Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-01-11

We can say IS, that they can do more than Gun
Impotence himself has done.
~ We very cheerfuly transfer to our col
umns the iollowing letter, from Mr.. John Gilmer
to The editor Of The "MissizsiPPi Farmer" 1t
contains many useful suggestions, and IS charae-
terisiic Of the wriler--he old farmer Of Lowndes,
as he IS iamtliaIly known. The Mississippi Far
mer Is really valuable publication, aud - worthy
of OH encouragement Mr.. Gilmer Is the agent
for the publishers IN this County, and will be hap
py 10 receive subscriptions to the work, A nun'-
Der OF II can always be seen al our Office:
From the Mississippi Farmer.
ColuMBus Mississippi, December s. 1920.
.M,ssrs King & North - received the inst
number OF the Mississippi Farmer" and must
beg leave to say, felt no lutIe pleasure ia seeing
work of this kind started the very name car
ries with il something enabling; We have too
long neglected by any Legislative or united effort
10 bring TO bear upon this subject, the experience
and wisdom Of other States much older than ours,
or the practical lnfomdtlon among ourselves
Nature has done much for US our soil IS good
our climate cungenial to The growth OF many oil
the rlchst products cf the world our population
are intelligent and enterprising. Many Of our
newcomers from the wild and extrayagant ac-
counts they hear rush head-long into many nun
Gus specuIations and absurdIties that may be cor
rected bya work of the kind you propose
hope you will be literally rewarded how OFT do
you heal the turner's complain at the high price
charged by their attorneys, The high puce given
for merchandise! The physicians have their
share of abuse also. VIII they not look around
them for the cause Can any one be SO blnd as
not to see 1t with a moments reflection! The
remedy is 50 simple, SO easy, so much to every
farming interest, 1t asionshes me thai such state
Of affairs has existed SO long How loud are
the complaints against the tavern keepers how
foolish to remedy the evil by law how can man
and horse be fed here as cheap as IN tennessee
unless you raise his supplies as chepp his
done, prices will fall below youf law STANDARD
Could you persuade the people TO plant the one
half Of the cotton they do, aud appropriate mat
reduction of labor to raising gram and stock,
we would hear no complaint Of merchant, lawyer,
doctor, OF tavein-keeper they then could gel
board cheap. Rents aud clerk hire would laIl,
all would be a clear gam to the farmer, While, on
the other hand, the hall crop Of cotton would
bring is much as we are likely to get al the pres
ent time for all every consideration calls for ii
reformation. have looked with astonlshment
to see tho mass pursuing this phantom and then
another, never seeming to think for Il moment.
In proof, what speculative excitement possessed
the people some short time since Then the
banking mania now politics Would they not
be IA thousand times more proftably employed in
attending to their farms would we not secure d
thousand times more happiness by attending to
our own business, HAN BY meddllng wllh The at-
fairs Of olhers' What would be the condition of
our country could we get up half stitch an excite
meut in the agricultural as has been ia The political
atmosphere, for some time pastl Our ears
woudno longer be shocked with such cries Of
distress. We would soon be released from the
disgusting sight of free. man bowling in submis.
sion to the dictatlon Of swindng SPECTATORS
kissing the the rod that ciiistises HIM Ioaiers
would leave the land or 60 to work. Agriculture
would be considered, as ii should be, an honora-
bic calling and no few Of our laced danditied
gentry would learn sense, lay oil their tights, and
gam the substantial interests promoted by fol-
lowing the plough.
Your friend