THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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POSSIBILITIES OF AN AGRARIAN PARTY. 
Ou page 547 the writer dealt with the 
political situation as affected by the politi¬ 
cian class, and the resulting policy of the 
Democratic party iu Congress. In the edi¬ 
torial of the same issue appeared a para¬ 
graph from which I make the following 
quotation : “The Democrats are now work¬ 
ing and studying to gain the confidence of 
the country and elect a President, it is 
safe to say that they never can do it unless 
they make parcels post a supreme Issue and 
either pass a bill or pledge themselves to 
do so.” 
The passage quoted is of great import¬ 
ance, since nothing is easier than to pre¬ 
dicate that, because a movement is likely 
to receive the support of a large voting 
bony, it will therefore be enacted into law, 
and its supporters be triumphantly elected 
to office, in a letter to Congressman Dris¬ 
coll upon this point, Mr. Ditchings took a 
similar position. Herein, I believe, both the 
editor and Mr. Ditchings fell into a com¬ 
mon error. 
In reviewing the nolitical history of this 
country, one fact which ought to impress 
itself upon the mind of the farmer, is the 
frequency with which political movements 
dealing with his interests have met with 
failure. Among them we have the Green¬ 
back movement of the early eighties. After 
that came the Farmers’ Alliance of 1890, 
followed iu 1890 by the grand coalition of 
the Populists, Free Silverites and Radical 
democracy. Among other defects which in¬ 
hered in the movements mentioned, I need 
but note the gradual broadening out of the 
lines so as to embrace within the platform 
too many and diverse conflicting elements. 
This was particularly the case in the move¬ 
ment of the Free Silver demand of 1890. 
Along with many real grievances, came 
the demand on the part of the mining in¬ 
terests for a better market for their pro¬ 
duct; this was mingled with a stringent 
financial situation which bore hard upon the 
farmer, and caused him to .lend a ready 
ear to the silverite; then came the poli¬ 
tician with his wily devices for the gaining 
of political power, and the movement be¬ 
came topheavy and eventually broke down 
and disintegrated. A dramatic display of 
stump oratory, a crushing political defeat, 
and then the farmer's demands for redress 
received a setback for 20 years or more. 
The occasion mentioned has formed the 
most striking example of the history of 
movements of this kind, and every farmer 
can study it, and reflect upon it with profit. 
A supreme danger to all movements of 
this kind, is the intrusion of the outsider, 
the political ax-bearer, the man of. small 
views and the demagogue who has no in¬ 
terests beyond a desire to get into office to 
connect him with the class which he pro¬ 
fesses to represent. It is tills class of 
political reptiles without real interest in 
the public’ welfare, without scruple, char¬ 
acter or brains, such men as lead both 
parties in Congress, as will weigh down 
and destroy any movement for the redress 
of grievances. Such men are the enemies 
of the farmer and of the public order and 
well-being. Then we have the danger of 
too broad an extension of party lines, 
which results in the embracing of diverse 
and conflicting elements. Unou the occlu¬ 
sion of such support the movement becomes 
weighted down, loses direction and peters 
out. 
At this point, let us consider the or¬ 
ganization of the German, or rather, the 
Prussian agrarians. Strictly speaking, this 
is an organization of landowners, as busi¬ 
ness men, for the promotion of the interests 
of their class. All nominations made for 
office are selections from men of their own 
class and occupation. Against the dema¬ 
gogue of the market nlace. the ax-bearing 
politician and the office-seeking attorney, 
the gates of admission are kept strictly 
barred. The party is numerically smaller 
than several others of the empire, but it 
greatly exceeds any of them individually in 
influence and power. 
Let us suppose we had a similar body in 
the United States. Its management would 
be centered in the hands of men who would 
be of tlie land-owning class, and therefore 
stable, conservative and trustworthy. They 
would combine with such other groups as 
would be men who, above all else, would 
understand their own occupation and its 
needs. They would combine with such other 
groups as their class interests would dic¬ 
tate, and by reason of the cohesion and 
solidarity of their voting body, they would 
be able to resist aggression from other and 
hostile interests. 
Let us treat at this point the question 
of parcels post. Primarily it interests two 
classes—the farmers and the consumers, 
but among the latter in particular, the 
laboring element. To the former it would 
bring a readier market, insuring him a 
fairer profit for his goods; to the latter it 
would insure a supply of material and pro¬ 
duce free from profits of several inter¬ 
mediaries. 
After a study of its conduct in Congress, 
my belief is that the Democratic party 
will not, as an organization, assume the 
responsibility either of lowering the tariff 
materially, or of enacting a parcels post 
law. These two measures must, therefore, 
be regarded as shelved indefinitely. We 
can see them making all sorts of faces to 
attract the attention of the galleries, and 
sparring for political advantage, but so far 
as serious intentions go, the Democratic 
organization is as far from redressing the 
farmer’s grievances as its adversary. We 
can well gauge the fear with which the 
Democrats regard a heavy campaign con¬ 
tribution -which the express companies 
would make to protect their interests. That 
is an important factor in the minds of 
both parties and, therefore, so far as the 
present situation goes, parcels post will not 
elect any President in 1912. The real need 
of the hour, is the organization of an 
American Agrarian party, on the same lines 
as that in Germany. Such a movement, if 
successfully accomplished, would break 
down the peculiar power of both old par¬ 
ties. We might then expect that this would 
be followed by the organization of a 
stable group of the laboring element, which 
from the standpoint of interest, has much 
m common with the farmer. Other groups 
would be similarly formed, and in this 
situation by a combination of groups 
which would predominate, a parcels post 
law could be enacted, e. c. tokstexson. 
Methods of Separating Milk. 
When using a separator is it all right 
to pour lint water in the milk to warm 
it as the first milking gets cold before I 
finish milking the last cows? Can you 
make it too warm? We are selling to the 
creamery, and which is the most money 
in, making the cream thick, thin, or me¬ 
dium? We are selling ours thick as we 
have more skim-milk to use, but wondered 
which was the best way. t. j. p. 
Skowhegan, Me. 
It would be better to set your milk 
pails in a tub or tank of warm water to 
keep up the temperature until you are 
ready to separate. For best results 
skim at about 90° F. Some separators 
will not skim clean when skimming a 
rich cream; but if your machine is a 
good one it will pay you better to pro¬ 
duce a thick cream (at least 30 per cent 
butter fat). Be careful to keep up the 
speed and do not crowd the milk through 
too quickly. By testing your skim-milk 
occasionally you can tell if there is any 
waste in separating. c. s. m. 
Garget. 
A few weeks ago I wrote you for advice 
In regard to a cow which had trouble with 
one of her teats. You advised me to call a 
veterinarian. Do said the cow was troubled 
with cowpox at the point of her teat. lie 
opened up the teat and gave us a tube to 
Insert. lie also told us to wash the teat 
with peroxide and alcohol, and gave us an 
ointment. We followed directions, kept tire 
teat and tube very clean. The first few 
days the milk flowed from the tube, but 
later the teat became swollen, the milk re¬ 
fused to flow and it is now very difficult to 
get, comes out in form of yellow cheese, has 
a disagreeable odor, and when I massage 
the udder it makes a gurgling sound. Cow 
refuses to eat. m. s. 
New York. 
As is so apt to happen in such cases, the 
udder has become infected and the quarter 
no doubt will lie lost. We take it that in¬ 
fection had started before the cutting was 
done, but the milking tube is most likely to 
introduce the infective germs. Iu such 
cases we prefer to cut out the sore at end 
of teat, then allow the milk to stream or 
drip away as It forms, instead of using a 
milking tube. Besides this the teat has to 
be soaked twice daily in a warm saturated 
solution of boric acid. Treat the cow for 
garget, as so often advised here. a. s. a. 
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