The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1874-06-26

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4 the ascending scale.
! And looking beyond the mere NAL
ing Of money, il embraces in its wide
, scope the right use Of money and il
appropriation 10 wise purposes. Willis
} money has been prostituted to the mos
infamous ends, and has been pronounc
ed the root Of all evil, yet like all 9th
er agencies, it can be appropriated t
useful and creditable designs. It
the agency through which all great ant
important movements are accomplish
ed; it is the axle grease that render
the movements of the vast machinery
of the worlds business easy and har
monious.
We, too, can, by its .judicious use
make it subsidiary to our redemption
from the disastrous circumstances thai
surround us. Through the wise use
of money, we can relieve our bushes.
from the grinding effects Of the credit
system, that has crushed our prosperity
with its exhausting demands. We will
never become pecuniarily independent
until we return to cash basis. We
will never relieve our business Of the
drainage Of the credit system, until by
strict economy, untiring energy and in
telligent action, we place our material
interests upon q self-sustaining basis.
AS long as we pursue the suicidal policy
OF borrowing money, or obtaining sup
plies upon a credit, SO long will we be
slaves to power that will ultimately
crush us beneath its ponderous weight.
There is no vassalage 50 grinding, no
servility 50 humiliating, as that which
holds in bondage to mortgaged obliga-
tions. It is, therefore, the part Of wis
dom, to anticipate impending evils by
a voluntary retrenchment, which, 9TH
erwise, will ere long, be forced upon
US by dire necessity.
Let us then, by strict economy
a wise husbandry Of our resources
relieve ourselves from the oppressive
weightof credit and place our business
upon the only true basis, that Of I'M
trammeled and selfsustaining indie
pendence. Through wise course Of
intelligent economy we will, ere long,
extricate our interests from its perilous
situation. Cash, instead Of indebted
ness, will appear on the credit side Of
the balance-sheet, and our annual set
clement Of the years transactions will
close in mutual pleasure to planter and (
merchant.
And here let me disclaim for our
Order any hostility to that large and
class, the mercantile COM
nunity. Our Order was not establish
ID, nor did we unite with it, through
my enmity to any pursuit, and espe-
tally to that in which we recognize
7alued friends, accomplished gentle
men and excellent citizens.
Our Organization simply directs its
ssaults upon vitiated systems, that
'ampire like, fans its victim whilst it ]
lraws the red current that gives it life.
n fact, there is no incompatibility be- i
ween the Patrons Of Husbandry and i
he mercantile interest IF our Order {
evelops system out C which will
pring a judicious economy that will
make our planters solvent and invest s
heir business with a merit unknown to i
for years, every other interest, and +
specially the mercantile department, t
ill feel its revivifying effect. 0
Every profession and calling depends s
pom the prosperity Of agricultural in
ustry, not only for their well.being, il
ut for existence itself. Every intelli- "
ent merchant must therefore see that u
icy have a community of interest
it'll us, and so far from throwing OBJ v
acles in our way will bid us God
eed, and aid us in building up an in p
,pendent and solvent husbandry. IN
We have thus endeavored to trace Of
e teachings of our Order, and to ex cl
bit their practical bearing upon our hi
siness concerns. And while, in this
spect, it is an institution that meets BIZ
long felt, and if it extended CT
benign influence no further, it would
II he entitled to our hearty support. oil
however, its mission ended here, it ST
'uld fall far short of the end for W,
itch it was designed. 1t not only fir
,erts an empire over our material in
est, but extends its fostering care nc
err our social relations. 1t embraces II
thin its ample scope every worthy ce
mber of the agricultural community, nj
d approaching the gentler sex, gives ev
our refined and elegant women an an
lality of right in its membership. tn
its members from the agri-
tural interest and Incorporating de
I'M into a solid body, it engenders in
only the highest social relations, ru
! develops their hitherto dormant trs
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