The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-10-01

grations from Pennsylvania to Canada,
to the Genesee county in New York,
and to the Shenandoah Valley and
Kentucky. During the last twenty
five years we have been going through
a period in which the conditions were
such that in the East at least the val
ue OF farm lands was decreasing, the
amount of farm mortgages wero ac-
cumulating, and the farmers were un-
rewarded for their toll, unhappy and
discontented.
THE general cause OF this condition
Of things is easily to be seen. The
opening of numerous railroads through
out the country affording facilities for
the transportation of grain from the
interior to the seaboard, has brought
the Eastern farmer with his high
priced lands into competition with the
West, where a rich soil hitherto un-
used, and, therefore productive with
out fertilizers, could be secured for a
nominal consideration. II was tenn
porary condition, and it is rapidly pass
ing away.
The governmental and railroad
lands of the West are occupied, with
each year they become less productive,
and great centers Of population like
Chicago, st. Louis and Denver are call
ing upon the territories surrounding
them for food.
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.
when the world catches up with its
supply of wheat, and the time is sure
to come, and is not far distant, the
man with the hoe, or II you choose with
the plow and reaper and binder, will
have his grip on the situation.
The great revival of business which
began with the return of Mr.. Cleveland
to private life, which has given the
manufacturer wealth and his employees
abundant and well paid labor, is now
beginning to affect the farmer. Every
wave which influences for good or i'll
financial affairs reaches first the stock
market, then the mills and marts, and
last Of all, the farmer who represents
the most conservative and stable of all
classes in the community. Already
we feel the zephyrs which precede tn
blast already we have the ripp
which is the forerunner Of the gre
wave. Within the last two .years corn.
oats, horses and cattle have all en-
hanced in value, and it is inevitable
that with the increase of the value Of
farm produce unless We do something
to interfere with existing conditions,
there must be an advance in the value
OF farm lands.
Like every one else the farmer
reaps a benefit from the general pros
perity, but he has a double reason for
being interested in the success of the
Republican cause.
THE REPUBLICAN POLICY.
1T has ever been the policy of the
Republican party to build up and main
tain the manufactures of the country.
and around every mill for the making
Of iron, steel, carpet, silk and even
tin, which latter we were told only a
few years ago could not be produced
in this country, are gathered the
homes of the laborers and their fam.
lily. Since that party came into pow
er the population has grown more than
in the century before, and all arc con.
sumers Of beef. corn, wheat and pota.
toes. All must live upon what the
farmer has to sell them. That policy
is now doing even more. Tie sue
cess which has followed upon il has
developed strength and courage upon
the part OF our manufacturers and
merchants, and they are reaching out
in all directions for the trade of the
world Everywhere the American
products are being introduced, and not
only the wealth which is created at
home, but that Of farther India is
being poured into our lap.
A PICTURE OF THE FUTURE.
1T means, unless we are unwise
enough to interrupt and interfere with
the tide which is carrying us forward.
that this is in the near future to be a
country of immense wealth, teeming
with happy and prosperous people
The great centres of population which
have arisen along the Thames and
Seine will be dwarfed in comparison
with those which will be found along
the Hudson and the Delaware. The
development we have seen within the
last few years around Pittsburg and
on the Pennsylvania Railroad outside
of Philadelphia where farm lands
have risen in a brief period from a
hundred to thousands of dollars per
acre in value, is but a manifestation
Of what is sure to happen in many
other localities, unless we ourselves
by unwisdom prevent It,
The Democrats themselves partici-
pate in the welfare which everywhere
exists, and are enjoying the benefits
which have resulted from the admins
trations Of Mckinley and Roosevelt.
1t is doubtful whether they, unless it
be the few who are only anxious about
the Offices, really want a change, and
II they do. they ought in all kindness
TO be protected from the consequences
OF their want of good judgment. For
the Republicans Of Pennsylvania to
fail would be in the present, as it has
been in the past, the first step in a
career Of disaster which would inflict
Unreasonable injury upon the whole
American people. Republicans and