The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-03-08
"IHkIses TIMES"

There is great diversity Of opinion among on
people uS to the cause and The remedy for ouI
present "hnrd times" one will g>crIbr the c,ll
to bad crops; nnothcrlohlgh taxes; OndalhtJ
one will saddle II upon the railroad, and dc'
nouGcc rhnt enterprise n n hlontcd monopoly
Now, nm rather inclined to the opinion lhol
the farmer, Themselves are somewhat It fault in
tins matter 1t j. conceded by all that We have
no other legitimate way to make money, except
by the sale Of the surplus stock and products
raised upon our farms, Then the farmer who
| by his industry, energy and good hu'b0ndry
can produce the urgc,t crops and dispose Of the
greatest surplus |, the best citizen. But The rrN-
son That many Of our farmers never have any
money i because they do not sell the surplus
produce Of their farms. When they ARE offered
a fair price they hold for higher one, and thus
wait many times until there j. u decline Of -
per cent in price, u loss Of lOpcrrrnt by shrink
age and waste Of thrHrliclc. whiIcthry ARE pay
ing probably lOpcr cent more for thrusc of hor-
rowcd money, or to the merchant for hi goods.
Thus you see q per cent, or nearly onc-hnlf the
'l"P u '"'l v! wv ''''''-' ''"'' ''''' '''''''
keep n large number OF oId' unprodur'lNr ana
worn ont worthless Stock upon 'n''r ''r'l',
which dcNour almost every 'hlhg during 'hr
winter months Tint the farmer produced our
Ing the summer; and he has nothing to srll, and
Of course has no money. and become, di>Nut,li-
ed, and rails NJ III" rnrlh the AR, the NcaSoIiN
the taxes, ANA especially l"ralIr"Hu'
] do not think, taking everything INTO account
there Is any better section Of country III tn"
United states than tennessee Nhil" the COT
ton States south Of u> rely on one crop Alone
md only get money once IN year, W" have aI-
most constant succession OF crops the year
round TO bring Us money our wheat ana oats
crops are ready about the l>t OF August every
year, Whl'h o'l@ht 10 De '"h>lu'Fru thr COM
mcnc'mrnt o. our commrrrlal year. In tn"
rlII our corn ana hog' crops come H. ana during
the winter our nay h'n ana bacon are ready
for market ANA every FARMER mas Drought to
nave som" surplus Tor sue mat would brn"
nm ready money every month IN the year; ana
u" Ought 10 Sc" "huho' ''' II 20 10 waste ana
De lost II the Farmers" our county would III
'r1o' III large reuters upon 'h''r l''"" p'"'h>'
keep no surplus Stock OF produce on your
iar'nH' ana pay ~ you co. my W"rd Tor II YOU
"oulu near goo" "'''' h'N> ""ou' 'hNrdlll'r>
A@"lh' lhcr' i "'"'h'r '''>' 81 our runners
VINO every ''m' E"" meet 'h''n' "' nome or
abroad want I" borrow money HOW OMEN nave
you hrard the inquiry " nave you got any mo-
hrylo loan upon Il GOOD ho''. ana II not doyol
Know VINO lla>'' ! dislike very h'l"h TO hear
ut cry OF distress. lh'y borrow from
refer TO pay RAUL ANA carIl new amount Is IN
creased IRON Toto 2opcr cent ana very soon we
hear that the farm has been morgngcd, and
then every prudent man knows that he i on the
high road to bankruptcy and financial rum.
tIrmrr cannot afford lopay one singIcrcnt o! i'll
tcrc-t. He should never 20 IN debt for anything
except land. and he ought not to have more Of