Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-08
What Becomes Of the Money!

What Becomes Of the Money!
The Hon. L. G. Morchrad's address I've
fore the recent meeting of lhc Mississippi
Valley Cotton fiautrr- Association, which
bod, met in Memphis short time since,
should De earthly nah aud >ind,ri 10y p
the entire southern pcr'i". II - quite .
lengthy but it !, olr e thu mo>; practical .
and srnsihl. thai We have MI with III Il
long time. Ms M,rrlfouh shows IA tbs .
ahdr..s tie amount "f grain imported an
nual,, INFO the cotton growing states. lie
csti,atcs that thc>c states yearly import
from the Wcs; 80 So $50 bushels of crain.
Brs.ir. this, 4ull.ljn ton. of hay are pnr-
chased annually by the cotton grow"Tr
from abroad. It J. avery easy calculation
to estimate the per ccntaGr ot the cot
,on crop which j. expended i"r the corn
and hay "" cpu-uurc t" rto@nc~ "nr cot
ton crop. aud winch could hr easily raised
AZ hone. ONcr and above all this, large
sums are spent ia the purchase of meat.
Thus the money paid for meat. tay and
corn consumes largr portion of the pro-
fits of the cotton crop. The cotton grow
cts should raise these articles OF necessary
consumption at home. aud INST do II be
fore they viii increase in wealth. But
these facts have been often presented I"
the cotton gtowcl, and they stili persist
L.. oil ii l,.,nf-
ing all their attention To- cotton and spend
iug all the profits for provisions. fiy tins
means all the money - taken out at the
cotton growing states and sent North ann
West. Let H. keep ON money at homr toy
raisin. our own m"at and bread, and after
ihia what rnitna we can.
II the Revised bible succeeds IN Ais-
placing the Old ii vii, AT least. require
YEAR to accnmpl III the change. The p.o-
pl. have become wrhLr,! to Nh old and
arr loath 10 lay IT aside and substitute the
urw in it, place. The gl'at sales with
! mrut Is meeting doc- not md that the
old >cr-iou l. to b, gwen NJ, but II shows
that the rrvl>rd v"r-lun - undergoing the
D severe -crutiH, Of every class "t people
. No Church WI adopt the work until the
u work II complete and thu Old Testament is
! also revised, which VIII not be- finished IL
i three years Yet The Bib Societies dt
lot propose To- print the work until thu
whole /. completed aud substituted fo
- the present version by the action of th'
varjons Churches. They will wait nnti
there j. - decided demand for the new
., version before they incur tn eApcns
. Of publishing the revised work.
Rnt it required years to establish the 81
II James translation IN tie popular favo
., aud to institute tt ia the place "f the ref
- SONS IN use at the time II VAS published
. and the work which il now IN progres
may. IA time, snpercedr the St James Vel
, sion. All great changes must take piac
-, gradually. The people cannot b. cXptcte
10 lay aside the Old Billie which they hav
:, read all their lives ia a day, hut If til
=, new Possess real merit and - an improve
~ tn.nt upon the old, il will slowly grow /
o. popular favor aud in time take the piac
~ IN the affections of the masses which
N At present he'd by the old.
;. Conversation Turned on u lat
-. marriage between December an
May. some of the gentleman pool
pooling the match. The lady stout
nc ~ championed the frost bitten Benz
al diet. "Why,' said she, every ma
III ought to keep himself married a
no long as he lives. Now, here's In
he husband. What would he he goo
n for without a wifei If ! should di
N, to night he would get another Wit
h to. morrow, hope. Wouldn't yor
Josiah!" Josiah breathed heavil,
and seemed TO sum up the connt
bal torments of life time in hi
N. calm response: NO, my dear,
think should take n resttr