The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-02-13
TO THE FARMERS.


EDlrcRs JOURNAL IL address this com
munication to the farmers for the reason,
that they arc now in the midst ola most ex-
cited and almost distracted state of confusion
on the subject of Guano. 1t is the all alb
sorbing question of the day the masses are
agitated over the matter quite equal in fer
vor as the political campaign of FELTON, and
Lester occasioned during the last race for
Congress. 1t would appear to men who do
not understand the situation, as if the Gu
ano Manufacturers were intent upon com
hitting great outrage upon the farming
community, al invasion upon their vested
rights is being contemplated The farmers
camp is assailed. The price of Guano has
gone up, and the poor farmer is to be rob
bed Of his hard earnings. Now, Mr.. Edi-
tor ii was wise plan in creation to so ar
range matters that there should be two sides
to all questions, and that reason may be
used as weapon of argument to dispe! and
eradicate the fallacious and errors of man
kind. In these degenerate and demOralized
times, large proportion of reason is requi-
site to combat the errors many are lead into.
vi luSldISC 1Oh iiuJ hSoA @ihOo1 N'NiJ
day some weak minded man assert that Gu
and is running the country they will tell
you thai all the financial distress, hard times,
scarcity OF money and many other immagi-
nary ills of the present day is attributable to
the great demoralizng agency, Guano it is
the miserable Shylock that has taken the last
pound of flesh from our prosperity. it has
brought our farmers to the verge OF ruin and
bankruptcy
Now, Mr. Editor, what are the facts of
the case | would ask these observing
farmers what is the difference in a general
point of view, between the condition and
productions of North Georgia now, compar-
ed with what they were before the introduce
ton of commercial fertilizers? Has not our
population increased to large extent; has
not North Georgia become almost if not
quite equal to the Southern portion of the
State in the production of the money com
manding STAPLE c0tt0h. Has not nearly all
the old worn out and wasted lands been re-
claimed and are now the best paying real
estate we have, taking their former broom
sage value into consideration Have we
not shown to the world that onr section is
better adapted to the farming interest than
any other in the State, for a diversity of
products? | ask what has brought about
these great Developments You can but an
swer, commercial fertilizers has been the
chief agent Now why this great hue and
cry against Guano, when we all know we
cannot get along and make cotton in our
climate without such stimulant? The
farmers will treat Guano like the topper does
whskey-- if it is bad he will drink it and
curse it il good drink it and praise it. AS
to Guano they must and will use it, good or
bad
But the huge question that stirs up the
bowels OF consideration is the price ofGuanO.
Some men will assert that they will not use
it unless they get the same as last year, don I
care how much the manufacturers lost ON
the trade of the past by the deprecated val
ue of Cotton. 1t is a very pretty transaction
to take cotton at 10 cents a pound and sell il
at cents, and then to add to the picture
fail to collect about per cent of the sales
made. How would Mr.. Farmer like to try
on such "a huge transaction? Why 10 heal
some of our wise tillers of the soil talk. one
would imagine that the Guano Manufacture
ers had their stuff given to them, and that
they beat the rail road out ofthe freight and
what they get for the l5cts., cotton was al
clear gain. Mr. Editor, do you know What
| it cost to manufacture Guano? | can tel
| you the truth about it. When it is made
| up to the standard required by our Georgia
| laws, then add the freight to deliver it at oul
depot and it amounts to figure which will
not pan out any profit to the manufacturer
unless he sells it and collects over $40 casl
per ton. Now let us see how the result was
on sales made last season, at this point, to
wit / Ton, 400 pounds of cotton amount:
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