The Penn's Grove record., 1897-05-28
.sTurn Something Up.o

In the next column are extracts from
q very good address by the President
Of the State Board of Agriculture,
which contains much Of interest for
farmers to think about. He advises
farmers not to cry hard times, and Sin
stead of waiting for something to turn
up 20 to work and turn something up"
That is very good, but too often the
farmers have failed to get "a profit on
their labor after they have turned
something up and no advice is given
how to get q profit. When the farmers
learn that the profits on their products
depends on the price they get for them
and the price Exchange value) depends
as much on the size of the "Dollar
Crop made by laws Of Congress, as it
does upon the size and demand tof the
farm crops, that they can do more in
maintaining and raising prices by vot-
ing one day men into Congress who will
pass laws to make more money than by
toiling the other 1854 days in the year
the farmers will learn that it will pay
to farm Congress one day than to let
Congress and a Wall St. President farm
the farmers 365 days in the year.
1t will DO well for every farmer to
paste in his hat the following monetary
axioms taken from Mills Political econ.
omy: "That an increase Of the quaint.
ty of money raises prices and a diminu.
tion lowers them is the most elemen.
tary proposition in the theory of cur
rency, and without it we should have
no key to any Of the others. Other
things being the same, an increase of
the money in circulation raises prices
and diminution lowers them. If the
whole money in circulation was dou-
bled, prices would be doubled. If it
was only increased o%ne-fourth, prices
would rise one fourth"
The reason the price of farm crops
has been cut into half of what they
were twenty-five years ago and one.
fifth less than five years ago is because
the primary money which measures
values has been reduced by throwing
away silver and the volume of gold has
not increased in proportion to the de-
mands for 1t to maintain stable prices.
Those farmers who think more of their
prosperity than party will study this.
ONLY A FARMER.
"Only a farmer"-so disdainfully spoken
BY a woman Of fashion. so her garments gave
token.
.'Only o farmer, q tiller OF soil,
with hands stained by labor and hardened by
toll,
Reared in the country he knows little but work,
Always eats with his knife, while disdainingth
fork.
''Only a farmer-so awkward-a boOr,:
And what is far worse, he always is poor.
IT'S said he's contented, his face wears q smile,
But he is no gentleman unless he has style"
''Only q farmer, {" the politician says.
"'Tis but little he knows Of the means and OF
ways.
LET HIM STAY ON THE FARM, he is better on
there. \
We've enough In our ranks, aye, and many to
spare"
''only a farmer" did the lawyer exclaim.
"There's no laurels for him, and no honor or
fame.
Professional men should the offices fill,
And leave the farmers at home their acres to
TILL"
But be not dIsheartened, ye tillers OF earth,
Many others there be who recognize worth.
Whether in office high, or fashions gay hall,
Or q plain country home, we obey duty's call.
OF old 1t was said by the sweat Of mans brow
Should he win daily ~bread-'tis honorable now.
Mile Coolidge in New England Farmer.