The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-14

you doubt itf Look ut the great develop
ment of the Northwest and its rapid strides
In the last few years to wealth and power,
and see and realize the wonders wrought
BY railroad projects. We need not 20 far
back searching the shadowy past. Anie--
lean pluck now forces the from horse 10
traverse with entire safety the once bleak
nlaees and wastes of our Western States.
Populous cities and towns have sprung
up, with their temples of Justice and seats
OF iearning-and churches, with spires
pointing heavenward, in localities which
only decade ago knew only the stealthy
tread OF the Red Man or the tramp of the
wild beast. In the
economy of the commerce and agriculture
of the day railroads have grown to be a ne
cessity. This proposition none, perhaps.
/ will deny. In fact it may be said that cheap
transportation and rapid transit are dis
tinctive characteristics of the 10th century
and the necessities of the American people
Deprived OF the fast freights and cheap
rates OF the day, exchange would become
SO fettered in its freedom, and the wheels
OF commerce so clogged, that ruin would
ensue not only to agriculture but to eyery
other industry"
L say We have too many rail
roads now, unless they were con.
trolled for the good of tho dear
people. The railroad companies
always ask bonus to build them.
and then by high freights, non pay
ment OF taxes, killing OF stock, kill |
ling aHd crippling the people, and |
by law suits and the vast number
of worthless tramps that are TO be
found along their lines are filling
our jails and frightening the term OF
our courts, thereby causing q high
rate OF taxes, which does not com
pensate for the little good they are
to the farmer. Towns and cites
grow in wealth, but farmers grow
poor. In proof of my position, all
| Intelligent farmers know that rail
road companies in, ariably, yes uni
versaliy grow rich, and almost all
farmcrs grow poor. He also says:
Competition if we had it would fur
nIsh the means for ready and profitable |
exchange of our products" 4
Yes, truly so, but competition is I
impossible where combinations and +
abroad syndicates are possible. q
Tins kind of talk is fine to listen I
o, and IL reads well, but ii is very t
IKE editors write, lawyers talk, and f
merchants and railroad officials \
reach from one end of the State to /,
Their. Look st the difference in !.
ne surroundings of the farmer 6
he best of them-and then at those :
the merchant, the lawyer, the .
octors, the clerks, State, county T
nd municipal officers. The farmer =
'orks harder and steadier. live. 8
arder, wears less becoming ap- &c
arel, sends his children to school NJ
ss, and yet he is the foundation of y
= others prosperity. Look at this r
sitter again with a different pair M
Eyeglasses on. Your glasse. tn
q not genuine farmers glasses. or en-
'u could see some other things in
at are needed more than railroads Gil
all know that railroads are q Bi
esslhg to the people and the coun-
, II properly restrained and con-
oiled by proper State legislation.
}, TOO, are governments when thew -,
Q administered In the interests OF
Q whole people-without regard
race, color or previous condition
whether rich or poor; bat when
Iiroads or governments are made n
serve the interests of a few n
alnst the many. they then be Ar
ne curse and should be obI,t- a
ated; yes, smashed up.
isli US pray, why the town and He
? children gel from S. to $40 of r.
States School Fund, while the
,'dren in the country get onlv
Why twenty thousand dollars I Al
spent of farmers hard earning. An
q often much more before anv
"a gets one cent OF the appropri- Tn.
IN for educational purposes2 OF
-raternally, aAMILToNCoopyR Ths
Decatur, Miss, Sept. IL. By