Saint Mary's beacon., 1893-01-19

l. J. Tuo& ABELL-
How does farming stand In regard %
Other professions and businersf To my
mind al are equal. ID the farmer will stand
for his rights All others stand By thsiE
particular branch Of work Take the law.
yers. They viii plead fr each other when
In court Abus Q out os 10 cal ar never
-get from the bottom r,und While one
mounts up the msay that are left are b be
pified, for they are no gn,d How many
ever amount 10 snythinsf They are al
ways laying In wait for the hayseed farmer.
as they are styled by other professions. bat
we are their legitimate prey, because we
allow them 10 look do~n upon us and wc
up 10 them They do all the Law making
and then expound IL for Us. They will
run In and say 70 you fellows that rua the
piow and the grub hoe, I'VE will IN ,ke the
laws that win take all you can work fsr
You fellows don't understand what you
want We will az it for you" Aad what
10 the consequences All laws discrimi-
nate against the hayseed in Consress and
ssaie Legislatures. All an, plotting, not 70
harvest his crop. bat the money E,r the crup
after the harvest My friends. You win
find oil trades with some insignia % their
craff, and they win stand by the order.
Take the merchants They win sell to
each other af q crater discsunt than they
will sell ioyou, And, last bat rot least, ID
the pulEed up. pot-belIied politician. de
comes around In the campaign. talks nice,
sseils.youto stand by the old psrty for pr:p-
eiples, and when the election Is over be.
win walk by with bead up. and looks as
proud as q sp-ckled sfs,li.,n su coun-
ty Court day. but wili hardly speak 10 you
until he wants . reelection. Then he
c"mes around. and the wont of ID he never
tirss c.,miag. and thinks you, Office and all
belong ., him Now, my friends. do MT
think every farmer should be running
alter Office. fr IL yon want TO get bad.
ly fooled. do that. and you will make no
mistake know men since commenced
to farm IS years ago that were doing well
on their farms. stop and 60 into politics,
and In Q short time were bankrupt; and
you will observe men who have b I'd the
best Offices In our county, term after term,
who had the swagger as above stated, but
when the people finally shook them .,ff
they have no'hing to show f'r their time of
trust. My friends, the trouble is they live
big and like to look big; and here where
the farmers-Gene ally those who have
worked hard and made something, wants
u make q show, and sn o. these mems en-
tertainments, and in return entertain them
When | see this knnw they are lost fgsJn-
ciasly Many H you have seen this, and
when their home (if they have one, which
is doub'ful) il they foil long with enter
tainments. is visited by thee fellows, and
Is not able to entertain longer. they will be
dropped like s'mcthing hot "r l.athsome
The farmer. when he stands aloof fr'm
these and attends To his usiness and uses
strict economy, 0 out 1T 10 is success.
do not mean he L. ar will be million-
aire, but be will be far fr,m failure. You
see merchant start out and iook like he is
Aourishing, but in me he fails Niue our
of ten do Why? lie goes To-, fast At
first he attends strictly and economically
90 business and IL succeeds; but he too
has.]the weakness for entertainments and
cannot stand II; so you see the farmer
stands best If he ~ill only think 50 and n''t
let other classes interfere with his aff ,irs.
Let :us stand by one another as other
crafts To do and not be fiattered aud fooled
by them and distrust one another. We
are the only club or order that has stooi in
fthe county any length "f time lie, Us
with renewed energy enter upnn the New
Year Sd that the farming interest In differ.
eft parts Of the county will emulate our
example and organize clubs, as under
stand they have contemplated. With these
hasty thoughts thmwn tngeiher, which
hope you will criticise fnlIy. wish you u
happy and prosperous New Year.
!. @. cRYER
Farming "a pursuit Is an occupatics
that man exercises great ind-pend nee.
Fist, he Is his own b 80. and this a!nne is
q great privilege over the many other oc.
cupations. BY some way or smother ne Is
not free 70 speak as he would some times
like b.. and 10 succeed Il Is like all other
occupations-reqnires strict attention. You
can always find employment "n the farm
for every working day in the year, and in
my judgment you have gnt TO make mp
your mind to be q slave at certain seasons,
II YOU want 10 make 1t profit BILE. and you
have got 70 possess The following qnalifica
tions good management. careful obser.
vation and Q good biz ef practical knowl.
edge-otherwise you are at sea- Still. in
some cases, nature some times causes sue
cess, though IL il not well b. trust tOo much
In Providence. as W. might strike Rhode
Island. and that would be t,o far North FIR
us southern farmers. A man that has M
natural taIent for farming should never
cbpose il. tor his occnpaiion. ESPECIALLY ut
this date, when the prizes of nearly s'l pro
ducts have run 81 lie lowest ebh y Itis true
that agriculiureis is an industry shst is obliged
g. gu on befre ANYTHING else can be rec
ognized and some une has GIT fo do II.
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