THE WESTERN FARMER 



without making others one wliit the richer. I\Ioreover, it 

 must be borne in mind that we have in these pages only 

 calculated that share of the general loss wliich accrues to 

 the agriculturists. These barely form half of the total 

 population of the United States, and the other half suffers 

 a fully proportionate loss on their j'early expenditure, from 

 the same causes and with the same results. What steps 

 should be taken to put a stop to these extravagant and 

 unjustifiable losses shall be examined in the next chapter. 



