Amer
lean fields Meantime public lands ana cheap mhus
fit for cultivation becoming scarce, ana me lhrher
who informs himself looks for day when increased
CONSUMPTION without relative increase OF ne" clltiva
ton will put him on top.
when that day comes, IT will dc seen 'ha' not
orly the farmer benefited. hut the Whole INDUSTRIAL
nation The farmer who gains little spchls niue
When farming becomes truly prohtaDie' III are o'"'
kinds If business. the farmer viii he muoh more
valuable customer 10 the tuder and the mah'"c'urc
than he has eyer heen IL l. strange that fact d0e3
not suggest itseli TO every thoughtful man. - poor
customer he is compelled to be to-day, tue - ue
pendent upon him. II, In gwen Sei c''fS "'e poo'