Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-01-21
FARM AND HOME.
To The Farmers.
Paris North Texan.

Paris North Texan.
The plan of agriculture, as car
rled on at the present time, is not
calculated to yield very large
profits, and the prime question to
be considered by all land owners
is how TO better this.
Now it is a well known fact that
the staple product OF our country
is cotton, the growing OF which,
alone, brings IN money but once q
year, and requires tho laborers to
subsist the remainder OF the time
on borrowed capital, or goods
bought on time at large profit TO
the seller. To relieve this condi-
ton will be to emancipate the
farmers from debt, TO bring pros
perity and plenty to their doors
and to distribute money through
all the channels of trade and con-
Time throughout the year.
To bring this about should be
the object of every citizen, and its
consummation will be the greatest
good ever performed for the coun-
try, invoking the efforts alike of
the Changers, the Farmers Alliance
and those who work through Meth
er organization. In this lies the
relief for poverty and hard times
among the smaller farmers which
they have so often been told to
seek through the ballot box,
through combinations against 9TH
er trades or occupations or through
supporting one or more CONNER
cial firms by their entire trade to
the exclusion of others; each OF
which has been tried and brought
no permanent relief.
The election of farmers TO any
or all the offices in the land would
not change the laws of trade or
place more money inthe pockets
of agriculturists.
Arraying of the farmers against
every other class will not better
either their social or financial con-
ditlon, as every legitimate trade,
occupation and profession is essen
tial to the healthy..and prosperous
development of the country, and
perfect harmony between them is
not antagoniStic in any manner
whatever.
Banding together and buying
from or selling to one or more men
exclusively, gets a few dollars bet
ter prices for those engaged IN it,
but fails to bring that grand meas
ure of relief which extends to ali
and forever emancipates the agri,
cnlturist, as he should be. from en-
tangling obligations by placing
nm upon a cash foundation, with
the ability TO buy when and wher'
it best subserves his interests to d.
so.
Then il what does the relief col
sist?
In diversifying the crops
Let every farmer have fruit.
vegetables, wheat, oats, corn, cot
ton and pork, for sale. Then ne
will have money all the year
round. and mortaged crops, high
priced merchandise, and hard
times will be unknown to him for
ever.
But, says one, where will he find
a market for these products? And
it is in solving this question that
the various organizations of farm
ers may work TO advantage:
Canning factories for fruits and
vegetables make markets for these
products.
Packeries make markets for
pork and corn, while custom mills
put grain in shape to be easiest
handled for the greatest profits.
These can all be built, owned and
operated by stock companies, and
if the farmers will put moves on
foot to secure their erection they
will have gone far in the direction
of agricultural reform.
We commend these suggestions
to the farmers of Kaufman and ad-
Joining counties with the hope that
they will be speedily acted upon.