Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-08
DALZELL ON FARMING.
He Ably Discusses the Industry at
the Tarentum Institute.
HIS WELCOME VERY VOCIFER0US.
The Present County Roads Are Deplored
by Farmer Anderson.
CONGRESSMAN STONE TALKS TO-DAY

Tarentum was visited yesterday by a
Farmers Institute, and everything. from
the training Of chicken to the highest
attainments of the agriculturalist, was fully
discussed. The roads, thing which the
farmer should be most interested in, were
allowed to 60 by without more than men
tion.
The principal feature of the days session
was the evening address of Hon. John Dali
zell His subject was 1.-The Relations That
Should Exist Between the Agriculturist
and the Manufacturer Fully 300 people
assembled to hear him, and when his name
was presented it was greeted with vocifer-
Gus applause. All through his speech he
was interrupted by applause. In brief he
said:
"Being q member of the Republican
party and an advocate of protective tariff,
1 have thought of the subject and cannot
treat it strictly along the protective line to-
night, as this body is q non-union one.
The Origin OF Wealth.
SIT is trite and commonplace thing,
but it is true that all wealth and all that go
to make up mans life must come from the
earth. The hat, clothes and shoes you
wear, the churches. houses and all
works of architecture can be traced
back to Mother Earth. The rails
and the locomotives which run on the rails
all find parentage in the earth. Earth only
produces the raw mnterial. What Is steel
rail? It is the finished product of three
rough stones taken from the hill. The value
St state sis is but M 81 as VIE Wien tSey W are finished
they are worth S31. While the earth and
nature furnish us the starting and those,
combined with labor. give us manulac,
what has been said. We will take place
where there are no manufacturer and the
farmer has full sway. It's perfectly patent
they cannot be farmers alone. They must
have all the necessities. In this case the
farmer must devote portion OF his time to
making clothes. farm implements etc. In
thing out of. his farm. He has no
market for his surplus. Every man
in this district raises everything for himself
and there is no one to buy. Ii a man has to
spend half q day manufacturing he cannot
properly do his farming.
How to Increase the Farmers Wealth.
"There never was that section or country
where the people adhered closely to one in
dustry that it did not go to ruin. Suppose
we locate some manufacturers in this same
community. There will then be an increase
of the farmers wealth. He will then be
able to follow his avocation and
pr0aRss do1Sls aaes ns not eonss5
in possession. To own ton of silver and
be able to sell it to no one makes it as worth
less as a ton of stone. Farmers products
are the same To place manu- factories IN
such community gives the farmer n mar
ket, and no one Can say that home market
is not the best in the world. Every man in
let his genius shine in its own chosen direc-
ton.
You no sooner establish manufacturing
plants than you esta blish commerce; not be.
other countries We are now prepared to
recognize the proposition that the natural
order OF economic growth is in harmonious
commerce. The market the American wants
is not the market of the world, but of home.
It's better to sell in Tarentum than in Chi
cago-it is the most reliable market.
cit is only 100 miles between Pittsburg and
Lake Erie, yet all the products from there
have to be carried over railroads, while nat
ural advantages are allowed 10 go unused.
1t is easy to see how much the people would
save If we had canal The Mahoning, She
mango and Monongahela valleys furnish a
large percentage of all the pig iron. and
this that goes to the lakes has to be taken
there by rail"
Good Home Markets Needed.
In conclusion Mr.. Dalzell again got back
to the home markets, and said: "When you
find any man complaining and hankering
after the worlds markets, ten chances to
one if you ask him about home markets he
will be ignorant of them"
Other interesting features of the evening
programme was "a paper on . Women" by
Miss Laura Hazlett Of Rural Ridge, and two
recitations by Miss May McCrea, of Tar
entum Herrenditons we're perfect.
The afternoon session was devoted entire
ly to the discussion of farm topics. ID. W.
II of nny-k fha
after the formal opening of tho meeting by
Mayor Samuel Weaver, of Tarentum. Mr.. |
Lawsons subject was Economy on the |
Farm This was freely discussed by others |
present. In this connection Mr. James |
of Harnar township, said:
"What the farmer needs more than any |
thing else to-day is better roads. The bad
roads keep him back in every way. For five |
whole months in the year he is cooped up |
and cannot take his products to town. 1 !
always try to haul manure when I have |
roads You cannot haul a decent load. If |
there are any two things which will make |
the life of a farmer better, it is good roads |
and plenty of common fertilizer"
Lending Money to Farmers.
The next question brought up was Should |
the Government loan money to the fiirmer?'
1t was discussed by A. Monte, of Rural |
RIDGE, who said: "The United States will
loan money to railroads at very low rate
of interest, and often without interest but |
when farmer wants it at 2 per cent, it will |
not give him the money. If he wants money |
he has to go to a bank and pay per cent
interest. If the farmer could borrow from
the Government, it would make better times
for him. He should be allowed to do it,"
The subject was taken up and discussed
like the other, many people talking on both
sides of it. Some of the farmers argued that
if the Government did not soon help them
put every farmer in America would be re.
1uced to serfdom. There were others who |
lid not look at it in this light. They thought
The farmer had no business borrowing.
Mr.. McDanieis closed the afternoon ses-
ZION with short and interesting talk on
drainage.
The institute will continue in session to |
lay. and Congressman Stone will be the |