Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-08-29
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Patrons of IIuSbandrys

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Patrons of IIusbandry.
Solomon says ''There is nothing
new under the SUM- But it seems as
if in this day and generation, so pro-
life if not in invention, at least I'D re-
viving lost arts and institutions, that
some new move, Ostensibly for the
public good, is made somewhere, about
once a week, and when made, the sub
lime inspirations of the poet, and the
gi antic powers of the orator, are at
once and most vigorously invoked to
give life and strength to the movement,
to descant loudly upon its intrinsic
merits, and establish its claim upon
the confidence of the public.
In this age as in every other, there
are those who must live by pandering
to the credulity of others who, as
leaders and managers Of whatever is
started, manage to swim with and upon
the current, and in swimming manage
also to absorb 1t all, with its privileges,
rights, &c men whose genius enables
them to live large and free, by the
sweat of the brow of another such
men generally manage to become lead
ers of all new movements, and MAS
tiers of Oranges" This has always
been the case, since the days when the
genius of an accomplished and cult
waited Jacob enabled him so success
fully to oircumvent his innocent com
t,y brother Esau in the matter of his
birthright, and always will be, so long
as the superiority of mind over matter
exists.
The human race is restless, and
while as mass it does not object to a
master, it likes occasionally to change.
From this cause many of the innova-
lions of the present day arise. Poverty
must always be snbservient to wealth,
however distasteful it may be to the
unfortunate poor, and unfortunately,
hnahy, many of the farmers of the
South are poor.
Money is in itself a power, whose in
huence all the Legislation of the nation
cannot counterfeit, as matters now
stand. Those who possess the tinan-
cial power will control all interests
which are dependent upon a general
credit or the use of eXtraneOus capital.
With this preamble, 1 submit that
| unless the F;.rmer's Oranges, by some
means not yet developed, accumulate
a large surplus capital, for the support
and benefit of those of the fraternity
who have hitherto "made their crops"
on advances obtained from the capital
of the merchants. the institution in
the South will fail to establish the de-
sired independence of the agricultural
| interest.
| In the second place, business tran
! sactions can never be successfully
managed by mass mecting, cOnse-
! quentIy the vast amount of business,
! such as purchasing supplies, phos-
! pilates, utensils. &c. and the sale of
| the products, which will appertain to
| the planting community, must be
managed by some one or more men
delegated for that purpose. Human
| nature, in these degenerate times, is
liable to do arOrse than to err, and
hunta,e nature is pretty equally dis
| tributed through the human race
| Give one of these humans the control
| of this vast interest, and what reason
| have we to believe that he will not do
as the patriotic congressman did, who
were supposed to be elected for the
gOOd of their constituents, and whom
subsequent developments proved were
elected for their Otc,t good
So may it be with these Grange Mas
| ters who may use their position either
| for their own pecuniary benefit or po-
litical preferment, in which case they
will reap all the benefit and the people
none.
The planter who is capitalist in the
South is independent. he can buy
| wherever he chooses, and sell at the
same place. The planter without
capital is dependent, and oftentimes
| fortunate to find those who are willin G
to take the risk, eveh for the promise
of pay, and bear the load of his de-
pendence. And place him where you
may, SO long as he is a borrower for
! the necessary means to conduct his
business, he is dependent, and but
| few, if any, can be found 7aOW who are
willing to lend money at less than
market rates, either in aGrange or out
of it. Liberality in money matters is
not a Farmers Badge, however,
princely his hospitality.
The Farmers Grange as an Agricul-
c11ral Club for the diffusion of knowl-
edge and information, might be useful.
AS a political organization it may
| benefit sCme; as n financial and bust
ness concern it will prove failure, ex-
cept to the managers. The farmer
who wishes to succeed must manage
his own business well and wisely The
| Southern planters have no sympathy
or community of interest with the
North or West.
! Our staple cotton contains q large
proportion of value to its bulk, is cash,
and generally in demand, and but little
complaint exists of the cost of trans
portation to a paying market.
The great complaint of the South is
the cost of provisions and phosphates,
which are considered exhorbitant
Let the planter once become indepen-
dent, purchase these articles for cost,
and from whatever market they deem
the best, and in point of advantage
every man of sufficient intelligence
will be equal to whole Farmers
Grange"
The weak and ignorant will always
be more or less the victims of the
strong until the return of the "Mes-
siah's Reign" So thinketh cotton
planter. w. K. M.
Lilesville, N. c., Aug. %, 1873.
Prof Hayden, of the Geological
Survey, writes from point among
the Rocky Mountains, one hundred
miles from the nearest post office, that
the expedition is now among the waters
that flow on to the Grand River. which
in turn flows into Colorado. eve are
in the grandest mountain acenes in the
world, and close to the two highest
peaks in the United States. We have
named them the Capitol and White
House. We have named the great
range in the Upper Arkansas the Ma
tional Range, as it is the longest in the
United States. We are eleven thou
sand feet above the sea, and fifty peaks
can be seen one thousand four hundred
feet high. / shall try 10 reach Wash
ington by the first of October.