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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 25 
As We Qo To Press. 
« POLITICS.” 
Before we proceed to a discussion of 
this important text, let us all understand 
what we mean by it, to imitate Daniel 
Webster in opening his great speech in 
reply to Ilayne. The need of knowing 
what we are talking about, would seem 
to be furnished by the following letter ; 
I haven’t read The UnKAL two years yet, but I 
tbouKht I had found the best farm paper out. because 
I understood It to be In favor of clean politics as 
well as clean farnilnK. On page 496 It says that It 
•‘purposes to leave the discussion of politics to polit¬ 
ical papers.” 1 call that a cowardly backdown. Tou 
sit In your comfortable office and enjoy time and 
opportunities that most farmers do not. for Investl- 
gatlng political affairs which directly concern the 
farmer; then you purpose to keep all this Informa¬ 
tion to yourself. When you leave all political dis¬ 
cussion to *• political papers.” you leave It to the 
worst pack of liars on earth, and you know It. On 
the same page, you say: “ Whenever we see a fault 
In farm life, we purpose to hit It, and hit It hard.” 
But political faults you are not going to •’hit” at all 
I had supposed that Tub IlURAi. was Just as ready 
to sweep out dirty spoils politics, as It was to sweep 
out dirty farming. 1 don't see the sense In a farmer 
sticking his nose Into the dirt and keeping It there 
from daylight until dark to produce ” a pound of 
butter” and then vote for a lot of plunderers to go to 
Albany am Washington to divide up the spoils of 
Office, while oleomargarine knocks out the butter, 
the politicians keep up the taxes, and licensed 
whisky, monopoly and political corruption keep the 
whole country prosperous. A i- u. 
Norway, N. Y. 
We call that a rouser and no mistake. 
Now we purpose to show how sore we 
are after that “cowardly backdown.” 
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The latest Webster’s dictionary gives 
two definitions of the word “politics.” 
The one we had in mind when we wrote 
the note referred to was this : 
2. Tne management of a political party; the con¬ 
duct and contests of pariles with reference to polit¬ 
ical measures or the administration of public affairs; 
the advancement of candidates to office: In a bad 
sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the 
success of political candidates or parties; political 
trickery. 
The Other definition is the exact opposite 
of this, but we submit that, as the word 
is commonly used, it refers to the meas¬ 
ures and management of political parties. 
We never yet saw two men discuss poli¬ 
tics without ending up with a debate 
over the merits of the parties — and 
neither of them would admit seriously 
that his own party was wrong. Our 
friend doesn’t say to what party he be¬ 
longs, but the chances are that he is as 
strong a paitisan as any of us. To make 
an old point clearer, there will be no 
“ politics” in The R. N.-Y. We mean by 
that, that whenever we touch upon public 
affairs it will be with a view to ad¬ 
vancing the lasting interests of the farmer 
and not with a view of advancing the in¬ 
terests of any man or party. To make 
it clearer yet—there will be no partisan 
politics. 2 g g 
Our friend seems to think that, if The 
R. N.-Y. would only “ talk politics,” it 
could change the whole situation. If we 
thought that were true, we would print 
the paper in red ink and fill it with 
“politics” so hot that it would serve as 
an incubator. What would be the result 
of that ? A few who agreed with every 
word we said would be greatly pleased. 
The rest would be disgusted and dis¬ 
gruntled, and a large proportion of our 
readers would lose much of their belief 
in The R. N.-Y.’s fairness and honesty. 
Somebody has well said that no political 
stream can rise higher than its source. 
We will have more honor and justice in 
our public affairs only when the com¬ 
mon people are lifted up to a higher 
plane of living, with more respect for 
themselves, more love for their calling 
and more true charity and less selfish¬ 
ness in their homes. There may be those 
who think that this result can be reached 
by “talking politics” and continually 
whining at the times. We do not. Our 
plan is, first—improve yourself and your 
‘^Thc Life of an Iron Roof 
or how long will it last ?” is the title of 
an instructive little book upon the pre¬ 
servation of iron roofing, sent free by the 
Cincinnati Corrugating Co., B. 16,Piqua,0 
farm to the highest point of excellence. 
Instead of being a selfish, bigoted, live- 
for-himself man, let the farmer broaden 
out and demand the recognition that the 
townsman receives. Though he “ de¬ 
mand” for the next century, he will not 
receive it until he makes his business 
what it should be. The second thing on 
the list, is honest organization and co¬ 
operation. Not an organization for 
office, or for a chance to vent your spite, 
but an organization to help your neigh¬ 
bor just as much as you help yourself. 
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That is our platform. We shall con¬ 
tinue to discuss the larger public events 
that have a bearing upon American 
farming. We have never yet been back¬ 
ward in striking at public frauds and 
crimes, but we trust that in the future 
no man will be able to say that in our 
discussions of public measures, we were 
actuated by a desire to help any political 
party along. In this age, party ties are 
growing weaker all the time, and we are 
glad of it. There was a time when all 
that one party needed to do, was to print 
lists of the money the other had stolen, 
while the other printed the number of 
negroes claimed to have been killed at 
the South. There is an end to that now, 
we are happy to say, and fewer frauds 
slip into office protected by an ironclad 
party rule. Our friend has been with us 
two years. If he will stay two years 
more, we will guarantee to do more 
thrashing at public and private frauds 
and faults than any other farm paper. 
If he can show us one that has done 
more of it, we will refund his money. 
But he won’t find his political party or 
ours boomed in The R. N.-Y. We hope 
this will explain the “ political ” situa¬ 
tion for good. 
But, stop! One word more. We 
don’t sit in that “ comfortable office ” all 
day simply to read the papers and im¬ 
prove our minds. We are all obliged to 
work here, and earn our money. A part 
of this work is to increase the circula¬ 
tion of The R. N.-Y. A desire to increase 
the size of the family led to the starting 
of this department. “ Money makes the 
mare go,” and brings the subscriptions 
in. We have a fair amount of money to 
spend on the subscription business this 
year. You ought to have some of it. 
Why don’t you write in and see about 
terms V a v » 
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Another friend out in Iowa writes 
that he is so glad that we are not going 
to touch partisan politics. He goes so 
far as to say that it “would be a National 
blessing” if The R. N.-Y.’s circulation 
could be increased. We looked carefully 
on both sides of his letter, and shook out 
the envelope and still failed to see any 
evidence of his contribution to that 
“ National blessing” in the shape of a 
new subscription. Probably it was an 
oversight and will come in later. We 
are ready for it any time. These August 
premiums are still going “for a song,” 
and such poor singing, too, that any one 
with a voice above a whisper ought to 
capture a premium. Where are you ? 
Here is the list of winners last week ; 
August 18—Ed. J. Bronson, Niagara Co., N. Y. 
August 14-C. S. Baldeiston, Bucks Co.. Pa. 
August 15—N. W. Craft, Hunterdon Co., N. J. 
August IT-O. W. Palre, Milwaukee Co., Wls. 
August 18—R. B. Cutts, Portage Co., Ohio. 
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Just one thing more. We call your 
attention to the number of small adver¬ 
tisements of seed wheat and rye. The 
men who do this advertising are farmers 
like yourself. Why don’t you patronize 
such men when you can ? That’s the 
way to get under way for that business 
organization. 
The cranberry crop Is reported unusually small this 
year, due generally to late spring frosts and dry 
weather. Cape Cod growers who usually send the 
earliest fruit to market, report Injury by spring 
frosts, and probably less than half a crop. The 
Jersey crop, too. Is reported injured, and some sec¬ 
tions will not yield more than half a crop, while others 
will do better. Wisconsin Is quite a cranberry grow¬ 
ing State, but the ciop there will also be short. 
Prices are likely to be good. 
I N paint the best is the cheapest.—Don’t be 
misled by trying what is said to be “just as good,” but when 
you paint insist upon having a genuine brand of 
Strictly Pure W^hite Lead 
It costs no more per gallon than cheap paints, and lasts many 
times as long. 
Look out for the brands of White Lead offered you ; any of 
the following are sure: 
“ANCHOR” (Cincinnati). “JEWETT” (New York). 
“ARMSTRONG & McKELVY ” (Pittsburgh). “KENTUCKY" (Louisville). 
“ATLANTIC” (New York). “JOHN T.LEWIS& BROS. CO.” (Phila.) 
“ BEYMER-BAUMAN ” (Pittsburgh). “ MORLEY ” (Cleveland). 
“ BRADLEY ” (New York). “ MISSOURI ” (SL Louis). 
“ BROOKLYN ” (New York). “ RED SEAL ” (SL Louis). 
“ COLLIER ” (SL Louis). “SALEM ” (Salem, Mass.) 
“ CORNELL ” (Buffalo). “ SHIPMAN ” (Chicago). 
“DAVIS-CHAMBERS” (Pittsburgh) “ SOUTHERN ” (SL Louis and Chicago). 
“ ECKSTEIN ” (Cincinnati). “ ULSTER ” (New York). 
“ FAHNESTOCK ” (Pittsburgh). , “ UNION ” (New York). 
For Colors.—N ational Lead Co.’s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors. 
These colors are sold in one-pound cans, each can being sufficient to tint 25 pounds of 
Strictly Pure White Lead the desirecl shade: they are in no sense ready-mixed paints, but a com¬ 
bination of perfectly pure colors in the handiest form to tint Strictly Pure White Lead. 
A good many thousand dollars have been saved property-owners by having our book on 
painting and color-card. Send us a postal card and get both free. 
NATIONAL LEAD CO., New York. 
Watches at Panic Prices. 
K nowing that every person needs a watch, we have taken advantage of the panic times to offer 
watches to subscribers at panic prices. The wages paid to skilled labor In the great watch-case 
factor!, 8 of the country have just been cut as never before. In the desperate effort to prevent the 
closing of the establishments, and prices have been greatly reduced to stimulate consumption of 
the product. It Is not reasonable to expect that such a condition of things can long continue, and the 
shrewd buyer will make an effort to buy a watch, while the prices are lower than ever before, and before 
they are again advanced to something like previous rates. 
“ CRESCENT STREET.” 
Waltham Watch, Men’s Size. Pride of the Wal¬ 
tham Factory. 
The best full-sized Waltham watch Is called “Cres¬ 
cent Street.” This watch Is made from the very 
finest materials, each part belug selected by expert 
workmen. Every wheel Is perfect, every jewel Is a 
precious stone, every pinion Is polished to the high¬ 
est degree. In fact, this watch Is, as the Waltham 
Company guarantees, “ perfect In construction and 
finish.” The Company also says In Its catalogue 
that this Is “the finest full-plate movement In the 
world.” The full plate Is a recent improvement In 
watchmaking. It Is a metal cap, covering all the 
mechanism, excepting the balance, thus saving many 
bills for cleaning. These celebrated works are full 
jeweled with red ruby jewels In solid gold settings. 
They contain compensation expansion balance, safe¬ 
ty pinion, stem winding and setting apparatus, pat¬ 
ent Breguet halr-sprlng, hardened and tempered In 
form, patent regulator and double sunk dial, made 
expressly for this watch. The dial Is genuine. 
No. 101. Crescent Street, Solid 14k., 40 dwt. 
(Hunting case only.) . f52.90 
No. 1(2. Crescent Street. Gold filled, 20-year. 
Hunting or Open face case. 37.00 
No. 103. Crescent Street. Gold filled, 16-year. 
Hunting or Open Face case. 33.25 
No. 104. Crescent Street, 2-ounce Coin Sliver. 
Hunting or Open face case. 27.85 
No. 105. Crescent Street, Solid Nickel Sliver, 
Open face dust-proof case. 25.(0 
“APPLETON, TRACY & CO.” 
Waltham, Men’s Size. 
“ Appleton, Tracy & Co.” Is one of the cele¬ 
brated watches of the world. The works are full 
jeweled, with 15 extra fine red ruby jewels In solid 
gold settings, compensation balance, safety pinion, 
stem winding and setting, Breguet halr-sprlng, spe¬ 
cial adjustment to temperature, Isochronlsm and 
position, and all the very latest Improvements. This 
watch took the first prize at the World’s Exposition 
In Purls, against all competitors, both American and 
foreign. We will deliver this watch to any address 
In the United States; works as above In 
No. 106, Solid 14k. gold, 40 dwt. Hunting case 
only .t40.00 
No 107, I4k. gold-filled, 20-year. Hunting case. 23.50 
No. 108, l4k. gold-filled, 20-year. Open face... .22.50 
No. 109, 2-ounce, Solid Coin Sliver, Hunting or 
Open face. 17.50 
No. 110, Stiffened Silver, Open face only.15.50 
No. Ill, Solid Nickel Silver case, open face. 12.75 
OFFER No. 112. 
Men’s Size Solid Gold Waltham Watch, J29. 
No. 100. Is a Men’s Size Hunting or Open face 
Waltham solid gold Standard, U. S. Assay Case, 
handsomely engine turned. The works contain seven 
jewels, and are made according to the celebrated 
Waltham Riverside Model, In which the two nickel 
winding wheels are plainly seen. The case Is the 
thinnest solid gold model ever made. Remember, 
we me n that the watch when closed In the pocket 
Is thin. The lids of the case are the usual thickness, 
and form a perfict protection for the movement. 
This Is just the watch for doctors, lawyers, clergy¬ 
men, and all others who wish a really first-class 
article. The works are jeweled in sll Import’nt 
parts with precious stones; the regulator Is an Im¬ 
proved pattern; the halr-sprlng Is Logan’s patent 
Breguet Spring. We will send this watch, dellvtry 
guaranteed, to any address In the United States 
for 129 
OFFER No. 113. 
Men’s Size Gold Watch, Waltham or Elgin, $14.50.2 
No. 106. Is a Men’s size Hunting or Open face gold 
filled engraved case, guaranteed by the manufact¬ 
urers to wear 15 years. This watch contains the 
same movement as Offer No. 100. We will send this 
i watch, delivery guaranteed, for $14.50. 
OFFER No. 114. 
Men’s Size Silver Open Face Watch, $6.50. 
No. 107. Is a seven-jewel Waltham or Elgin, open 
face only, stiffened silver case. In other words. In 
I order to give strength sufficient to make the case 
durable without making the metal thick and heavy, 
! the silver Is strengthened by a nickel plate, intro- 
I ducedinsuch a manner as to be entirely hidden, 
and were It not explained, the purchaser would not 
be able to tell It from a heavy solid coin sliver case. 
This watch comts In open face only, with a heavy 
beveled plate glass crystal, strong and durable. The 
dial Is of white porcelain, either Roman or Arabic 
characters. In order to prevent the possibility of 
the hands catching, the dial upon which the second¬ 
hand is mounted Is sunk below the level of the sur¬ 
rounding face. We will send this watch, d livery 
guaranteed, for $6.50. 
OFFER No. 116. 
Ladles’ Solid Gold Waltham or Elgin Watch, $.2. 
No. 115. The works are manufactured at Waltham 
or Elgin. They are made of the finest mateilals, 
carefully selected. The jewels are all cut and pol¬ 
ished In Europe, where secret processes are handed 
down from generation to generation. The dl 1 Is 
made of the finest porcelain and the hands of blue 
j tempered steel. The casa Is solid I4k. United States 
Assay, handsomely engraved. We will send this 
watch, delivery guaranteed, for $22. 
OFFER No. 116. 
Ladles’ Solid Gold Waltham or Elgin Watch, $16. 
No. 116. Is a ladles’ solid gold hunting or open face 
case, very delicately engraved, and contains a Wal¬ 
tham or Elgin seven-jewel movement. We guarantee 
this watch as well as all other watches offered, to be 
perfect timekeepers. Postpaid, delivery guaran¬ 
teed, for $16. 
OFFER No. 117. 
Ladles’ Gold Filled Waltham or Elgin Watch, $13.50. 
No. 117. Is a 1 idles’ gold filled engraved watch, 
guaranteed by the manufacturer to wear 15 years. 
The works contain seven jewels, exposed pallets, 
safety pinion and all Improvements. Price, delivery 
guarante d, $13.50. 
OFFER No. 118. 
Ladles’ Gold “Skylight” Watch, •12.50. 
No. 118. Is a I4k. gold filled engraved “Skylight ” 
Waltham or Elgin, guaranteed to wear 20 years. The 
case Is made by placing two heavy sheets of I4k. 
gold, reinforced between with a thin sheet of stiff 
composition, which makes a perfect case for pro 
irctlng the works. The ring joint plugs, thumb- 
piece, hinges and every part subjected to constant 
wear, are solid gold, while the gold Is brought down 
over the edges of the composition metal and joined 
la such a way that even an expert Is obliged to cut 
the case to find that It Is not solid gold. We will de¬ 
liver this watch for $12. 
OFFER No. 119. 
■ Ladies’ Solid Coin Silver “Skylight” Watch, $8 
No 119. Is a solid coin silver watch, Wsltham or 
Elgin, containing seven jewels and all Improvt meats. 
We mean by “Skylight” that the front case Is cut 
! and a heavy crystal is Inserted so as to see the dial 
without opening the front case. We will deliver 
! this watch, postpaid, for $8. 
THE RURAL NEW YORKER, Cor. Chambers and Pearl Sts , New York. 
