Show THE EMPTY HONOR The q lestion as to who will fce set up by tho gathering at Chicago Chi-cago to be knocked down by Samuel J Tildeu in November nextIs more obscure and beclouded now than it was a month ago That none of those moet prominentiy mentioned will be the victim of Uncle apolitical a-political pugilism seems pretty well assured but It will be a daik horse that is to be thrown upon its haunches and hobbled The Republican National Convention Conven-tion now in session is in most respects I pects a somewhat remarkable gatheiingembracing as it does much that has been opposed by the party as such if its pretensions and declarations dec-larations mean anything at all From Virginia comes a delegation of repudiators a public obligation I whereas the Republicans claim to I be the party of honesty and these j men stand high in the councils of the party Both the nominations for temporary chairman came from not only strongly Democratic but formerly slaveholding States Arkansas Ar-kansas and Mississippi the one a carpetbagger of the firit grade the other and successful candidate a i negro the permanent president John B Henderson comes from another an-other strongly Democratic and formerly for-merly slaveholding State Missouri Such movements on the part of an organization which cannot hope for anything from the south may be regarded as sops to Cerberus which the threeheaded monster will not partaka of and consequently are loves laber loCI T he party has hitherto show lIP I demands of the world to facilitate I tr e labor ofi others and thus give an impetus to productiveness In this view they are indirect producers but by prostituting the influence they wield they actually obstruct production and become worse than parasites The farmer cannot prevent speculation but he can insist and make his wish of actual effect among those who look to him for support Boycotting theoretically Is to be decried but it is practised the world ever and will be until the divine command Do unto other etc shall be realized in the millenn um Reciprocity Is the idea of the age and if the farmer would assist those only who render help to him the rapidity with which his friends increased t in-creased would be really astonishing If a merchant will oppoee imported oats againat the Utah article let the farmer be just as mean and take his trade away from that merchant if imported flour imported cloth imported shoes are pitted against the homemade article let those who buy goods from the merchant withdraw patronage and give it to some man who will deal honestly In Utah products pro-ducts This is an agricultural community and a large majority of Its Inhabitants are farmers while all are more or less directly dependent upon them If the farmers were to i take united action it is within their power to exercise an influence so potent that every moneyed man would be forced to come to termsand deal in Utahmade goods in preference prefer-ence to Imported articles But tae farmer is his own worst enemy because be-cause he will not protect himself In an Interview with a leading busi ness man some time ago the merchant mer-chant stated it would pay the farmer to put his grain Into bacon The question was subsequently asked Wouldnt you import bacon still and run down the price of the homemade article untli it became be-came as unprofitable to raise hogs as it > 6 to raise grain The rep y was We couldnt Our wholesale orders come from farming districts If our farmers raised their own hogs they wouldnt go to the untry stores to buy baconno matter mat-ter how cheap it was old If the country store could not sell bacon they would buy none from us d we finding no demand cer laly would not bring it into the untry And thus you see in piLe of us the farmer could stop his market and keep in the Terri ry 400000 that now goes out annually < an-nually for pickled hog This merchant recognized the power of the farmer The only thing Is to make the farmer friendly to himself him-self |