The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-08
f. TO THE FARM.

era Of hICh prices ma
that it may stop the treno O popA
Ia+ion toward the cities, ana 'ha'
~odmonition of Pack to the
nav he needed by many VINO hiu =
- The towns so difficult they q
horo,v exist. It is true that ~
ar who sells beef is at the merry
re tba beef trust. 1t pays MN 10"
,r;cee even now compared Win 80
nrice It comDeIs the consume |" p'S'
and the farm ,rts war against 'N
trusts is az necessary as MS
chanic's and laborer's. The dllerenoe
e ,bat the farmer. by raising MS own
supplies. can escape n extorloh =
the trusts on what he eats "hiie h0
Is as much at the mercy OF the trust
on what he buys to wear OF use 'i
his farm as the man in town. IN the
war on trust prices, they nave q cohi-
mon cause, with the on 1he
side Of the farmer this year. whereas
q few years ago the jewellers IN the
towns had the advantage over tae
farmers.
Nobod in town or country shouid
wish for q return Of the low prices
that prevailed during the panic tina
began in the Harrison ADMINISTRATOR
and lasted until the discovery OF gold
in Alaska and the Spanish-Amerlcan
war brought a return Of good times.
The trend of population
during the panic and afterwards
added to the number Of IN
the centres without adding to the men
who must grow enough to feed them
selves and the denizens of the town
and cities. Not only SO: the demand
for something to eat all over tn
world added TO the demand for the
products of the farm, and the multi
tude Of immigrants who c~ongregate
in the cities, where they are not
needed. instead of going to the coun-
try, where they are needed. add"i
TO the producer, which the trusts have
farms. These natural causes would
make such demand for meat and
bread as to give the m better
prices. and this natural demand will
have q tendency to max folks heed
the call, Pack to the Farm" But
the artificial increase to the consum-
er. without a corresponding increase
to the producer, which the trust has
brought about, has cause seyere
hardships and has focused public at
tention as not before in this genera
ton upon the power of the trust &c
rob every home in America. In sc
far as high prices are the result OF
natural conditions, they will tend &c
keep young men on the farm, for
young men will not stay on the farm
unless the price of what IS produced
Is remunerative. The men on the
farm are using better methods, they
are growing more hog and horniny
and farming is more profitable be.
cause of better methods as we'll a
because Of the natural higher price,
hat prevail.
The ultimate consumers" have be.
come too numerous and many o
them should return to the farm
there to raise what they eat and sci
the surplus to the towns. They car
then be free of those trusts that con.
troll meat, milk and like articles. ant
'1 AItS ~ litlp tIAd Vie ROBBERY O
the trusts that charge two prices
thanks to the tarif-for evervthins
the farmer wears, ali his agricultur
al nnplinnents, and everything h,
uses on the farm. A return TO tn,
; farm means a higher type OF citizen
ship. There are good men fourc
. alike in town and country, but tn.
| best citizenship depends upon touch
: with life on the farm. In Mort,
Carolina eighty per cent of the peool.
I live in the villages or on the farm
. and rural conditions have deveIane,
! a high citizenship. Wherever IN,
I trend to town has drawn upon III,
farm, the citizenship is not so hiyh
The hope Of this State is in A stur6v
independent, progressive agricnItnra
Z population. Good nriooe e..