The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-17
NlHUM BhGHELDER.
tinn.NGE LEADER
WARNS FhFHERs OF IMMEDIATE
DANGERS TO THEIR PROP.
ERTY AND LIBERTY.
I rs LITTLE RESPECT
FOR THE FtRMERS
.fe Farmer Master of the National
Grange Fears City Vote VIII Re-
move Tariff on Foodstuffs-9oose-
ra't Comes Wish False Pretenses-
Mr.. Perkins.

! Hon. N. J. Bachelor, speaking al
N1iIsyille, n. j., said in part:
"We must resolutely face the truth
I We are threatened with an upsettina
Of CIR institutions and plunge into
/ 81, iIism which would be peculiarly
! (2HEerous to the farmers, as it would
s'ike at the very foundation of their
occupation and independence.
We farmers must face the fact
that cur country is now in a transi-
tioH period. We are passing on from
'ho condition of country principally
a"ficnltGral to that of a country prin.
clpally Industrial; that is, whose
greatest interests are in manufactur-
ing. OF course, in country where
agricultural pursuits are the para
mount factor, the people engaged in
such pursuits can have things very
much their own way, but when the
manufacturing and other occupations
incident to city life become vaster
and more influential than the agricul-
tural pursuits, then the agricnltural
classes become less powerful and less
able to protect themselves against in.
Justice, and in the economic read
juStments of the period are in danger
OF serious losses and disturbances.
u am by no means an alarmist, but
it is necessary to consider certain
unqucstioned facts.
"AcCordng to the census of 1910
tho rural population of continental
United States increased only II Der.
cert. in the 10 wears from 1900 to
1870, while the urban popplation in.
creased 25 per cent. That is TO say
the urban population is increasing
more than three times as fast as IN.
rural population.
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''8'' S'er Important
No"' uhder all these circum- ,
s'a"ceS' am much disturbed with
t,at;aa W. 81. i''''i'',' ,'"""'e OF pro-
..,a ,,a,. ~ p'N""'lS' we larm- .
.i,.a ,,.at' o"pl'O' 'e" '"e pro
,,.-,.,,, EI many years. II"
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,,,.a ha5 el., ,,,'''l''''',''' VI ','E interests
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... ba,.o tod r,;. ,;,, IL .,,'' '''t' Id M
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g own aann4, ,tt Wv 90 ~ ''l' VI d i''.'o"
zero nrincfnaIIv ooricn1tnro1 ,,radnat.
nd our imports principally mann.
acturcs. But now our cynorts cr
gricultural products are steadily de
lining and our exports of manufac.
res rapidly increasing. There are
ast}y more people now at home rar
8 to feed. and now that the tariff
aF become more than over imDor.
mt to American farmers there is an
lCrcasing disposition among tho mr.
IN population to remove protection
ON all farm products.
eve havo to considor all nroeidcr,
NJ and congressional candidate ~
10 light of this situation. AS to
0osoyclt, he comes to the farmers
it'll false prctenscs. We have seen .,
at in our great reciprocitv fight .
'ich was a tariff fight he w2q th,r
l~hlv and actively agoinet nc w,
we seen that he is in favor of en- @
re free trade with Canada, which is ;,
" only country from which we have | ,
fear competition. a
T. r. Don't Respect Farmers r,
"Nr Roosnvn1+ eaoms n horo ,,o,,, F.;
flo rocnoct for +ho for,,,anu {.
~, ror bo is on rooord a.,
# tho ovorooo forn,o, !. na+ t'| ',''' r.
mrored with tho ovorooo nan,ha.. ", wv =
est uttprance, his speech before 4,
o convention of his new marty at W
fcago, on AUGUST 9Th, last we frI ac
1tional cause for uneasiness This or
aech is Mr. RooseveIts own nIat &c
m, referred to as his confession of N
tn. In it he shows his attitude oc
ward the tariff. He saws. is
sTn INV oninion tbo ,rou;.. of
7Dle favor the Drincinle of n nro- Ga
tive tariff b,,+ tbov dooiro a p'o to
iff to ba oetobliebod nrin,on;I'. aID' q
, interests Of tbo waco wor,,on 49," -
) consumer
There is no consideration for +7,o
mers in this While the farmers lh
workers on the most basic eco @o' @o
mes Importance, they are not ro
Sseo as wage workers nor as con, nrt
1ers, and a tariff primarily for no
Sc classes is likely to leave the dn
ners IN the lurch. In furtherance II
ms especial concern for the wage
herS' MI Roosevelt goes on to
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