MOOBE’S RURAL WEW-YOBXEB. 
■JULY S 
“PROCRES8 AND IMPROVEMENT.” 
MOORE’S RURAFnEW-YORKER. 
A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED 
KUftAL, LITKRARV AMI Mill AWSI'AIW, 
D. D. T. MOORE, 
Conducting Kditor and L'uUlisLer. 
CHAS. D. BRAGDON, ANDREW S. FULLER, 
Associate Editors. 
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Editor or THI> Dki-jiutuent or Siumr IH's»«xi>bv. 
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Col. S. D. HARRIS, Cleveland, Ohio, 
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partisan in spirit, feeling or purpose. The Ru¬ 
ral New-Yorker is not a partisan paper. But 
it Is so independent that it will commend the 
good and condemn the wrong accomplished by 
any or all parties. _ 
POLITICAL REFORM; 
Some Vlows and Suggestion# Thereupon. 
Editor Rural Niw-Yokkhu - Sir: The noble 
stand you have taken (not. only In this but former 
years) against the corruption and venality of Govern¬ 
mental or pollttnil affairs of all classes, has won for 
your Journal many ardent friends and supporters ' 
among the honest and intelligent portions of com* 
mnnlt.y. Your condemnation alike of the swlndhngs 
and stealings of both Kepuhitcun and Democratic of¬ 
ficials, proves that yon nre not partisan or. If so, that 
you would Mink Party to save a Country whose only 
salvation, It appears to mo. must depend upon the 
Purity and honesty of its official*. Thus sincerely be- 
Having (and also that thus, in your position can do 
much toward guiding the 1’oople and Nation aright), 
1 desire you to express, through the columns of the 
RntAJ. NBW-Yorkkh, your opinion In regard to the 
necessity nr.d expediency of Organising, at this June- I 
lure, a great JVi/Motwd Reform Party, composed of 
such members of the existing political part lee as be¬ 
lieve In and would Insist upon the uprightness. Intel- 1 
llgenee and honest accountability (to both the Gov- I 
eminent anil the Penplei of nil appointee- to posi¬ 
tions of honor and trust. 
And further. If you concur In the above-stated 
proposition, (as I urn confident you will, Judging from 
what has appeared In your able and Independent 
Journal,) please name such men as candidates for 
President and Vice-President of the United States n« 
you think would properly represent such a party a* 1 
have Indicated. 
By replying to the preceding you will oblige the i 
writer (who is a Reformer, or rnine-ouUT, nuu prac¬ 
tice* what he preaclicsi, and no doubt gratify thou- 
sands of Others. While giving you, below, my real 
name and address, allow me to subscribe myself, for \ 
publication, AN EaKNEht REFORMER. 
Western New York. Nor 1*71 
rural notes and queries. 
The ICigh..iif,nr Mrlke continue*, though br 
we intimated •«, our last Issue, the entering 
wedge of defeat i« 1( ] disintegration among the 
laborers had been Ogveii by themselves. The 
employers have orgtmfssgj ,n,a at a recent meet¬ 
ing resolved lo hereafter Ky their workmen by 
the hour, (a* we have advocated should he done) 
and only employ such ns are wiping to work teu 
hour*. And they also resolved hereafter not to 
retain In their employ any workman gutyy D f 
fields’are looking splendid, and the apple and 
poach orchards are heavily laden with fruits of 
a fair quality. The cherry crop has been large, 
and the fruit fairer than for many years. The 
grape crop is not so heavy as we usually expect, 
though some kinds in some places will make fa- 1 ' 
crops of grapes. The strawberry crop has )‘ yn 
large, and the fruit of excellent quality.—s "■ H - 
Columbus, Platte Co., Neb., .lane ip-S pring 
wet, cold and backward. Corn, wlir** antl rtits 
look pretty well on old and high g-’ un<1 > on new 
and low ground poorly. Hetty lla hstf>rm yes- 
any act "looking lo the arbitrary establishmwqt terdny; broke glass, prostrat' 1 wheat, broke off 
of relations between the employer and em-! potato vinoo v C ij hig 1 winds here almost 
ployed,” In other word#, they do not propose to i every day in the yen- Knined all night last 
allow outsiders, trades unions, societies and night, (“id blows nn^rains so now that it is dlffi- 
leagiics to interfere in t he relations they hold to cult >> Wo outpxb t.he door. -M. A. h. D. 
their employes. They propose to pay the best Gloria, rtrnrrn < Ohio, June 17 . It has 
workmen thebesl wages, and inferior workmen laeen dry una 0 old until June, which has been 
Only what they earn. And every good workman) good growing weather. All crops are damaged 
Cl • rt t / 'iN.L’to.l far, oiij.ni.i..,. ...t. .. ... . j 
Is interested In seeming sueli a condition * 
1 thlugs; every poor one will thereby bo if’ 1 * 
est od In making himself a belter one. V our 
Jntlgmenf the strike is going to end disa y t ,,, ' s, - v 
for the workingmen tlm> is, thej W ||pa\<• lost 
money and gained little or nothing. * the end. 
Tltey will have aflfeo^'d values, tywh "ill en¬ 
hance the cost of their own Jgmg. il' indeed 
t hey Win not by Imperiled /flclr own means 
of gafnliig a Welihood !>• driving the capital 
which employed atid paK them Into other chan¬ 
nels. T/jvtnaleonteiit*w li<» are responsible for 
by the drouth and cold. The wire worm has 
been very bad. The cut worms have never been 
known to be so prevalent, and the Colorado 
potato bugs are so very numerous. Fruit crop 
Is light; peaches all killed. Wheat, Id.AVff fd.tiO; 
corn, 40c.; oats, .Toe.; butter 12c.; eggs, 18c.— t. 
II. M. 
W elhdmio', Tioga Cn., I'n., June 24.—Spring 
cold, dry and nearly a month later than last 
Spring. The past week warm, with occasional 
showers. <torn ami cabbage injure'l by the cut 
till,slate of tilings a* - a very small per cent, ol worm. Grain on the ground generally looks 
The writer of the above has been known tons | ivbol 
for a score of years as ti prominent Western. 
New-Yorker, one who has held many position 
ol honor and responsibility, to most of which l J Tm 
w as elected by tin united efforts of such ui/‘ ..... ,. 
bets of both parties as believe integrity auU , I 
paolty the proper quallfloatJons for office m<<1 ft cot 
tkOko who have .struck, and are generally men 
ivbo have nothingto lose by striking. 
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1872. 
VOLUME XXVI. 
The Rural New - You hi. a this week un !.<■*>. 
upon its Twenty-Sixth Volume, under very 
favorable auspices. Without making any special 
promises, we may state that no proper effort Or 
expense will be spared to render the paper in¬ 
creasingly interesting and valuable during the 
publication of the volume, and we hope it*/*nos 
will prove so acceptable that many th«a*nnds 
will bo added to our already large and widespread 
parish of readers. And while wo faith l/l.v labor 
to augment its value, we trust the Agents and 
other ardent friends of the Rural/' ill kindly 
continue to lend their influence extend it* 
circulation and consequent usefulness in their 
respective localities. 
— Among ot her changes watch arc regarded 
as improvements, we shall lereafter close our 
News and Market pages or Monday evening— 
thus enabling us to give toports two days later 
than formerly. 
POLITICAL REFORM REDIV1VUS, 
Editor Rural Ncw-Yorker In your issue 
of Dec. It), 1871, yo'' published n very able article 
on the subject «f “Political Reform,” which 
commended itself to a host of intelligent., vight- 
tbinking eiti//»*. Now. Mr. Moore, let me «*1. 
you otie plcltn question. Dare you ro-publl&h 
that artielf in your next number?—or will you 
decline to do so, because a large body of honest 
men hove recently met at Cincinnati, and in u 
most emphatic manner indorsed the opinions ‘ 
youthen expressed in the Rural New-Yorker ? j 
Yours, A Friend of Political Reform. 
Brooklyn, N. Y„ Juno 25,1872, 
• partly the proper qualifications for office.-' 11 "' 
he been an ambitious politician or demty 
be might ere this have been Governor , • 
Senator—for he Isas competent as ‘"•l, 10 
have occupied those distinguishedV™Aiooa. 
Called upon by sueh a man, and in a 11 ,". man¬ 
ner. we feel con*t«iiut){| lo rosponr ,|C b rieny 
und pertinently as may be. however® 8 our s P8rt? 
i« litnRed. 
I. The pecuniary Interests aud4* 1,( -Tul "‘chare 
of the great commercial. prodrf", l| k ft , ni * indus¬ 
trial classes of the country m ,/hbtidly demand 
a decided reform—an hontwi/'” Ill ‘ ll ® ,j atlon of 
our National, State, Munich / bounty, and even 
Township affairs. This w/ be conceded by 
every intelligenl reader vt/does not bold a sin 
eeure position, (and wr r '-" of our sub¬ 
scribers, at least, are r.//‘at character.) That 
many of our olllce-hof.v/ hove become corrupt 
and venal is patent tea/" bo re:id Ihe journals 
of the day. As to tb’/befts of Tammany and 
U. 8. Government ot/iklfl. we have already ex¬ 
pressed strong viovs/ k, -‘Ui for example, our arti¬ 
cle entitled “On fie Make," la this Journal of 
Sept.. ao,l yet mu bmore tniglii be said on this 
prolific subject, ift'l we space for Its discussion. 
II. That Roff.nt 1 * ueetwitiry to preserve a I te¬ 
pid.ilic which las not yet existed one hundred 
years, wo vr iP believe,—and we lurtherinore 
believe that II" I’enpU: itmxl none to the limit , 
and i’Ut dryri political schCmea , s and oema- 
K'tguos. Ifiv whether it Is expedient to unite 
(be horn-si aiid independent members of the two 
dominant political fiartlos, Js an o|icn n i-ntlon. 
We Ihiuk/It might to hr done, and that The im¬ 
pending frisis render* it expedient. The Intelli¬ 
gent nm straightforward portion of eornmuiiitr 
wlc //ij the expenses of Government, arc dts- 
gmlirt with Ihe management, corruption and 
vrtmlity of political leaders and oflloe-holdcrs, 
;/ul if there ever was a time when a change 
Alneh would boon improvement, should bo made, 
it is now, The iK'ople nn> amused—as witness 
dielr recent tiluiuph over the Tammany cor¬ 
ruptionists lu New York City. This t riumph was 
accomplished by the union of Republican* and 
Democrats, and the nomination and election, on 
one ticket, of 1 he best men of hot h parties. And 
Innuential journals ol both parties appreciate 
the Issue, and seem to be preparing for a great 
political upheaval a new programme or deal 
which shall comprise the honest und straight for¬ 
ward men of all existing party organlxutjom- 
111 As to naming candidates for President 
Mtid t loe-Presidont on a Reform Ticket, that In 
a delfvate. matter for a neutral or Independent 
Journal, but, having said thus much, we will 
suggasl the names of a few men whom we be¬ 
lieve to lie competent and incorruptible. For 
example, a National Reform Party could probu- 
bly Silolj adopt either of the following tickets, 
each comprising men of differont politic-. The 
liest-Mamed person In each paragraph is for 
President and the second for Vlce-Presidont; 
^ ' fiuiEi.EV (R .,1 of New York, ilhc Empire 
(D.)uf New Ji-rsoy. ' ’ u .. 
,J| Ghloj Marshall P. 
" II.HK 1 C < K. ) ol MttSKuehuseu* 
SoutJi°Curoiinu A lR ' )<M °“° : ,AMEh L ‘ 0,l,{ 
m.)oi Miemgan! ,M 01 Nw Vork; AL ’ ST,X BI AIR 
, rr 1 f>,J, '. U n form p , la,1 ' 0 '' lu would br substan- 
tmllyas follows —though other plunks equally 
important, may be omitted in our haste of wri- 
rrnn-uelluiix of the \cw York Nlnie \ a , 
for 1870. \Ye have just received this volume. 
1 ) ft contains some valuable Information. The 
more pretentious papers are u "Coni ributlon to 
, the Biology and History of the Development 
of the Urtllagitie*," by Or. A. Fischeii Von 
Waldheim— aOcrruau translation; Dr. Fitch’s 
Fourteenth Annual Report on the Noxious, Ben¬ 
eficial and other Insects of New York, Princi¬ 
ple* of Breeding Domestic Animals, by James 
Law; Wool and Mutton in America, by J. R. 
Dodge; Extracts from Dr. Vo broker's Reports 
1809-70; On Straw Chaff, Copied from the Jour¬ 
nal of the Royal Agricultural Society of Fmg- 
iand ; Improvements In Hup Growing, from the 
same Journal; Scab in Sheep, from Transactions 
of Highland Ag. 80 C. Of Scotland; American 
Grape Culture, hyS. J. Parker, M.D. We wish 
that- there was genius, good sense and public 
spirit enough possessed by the officials having 
the preparation of theae volumes in charge, to 
enable them to render 11 of greater value as a 
work of reference l>y appending to it a full j n . 
dex of its contents. There never has been an 
Index made of one of these volumes, that we arc 
aware of. True, there is n " Table or Contents.” 
but so far as practical value is concerned, it 1 m 
about as serviceable a* un aid In reference, us to 
label n hundred varied lq« of 8ppl(-*i>h exhibit ion 
with “ These are apples," for the benefit of the 
st udent of pomology. It is un illustration of old 
fogy ism which is no especial credit to our State 
Society. 
-- 
I’n ten 1 night Venders. — R. N. P. is advised 
not to invest in any patent right that may be 
hawked about through the country, unless he Is 
a mechanic, knows the principles of mechanism 
well, can judge for himself, knownthe needs and 
supply of the date of people who are expected 
to buy the patented articles and has money that 
he can Jose without affect lug materially bis duty 
10 his family and his creditors, if he lias any. 
There area great many tilings that look as if 
they ought to succeed that do not; sometimes 
the cause of nou-Hueoess Is in the filing itself 
and sometimes in the man who buys it. We ad 
vise great caution in buying patent rights. 
1 >»« 
Edtiurint Convention, — The editors of the 
State of New York, to the number of two hun¬ 
dred, with some forty editors from the South a* 
thoir guests, held a Convention in Watertown, 
the beautiful seat ol Jefferson county, June 
2 e- 2 K, The city gave them a magnificent, recep¬ 
tion* and Senator Winslow took them on an ex¬ 
cursion down the 8t . Lawrence. The next place 
of meeting will be Poughkeepsie, In lKTfi, 
illy men wt,,l> 11 'iy, light crop and Into. Apples, pros¬ 
pect good. The completion of the railroad to 
tliis place, and opening of the coal mines near 
here, make business lively, and enhances the 
\g. »oc. value of real estate, m. r. p. 
volume. Prospects of the Wheat crop of 1872. From 
1 . The n„. report* and estimates of the Department of 
ution to Agriculture we learn that the area in wheat is 
lopmenl f»8 per cent, of last year; condition of the crop 
mi \ on the first week in June (I per cent, below average. 
11,11 s Last year's crop was estimated at 230,lKK),OOn 
us, Ben- bushels, or ID* bushels per acre—say 4 1-6 per 
Prind- cent, below average. The returns therefore in- 
Ja.mes dleate in the first week In June a prospect of 
>y J. R. , 230,000,000 bushels, 
RURAL BREVITIES. 
H. L. Hall can have his address changed as 
he desires. 
Jacob M. 8bkrk is informed that we do not 
know anything about the 'Chester Co. Mam¬ 
moth Corn." 
S. O’Brif.n should address his question con¬ 
cerning the soldiers’ land warrant to “Land 
Commissioner, Washington, D. C." 
The Farm and Fireside Journal is the name of 
a rn-at lit tie monthly, carefully edited, Just issued 
by the F. 61 F. J. Publishing Co., too K. 16th at.. 
N. Y.; price DOe. per year. 
The Bee Keepers' Magazine is the named a 
new monthly devoted exclusively to bee cul¬ 
ture, published by It. A. King a- Co., New York 
Ciiy. h I* handsomely printed und carefully 
edited. 
THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
NEW VOLUME THIS WEEK! 
THE TIME TO RENEW AND SUBSCRIBE! 
A 1 , 1 , Our Readers are advised that Vol. 
XXVI. of the Rural New-Yorker commences 
thtg week, and will close with December t 
prising Twenty-Six Numbers. And will they do 
us and their neighbors aud friends who don't 
(but ought to) lake Ihe Rural, the favor to an¬ 
nounce this fact ? Note, also, that. Single and 
Club Subscriptions are now in order and re¬ 
spectfully solicited from all parts of the Union, 
Canada, &e. Our inducements for clubbing are 
the same tv- Iasi Winter. Those forming clubs 
for the New Volume will receive specific premi¬ 
ums, or free copies, etc,, In the same proportion 
as for yearly subscribers- two six months (or 
volume) subscribers counting for one yearly. 
Clubs may be composed of part yearly and part 
half - yearly subscribers, at Convenience ot 
Agents. To aid those forming new clubs, or 
making additions to present ones, specimens, 
premium lists, etc., will be sent free. 
The above challenge is accepted, for we never 
refuse to fight in a good cause. Of course when 
the article was written we knew nothing ol' the 
Complexion which was to be given to the polit i¬ 
cal canvass of 1872. But, In common with thou¬ 
sands ol' others, we felt the necessity for reform, 
and thought that the time for a thorough politi¬ 
cal revolution was at lmud—when ft was not 
6imply justifiable but imperative. We believed 
the People and Country detnunded reform, und 
did not care whether it was effeeted by an old 
or new political organization. vSo thinking and 
believing we wrote the article which is re-pub¬ 
lished below. What 1ms since transpired shows 
that others have been thinking in the same di¬ 
rection, und that we were, tn a large degree, in 
acocord with the Reform Spirit. 
Now, we have nothing to take back—no word 
to change. We seek the greatest good to the 
Country, We care not wliat party assumes the 
important, may bc omlTted iii our'hastl oFwrU Midd,e Tennessee.—The wheat harvest has 
ting:—]. Only one Presidential term ol' six or been fair In quality, but not heavy. The rean- 
v lcc as would prevent 5m abuse of HieSoteU m wcn ‘ in the ,K ‘ for * tbe <> { June, 
ing power and its prostitution for partisan ag- ~ Vl ' 
e u ,rrr,;^ •- »'«*"• »*-»- <» — 
Indian policy which would recognize the Indians 1 11 A'earol drouth, and crops Will average short 
us citizens, nod treat them as such.—5. Abolit ion 11,18 season, except upon moist bottoms. The 
ol the Income Tax.—6. Reduction of taxation limestone hills have not been thoroughly wot 
to the lowest point possible* and meet the Just I down for m-.-r ti,.-««, ‘ 
demands and obligations ol’ the Government. town 101 over three years. 11 . 
7. An economical administration of affairs.-8. Northern MUslsnippi, Ynlnlmslia t o., June 
No repudiation Of the National Dnbt.—6. Itodue- 18.-Crnn movnect* r.,m,n i« ♦». 
Don of rates of postage to the lowest possible , : p / , p Cottonls iatlH J 
point, and the abolition of tin IrunkJng privi- late ' ,JUl *°oks well. Wheat is good and corn 
lege.—10. A liberal regard for, and support of, looks well; oats not very good. (Join is worth 
! SZZZtSXZZt T.V ‘" m •*”* 
mot^* ihe Ronoral prosperity and appreciate the * lorn to $90per month. . 1 . s, a. 
ol ^ ru ‘ ml totoWwnce. 11. A firm ami Ilichmaa, liy. f June ‘JO. Wheat harvest is 
I conipjewd. The s mta Is e oo,1. ylcldln. 
American Citizenship in all parts of t he world, per acre much over an average and an unusually 
Yulversnl Amnesty to all large area sown last fall. Corn very promising; 
who uphold the Union. oata good . Irlah potutoei 6plondld ; 
-excellent, farming country. Wo need more and 
Hon. John w. Harris, Boone Co., Mo., has better fanners.— Agent. 
, ,*• .“y L "' Erl ®—®ie region along 
who will present the best essuy on the best the 80Ul11 *hore of Lake Erie, especially in the 
breeds of cows for dairy purposes-the premium I Btate of Ohio, D very much blessed this season 
to be perpetual and awarded annually. | with good crops of grain and fruits. Wheat- 
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