The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-29
IoHard Times in irexa;s.

Texas IL magnificent country. no re
are told, almost boundless In area, limit
less in productions, and capable of sup.
porting oil the people that ever como into
II. Periodically, perhaps we may say
annually, o sort OF spirit of emigration
takes hold Of the farming communities of
the olderlSouthern States, and at once
they take the Texas fever. ~ During the
pest winter 30 many have gone into the
Lone Star State :hat we see it stated the
immigrants could not at tinies.. be sup
piled with food on arrival. The newspn.
peE have advised tho newcomers TO bring
something to eat with them tie we'll as
money, for when they get there there are
nc. provisions to buy even if they have
Golfers Of money! 1fthere are any of our
readers itching to go to Texas, let us beg
them to bear the ills they have awhile
longer, and as sort of sedative read the
following extract from the annual nd.
dress Of the Master OF the State Grange
ofTe1aS, which met month or moro ago
at,Tyler, Texas. He eays: u, s.., "a,
VT Is useieas to deny the fact.that gen.
eral ETane off thrift and consequent de.
preston pervades the tillers Of the soil
in our country. They. aro not accumi;la-
ting money - the years financial state
inent shoWs the 6Elance against tlem.--
ahe 'scarcity of money among the masses
and In the commercial centres demands
O. reform. Everywhere the cry is hard
times Why1is Ellis n ;Issit due to the
maladmiaistration of government and Of
fetal corruption fis Is it Due to bad
anancist syatem of fgoyernment2rIs Is it
duets costly transportation q; It, ib due
In. partit these causes, bnt mainly 10
gnisdifeGted individual enterprise, specu-
lStive 3arming and IaiiIiona credit sys.
tenn. Let US examine our.elves, and not
charge our faults upon Sthbfs.s What Is
tho neBded refornR7i Rsstlessspecnlativ
farming must he abandoned .for moro
conservative, fingal and canGous system.
conducted by solid CASH basis. lHiRh
interest and credit lIave beetr q shameful
inHifenco upon Southern agriculture.
Xhesg hsSe hung likes mighty,pallupon
the hopes, and have paralygedh thd eiiers
gies of cur people, We 1ware taefe noon
after the war. y, CottonNiSs the most mari
ketoble prdduet by, which We could raise
money. lAfs'nighv valae induced us to de-
votelsotfr attsntiJn to,its 1pfoduction to
the exciusfeu,of'i afltoth6f crops, thus
negleetiEg home snppliegJ nCWe ,eould, at
20 cents per pound, with9 tlisorganise.i,
isaor,y yfeniixg Eolll7 flonSy 1saiits pr5duc-
tios, bat BY payipga high rate cf interest
for tnotIeylto eeffhS Alis current .cxpenseg
ofntke farm, I,1ea 6eaa,hei involyed,l dpd
have ccatiaded TO raise cotton, with the
Rope of meeting our obligations, but find
ouFpelves stalking desper and deeper Il,
cur eslba7raesmeBts; with each r6golyine
Sear! f8he priCsi thHs 8 kons below this
= - Nc " = { .:e =: Ia. -!
sTith our farms going TO digapidation-
our homes arc without edpplie3-and we
are growing poorer and poorer from year
10 year.
siftEroua the best information ct my COM
Hagd, being iuraided oby any system Of
atatisticn, Can safely cay, that over $780,
1000 OF farm subpsies were i1lported
into thi5 Siats during tha fsist isi !! YEAR "a ex-
cfusiv9 o. liEu sEcck, augar coffee and dry
goodss We have bought Fice and d'tobac.
Co ~ 8Niee tlse coat Of raising hero { we
have Paid this large afnoans, sifAining
Snr ectihtryr 70 enrich another .e5ladH
9ffIs not reform n necoasary herS, atid Is
not tbS indiRidaal farsn the piase 10 Elrp-
rlsitfhiWe 8ro devotlng our fine, our
energy and our all to make cottoi1, which
bringa In the market what Il costto make
49, Never gas there la the hfstory; of
my agsicultuFai. people q gt0ater necssl
sity for iyef5sns. .',e a Y!