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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 28 
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Thebe have been two notable public 
events during-the past week : The Presi¬ 
dent issued his famous message on the 
Monroe Doctrine, and the Secretary of the 
Treasury showed up Uncle Sam’s cash 
account. We don’t look for any war. A 
fight between Uncle Sam and .John Hull 
would be like a rough-and-tumble be¬ 
tween some country storekeeper and 
some old veteran who has grown fat and 
puffy sitting down and telling about his 
great feeds. Personally, we can get 
along without any bloodshed ; but, if 
there is any question of right and justice 
in this matter, we believe that Uncle 
Sam should put his foot right down on 
the mark and keep it there. The trouble 
with this matter is that there has been 
too much shuffling and dodging. Come 
right to the front and stand by your 
rights boldly and unflinchingly. That 
is the thing that stops many a fight. 
Whenever you yield a point of right, you 
weaken your cause, and the chances are 
that you will have to'fight to get it back. 
Stern talk and hints at war ai-e necessary 
now, because John Hull got the idea 
that Uncle Sam would knuckle down 
when the tug came. Uncle Sam made 
him a present of that idea, by being 
too good natured. 
* 
It won't take long to state Uncle Sam's 
financial condition. Here’s a farmer 
with a lot of mortgages and notes out. 
The interest is due, but his family ex¬ 
penses have used up all his cash. lie 
hasn't got much coming in these hard 
times, and so, in order to pay his in¬ 
terest, he piles up more debt. What 
folly it would be for him to come around 
and say, “I’m all right, because I’ve got 
$50 more cash now than I had last year. 
It is true that 1 owe $100 more, but that 
doesn’t matter. I can borrow more money 
to pay my interest, and when times get 
better, I’ll square up.” 
That is about Uncle Sam’s position, 
and it is a dangerous one for nations or 
for individuals. To keep on borrowing 
money to pay interest is worse than 
folly. One of two things must be done 
—spend less or earn more ! The Irish¬ 
man with a short blanket cut a piece off' 
oue end and sewed it on to the other, 
and was surprised that it still would not 
cover both his feet and shoulders. Spend 
less or earn more. Let Uncle Sam cut 
expenses or increase income. Let him 
make a surplus in some way, and pay old 
debts before he makes new ones. 
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Now we bring these matters up be¬ 
cause this is the last issue of The R. 
N.-Y. for 1895. Another year is upon us. 
For 2,396 weeks this paper has been go¬ 
ing out to cheer its friends and throw 
their enemies out of countenance. Now 
we come to another mile post, and we 
want to climb right on top of it and ad¬ 
dress a few remarks to all who cast an 
eye over this page. Let us first present 
a message on the Monroe Doctrine as it 
applies to the American farmer. Every 
influence that is foreign to his happi¬ 
ness, must keep off his farm. He it bug. 
blight, bogus business, blunders, bac¬ 
teria, bluffers—it makes no difference 
what—all the scrubs of high or low de¬ 
gree, must be driven off the farm. Dur¬ 
ing 1896, The R. N.-Y. will try as never 
before to scrub the scrubbiness out of 
the scrubs that are making it hard scrub¬ 
bing for the farmer. We are not going 
to wait, as Uncle Sam has done, and give 
these scrubs an idea that they can bluff 
us; but we declare war on them now, 
and every time one of them shows his 
nose through the fence, he will have it 
pounded. With the added experience of 
the past year, we are better able to take 
up the duties of the new one, and if 1896 
doesn’t show 52 of the finest issues of 
The R. N.-Y. that you have ever seen— 
why, we’ll throw in several more to make 
good measure. We want your name on 
our list, your good opinion and your 
influence. Why, just read what this 
man wrote to Hoard’s Dairyman : 
No farm home is complete unless Hoard’s 
Dairyman and The Bubal New-Yorker find a 
place in the house, and are well read each week 
and put in practice. I for one can hardly wait to 
see and read, them each week. s. k. 
Monroe County, Pa. 
Now, that man not only tells us these 
ni<*e things, but he goes out of his way 
to tell others, and Hoard’s Dairyman, 
the best dairy paper printed, backs him 
up and broadcasts his statement. There's 
friendship for you ! 
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Hut what about the financial matter ? 
Our idea is that a good many farmers 
are about in Uncle Sam’s position. They 
feel that they must cut off some expense, 
as they don’t see much chance of earn¬ 
ing more money. All we have to say is, 
“ He wise in your economy ! ” Congress 
might chop off several million dollars of 
expenses, and leave the country worse 
off than it was before, because the 
things they tried to save were earners. 
Just so with a farmer. He might pos¬ 
sibly think that he can save a dollar by 
dropping The R. N.-Y. next year. All 
we have to say is that we want you to 
think that matter over carefully before 
you decide. It isn’t our plade to stand 
here and tell you your business. There 
is no sentiment about this thing at all. 
The R. N.-Y. is a business paper, and 
whether you take it or not, is a business 
matter to you. If you haven’t had the 
value of a dollar bill out of it in 1895, 
you probably won't get it in 1896, al¬ 
though we expect to add at least 15 per 
cent to its value next year. We want 
you with us, but we want it clearly 
understood that you are not going to do 
us such a wonderful favor in sending 
us a dollar for a year’s subscription. 
We fully expect to give you back 
a great big dollar’s worth of value 
in exchange for your coin. We assume 
that you are an able and straight man, 
and we would like your society for 1896— 
and like to have you bring your neigh¬ 
bor along with you. Hut, we are not 
down on our knees begging you to come, 
and if you see fit to keep your dollar in 
your pocket, we shall still keep pegging 
away, fully confident that you will come 
back again after sampling other goods 
or going without. 
To all those who will be with us for 
1896, we say, Greeting ! We will do our 
best to give you your money's worth. 
To all who, for one cause or another, 
see fit to leave us, we say, Good bye— 
come again! If your feelings are hurt 
at anything we have said, we are sorry— 
if it has been an injustice. If you needed 
the hurt, we can't take it back. All we 
ask is that wherever you go, and what¬ 
ever you say, remember that the motive 
was honest. And now, here are the 
names of the dollar winners for last 
week : 
Dec. 16.—Fred H. Johnson, Worcester Co., Mass. 
17. —W. S. Moore, Chenango Co., N. Y. 
18. —M. Morse, Norfolk Co., Mass. 
19 —E. G. Packard, Kent Co., Del. 
20. —H. N. Burr, Allegany Co., N. Y. 
21. —Mrs. E. B. Engle, Franklin Co., Pa. 
CROP AND MARKET NOTES. 
Live fowls should weigh not less than five to 
six pounds each. Most of those received are too 
light. 
Italian fruit growers are considering the adop¬ 
tion of the more modern fruit packages used in 
the United States. 
Alfalfa hay is reported to be selling for as low 
as $2 per ton this year in some parts of Colorado. 
There is said to be a profit, though not a large 
one, even in this low price, but it is a question 
whether more could not be realized by feeding it. 
At the Montreal Exhibition there were dis¬ 
played under the heading “ What Government 
Assistance Has Done Canada,” the following 
statistics: 
C1IEESE FACTORIES IN CANADA ACCORDING TO CENSUS. 
Number factories. 
Capital invested. 
Persons employed. 
Wages paid. 
Value raw material. 
Value of output. 
1880. 1890. 
709 1,565 
$1,021,438 $2,586,589 
2,003 8,013 
$382,615 $753,067 
4,264,798 6,804,611 
5,464,454 9,784,288 
(Continued on next page.) 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
HANDY REPAIRING OUTFIT. 
“ A stitch in time saves nine.” Every farmer knows that the greatest expense 
in repairs comes from neglecting the first appearance of weakness. If the first stitch 
that broke in the harness had been mended promptly, the latter would have never 
given way, and many a runaway with broken wagon, ruined horse, and crippled 
man or woman would have been avoided. With this set of 38 first-class tools, anj 1 ’ 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, New York. 
