The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-20


annually SII6, s75 of the peoples earnings.
Is it any wonder that, with these lucra
tive fees coming into their pockets when
sthey toll not" they have an attorney in
Nashville guarding their interests, when
a bill was before Legislature to reduce the
fees of the civil officers of the State, when
he could be handsomely rewarded for his
services by one per cent on their fees and |
perquisitess
In the State of Missouri, pending the
consideration of a similar measure in the
Legislature of that State, the well paid
officials succeeded in having an amend
ment appended making it felony, pun
ishable with imprisonment, for man to
serve in any civil Office for less than the
legal fees. When the people cannot have
laws passed in the Legislatures, so-called,
by misrepresentation, then / think they
ought, in their primary conventions, pass
resolutions to support the man or men
who would serve them for less than the
regular fees, say one-half, the other to be
given to the school fund.- And W it'll one
half the regular fees they would make
more money in one month than you do in
twelve, and often with much less brain.
For it is fact, known and read of all
men, that many of our civil taskmasters
carry more brain in their titles than in
their heads. Only dub brainless head
with title, and you have man of the
modern Order. e
And this once august body, known in
our parlance as the County Courtroom
posed in the main of irresponsible, nom
taxpaying and untutored citizens, Is made
the custodian of the county treasury. But
no sooner than dubbed with the ponder
Gus title of Esquire" he becomes the
Nestor of his peers on the bench, mod
ern Confucius and the fiducial agent of
your public purse; and insfantey he is
transformed into one of the most econom-
ical trustees the 'dear people" ever had
| the honor to trust, as is evidenced by the
close and economical appropriations of
that once distinguished body. They know
more of common law than Blackstone and
Kent's learned commentaries contain,
more statutory laws than our legislative
| assemblies ever enacted, and more SUI
preme Court decisions thanthe Attorney
| General ever reported.
But we fear that many of these apDro-
priations are the result of the influence of
some member of the profession that costs
our people $7o,ooo,ooo per annurn, and
| for assisting to impose new tax on the
people, he pockets fee for his services.
Now, MIR. Editor, in view of the many
| oppressive acts of our taskmasters that the
| Grange papers of the country are unearth.
| ing, is it any wonder that the toiling sons
and daughters of Adams race have ac-
cepted the toga of war with their common
enemies from all quarters, and intend to
wage an unrelenting and ceaseless war
fare until oppression shall hide its hideous
head from places of trust and honor? 1t
was w. III. Seward who said in speech
at Rochester, n. Y, Oct. *, 1858, that
| this Government could not stand one-half
| free and one-half slave, and that time may
verify these prophetical announcements,
let us announce to the quartette that COM
prise. our taskmasters, viz: the lawyers,
officials, middlemen, and bondholders, that
we are tired Of Flooding through the mud
pulling their carriage for Them. while
they. the sleek dressed gentry, ride in ease
and live in luxury at our expense. All of
which can be done, and the way and
means expressed in one word-"CO-O P-
ERATIONw Cooperative stores, CO.
operative cotton factories. Omitted we
standardized we fall" Fraternally,
w. H. PERSON.
Covington, March r.
Editor Patrou:-In scanning over the
columns of your issue of the 18th inst, /
find many valuable suggestions to farmers
and husbandmen, which if practically
adopted would no doubt prove very ben
efcial 80 10 -.
| Cooperation is a good thing; the pro
fessions and trades are organized; why
not the farmers be also? Every interest
should be fostered and sustained by CO.
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strike at the root of the evil. I allude to
the suicidal policy os raising big crops of
cotton and neglecting grain, vegetables
fruit and stock, making hog and hominy.
living more at home, instead of raising
cotton at or 9 cents to buy meat, corn
and mules at big prices; why don't you
hammer it into your patrons to diversity
their crops, as no country ever grew rich
or even prosperous upon one single indus
try? it is an inf1exible law of trade that an
over supply of any commodity inevitably
depresses prices. We have this past year
raised some five million six hundred thou
sand 5000, oool bales of cotton and it is
true we have found ready sale for it at
remunerative prices, but we must not for
get that for the past four or five years
the world has been practicing the most
rigid economy, nearly every household
had run almost bare of the necessaries of
life. The reaction in trade, in the finan-
cial condition of the country, restored con-
fidence, gave an unprecedented deSlaand
for goods, and with it an increased de-
mand for the raw material the result of
which was, better prices. But beware
now of another big crop upon the top of
the last. Our wardrobes are replenished,
our warehouses win be filled, goods will
be abundant to commence with in the
fall, and what are we 20 do with another
81 millions of bales next year? We must
not be misled by our experience this sea-
son, and conclude that the more we raise
the bigger the price lie we are uc,, NAV