The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-10-26
How Farmers may do without Liens.


How Farmers may do without Liens.
Many Farmers, no doubt, will find it difficult
to get through the next year without some
credit; but we ask oil such if they have not
found it harr task to get along with the credit
they have relied upon the past. nine years? One
half the amount they have paid for supplies, on
credit, will furnish the same supplies, if bought
for cash. Yosl4ayssbesn at the mercy OF the
merchants, the cotton Brokers and money lend
ers for long nine years, and at the end of each
successive year, nine out Of ten of you who
have relied on giving liens for supplies, have
found yourselves getting deeper and deeper in
debt, until now you really have nothing you
can call your own, upon which credit may be
based Improvdence and reckless buying are
the natural results of the credit system, and the
buyer is the sufferer at the end. You may curse
the Merchants, as much as you please, but they
are not the only persons who have made money
out Of yeu through the ruinous operations Of
the lien law. Look around you and see if you
cannot find many Of your neighbors-even far
mcrs-who have taken advantage of your ne
cessities and charged high prices for money and
supplies But you will find that those farmers
who are able to advance money or sell supplies
never gave liens. They commenced right. In
sssalf Of depetdi&e rTsm tho,mo, chants for sups
plies Mt cxorbitant prices. they went to, work
themselves and raised them on their own farms
For one or two years they lived hard, bought
nothing that they could possibly do without
patched up their old clothes, raised their OWN
corn, relied upon wheat, oats and barley TO feed
their teams upon while making the corn and
cotton crops. At home, instead of paying the
merchants from 20 to so cents a pound for
bacon, on lien, that could be bought at 10 or 10
cents for cash they did without it, AMI raised
chickens, potatoes, &C., with milk and Butter,
and occasionally little roasting pig for feast.
Their eggs and butter, if more than necessary
fer home use, were turned into cash TO buy n
little Cstlcc, Sugar, &c. If they had no eggs or
tutter to sell, they did without Coffee and Sugar.
1t is no use denying that four-ftths of the far
mers in Union--aud. owners, tenants and labor
ers--can, if they will, by generous combination
To help each other, live until the next crop comes
in without going in debt !or goods at cXorbtnnt
prices. After that they will be pretty indepen
dent-at least all those who ever will and really
wish to be out of debt, will feel so.
We say, then, let our farmers SOW Wheat,
! Oats and Barley, to come in for food for
! man and beast and for sale, in the middle
of next Summer patch up and wear your old
! clothes, raise chickens, make good pastures for
your cows-MIilk and Butter arc almost good
! TO work on as bacon have few little pigs to
kill occasionally as raastcrs, but he sure to save
| enough for next Falls killing. You can get
through next year, 10y sacrificing some comforts
and luxuries, if you will, andby Christmas you
will find you have made more msncy than evo,
hsforc~Gepr ccf!lit will be restored and .v99I v
don't succeed, don't lay all the blame upon tho
Merchants of Union and run off to spend youl
money with strangers.