The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-12-23
The same fertile ficlds face la dnnr

. VOo6Et<CH
4 and again he seeks to secure srfJss3 - -
of the wards of the Nation to car4
s his plans. Remsm5erfng no suck ~
J, as fail, his cabins are again filled !.
= dusky men and maids. and ere the e y
has spread her carpet OF green over 2
!. and meadow, he finds. to his cost. ~ !
. committed the same or greater foliiS
, those characterizing his contracts IS
! year preceding. And thus It has
: year after year since the war with
number of planters of Mississippi. 90
may say what you will about This - %
law, but after all the laws of the CT i' t
in the State. :" 'hetfarn
mere Is now has been all aIo,Ir ,o,
much competition between he i'll -
ers OF Mississippi The demand e. IA ~
tation labor and the desire to COW or,,.,
hillside and hollow with a grow, A.,
ton and cora is-lhe Pandora's =
winch mas sprung most Of the far T.,
ures Tor the past fifteen years wifb;5 m y
limits 81 this Commonwealth
Eacn individual landowner is too ,,,,,.h
AFRAID OF his ieighbors and his ne;gbtore,
Inducements to labor Out of This d;s-
trust and this rivalry among planters are
born the lordly airs and independent ,yays
OF most OF our colorcd EMPLOYEES. II Is
] encouragement of the worst kind FL. =
| oaneful results are seen on every side. nd
| througa It ignorance, poverty ard vice
nave, not lnfrequently, controlled CAPITAL
lnteiiigence and virtue. The condition of
tne ianahoider, through the operation Of
tne crop mortgage and lien laws, was no
worse a,ter than before their passage m
lhis . a,e. Again, their passage was ad
VOC11Rd L.. 1.
the agricultural districts of the STATE THE
competition producing these .sipns of
wreck and decay" is not, as Col Iixon
asserts between land owners and country
merchants, but it is that which EXISTS ~
tween brother land lords.
Again Col. ID xon quotes saving "Cant
BANKS says, Inasmuch then as agriculture
ianguishes, when commerce is crip.led if |
becomes the duty and interest of the filler |
OF lhe SOIL to foster and encourage railroad |
building. Now" continues The dis /
tinguished reviewer, this is placin5 tbc
cart before the horse, unless he fCapt r RI
thereby meant to recognize the abnormal
which commerce has onened
under the lien laws in making agriculture
dependent on it."
well, now, we know enough of running
me machine to say which end of the horse
soes 10 the cart though it looks as if Col
'ixon is SO blinded that he can not tell
ne morse from the cart-the one from the
'tner. IL has been said none are so blind
s those who will not see We hope This
ho' Tue case with our gifted friend. We
ave great respect for his mental percep-
.oh anu Ciearness OF expression. And
Ct We CONFESS We do not perceive how he
''iat view oil our case unless he
Eau 70 PreJnoge. We did not mean to
any SUCH abnormal supremacy.
IS fully as Col. Dixon himself do I'VE :.
ognize that land is the basis of all tyeal,b $
ut at the same time we go a step fnrthar
nd hold that the richest acres On ths I
,ooe out OF the reach of Commerce are
valueless. IT i orI,, 4
trough commerce land what more vain t
dc aoJunct to commerce than railroads 5
kindred public improvements thai anr y
sricultural lands have any excbapgsahIa
1iue whatever. The richest sect;ons ae n
e Mississippi Delta can, to-day be c
ought for mere song, although tbev a
'mPrise the most fertile lands on the Il
Town face of the gioae And whvp Re- b
use commerce has not yet deyelnned RI. h
rlcuitural wealth of which those Ind q
oer the influence of accessible markets Il
e the basis. "e'S' ~
once more, to quote from Col D;xo, IN
lie Capt Banks further and truly save o.
hat We need-what Mississ ipnians evsr, N
,ere needs cheap TRANSPORTATION ~ I'll
nance the value of our agricultural la,ds r
d thus furnish the means to deveIons 81
wealth of which those lands are a.
SIS. But the means by which he Cant 81
nks) proposes to obtain it is illopicaI as v;
well recognized fact that the LARGER Gu
amount of business a transportation II
can get the cheaper it can afford 70 10
~ ~ nx
rue, and that is one of the results of ii
hPeution-the increase of business-for LIZ
an lndisputable proposition of poIit;.
economy that the cheaper an article isd
greater It's consumption. But waving Po
VIC" OF tne matter let us suggest to LIZ
Colonel that we are DISCUSSING tbis
stlon iron the farmers stand MONT ssii
upon the strict and legitimate princi- ~
they should buy of those who Off, igs
os or transportation cheapest. pr
competition forces a Corporation or Io'
Individual to sell his goods at les than ~. nv.
; is 1t not proper and right for the H.
ter and the public TO avail Itself of th,- Wy
Ip rates offered, Iei.
'om his stand point we are NOT cons;d I'M
the interest of the railroads already 60
islefce. What we are after is cheaner aud
i oi .atio, lot our products, The
IL was suggested that new and com not
Y iines OF railway would give increas of +
cllities and better rates tactf
It does not Col Dixon know that a., int
Eases Jus railroad or other actit
~ 'a.n iaciiitles ina that population prof
i:s entire route increases, property
S increase n he L,,1
cope OF country traversed builds nm w
rows in magnitude? Does he shut ton
yes to the growth of Cbicaoo in he rem
and generation?-to the Growth IN We
han 20 years of Atlanta, of Denver tnral
lnsas City, of Birmingham, of Nc teal
|! VI the increased populatio n of all
rs, Ohio. Missouri and other more taug
ern States it is unnecessary for u6
10 speak. Those three States are
orks OF railways, and yet it has never A.
:, ,ia. me business was too small sert
" one OF the roads to get living orra,
e contrary, as the railroads grew the State
eu ~ population and bust or p
true
take no exception to Col. Dixon's cal OF
luing assertion, only to say give cal ct
'siPPi the railroads, and the manu- or ev
les will soon follow. ings.
onciusion, we may, perhaps, be per- Yet
to say that Col. Dixon speaks of true
slppi farmers and planters, as If pre-
4, Prometheus like, they were chain ify tn
rock, unable to break the shackles count
md them or to drive off the vultures the q
on their vitals. But he is II, error We
Many OF them are already free. one,
any others, by desperate efforts. are gives
to break the iron bands. and ali car which
earnest and honest endeayors onIv to tax
I'd. In any contingency. LET ne Of his
hat he, and those he represents NV On
E the famous prisoner of Ch;IIag memb
. so accustomed to their spf.r;.S,a to inf
Mains as 10 prefer the rort;r polite
life rather than accent RI. -. 1t is h
when prison doors are tbro,,.., party
them. R w -. trickel