Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-21
purnose OF increasing the invective news

purpose OF increasing the invect'e "e"
paper literature OF the day?
In the same No. OF your valued pap
is another article. entitled "A Wise Mich-
gander: He Reads the Dispatch ana pc
cided 10 Live In Virginia Does any CIV,
believe that this good man. had ne 'e'u
the philippe OF Mr.. Burwell. would nave
been inspired to domicile here! No" OF,
Il. f.. | believe a farmer. and II IL wen
that he be answered by another farmer
/ have farmed I'm Virginia for thiIt'en
years. and like II better every year
am well acquainted with farming III the
West and Northwest. / heartily ehuoIse
Mr.. Koiner's efforts TO secure TO virginia;
not only the welfare OF her own iu,tl
population, but 10 enlarge upon 't u.
spreading her fame. based upon ner Sranu
resources OF climate. soil. mineral wedl'n,
and geographical position. rms u,
course not apparent TO Nirginldhs VIZ
have never gone beyond the state >
boundaries or otherwise learned 10 ap-
preciate her motherly goodness. lie nus
no conception OF how much harder ths
farmers of the Northwest. for eNa'np'f,
ms. work to provide for things. ma
the Virginian has costless at his door u
can dispense with. Take for eNdmple "iily
the cost OF a winters fuel, ana the IN
creased expense of long. hard Wih'e'
clothing. And then. too. the dlstahcc
from the shipping port often OFFSETS the
increase Of their crops over ours. RACES
could be written that would shame a,'
effectively silence the malcontents' IL -
therefore a great wrong and INJURY ~
our fair State 10 stamp indiVlduai uiaUo"-
lent upon the masses
warming to-day Is n professional busi-
ness. and requires business methods LOT
success. The days when a farmer coul"
misfarm as he pleased and sun nlano
money are dead and gone. Farming TO-
dav Is a business Of small proht, but ~ IL
otherwise with manufacturer IL laiih
products have sunk I'm price-not III
value-so have all goods that are hldhu-
featured. Has not sugar. coffee ana Tea
decreased in like or greater Iauo ulau
agricultural products? Ten years "so
farmer was satisfied TO get pounu o'
sugar for a dozen esgs, do eggs ptlhs
less To-day? can YOU not buy SUIT "a
cIofhAs for half what you paid some years
ago? As for real estate. the depreciation
of CITY property is no less than that OF
the farms. No man will to-day buy an old
house. when he can build new one just
rs good at half the price the old one cost,
by virtue OF the decrease in the price OF
building material. The farmer is certain
" the better off nowadays and even Il
his land is worth less than twenty years
ago. il does not necessarily produce less.
and he can always get PLAIN living OH
it. The man who has his money invested
i'm city property has frequently nad 10
meet n reduction of 30 per cent. IN the
revenues therefrom; or, If his houses are
unoccupied gets nothing, but must, IN au-
dition. pay taxes and insurance. But H.
as Mr.. b. says the government ought 10
do something for the poor farmer why
not for the poor urEanite, 100; why not
have the government run US altogether!
What MIR. Is. says of the trusts and money
magnates is quite true. but the smaller
merchants and tradesmen certainly SUI
fer no less severely under the sNltch VI
these combines But is not the larin'r
himself 10 blame for a part OF III "hF
have we no agTarian party! Inc hiSci"-
hle rnalSeshift called Farmers Alliance
and it's Pensacola platform WHAT ""S
10 Did II not antagonize the interests OF
fnlIv one-fourth Of the agricultural pop
ulation by its absurd platform? And what
business had Il TO install itself as sponsor
~ the nations morals? | do not purpose
10 discuss Mr. BIS views on the monetary
problerl ANY one Will agree thdt d
change in the currency viii not after tne
value. but only the price. OF one ana an
articles Nobody in particular would De
benefited thereby. The moral OF II all Is
Let us get reconciled to prevailing coAdi-
lions. caused largely by an Increased pro-
duction due to inventions and discoverieS5
Of the last twenty years, and not equalleI
bv q century preceding. Let us ADAPT
ourselves to modern business methcd5
ana wipe out old ruts Of the farm ti&t
have stayed too long and caused so nuch
discomfort to the farmer, because ne Is
type Of conservatism. ,.,
''robbam Va X. II. SCHURICHT.