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Show THE FARMEM' BurtOtN3. Ttia remmeiila af a Houtbat-n Joarnal aa aa llelhlon rrai,. Ilia llaat. Tho Kanaaa City Tlniea lay Ihe farm-era farm-era are nnUngcrrlili. They no longer liat e more than they can tiicnd. In ottr once prospermia nirricullnral ill.trLU they aroYiHlnce.1 alinoet to poverty. In the ere. of the publlo fannliig baa ceaacd tobothopleaiantand iimntalle nxtivatlou of a former generation. In thoolleratntcait la a common tiling to aee farm houwa going to decay, while in llio how alntea dugout, nn 1 ahantiea ore the rule. r.ier)rthero tnaylieaecn tho tr vclc of tho loan agent anl tho blight of the mortgage.. The fact cannot Im dlagultnl that tho fartneraof llie wcat aro growing jmortr eicry day, whllo the farmer, of tho ro-Jth are eerlotuly hatnionil In Heir progreaa. All )et thla It all wrong Agrlcnlturo ali'all.l bo the great aoiirco of tho nation", proapcrlty. an 1 when It decaya llio i nllro country will aoffcr It will not do to any that tha fannert are Idle an 1 lliriftlcaa. They work hard. They are ecnnnnilcal. They make llio lcrt of their hard lot It la eaay i nongli to ciplaln tho prrtentrtate of affair. Our farmer piy a h. ary tax on nearly inery artielii tlu-y buy, mil nearly all they nil must goat prlft flanl In tho until la where that producer, of tbo world oimprtd for linyrra. If a mtet ivn tnriiT pula money In the pockcta nf thivmwho are rtigngellu manufacturing pimulti, It .loci not compel tie hi to uy higher price for agricultural prn-lucta, ThoaaltiofcierylhlngralilniiBfariii la largely detennlne.1 by the price nf onr nirplntanpplyln furelgninarket. Fan i-crt, i-crt, thin fore, when thy tv 11 hive to cnnia lo with the producer of the u url I, ai il whn they buy they have to piy an eanrbltant tax ton jrivilcgM elaai on our eattern aealioird, for wluwo lanetlt the McKinlcy hill waa i natte.1 In conelmlon, onr Itanana City con temwrary .IceLarea tint our fanner nailer na-iler exiatln r con litlooa nro luero eerft, nnl will never beany lwtt.rotf until wo liaio tariif reform Thwn are .lull-born .lull-born facta, but tariff reform la not a tuf fUlent retnMy. Wo lim.tourliaii! our intlre tyttciuaof flnatico and taiatlon. We mint baro a cnrrincy Hint will meet the want of thla rapidly del eloping country, anl wn limit bain local banki of luua tlut will not outlaw tl.o fannert by rejecting real iitoaa a accurlty fur loan. When weflr. allthcto rxformi we may expect to ton tho agricultural Intcre-t mjoy IU oldui pnuvrity, but nut before. Atlanta Conttltutlun. |
