The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-08
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toned to do, and keep expenses sep
crate. and if YOU do not make more
than double the clear money on the
one acre, than you do On the Eve, &c.
cording to capital invested, call on
US and We will treat to decent suit
Of Biggs' best ready made clothing.
T The present system Of farming,
together with the present mortga2so
system. will impoverish and bank
rupt any people u der the sun. No
nan, be he farmer. merchant, doctor,
or lawyer. can stand it. Money must
grow on trees, float on rivers ana be
gathered in wagons and dipped in nets
to sustain q community under TIN
mot abominable and Improbable Oh
all systems Of cu:tivat ting the soil.
There 10 not farmer in this count.
who has to borrow money to max:
mis- crop with, who does not pay from
twenty to sixty per cent interes,
We know some men who do bushes
ON borrowed capital at nine all:
ten per cent, AMI these same mar
chants loan it to other merchants III
the shape of supplies. { and what that
word means Col only knows ami
they let It out again to the loose
stock twisted slip-shod farmer. An:
it would take all the wisdom an
legal learning of the State, combined
with the mathematical learning O.
the world to tell what rae of interest
the farmer pays in the end.
The Wall Street capitalist mus
have his profit from the altimore
merchant or banker. Tie 1aitimor.
merchant or banker must have ILL.,
profi. frGin the country merchant. all"
the country merchant must have his
profit from the farmer and consumer
and where the farmer and consumer
yet their profit, the wise men Of the
world have not as vet discovered ; and
We give you our word and honor that
we don't know; but as soon as we
learn you shall know. Now in the
lame of high heav n. and for the sake
of your wives and children don't suo
init to these wrongs and outrages an,
on ger. You have brou .ht ali this
upon yourselves. by your extrava-
gsnce, by your big notions, by your
great desire to appear as big as some
men feel, by your inordinate pride
u d unbridled ambition to appear to
be what you are not. We are not all
Dig men, we are not all rich men, bu,
the truth is We are all very poor PEG
pie, and the sooner We realize that
fact aud govern ourselves according.
ly, the better it will be for US and our
generation. We eau see but on
road leading out of all on troubles
and difficulties. The reformation
must 'egln 1T home. Live ON your
own funds. aud not ON the funds OF
some one else. Work for your MONEY
before you spend it. then YOU viii
Anow how 1t comes, and you will be
sure to know how it goes. Keep out
Vi deot 1t is the mos. tyrannicai and
IespotIcal master in the world. Ae
works you all day under the lash
and torments you ell night Oh
your couch. Buy nothing you cau't
pay TOR, and then yoa viii ue sure 20
live honest. or =, least you will get
no mans money under a promise to
pay. and afterwards excuse Yourself
and sstisfy the qualms Of your con.
science for not paying. because OF
.our inability, brought Oh, nine times
out Ut ten, by your own acts. Make
larger crops ON smaller farms with
less expense and greater profits. Self
Aalf your team, half =. our farminy
implements, half your corn aid fod.
ter; redeem your mortgage aud let
hslf your lands rest. Put more Ia
at the bung aud let out less at til.
spiyOt. Work from Monday morn
ing till Saturday night: stay out OF
town and away from stores. We have
cranks, dead heads, and worthless
negroes enough to monopolize the
loating profession without the assis.
lance of any decent man. And some
OF our friends might with great good
to themselves and profit To their fam
lies, smoke aud chew less toba co.
drink less whiskey, and especially
might they leave off these obnoxious
and expensive habits when they have
to mortgage the home they live in
and the bed they sleep ON to procure
these luxuries. If We have said any
thing that seems harsh or abrupt, OF