Farms And Factories

The alleged antagonista of interest bet ween farmer? and manufacturera is a favorito hobby with tbose whose partiality for foreign trade leads them to advocate privileges for outsiders that are necessarily beyoml reacb of citizens in this country. The rapid increase of urban popiilations disclosed by our late census has been Mezed upouascorroborating evidence, and made to do duty in disparagiug the policy of Protection fur those home industries without wliich large non-agricultura! eommunities could not be sustaiued. By soine peculiarity of logic never yet made plain, farmers are urged to discourage aggregations of pomilati n in this country as ininiii'al to their I prosperity, which they are asked to believe will be enhaneed by building up the population and trade of foreign cities, to t'.ie detriment of thogt nearer home. It would seem ihat no voter with intelligence enough to be a good farmer could be deceived bysuch a claim. He needs but to glance at official statistics to find that more than three-fourtus of all the grains and meats he sells are taken and paid forby these very people whom he is asked to believe are the chief impediment to hi greater prosperity. He has but to draw upon individual experience for proof that many producto of his farm tbat could not by atiy posaibilify be gotten into a remote ruarket fiad ready buyers in such towns asarewitbin reach, aud commaud ali the better prices byreason oftheir perishable nature. Such faets witbin the ubservatiem of ever) man who cares to look at tbem, point to a conclusión diametrically opposite to that urged by the advocates of free foreign trade. fhe farmer must have a in ark et for his surplus cropp, or he must discontinue raising more than can be consumed at home. Prices for what goes upon the mfket are M largely deteyirrtieii by the trade law of L-dSS&ïad and supply that his interest necessarily lies in haviug the largest possible miinber of buyers of sucb thingg as he has to sell, with as few competitors as may be n supplying the existimg demand. Evidently, then, if by legislation or from other cause the millions who are huw engaged in some work other than farming should be thrown out of employment, or have their income material ly reduced by foreign competition, niany of them wouid probably resort to farming (FreeTraders say that is what they ought to be doing now,) or at best tbeir ability to bny wbat farmers have to sell would be seriously impaired. Henee, it follows that no other class of voters have equal interest with farmers in adding to the number of factories and keeping the contingent of buyers of agricultura! produets at the highest attainable point of efficiency for purchase an 1 oonsumption. - American Kconomist. President Harrison, in appointing both Republicana and Demócrata to the Mf judgeships, bas sbown that he is a statesman of the highest type. No officer elected by the Tammany party would have done so magnanimous a tliing. Tm Michigan wool growers will not takfe kindly to the Dein cratic proposal that wool be placed o the free list. American prices are now congiderably higher than European. There is no jood reason why this satisfactory condition of afl'airs should be changed. Thkhh has been an utter lack of enthasiasm on the part of the democracy ince Charles F. Crisp became speaker of the house of representativos, but Tammany is happy. After all, Tam many is the only consistent democracy. Mugvnimpery. al the best, is only liybrid politics. Tiikhk waa absolutely no foundation for the 8ensational reporta regardinir the "suppression" of the December Inlander. The facultv took no action in the matter and did not pass on the famoas co-education article at all. This muoh is true, that "one of the professors who constitute the advisory board of the Inlander, asked that two passages ■which had personal reference should be cut out. This was done but the article in its entirety appeared as Mr. Jacobs had written it. It is very unfortunate thatthe imagination of young men on someof the Detroit and Chicago papersshould run riot, tothe detriment of the University. Danibx E. Sopee, by accident electec secretary of state, bas been forcibly "bounced from his office" and is now in disgrace. Desire for fast living overéame íiie scruplee, if he had any and peculation was the natural conse quence. Soper and Friedlender Heem to be the scapegoats of the present state administration. It is hinted that they are not much worse than othershold ing office in this state. Verily, great is reform .' ______ Ik Mr. Jacobs.of Ddtroit.hadattendec Michigan University in 1891 insteact o 1871, he would never have written his famous article against co-eduration There is no longer any antagonism to the "co-ed" feit by the students of thie University. The ladies have shown by hard work thal ths regenta made no mistake when they tlirew the doors of the great school open to all irrespec tive of sex, and if a vote were taken among the student it is probable that a majority of nine-tenths would be recorded in favor of co-education. Evkíí aiiiong the Republicans of Ohio their appearsto be a dort of Tammany, compoeed of the politicians and tlic ringsters of the party. These men are loudly demanding the election of Foraker and belittling the services of John Sherman. To a Republican who looks at all questionn from a national standpoint, itis simply inconceivable that any intelligent men should prefer Foraker to Sherman. The record of the former ie short and not very creditable, the record of the latter is long and r reproachable. Tue Register earnestly btlieves that the failure to elect 'John Sherman senator would he almost as grea! a calarnity as the refusal of JamfG. Biaine to accept the nomination for the pre8idency. Preston B. Piatmb, the able senator from Kansas, is no more. His death removts from the senate one of tlie strongest and most interesting figures in American politice. Although a Republican by instinct, training and disposition, he seemed of late years to be somewhat impregnated with the views of ihe farmers' alliance. This is shown by the fact that he voted againet the McKinley law and was an enthusiastic advocate of free coinage. How much of this ehange of views was due to individual reflection and how much to the influence of hip constituents, it ia difficult to gay- at any rate no one has e'ven aecused Mr. Plumb of being a blind follower of popular whims, and no one ever questioned his integrity. With the excep'.ion of Mr. IngaUe, there is uo one in Kansas who can claim to be his peer. Prof. Greene's last repoii töthecity council, with reference to the cost of sewere, is a very valuable document. In the opinión of The Register tproves conclusively two things; First that thu city need not use a sewer pipe larger than thirty inches and, second,that the pipe need not be carried down further than the first railroad bridge. Prof. Greene's statements are valuable, bccause they are not based on mere opinión but on careful investigationHe shows that a sewer large enough for the drainage of a city twice as large as Ann Arborcarried to the railroad bridge wouldcostonly $19,692. Ifthepipe were allowed to termínate at Thirteenth-st, the expense wouldbestill less. But if,on the other hand, the ideas of those who desirealarge sewer continued to Bun ker's dam É carried out, the city would be obhjdd to pay $47.391. This last figure is large enough to convince almost any one that Ann Arbor cannot afford to build a large underground tunnel, when a sewer of moderate size would do the work equally well. The thrifty denizens of this city would not for umomentcountenancesuch extra vaganee.