The patron of husbandry., 1879-06-07
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
IFFFFRsoN COUNTY,


--------~-~FrRC1M MISSTSSIPPI
JEFFERSON COUNTY
gszEd;toy Patron. I was glad to see
IT,. ,1uice's letter in. .tleiastissue- Of The
y ,raoN A n1utua fTfend had llecentlTl
= d<,n,ed ne thar Rro.I1. tl1ou INT sorne of.
dTsft;ao, fao near lie current of
.,e,l;f;rs for the GOOD of The Order, and
that as Denntv for AdauasA. ceuaty ghe
,.-o,ld 60 1ert,,re him Decentralization.
T hone TIrF P6rRoN circulates freely
there. that his, suborainates may hear our
axr1anation~ well His protest is con-
ceiyed n verv fraternal spirit, and so
sLall he the rer,l.y.. + nropose to rnakesto it.
He bas DONE rxactlv what he ought to
have done with his News of the matter.
He has nuhl;shed his AFFECTIONS through
tha sssan,e erea !, We, have been cornnluni
), ), fhere-rraay be others in
tLa ctata In a.t,ree with him. IF SO, to
ali sueh an. exnlanatiions IS due.
sunns,sts Il win be admitted that the
ss,,eor,1e az this State. especially the farm
INC class. are II very desperate cnildi-a ]
f;s,ss.as sreoartls their pecuniary affairs
perI,a,,s NJ other State Is IN worse.IThe
ca,,ses hat have brought this about are
.,,r;o,,s of course but the -sDeople, who
have fn UNDERGO the torture they inf1ict,
are 49,. : not 70 blame for their5existenoe. The
loss of s., 100000, 900 of personal property
~, tles : =, was of itself enotel1to have
,.roi ,,csd General hut in .ad..
g5sf;or = tiat tbesexnerin1enf of free labor
80 : ~t;,,,a of GREAT imitation of prices was
H. baer;,,,,,;.,9 of their tronhless1 far~thep.
s1so-as sed,ce3 into tbe contractino,of debt
r,,h;cb on rar,el. lco,,lds easily be paid. but
tsI,;cb has never been paid. being renew
"a e tbe;,~ 1>r.e1Iff- f-couId bear the
,,nt;l the fl,anaf,rerF Of the sheriff
Sa;a + Ifor the,,1 Il W , 'tI>11
,f r37x.-wher the
bn6bla burst and down came all values
and all credit along with them. Silver
u1as den,0onet;zed the same wear. which
hel,sd ~ MAKE money scarcer. and in
I97r the resumption act was passed. eaus-,
mo al d universal boarding of the Icircu1a-.
-tino medium in the banks, where it still
lies AWAITING that revival of trade solong
nredicted. bit like the rainbow, always
recedino, as We approach It.
T. GCon1i}lg r .areer home. some. wears. ago
orr r a,;siat,,ree in order to nersuade can
i+slito faLa Some fur-therr risk on aoricnlL
tire devised fbe scheme of the cbattel
n,ortesaoe law with nower of seizure and
ssla 7r66ereins fbe cron IS mortoaoed be.
fore # IS planted. and the creditor IS made
;ndoe. iurv. Sheriff. all. for the collection
of his own debt - ..Gf2l -a9t@f
We had eno,1o,h to bear beforesto over
load our weary limbs bnt this cbattel
mortoaoe law has nroved to be the feather
that broke the cameps back; Doubtless
the trainers of the law meant we'll for
tbe for,,a, ,,,boY b.d no crad;t and p,ssy =,
raad ofe,,,,,1;es s,,b;cb co,,Id ~, \ ,,I,t,fd
othsr,n;sa ,I 1,e | r.;ssa ~ hon,e R,t ;+s no.
tcal effect has been TO make more than
half the farmers of tbis, State mere ten
ants at will to the few capitalists in each
county that took their OBLIGATIONS We
have : landlord and tenant system inst as
nn,nncb at worl i, orr STATE as ;f MORTGAGES
had bee,, 1foreelosed and t;tles recorded= 8
Nov is there anv hone Of . Sret,,rn of
nrosner;tv TO . neooIe tbns s;tuatedS ; Ger
t:i - ~ eo,l:.:o.s .e,.o.soo1
H., III - - fassad - 49,
:. ILL.,, ~ ,a,2aei cSe:t = a. -. :,
of I'D viii hel,, NC ,,,;+b -, I;s ;n,s,{
enee ,Uhe, he seas = ;s ,,,,,s,,ar;+,, and,,o+
nolitics we aim at - -, - -
This IS an aoricultural State and the
f,ranoe l. soc;efv. If farn,ers Their
7condifio, demands ithe strono1epst rel;ef law
the, Supreme Court - Will II sustain.
after the..- example {. , of 1saN d the
| surround;no states and authorized bv the
oJtb seef;on Of the oeneTI nroy;s;ons Of
the State constitution Is # not For the
GOOD Of tle Orderto discuss i question Of
such ma ar5;tude as' this in ON, ln,eetineys
nriyate and public. as well As matters = of
the farm he speaks, off Are not the,debts
on the farm quite as interestine As anv
other part of It? F2tfef'af'si) 7f'I q s''-''
| 1--WE have seen that lesislati6n3 has had
much to do,in produoina the5foresenf de.
pressed condition of things, and wish to
secure Legislature this time prepared to
co as far as ea;flaf;on fan tb IL E ~ :,
+ Il we saw f15e cbsttel ], ~ r
the last session ass The Hons7s M 6nt ell g :; :,
tbe nd ..e dd.,aaa e.s ~ lae II.
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