The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-30

-. for . moment expects to estapiisn
sash system of business among the
fs~rers the poorest and most unIoI-
tnnate Of all classes, while the great
.,s;il;onaires claim that they Eeed anu
do get credit. 1t is equally rio,culoas
~ snnpose that business can Re done on
/. ssconfidence and honor basis. NOT
are we less surprised, that the daeocoae
sh;,ts when liens cannot be given on
corn and cotton, that the hen CUISINES
has been dispensed with. When that
= he case. will not farmers who nave
heretofore bought and borrowed oy
means of crops, be ioreeo
,,ortgaye instead, their land. tnelr
i'a 49, horses. mules and wagons Now
7 asL every sensible man in Mississippi, |
- sanse what wisdom, 10 there III |
permitting farmers to mortgage lhei'
.sn,estead and stock, which ought never
hs snent and forbid them to mortgage
tbair cotton that is grown Tor the very
.,nr,ose of spending? Where is the
sr,atesmanship? And are not most 0,
Formers now opposing the Agricultural
len Law under the opinion, that II Is
tha low that authorizes the incumorance
of Land and stock? We believe So
Rut when this law is repeated, and the
a,ber remains, how will affairs stand
| If in the fall, the crep Is seized ana
every particle taken for the debt, the
!, farp,er Is left as he was found, no richer,
NO noorer: but if he can't mortgage ms
cron and in the fall bis home and stock
ore sold how is he left? Everthlng Is
sacrificed: he is put out oil doors, OF
,onst nav rent on property once his own.
T. II not clear that the Lien Law that IS
| 5oing the damage, is the homestead and
/ s,ocE lien Law? And is not this the
General truth? We will add, that when
irons are sold, they always bring actual
market value: when land and stock are
sold they are sacrificed; aud there are
! great land syndicatcs ready to purchase,
and willing so long as the Laws OF Nus
i sissinpi give the land owner prior ana
nreferre6 lien. The State sells land tor
a trihe: the buyer rents Tor hve tunes
its cost. and he must have his rent ana
the State gives him his lien, when our
wise legislators think the merchant VINO
/ feeds and clothes the renter, or the money
/ lender who furnishes him money to ouy
his uecessaries should have no hen upon
that crop. What is the power dreaded
in all countries? The owner OF the SOIL
land thus early in Mississippis hlstory
we are driving ourselves into his clutches,
bv giving him preferences to the exeiu
sion of all Others But short time
ago, the land owner could sell the pots
a1d oven and quilts and, blankets OF his
tenant. Now if one party is entitled to
liens, let all b we them. If the rich can
get credit, let the poor have 1T. 1T one
/ Lien Law is abolished, let all be abolish
ed. Then exempt everything from ex-
ecution, and you might approximate a
cash system.
In conclusion let me ask the Adeoeate
the following questions:
WHY do you oppose this Lien Law,
and say nothing of the liens on home
steads and stock?
WHY do YOU want merchants to sell,
! and money lenders to loan, on conn
dencen and favor the rent lien
Do YOU think the land owner should
have preference over the bread and meat
man?
} You say most of farmers who have
given liens are still poor; do you know
what makes that poverty? If so, why
are most of farmers poor, who don't give
) liens?
Do Won know of a certainty that all
{ the merchants, as class, overcharge
} their secured customers-in other words
I rob them Tor is it not true that they
sell cheaper when seeuredY
Do you know that liens are WORTHLESS
t if advantage is taken thereof in way Of
: charging? Have not the courts so de
cided it and do not all the farmer
! know it?
Last, won't it be better to continu
the Agricultural Lien Law and abolish
r all Others as to homestead, and stock
: And if the Agricultural Lien Law is t.
g be touched, let it be amended so onl.
!, the cotton can be mortgaged2
Yours CoPIAH.