The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-23
COOPERATION.
Letter from Past Master VIM
Maxwell. al the Tennessee Stale
Grange.

"t'" "I|oH' bcSln Wnerc you
lett OFT about cotton bale.
A man, or men, in their associa
ted capacity, offer his, or their,
money to let, at a price fixed by
him, or them, or they offer to fur
nish supplies, say to farmers and
planters, to make cotton or sugar at
prices and upon condition fixed by
the man, or men, having the money;
and after propounding about sixty
tive legal and social questions to the
one asking money or supplies, of
character that as fully develops the
social and financial condition of the
applicant as does the closeted in
quisitorial, and if all these are an
| swered to the satisfaction of the
man, or association, having the
money, the suppliant's request is
then granted upon a first mortgage
or trust deed, that will be a first
lien on the planter at half its valua-
ton, and also include the growing
or next coming crop, with an addi-
tional obligation ''to ship that crop
to the man, or men, on terms to be
arranged"
Is there any other sovereign more
complete and total?
That money and supplies will
| create not only new creation but
a large one, and the money will add
| the whole of that new creation to
itself is a we'll known fact. That
associated money will no doubt,
| Tin one instance alone in this city,
run 5000 farms, averaging. say,
| 800 bales of cotton, at a net profit
to the association or firm furnishing
the money, in interest, commissions,
perquisites and profits on advances,
say S.. 50 per bale, or 5000 to the
farm of 800 bales, or on 5000 farms
$3,I5o,oOo; or, to be more modest,
calculate the net income to the bale
at only $3.50 it would be little
giant created Of $I.575,ooo.
1t takes money to do these things,
every one must admit, 1t tax es
money to establish and push any
enterprise. And it is equally true,
this is an absorbing process, not
only of the energies of the people
but it absorbs their creations of an
nual wealth, and it is only matter
of time for it to absorb their lands,
that is, taxation without represen-
tation.
Jay Gould and Vanderbilt only
admit facts patent to every thinking
ing man and woman when they
say, sit takes money to build, equip
md carry on the business of rail
,oads and to get that done, be
cause no one man has money
enough to build a railroad, there is
necessity for persons to associate
their money and with that associ
ated money build them" That is
in other words, cooperation OF
capital directed to the accomplish
ment of one and the same end
After that is done, operating the
road is the new creation again
That again goes to the parties hav
) ing the present control of it, no
always to the parties who furnished
the money to construct it, but more
often to the more fortunate who
associate money afterwards to buy
the road for a mere pittanCe after i
is built. They receive the new
creation.
Were the road the property o
the millions who give it the custom
and who pay the enormous suns
for transportation, there would b'
no cause of complaint for that taxa
ton. In that taxation is again with
out representation. 1t may be true
and doubtless is true, as one of thost
distinguished gentlemen is made t.
say by the New York Herald'S re
porter, ''that every town and ever,
county is represented in the rail
roads" But who in those town
and counties and cities are repre-
sented? Hold up hands and count
Do you find producers, or any con
: siderable number of merchants. tn
men who give the custom? Witt
uplifted hand, nay none. 90 int
the halls of the Legislature an
Congress and count there, and d
2 you not find mostly railroad EN-
!, Dloyees or owners of stock III rail
. roads there by a large majority
I while the customers are in the mi
nority? And we find The customer
S in every locality taxed without rep
| resentation. 1t is true from ever.
: locality there are representatives.
I ! the railroads, anC not the representa-
4 tives of the people. Therefore doe
!. not the claim from such high railroa
e and money authority appear NOR
n in the light of sharp dodge t
Y counteract the healthy tendency G
t the day toward converting the har
Y and heavy taxation upon produce
and merchants in common, as the
have recently shown them to be
/, those large and respectful bic bodie
known as B )ards of Trade an
S Oranges. denomiuated by thes
t great ligh on railroad matters
e ..the work of agitators and dem.
n oooues in the name of the peoples
20 consie ency, what a jewel tho
< ,rti'' Condemn ii. will you? Ines
q GREAT purse holders, because 1T
# done in the name of the peoPl
! mount the stand and say to the r.
..or tI,a- II may be given to tf