The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

same, drummers' fees and expenses
excepted, if you rent it to him vol
UNFAIRLY that part would come in as
additional profit, over the usual way.
Then in place of letting him have all
the profits for his attention to your
business, let him have salary out
of what he takes in on the business.
And the only remedy against letting
him or some one else have it all, is
cooperation, which gives him sal
arY and returns the profits to the
customers.
Choose we which you will do!
Many are choosing cooperation,
and the more the greater will be the
return to each customer, as it is en-
phatically self help and mutual help.
We have the satisfaction of know,
ing that the business is increasing,
confidence in it gaining, and its
friends have only to work and wait
and the generation next, bus vet
unborn, will find it here and look
upon it as natural.
1t seems to many of the present
generation as new and unnatural or
an innovation, because it was not
here when they were born. And
these three times and more have we
been smitten in business, in corpo-
ratlons, in Banks and bonds and in
Legislatures and in the nations
highest councils and railroads.
But we have only to cooperate
in all our mentality, our business,
our finances and in our votes; and
then the generations to come, as
well as all of the present who will
be wise and cooperate in time, can
of truth reverse the inquiry made
of Baalam by his. beast, and say
unto the business men, the bankers,
the bond holders, the legislatures,
the congressman and railroads, Art
not thou our Ass, upon thee will we
ride to the end of our days. for what
thou art we have made thee, whilst
thou vast riding upon us. And if
asked, was | ever wont to do so
unto thee? we can truthfully say,
Yes.
In this, we disclaim any of the
mean spirit of retaliation or revenge.
But we are prompted by that indi-
viduality that wearies Of burdens
grievous to be borne, and that have
been long upon US, as well as the
injunction, chat he that provideth
not for his own is worse than an
lnfdel and has denied the faith"
In the correctness of the princi-
pies of cooperation we have full
faith, the practice sustains the prin-
ciples. The plan and principles have
often been shown in 'tTHE PATRON
OF HUsBANDRY" not only in its de
tails, but the experiences from nu-
merous localities have been publish
ed in it; sufficiently numerous have
these been to enlighten and con
vince all, if all had taken the paper
and read, and filed and re-read-
and sufficient to enlighten genera
tons to come It is to be regretted
that "THE PATRON" is not in every
family-more can truthfully be said
of it than can be said for a large
majority of secular papers, L. c. it
does to read and re-read and read
again, and to file for future reference.
1t is moulding public sentiment in
the right direction-in a way that
will be beneficial, while man is to
be the associate of man, and mutual
dependence upon one another re-
mains common to the race, and until
cooperation becomes universal. To
haste the good time, subscribe for il,
in every family if possible. Organ
ize retail cooperative stores in the
reach of every community, where
they are not, patronize them where
they are, and no longer sell your
cotton, We farmers, in the seed. but
gin it and send your cotton to t. 7.
Carver, and return your seed to the
sol, whence it came, and thereby
increase the yield from year to year
Continue the Grange also, that
knowledge may increase and wis
dom prevail. Fraternally,
w. MAXWELL.
Kenton Station, Tenn, Sept. I.