The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-10-19
What Will He Do With ~


What viii He Do With ~
Epiross SournsaS CvLr1vASeH--The
Southern planter owns 500 " 1000 acres
Of land Ii ia all that he do<s own
What will he do with ~" Perhaps
100 much given to iudolsacs, Of 700
proud " take "a his coat ard 20 70
work like man, he will occupy himself
Hiih whining ever all his issAacs and let
his farm 20 10 ruin before his eye.
or perhaps thinking that keeping a
store viii bc easier or moro censieisnt
WIN his former habits than personal IN.
Dor Ac may abandon his farm. move to
the village OF town, stint himself aud
his family OF the comforts of life to
keep up the shabby gcntecl, and end
by having hi7 farm sold under The ham.
ner 10 pay Tor meddling with a business
which he did not understand, and to
which he was wholly unsG,ted.
Or II nay be tina, having been all his
lilo accustomed to growing uo." and
cotton IN a certain way, he will attempt
tn continue his former practice with tree
negro labor lie begiss fairly
some OF his hands desert him " obtain
higher wages elsewhere, or on account
OF some supposed insult to their new
o'n o'2n'y NE rest WORK indoirntly
~ ,no CLOSE OF me year ~hen he has
P"'u iof ms labor he has nothing LETT
Tor himscit-possibiy his farm may hay.
brought hun IN debt lie asks in des
pair, What shall ! do with IN" IL il
sIe"r 'nat working corn and cotton with
iree negro labor VII not pay; u won
10 TO run more INTO debt Gan l make
no profitable use OF tins the only prop
erty lett me ! cannot ssll ~ II |
eouin, what Use could ! make oil the
money ! am net n merchant or trades
man, or mechanic or professional man.
! AIN used To country life and none 9th.
or must ma some way To make my
iand support myself and family and ed.
uca'e my children What shall do
WIN u
| u he wan reflect, II certainly must
occur to him, that n change In his form
oil labor must create change IN bis
system oil 'arm.F How vnst chat
change - At the end OF the year, for
merry, he haa contracted no debt, ex.
eept perhaps his store account, and II
he had been prudent man he would
not have had them to meet, but would
pa pad cash Tor what he consumed
hut now he has TO meet not only store
accounts, but heavy demand for labor
Formerly he could control his labor,
but now It Is beyend control II follows
thereto nat he must cautiously en-
gage largely n crops, such as cotton,
which require steady labor, and in which
an interruption Of labor. al u critical
stage Of the crop, woula cnusc its ruin
Ills conclusion AK sensible man will
be, that he must make tho beat possible
use of his land with the leas, possible
labor
What is that use lie does not know
But he can know
He can inquire how the rest of the
world have been doing who have no ne
eroes-who never owned any If be
has no intelligent neiehbor who can in.
form him, he can read agricultural
papers, which are issued at nominal
price. lilo can learn how the owners Of
land in other countries use hired labor
on land worth $500 per acre, ~ IN Eng
land aud Scotland, and make money 1t
may be said that in those countries la
Dor is cheaper and the prices Of pro,
duets higher than with MS The d'ilcr'
eucc in the price Of labor does not equal
the difference in til. price Of land II
is mistake to suppose that the English
aud Scotch obtain u better average price
for farm products than with US, a few
are higher, bot the larger proportion Of
their products are les than with rs, as
hay, wool, butter, cheese, potatoes, tur.
nips, etc.
--.Attbs. North. land Is much higher
inrm products much itt.. AVID. wies NJ
There Is no one product of tho North
Of which We cannot raise an equal