The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-20
For tho Times.
No Prosperity until q Change.

SLEEPY Hollow, S. G.
Mr. EDITOR Your correspondent, "More
Anon" has written very touching obituary
notice of the Oranges, but before closing the
ceremonies beg leave to inscsibs on the Tomb
stone, Grail Road Monopolies," call honor to
the Oranges which put on the breaks
The Oranges certainly deserve the credit of
having discovered that Rail Road corpo, ations
wer4 no, legal monopolies. But it should not
be lost Sight Of that the snsks has been scotched
but no, Killed, s.Asil Road Kfn,;s aqw are the
most dangerous Institutions in the land, ami
with the immense means in their power thoy
may prove very mischievous. Let our legsla-
tors see to it that tho interests of tho Agricuu-
rists are protected. The prosperity of the
country depends upon the prosperity of that
class which produces the nccessaries of life
1t costs more to grow article than you can get
for it in the market. something is radically
wrong There can lie no such thing rs pros,
pcrity there. The duty of our legislators is.to
analyze this subject and find out where the
trouble is. ss% @y,tss
TT had a-.-iArAsii~e .4--assss}ssssr u.fa,v dave
| ago with large Guano Factor. Hewas anxious
to ascertain my views in relation to the pros
tPerlty OF the Agricultural interests. l gave it
rs my opinion that it was worsdNhan it was five
years ago. lie replied that he had been driven
70 the same conclusion, from yery different
stand .point. At fret he could sell all his Guano
for cash-ie could not supply the demand AZ
ter awhile the planter began to beg time; it was
given-then the freight was complained Of
that was arranged; then they could not pay in
cash, but wanted to pay in cotton, sc. In fact.
every year it evidently became more diikoult 10
sell his Guano and to make collections. The
margin of profit mustbe very large to admit of
all these notifications, or the dilution must be
considerable-reckon it is the shrinkage which
| covers oil losses nova days. have heard more
than one planter affirm that he had always found
his Fertilizer bill the hardest to pay off. Ibaye
| heari many, very good planters too express
doubts whether the country had been or could
be- In the end, benefited by the use Of Guano or
Commercial Fertilizers. People have got into
the habit of using it however, and it will be no
easy IN utter to give i; up. IL is go sssy 10 lake
few sacks of it to the field, and distribute lin
the rows. 1t is so hard to rake up litter, to
clean up fence corners, scrape up lots and COM
post cotton seed, and then haul it out to the field
and distribute il, that few nave the nerve or pa
tience TO try it, To talk about rest, rotation and
the plowing in of green crops, sounds 80 much
like nonsense and book farming that very few
persons can be induced to think of it, "There
Is whole in the hog trough, somewhere II
is as plain as the nose on q man 8 face thai the
Agricultural interests is on decline. You hear
OF hard times in every branch of business and
everywhere, and such must be the case until the
farmers occupation is piseed on better footing.
1t is at the bottom of all industries, and if the
foundation is insecure the whole fabric must be
tottering. Whether it be the all-cotton policy,
the long road to markets, with so,many TOLL gates
by the way, the long credit and high profits and
interest, the Fertilizer bills, or freed labor are
all questions which ought now to be thoroughly
sifted, and such remedies adopted as will afford
relief. HOPEFUL.