The Dawson journal., 1883-10-04
Solid Prosperity.

the war as now. II there is a single
farmer in all this section, who has
not produced bread enough tor the
next year we are not aware of it, and
by bread we do not mean a mere suf-
ficiency of that cereal to eat, but in
Its broader and more liberal sense,
that every farmer has plenty to an.
swer his plantation purposes TO the
fullest extent.
The condition Of the farmer, in
every sense, is better than it has
been since the war, Not single
bushel Of corn is likely to be shipped
into this section during the next
twelve months, and If the farmers
will only continue to do for the next
two or three years to come as they
have done during the two past years.
there is no reason in the world why
they should not be the most prosper
Gus people on earth. The resources
Of the southern farmer are grand
simply inexhanstible-an to think Of
the possible future in store for him
is enough TO thrill one with enthusi
asln. The crisis has been reached :
the future of the farmer depends
mainly upon what he shall DO in the
years to come expectancy stands
upon tiptoe f; success such as he has
never before seen, stands ready to
take him by the hand and lift him
high-up upon the plane Of perma-
rent prosperity. The only question
now will the farmer be sagacious
enough to see it and realize it
Will he move forward III the line of
march indicated by his success of
the past two years, or will he by re-
laxing his hold turn backward and
fall? Farmers you can't afford to
look back. To go forward is sue
cess to look backward is ruin. An
other determined effort, such as you
have put forth this year and last,
with vow to raise still more corn.
wheat and oats, will place you in a
position of ease and independence
beyond all peradventure. VIII you
be wise, or will you fritter away the
grand opportunity which now promi-
ses to lead you into fields of elvsian
glory? All, we can not but believe
that our farmers will act wisely and
profit by the past bitter experience.
The only road to sure success and
independence is the one blazed out
during the past two years. Let the
farmer raise an abundance of every
thing he consumes at home and all
will be well, but let him return to
that suicidal policy Of raising all cot
ton and buying all he consumes. and
his ruin is just as certain as if it
were sealed now. 1t is an unsound
and rotten philosophy that pro-
claims any other road to success
than that mapped out in this article,
and he who undertakes to set up
any other pathway is simply guilty
of a folly too stupendous to be ex-
cusable. We cherish no hope for
the country outside the farmer
every other enterprise and every 9TH
er calling depends upon his success,
and when by reason of a sound poli-
cy he assumes that position of digni-
ty and independence which his pro-
tession SO richly merits, then, and
not till then, will all other institu-
tlons and enterprises of the county
become prosperous and fourishinr.
1t is fact to be deplored, that as a
profession, our farmers attach too lit
tie dignity and Importance to their
influence. In secular sense, it IS a
calling above every calling, for it is
the sub statIum, so to speak, upon
which every other calling in life is
based. The farmer, therefore, should
be proud of his calling, and he
should endeavor to inspire his sur.
roundings with as much dignity as
possible. Bat dignity and depen
dence ale incompatible elements, and
until he has learned to make his
business self.sustaining he may nev-
er hope to command that respect
and confidence to which his profes.
sion entities him. Let the farmer.
OF the South, then, carry out the pol
icy so wisely inaugurated this year
and last, and in the near future they
will reap an abundant reward. But
let them go back to the old ruts
and their doom is sealed.
"A Lawyers Testimony.
During eight years my atiarks nl