The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-01-06

Q eoHaiiJ, auu out ilttle TO c0nvinct
n me or Any one else that he is not tn.
j. kind of speaker | charged him with
: being, but in this has giyon add.
= tional evidence that 4 was correct
: for the readers of THE PATRON viii
r Judge Il the terms "rustic. !" "preiu.
3 dice, "weak-eyed, kid" etc.. ar
|, arguments in the investigation O
p one of the most vital subjects that
j can engage the minds of the labor
: ing people of America-that ia: il
il the lack of industry and economy
: or IS II that they are robbed of their
, earnings2 The reading masses know
that such terms as the above are
, used by writers because they have
no better arguments to present.
Capt. Banks does me great inius-
tice in saying that l alluded to the
farmers;ot Lowndes county as Afri :
cans. | disclaim any intention of
casting reflections on Capt Banks
or any one in Lowndes county. I
was speaking of the State. / did
not say that he was a bad farmer or
| was good one. / will have some.
thing to say about this at some sub
segment time.
Capt. Banks savs that | charge
hat his kind Of talk is fiue to listen
to and 1t roads well, but it is like
editors write, lawyers talk, and mer.
chants and railroad officials preach
from one end of the State to the
other. Yes; said it and [ meant it
As to editors, / defy the Captain to
show one partisan newspaper, care
not to what political party it be-
longs, that advocates the true inte-
rests of agriculture. They do some
galvinizing, but they go for the
party, and the party for the parti>
sans, and the partisans go for the
spolls, and labor has to furnish the
SPOTS for all parties. Political ed.
tors generally support the party
man, making no distinction be-
tween men of unblemished charac- |
ter and those of an opposite charac
ter. This lie the way that corrupt
men get office to plumber the farmer.
Lawyers make the laws and ex
pound them by which the farmer is
plundered. But few of any other
class get into the Legislature. VINO
- it that is corrupted by brides to
pass bills to legalize robbery If it is
not lawyers?
Merchants are subservient to the
railroads; they have placed them-
selves there and are about helpless
to do anything but plumber the far
mer for the benefit OF the roads
Tue merchants, as class. take no
paper nor advertise in any that re-
slsts The plundering of the farmers
by monopolies; they dare not do it.
one proof among many what rail
roads and merchants will do was
done here at home. Capt. Banks
alludes to Newton station in nv
own county. A few years ago the
railroad put cotton at about 81 a
bale from Newton to Meridian.
The farmers bad it to pay, and !.
ABOUT the same rate, and 10 some .
instances a higher rate, on return )
Ire'ght Some Of our farmers talked 0
with The merchants about it, but the t
after said they could do nothing. 3
The last time | Ia ked with them t
hey said they were poweriess. that
every time they tried to get a re- +
iuction the railroads injured them \
Ind made the matter worse. T went p
% leading merchant, one who had o
'epeatedly expressed himself to far :
ners as being opposed to the rob q
'ery OF the community that was R
,olng on, and appea ed to him and s
through him to the other merchants
o assist US and we would bring the -
to better terms; we offered -
0 haul cotton to Meridian for them "a
t 800 bale ard return freiebts 81
t 40 cents per hundred. He said ~
e could do nothing. We then com az
1enced hauling; we reduced the 81
'elght to 81 per bale, and over half 81
ne merchants broke; their custom te
'as gone; some OF them told far th
lers that if they sold their cotton
Meridian and not to them thew :.
'ould be prosecuted for selling o.
lortgaged cotton. This alarmed NJ
'me OF the farmers and they gave sa
p their cotton, but others did not. in.
he tact Is, the merchants did not Wis
are how nigh the freight was as long on
they handled the cotton and the -
rmers paid the freight. They could 81,
ave saved themselves by saving to
le farmers. Query: If the railroad are
'u!d carry cotton from Newton me
alton to Meridian at 81 per bale
men 1T got only one fourth of it 10
ID but little return freight, could co,
not have carried it at the same res
hen il got it all and all the return as
eight? tiff
Did not the political newspapers leg leg
al IN their power to elect the g gs
rtIsans that sgave the railroads ner
9 power to plunder, also great be
lvlieges, exemption from taxation. tely
p SO on. Did Gov. Stone ever for
axe an honest effort to supervise and
rail roads for the good of those F
at support them? Gov. Lowry wit
"a before elected that if the peo- era
expected him to make a better pa,
'vernor than Gov. Stone they ing
'uld be mistaken. So this dis TOT
mlnation and unreasonable .ha
'lght tariff must be borne as long ton
ne Is IN ONCE, 80 far ae he has a Gre
1trolIing influence or power. tbei
Editors Of partisan papers do not Ger
their influence TO correct the was
uses that their leaders have fas o .S
ed upoL the industry of the OF i
lntry. Lawyers make the laws, mon
merchants as general thing In Il
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