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apparent and temporary benefit in the midst of this 

 general destruction are the bonanza farmers of our 

 own country, with the foreign merchants in both, and 

 the ocean carriers. 



Whilst we are doing all these things it may be well 

 for us to remember that we arc giving to our Trans- 

 Atlantic brethren some lessons in agriculture that it 

 would be most strange if they did not improve upon. 

 The adoption and use of our machines and methods 

 in England and Ireland, in Hungary and Russia, in 

 France, in Germany, and in India, will produce the 

 same results in those countries as in this. Capital, 

 machinery, and cheap labor will grow wheat at a cost 

 of sixteen to twenty cents a bushel, for all the expen- 

 ses of seed and labor in cultivating and harvesting, as 

 well in Europe as in America. Already do those 

 countries possess cheap labor in the greatest abun- 

 dance, with capital and the lands concentrated in the 

 hands of the few. The only other requisites wanting 

 are the proper machinery and management. We 

 stand ready to furnish both if they are not to be 

 found at home. 



How long will it be before those peoples will learn 

 these things and begin to act upon the knowledge ? 

 How long before the obstructing hedges, ditches, cab- 

 ins, tenant houses, and numerous subdivisions all 

 that prevents that enlargement of fields that will give 

 scope for the use of the most effective machinery 

 will be removed, with the people who now occupy and 

 cultivate the soil? How long before we shall see 

 those lands planted, and sown, and harvested by the 

 same methods as are the bonanza farms of the West, 



