The Russellville Democrat., 1881-09-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
LONDON NOTES

c0@e&y. ! am q farmer, and by the scfatehiug of the back of mother earth sila the shovel aad the hoe, | make a scsaty support for myself. wite aaa Iittie Cranes. I slso avail myself of ali hoaorshle or legal means of ostainiag Felisble information as to the condisi0n of our eountry re- lgioasly. politically. financially and morally. exeeps the borrowing of asssnap<rs from my neighbors or the editor ef my csanty paper and asvsF retarn them. And from the best information l can gather we are anancialiy ia A bad situation. A f0fsy days aud n.ghts rain could not restore to life oui crops. which are literally burnt up. We csanos make a hail crop Our wheat fruit aad garden vegetables are a7 entire fallare. Cora. early planting where well cultivated on rich land, full crop; late planting. or on poor land shabbiiy worked. almost q total fail ure. Rsligioasly we are doing pret- v well Y0a know that ia time of great drought, famine CT pestilsnce. we become very rsligiogsly inclined Though ths Baptists snd Campbell. isss say tbat w.tsr hs very scarce hereabouts. Please excuse me. I have not run ia an exact fine paral- lsl with the subject I started out oD. but of coarse l am excused, these are eampneeting times. "times what tries men's ssnls" l wish to say af.er consultation with many Of my aeighbors. farmers and friends. we have thought it best ia view of the continued distressing drought which is not confined ai0ae Q Arkansas, but the sHtire southern states and some of the western states. tue great scarcity that must be of breadstutfs, with present high prices and daiiY advancing in price, and as 1t Is as serted that there will be za immi- grafton to the Uaited States this year from the old world of s half million or more, Germany alone sending out three hundred thousand Germans, consequently tbe eDnsump ton viii become greater and prices consequently higher still So that the present crop will have To supply hslf miilioa or more customers than last years crop dld. Al the present time we have intimations that the moaeyed sharks 0f Ehe north with a full and complete ksowledge ol the shortness of our grain crop the present year, without the fear of future events or the suifsTing poor laboring man, are getting up ~eor ners" iR the grain markets. That is, a combination Of spectators to buy up all the grain they can and then hold it at greatly advanced prices, prices that will greatly dis tress and oppress the consumers, ss- pecially the poor. It Is not, neither is it likely 10 Dc, anything like a famine with us, but comuxrrd with the crops for several yssrs past it is dislresslngly shorL The estimate of corn in the county, SO far as ss are able to gather, perhaps with care may meet the demands of her eiti. zens, with little if any 10 spar. However, this is what l wish to get st: The cotton crop estimate 10 PaTe county Is l believe crop ca She uplands, and 2 crop ia the bottom lands. And here IS where ws are likely 10 commit another hlunaer. We must not expect very high prices for our cotton crop this year. The surplus of last years crop is eae million bales. Say that the present crop falls short twenty oF twsnty hvs per cent, we should not, we must not base our calculations toe high. but whenever we gre paid a good price, sell. One resson why -s grow wise SO slowly is because SC nurse our mistakes go funGly. We as farmers must protect our interests. We furnish the onlr solid material for this great government of ours. l repeat, we must protect ourselves or see in the near future our wives and littla ones crying for bread Aad shelter. How can we best Rccom- plish this end asd bring abou. that mutual protection due us as l4boung men! It you will permit me sill make this suggestion: That we as farmers meet in convention a. Rus sellyille on Saturday the 10th dag September, come prepared with sta tisties of crops throughout tbe e0ul ty. We can thereby inform oar selves of the true condition of our county. We can all be benefited. What say you: l hope there sill be general turnout. Should like Co near your opinion, Mir. Editor.
 Truly your friend.
 A. A. CRANE.
 The time mentioned for a meeting of the farmers seems to us would require more extended notice to insure 8 general attendance of the people. We will give oar hearty indorsement to any movement whieh will enhance the welfare and interest of the labsring man and tillcr af tho