Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-12-11
What q Farmer Thinks of It.


A sensible farmer Of Green county. wri
ting to the Xenia Torcblight, makes somC
very judicious suggestions to the editor o.
that paper, on the abominable credit sys
ten, among the country printers. His re-
marks are sound and contain much good
sense.
SPRING VALLEY, Oct. 1862.
Mr.. EDITOR:
Enclosed please find 81 80 to pay my sub
scription for one year. | have owed you
this sum six months | acknC wle1ge my
self one Of the l.I40 that ought TO have
paid their subscription in advance, but hav,
not. see the entire case very plainly, anc
admit that in common with others, have
been doing you iuju stice by not promptly
paying my subscription in advance. Itdon't
take long process of reasoning to demon
strate that no maa can afford to do business
in the way We subscribers have been com.
pelling our publishers to dol have been
thinking the subject over, and applying the
principle to my business. am a farmer.
aud raise wheat and corn to SELL | haul il
to market By the hundred bushels, and get
my cash in hand for il. But. suppose ffty
separate persons in Bath, and fifty in each
OF the other townshios Of Greene county.
should come to Inc when | get out ms
wheat, aud each one would say--Sir, want
two bushels Of wheat; can't pay you now
l hope to be able TO pay you in six months
but | don't know how it will be then. You
may have 10 wait year or more; | can
say when shall have the change. But
am gooH have got fine farm, plenty Of
..,l i = e.
so, give me the two bushels of wheatl
Now, Mr.. Editor, might stand a very
Tow such cases, but If let all my crop OF
grain 20 in that sort Of way, it is my impres.
sion my wife and neighbors would unite in
saying was most egregious fool. They
would think, if they did not say it, that
would have more trouble and bother in col.
lecting these little sums ofa dollar and a
half, than thny were worth. Why, just
think ofitl AT the end OF the y,ar would
have one MoasInd little claims of Sl5O
each, not notes Of hand, not acceptance in
bank, but all in book accounts, and scattered
all over Greene county, with sprinkling OF
Iowa. Indiana, Illinois. &c must hire All
agent to collect them. He must hire a
horse for 5 80 per day. He must be paid
$l50.per day and his expenses How long
would it take to collect thsse little sums
and how much would there be left after pay
Ing horse hire, and agent hire, and expen-
ses?
Mr.. E litor, am astonished that any sane
man would consent to do that sort Of busi
ness, yet, upon reflection, that is exactly
what We are doing with the proprietor Of
the Torchiight. 1t is all wrong, sir. 1t mus
be remedied sometoU The system is defect
i've. and it wont be right till you abolish it
and adopt the cash IL ddcance system Yol
must not be asked to trust out your year
labor in little sums of $3.50 each, to Tom
Dick, and Harry, all over the country. L
won t pay! 1t AMT right! 1t won; pay il
my farming business, and it won't do in
yours, or in any other business
1t would about make me crazy to think
had got to collect the proceeds Of my year
labor in this sort OF way. | would as soor
begin new, and earn it over again, as TO at
tempt to collect it.
l have had soIno experience in business
and try generally to be prompt in these lit
tie things, but know by my own case how
easy and natural it is to neglect them. We
think. this is only $3.50 anyhow, and tina
sum can't make much difference with tbs
Editor. SO We forget it, aud do a wrong
not Intentionally, but by sheer carelessness
ltell you, sir, YOU must change all this
| see it clearly. You must insist upon pay
in advance. You must not trust out youl
harvest in such little sums all over the cOun
try. | can pay $3.50 at sany time. Tn,
amount is too small to be worth holding OF
to by me. can as well pay in advance a
any other way; and when this is done,
have the satisfaction of feeling that don