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Show within themselves thev have -but to reach forward to grasp what is theirs by, every la h i ni i r div.ue. Ever in the meantime let our farmers be progress ive anJ strive to keep pece with the times, let them buy improved farm micmuerv as fut a tii;v.cv -toi se it; let them improve tne,r stock as. fast as cream stances will permit. Subscribe' for a g d agricultural j lurtfal and read it. Sus'ain ihe lucal p.ipers -when- they sir ve t advance your tutsiesn. Kduyaie Vour children to the best of your ability, Oon't haibor the old fogy notion thai if a bov has a liberal e mcat'oif he ont ii irk; and that the mist me.titre rildr-mentorv rildr-mentorv kn )ild;i is godenouh for a (aimer. No greater, fallacy ever existed. In this, as well as every other pursuit ft, if. ,the more intelligence the gre.iter the sucess. Dijjtiily your occupation anl it will dignify . vkl. Hesitate nv lunger ui. demanding what, yi.u ar-.' justly, eHitlt J t as hf-iu:; i.f-found i.f-found ttion and i- r ltv s'm; jI fie m jspjiii of Shi Pi 'Z- : Let Hie '!nni sets iii w rk ait ),'" ,iev ,lu-tion ,lu-tion i,i yiHir ,U: and lUilh ids. .a4 vjii will inder i iv vat n mt;"l 1 1 exist1 heretofore ;..- dike y, r t'i ii I it n'jr il y .ir .:ir ! n.t rie ILouinvt. oatd-iu'i go in t!ebt, . . , Fair Pi.av M.ui'i, S''P;. '8V The Farmers. ! T hoi r i t ua 1 1 on 1 i !' ly "Fair Play" In a Cloar and LogicM M-tn-ner, Who says Proldction is Nocossary forJ Our Farii'rs. PROTECTION FOR FARMERS Written tor the Kecibsait. It is a matter of surprise to thinking people, in theie days of Trade Un; uts and Labor Leagues, tliat the farmer, representing the bune aiid sinew, and a fair proportion of the wealth, of an agricultural c m nunity like San Pete.j have never restoredjo any organization as a means ol protection and to pfacd' themselves in a p isitiou to deman I and receive a fair equivalent for their labor. To sh w lint the lamer himself is l.uge-ly l.uge-ly lespousible for ex-snug c..ndtioiis,and to poni! o it a p s-iblc remedy is t' e a n and purpose ol tins aitule. In the lirst place, w ills we aJm t lii.n ours oil is very productive inder pmpel treatment, uulv the pracucle f.iiinei himself knuws llie untiling labor and skill acquired by yens ot t n1, which are and in all probability he will e?k the temporary reliet which a mortgage affords, af-fords, as tne only way out ol his d llicul-tirs. llicul-tirs. lr behooves the laimer, even under Jhe most distressing circumstances, to think twice before he places the farm in jeopardv, which represents tobjm years of p rly paid labor, together with his hopes for comloil andrindependence in his declining years, t '.. B rr witig money H.t i - urpsious rates of interest usually demanded is scan elv m ire sale or sa isi'artory t;iaii a niort-g niort-g ige, Iwtn iuv ilv.ng sicr tii-j-, s and pir vaiioii wh.ch only a success;i)l busiucssi man witn an assured inco ne and a knowledge of business metlioJs can venture ven-ture t meet. ft is evident from th? f ireguing that th-le neJy for the -ils that farmers are h ;ri t j, will not b' e .trelv averted bv tneXiprojcltiiii railr ad, allli iu;h it will probably betiei their coudiii - in sdnie respects. It is the opini in of the wri t r.based on experience an.l obseiva-tion. obseiva-tion. lharthe grand r,iedy is. in cun-centrat cun-centrat on of action afton the larmers theuise ves It is a truism that C, J helps tiiose wh i h-V;i fteinselves, and aslon as farmers atie wiiiu. 10 sit supinely d wn and acce.H whit mei chants an 1 t.gleiin-i cu i e to ;,vc tliem for th -;ir pi id i;Uii lo i .vil t ii!V be debarelfnn t'i ri iauci.il success to wo ch t is n i nl'tv l t ie,r occupation entitles the n. E.fiji n 014 iniza'iou and uiellig.n c ipeia u.i will account plish wo id.;is in hn d recuoii and is just as n c s-aivas a tt a 1 ,4 lra.le or Chambei ofComnieice is to those en ga.ed itimeicautile pursuits. Let tile faimers meet and oigan ze.aud after hav ni d sscu-sed the quesiion ,u all its baiings decide be puce for which gram and ot iei pr ducts ol in -soil can beraisedai a ta i Mii 1 1 tne or ducer, and seo t it t lai t iev acepi no less. If the home matket d. es not afford af-ford sullic.en iiidiicemeutt, ..pen up a coirc-p uideiice with wiiolesale dj ileis east and wnst, and c aariet one or more cars as tne.r necessities t require, and attend t their own snipping, thereby saving tne percentage -t nuddlem n besides be-sides making airangemtrt'.s to re eive cash promptly o i consignment, By persuing per-suing a p an of lis k nJ ihi farmer w.H receive lie:, tig ieu puce f(r his sttrp us gram an.l be i i pj . .o 1 1 i pay chsu I .r the coniuio Juies lie pur. h ise at the stores; win. ll gives hiinstdf greater ad van a;es over Hie credit svstem as a dealer i always ready ) i)rer bsrgams to a prom neut cam buyet which a man wh j keeps his n ime on tne merciiants books year after year cmu: never expect to rece ve . Fuittiur ni ire let the merchant once understand that the movement of the farmeis who usually conprise a large prop rtiou of tneu patrons, pa-trons, means that piompt cash payments are to be the rule rather than an excep tion. he will at o ice see where he can reduce re-duce prices on his g i id wnen ie is as- necessaiv to produce tlie best results. Ii is doubtlessly true that careless and slovenly tanning does not pay in any coumry, whtUver natural advantages advan-tages it may have, while care, skill and patient labor are d m ly necessary in the cultivat on ol our land wh ch has been redeemed from the desert. It is a well known fuel that our soil requires from two to three plowing each year before it is in proper condition to receive re-ceive the seed. fins, subj ine 1 to oir c stly system of irrigation, is w ell calculated to make the average farmer, fresh from the alluvial bottom lands, turn with disgust from the prospecl.taken from a financial point of view. Hut as President Young was w l it to sy in tit : early settlement ol this Territory. "We come here willingly because we were obliged to come" and on the same principle our people hive mastered the d.llteuhies in the way of the cul.ivation if tne soil in this miunuin region, starvation being the only other alternative left to them. In more favored lands where irrigation is unnecessary, the tanner having sowed his grain can leave it until the hatvest time, trusting for the necessary moisture to the gentle dews and rains from heaven. Mot so,, however, in this arid Climate; be realizes that eternal vigi lances is the price of his harvest, and that unless he has sous, trained under his own eye to attend to tlie irrigation of his grain, he must needs attend to this imp ii taut branch of Utah husbandry husband-ry himself for tne simple reason that he can.iot hire auv one to preform this dutyf r iimt, I r tn ose who ate sk lied in this lab r an J wh would fuliiil its requirements c niscicutiously always hive all they can do at tbis season on their own farms. In view of these facts our tanner xeal zes.that whatever situation situ-ation is oliered h.m." w.iicu will afl'ird lucrative employment for himself and team he c.iuuot accept it without sacrificing sacri-ficing his prospects lor. the coming harvest, as everything depends on the sured of quick returns and theneceesary money to meet his obl gati uis piuinptly. Thus will everybody be benefited and 'he credit svstem, wliicn is a bone to any community oe banished from our midst. It is a m.tterof regret to lair minded people that the fnmers, tlie class who have mad 3 it possible for the representees represent-ees ol all the o her, tiad:s' and uvocj-tiutis uvocj-tiutis to exist in tins laud, are the last I to receive the full extent of the benefits arrising from their labors. Hut as belo.re statej the remedy is j judicious niaiaemeut ol the waier during the months uf f tine and July. After his grain has ripened, if he is the fortunate possesur uf a self-binder for which the millstone of debt is not hanging hang-ing about bis neck, the harvesting is soon accomplished. On the other hand, if he is not the owner of a self-binder he must employ one, which involves a cash outlay for which his grain al this season of the year does not, always furnish an eq livaletit, and the same difficulty confronts him when he hires hands to assist him at the threshing machine. Men tell him they will not work for wheat for they can get cash for working for the R. R Co. Queries? Will this state of things repeat itself one year hence? Time and grasshoppers will tell. However as this state of affairs does exist at the present time, he finds himself iu a dilemma with his uuthresh-ed uuthresh-ed grain on his hands, and no money to pay efficient help; he is reduced to the alternative of leaving his grain in the stack, or of hiring such bands as can still be induced to work for wheat, but who have a charming disregard for his welfare and convenience and usually leave his straw and chaff scattered scat-tered to the four winds. We will suppose, however, that his grain is ' threshed, notwithstanding the difficulties, and now a word or to its possible disposal, unless he is on exception except-ion to the generality of farmers he hS been running accounts at the local stores for several months for housekeeping supplies, shoes, clothing, etc with the understanding that he will pay "after harvest." Perhaps the truth of the Scotch proverb "Many a mickle makes a muckle." Is never more apparent than' in a store account, and when the time of settlement comes the head of the house hold is doubtless astonished to find what large dimensions, pounds of sugar, spools of thread, and boxes of matches have assumed. He must pay the merchant's mer-chant's price for his merchandise but he has not the merchants privelige of placing plac-ing a fair living value on the commpdi-ties commpdi-ties he has for sale. He has placed himsell in bondage to the merchant bv virtue of the credit svstem, and h ni isl discharge his liabilities and conse quently he mvst take what h can get for his grain which at this season Is aj i ways much less than its real value. Tlie price of wheat in this County usually I . na t wr-i r . r nnr 1 1 n c 1 1 o 1 ranges from 50 to 65 cts per bushel while practicle farmers know that it, cannot be produced with any profit for less than 75 cts per bushel. . The merchants with an eye to their own.iriterest, and according to the instinct in-stinct of self preservation, will place the price of grain at a figure which will admit of a rise later in the season to insure themselves some degree ol profit on the credit they have allowed the far' mer id the earlier portion of the year. Tlie writer does not wish to be understood under-stood as censuring the merchant's ,fo taking this course.lor under present con-t ditions itis the only alterative left for them to preserve their .usiness from dissolution, dissolu-tion, but the whole system is radically wrong nevertheless. If in addition to his store debc our farmer has allowed himself to be beguiled in aa evil hour bv an 'accomodating 'ac-comodating agent into placing his signature signa-ture to a note for laim machinery which neither the extent of his farm or his circumstances cir-cumstances wiU permit him to purchase, he has thus doubly increased his bondage; bond-age; and if sickness has visited his family in the meantime with its attedaBt expenses expen-ses his condition becomes deplorable, |