The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-25

A merchant out the railroad had pay
ment TO make and called on one OF his
customers for about one hundred dollars
he owed him, but was told he had no
money. Yet professional man went to
the same farmer to get some notes cashed,
but was informed he had Just loaned his
money out. SO it turned out he had the
money to loan, but not to pay his mer-
chant, who had to go to a bank in the city
and borrow money.
But | am met with the reply that
FARMERS pay more cash in proportion to
their purchases than any other class.
That is not the point at issue. Its what
they do not pay; and / am glad to have il
to say the "whole class Of farmers was
not intended to be included in my first
article, but fear more Of them must bC
counted in that condition than are willing
to think they are meant.
Said a good farmer to me, "You are
mistaken about the farmers owing sc
much. Fifty dollars would pay all owe
in the world.p / did not ask him to how
many he was indebted, butsuppose hal
dozen, and l suppose he could pay hi
debts ut any time, because, when he asked
a merchant in my presence what a Ger
tain article which he had for sale wa!
worth, he informed him seyenty-fye cent
per hundred. "Well," says he, n viii
hold il before | take that
told him that reminded me Of {
farmer who, twenty years ago, put up
stack Of hay, and said II he did not get |
certain price for 1t he would "let It rot
To-day that stack is settling into dung
pile. Suppose he had taken reasonable
price for it, say twenty dollars, and put
on interest, he might now have fOrty-iv'
dollars in money instead OF a pile o
manure. This farmer was very ready Y
moralize, and said "That was foolish
was wrong-but my article is not so per
ishable." 1'NYell," said !, chow long hay'
you had IL" "About FIVE years, said he
hNow, sir, had you sold five years agl
you could have got 81 30 per hundred
which, with the interest, would tO-da!
give you 81 95 instead Of 70 cents"
name these cases not for tho purpos
OF casting "aspersion" on farmers Us
class, bus to illustrate how too many mr.
doing, and that, perhaps, by those witt
say il is all "bOsh" and boast Of hRyinl
farms "worth twice rs much as the mer
chants capital" But of this more anon
Now, as david Dash" expresses dc
sire to take "blind hand on the "wool
question and granger subject, must givl
hin an item as n keynote:
As was making business tour" las
week along the B. 4 o. Railroad ! fOunr
all the farmers in the neighbOrhood o
one station had sold their wool for forty
five cents per pound, whilst those around
station five miles distant held at iift
cents and did not sell but we're now willin
to take forty -. "This may be goo
granger doctrine, | don't know, but
think n great many are learning It now,
] have thus presented these samples
and can duplicate them II necessary, I
show how many farmers do, In order
have them consider how much good the
might do Il they would at once pay th
merchant the mechnic, the doctor, an
perhaps the editor, bills which they con
slider small and for which they conside
themselves perfectly responsible.
must close by Cautioning my farme
friends not to cat.hall those they are in
debted to for exposing them in the man
ner this discussion has, for there are :
many parallel cases you might feel bndl
when he assured you he knows not tn
author nor did he furnish him the iten
But on the contrary take the advice give
in my former article, go to bank and &c
the money Gf in no other way go an
pay them and then sec them dance to til
music Of my second. KEYNOTE.