The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-23

''0''f peOPte OF every county, and
town, and city in the United States
and IN every nation, and that in
every railroad meeting all these are
represented. What does that
mean? Not that these same people
are represented; but that individu-
ais, and only few at that, are rep
resented. Is it these same dear
people? These magnets have moth
ing to lose in this case by showing
from the statistics that there is a
wrong impression in the world, if it
is not the few in the railroads con-
trolling the money.
In all of what Jay Gould is made
to say ne has told at least two great
truths, yea, three:
Ist. That it takes money to build
railroads.
I'd. That the railroads, and tele-
! graphs, if you please, can be more
economically managed and make
more money to the people owning
them, than when owned and run
under different arrangements. And
3. He proves that what can not
be done by one man must be done,
if done at all, by the united money,
experience and wisdom of an asso-
citation of men-each contributing
to that object.
The reasoning that follows to
sustain the consultations of rail-
roads and telegraphs, that is, that
they are the peoples, therefore the
people are benefited by consolida-
tons, is good reasoning; but unfor-
tunately it is reasoning from false
premises, that is to say, they are
not the peoples railroads and tele-
graphs. They belong to the COM
pany, which is very small proper
ton of the people, so far as any
statistics to the contrary has yet
beer exhibited. And that few, Mr..
Gould and Mr.. Vanderbilt being
nc small factors of the few, lay on
the taxes upon the people, the mas
ses, and enforce its collection under
the protection of law, made by their
own representatives in Congress
and the Legislatures, made repre-
sentatives by their money, spent in
such great sums that a great rail
road magnet, recently on the wit
ness stand, could not undertake to
state the enormous sum spent in
securing elections.
These are great facts, sufficient to
prove the advantages of CO opera.
ton to those who will cooperate
and are enough to prompt the de
sire and beget the will among the
people to do for themselves the
precise things these mercantile
railroad and telegraph companie:
are doing for themselves.
What they have done, and the
benefits resulting to them there
from, is but the natural result O.
business. That is it is always max
ing new creation-making money
and very naturally is it to be ex
pected that that money made goe
to those who made it.
Then let the people-the custom
ers to business-associate thei
money, establish, if necessary, {
loan OF supply house in the cities
and let the people answer the sixty
five questions propounded by bust
ness men, and give their mortgage
and first deeds Of trust as liens upol
their lands and upon the growing
or next crop, and give these t.
themselves, to their own associa
ton, and secure and help one an
other, give all their custom to thei
own business on the very sam
terms they now give it to other bust
ness associations or firms, and
will make the same amount of thi
new creation, but it will be thei
own. Then distribute it among tn
Customers to that business, in plac
of letting it be retained and distrib
uted by and among the few in tn
firms now furnishing by the help O
their associated mo- ey.
Until the peopi- thus associat
and establish and conduct a bus
ness for themselves there is no rem
edy against allowing firm, as tn
one alluded to, to take the people
, business and make to themselve.
off of the farms they run, the mi
lions in a very few years, at the en
pense of the farmers, and thereb
in a few years absorb the Who'll
; landed interest of the States VIII
thus conduct themselves, and fey
years only will be needed to estat
lsh landed aristocracy and taste
upon the people the tenantry sy:
tenn, soon the present land owner
will be the tenants.
!, Wholesale and retail and con
mission business, upon the cooper
alive plan, is offered you as tn
remedy, and extend it into whateve
else is needed as fast as practicabl
: It is CO operation by the few tn;
has established tie great power
that exist We only advise tn;
the same thing be done by the man
and for the many.
, Will yon act while you may?
VIM. MAXWELL.