The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-08-21
The Farming Interest in Georgia
Addre-- or GOV. smi.h.
Thomaston (Ga.) Herald, Aug. ?.

Thomaston (Ga.) Herald, Aug. 2
On Wednesday, Both inst, at quarter
past twelve P. NJ, large crowd of pee
pie assembled at the Courthouse door
in Thomastown, to listen to a speech iron
Governor Smith. After the Governo
had expressed his pleasure in meeting 81
many friends among whom he had lived
so long, he stated that when the war wa;
over men sought to recover their fortunes
by other employments than agricultural
pursuits. All the best talentof the coun-
try engaged ia professions, and if there
were fool in the family he was put to
farming. Agriculture required the very
/ highest order of talent it was the foun-
dation or source from which all other
business derived its support. Let the
/ lawyers be set aside and the community
might do without them; set aside the
| physicians and men might get along with
out them but suspend the agricultural
interest for year and all would go to
ruin. Common sense directs that the
most important matter must be attended
to first If we would be successful we
must 90 back to first principles-we must
look after the interest that produces all
profits. These views are not put to pro-
duce antagonistic feelings; there is room
for all-make the farming interest pros
per and men engaged in all other
branches of business will also prosper.
The farmers of Georgia are ignorant of
the natural resources of the country
Georgia abounds in all kinds of minerals,
gold, iron, copper, and. even diamonds
exist in the State. Vast coal beds are
situated in the northern section of the
State. We have the best country on
which the sun shines. The soil of Geor-
gia is adapted to the growth of every
description Of production that grows be-
tween the frigid and torrid zones. The
Legislature of Ohio in 1886 appropriated |
$4,000 to promote the agricultural interest
of the State, and you can, by going to
the State capital, ascertain the quality /
of the land in every township in the
State. This system has greatly enhanced
the value of the lands in Ohio; lands
there have advanced % per cent. in the
last eighteen months. In Georgia there
are coal mines enough to run all the fur
naces in England and America for fifty
years In the same localities iron ore
abounds in vast quantities I ct with all
these natural advantages of soil, climate,
)re, and with natural productiveness
equal to that Of any country beneath the
canopy of heaven, men of Georgia are
suffering for the necessaries of life. You
nay form as many organizations of labor
Is you please, and they will do much
good so long as they are kept up, but the
natural tendency Of the human heart is
o "grow weary in well doing" The
armerS have it in their power to have
hings as they wish. | want men to legis- !:
ate for the good of farming. L have
eard men say that the lawyers were 60
ny to have a good harvest; when a man
annot pay his debts he cannot pay a
lwyer, but when the cattle ON a thou
and hills are spread before the eye, /
then the granaries and the smoke-houses
t the farmers are filled to overiioWing,
hen it is that the lawyer can get his fee, =
ne doctor his bill, and the minister his T
tlary. Let the farmer make his corn, !
leat, hay, oats, and other supplies az :,
ONE, and he will starve out the middle II
zen and force them to go at other en- q
loyments A man purchased 10, 900 l.
5 cents per bushel, and it was after :;
ards sold in Montgomery, Ala, for -
% per bushel-noW where did the diff G.
.rence between 10 cents and 81 20 60?
went to the mddlemen. The farmers .
Iust get rid of the tax that these mid =, =,
Iemen impose upon them. Some object y
the oranges because they have ladies - :,
them; another objection is that it is =,
cret society. Well, there cannot be .,
uch secrecy where ladies are. These ~
Dor organizations, if they are not -
1used, are likely to do more for the =
,untry than all other things combined. -
II the burdens and misfortunes of life \;
IL more heavily on women than on men; ~
r this reason it is proper for them to al
Ike an interest in these organizations. -
'e would not have the ladies turn poll y
clans; that is not their sphere but we
I'VE no fear of anything of this kind, A
eir natural modesty will prevent this. A.
men would take their wives with them =,
hen they 90 out they would never get n 4,
trouble Keep politicians out of your =;
carnations, for if they get in they will ~
worse than the middlemen. Too much =,
gislation is a curse to the country. So - -
eat an evil has this become that the ~
Usage of any law at all is to be dreaded. :.
ne FARMERS nave IL III IneIr power 10 RI
I've things arranged to suit themselves, 70
Id if the men they send to make laws r.
not make such as will protect the 3;
rmer, then drop them and send such a. a.
EN- as will give the farmer justice ~
md the ablest, purest, and wisest men
make your laws. 1t is a melancholy -,
ct that last year only 1000 immigrants w.
me to Georgia, while 2O,00 of her w y.
items left the State. If we want i'm 2
igrants to come to Georgia, we must be 10
lie to show to them what the resources -,
the State are-must let them know -,
lat is in the State. -,
ChiIdren's Nights. wl
The "rights of women have had their