THE FARMER'S WAR AGAINST MONOPOLIES. SOS 



ing capital of that State for the same year assisted by 

 the owners' labor. 



"In short, 5,500,000 laborers, operating with $11,000,- 

 000,000 of capital, can give a product of only $2,500,- 

 000,000 a year in agriculture; while 2,000,000 of 

 laborers, operating on $2,000,000,000 capital in manu- 

 facturing, can give a product, less the cost of the raw 

 material, of $1,500,000,000. 



" While we may have to concede that certain specified 

 industries will languish and fail if not protected, we also 

 insist that the field in general manufacturing is wide 

 enough and profitable enough to fairly employ all that 

 may fail in special industries." 



These figures are eloquent, and go far to sustain the 

 assertions we have made. 



Thirty years ago, two brothers started out in life. 

 The elder, loving the country, its pure air and free life, 

 invested the sum of five thousand dollars, which he 

 had inherited from his father, in a snug farm in the 

 "West. His farm lay in a growing section of country, 

 within easy access of the markets, and the land was as 

 good as any in the State. The young man, whom we 

 shall call David Dean, had been brought up on a farm 

 in New England, and was by nature in every way 

 fitted for an agricultural proprietor. Under his man- 

 agement his farm prospered, and year by year it grew 

 until he became one of the best to do farmers in his 

 State. A man of intelligence and education, he kept 

 himself abreast of the times, adopting every improve- 

 ment in cultivation that his judgment sanctioned, and 

 rendering his homestead in all respects a model farm. 

 In due time he married. Children grew up around 

 him, and these he was enabled to keep in comfort and 



