Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-20
Don't Depend Upon the North.


ocrat, publishes the following TO show
how dependent Southern farmers, who
cultivate only cotton, are upon the me-
chanics, manufacturers and farmers ofthe
North The object of the publication Is
to lead Southern farmers to depend more
upon the resources of their own farms
and mechanics and factories:
"Hallo, stranger, you seem to be going
to market?"
eyes, sir, L am"
for?'
"Going to send it to Pittsburg."
ITO Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania"
YOU'RE mighty right, am"
"What are you going to send it there
for?"
''To get sharpened."
ened?'' sele 10
You bet! We've starved our black
smith out. He pulled up stakes the other
day and went to Texas" ...
"W ell, that's rather novel idea. nv
misunderstanding pillow so far TO get sharp
eneG." --tc@Gie. l..>t
mot so novel as you heard it was. We
do our milling in st. Louis.''
els that sop oE5ai7-s W. d..
You're right itis.o We used to have a
mill at Punkinvine creek, but the owner
got too poor to keep 1t up,and so we turned
10 getting our grinding done at st.
Louis"
"You don't mean to say you send
your grlst all the way to st. Louis by
rail?"
:" didn't say nothing about grist-we
hain,t got no grist to send. But we get
our flour and meal in st. Louis"
II see you have hide in your
wagon"
Yes; our old cow died last week.
March winds bowed the life out'n Ler.
Sendin' hide to Boston to get it tanned"
'All the way to Boston, Is not that
rather expensive my friend! The freights
will eat the hide up.''
THAT'S fact-cleaner than the buzz
yards did the old critters carcess. But
what's the use bein' taxed to build rail-
roads 'thoutyou get the good of 'em? Used
to have lanyard over at Lickskillet, and
a shoemaker, too. But they're kerfum
| muxed."
"Kerflummuxed-wha hat?"
at means gone up a spOut-and twixt
| you and me, that's mighty nigh the case
| with our State"
when do you expect to get your
! leather?"
Don't expect to get no leather at all
expect to get shoes, some day, made at
Boston or thereaDOuts."
"Rather misfortune to lose milk cow,
my friend"
"Not SO much of misfortune as you
| heard it was. Monstrous sight of shuck-
| in' and nubbtn' in cow, and milkIn' her
night and mOrnin' and gettin' only about
| three quarts a day."
"What are you going to do for milk?"
"Send North for it,"
"Send North for milkr'
''Yes; concentrated milk and Goshen
| butter"
"Oh see the point"
"Mighty handy things, the railroads
make them Yankee felIers do all our Jobs
for us, now-do our smithin', and grin
dim, and tannin', and milkIn', and churn-
imp
eyes, we 60 our bottom nickel on cot
ton. Sendin' it up to Massachusetts to
get it carded. spun and wove. Time'll
come when Wen send 1t there to be GIN
ned, than we'll be happy. MonstrOus
| sight of trouble running these gins"
THAT would be rather expensive send
ing cotton in seed.'
''No more 80 than them Western fellers
pays when they send corn East and get a
dollar bushel and pay six bits freight.
Besides, as | said, what is the use of
paying for railroads 'thout We use the
roadr
"You seem to appreciate the value of
railroads."
81 think we Ought-we pay enough for
'em."
Il reckon you fatten your own pork ?'
'Well, you reckon wrong, stranger. /
get them Illinoy tellers to do tnat for
| me. It's mighty convenient, too; mon
strous sight of trouble toting a big bas-
ketful OF corn three times a day to hogs
in pen, especially when you hain't got
! none to tote it to-"
81 should think So"
There's one thing lacking, though, to
make the business complete"
whats thatw
"They ought to send them hogs ready
| cooked. Cookin'. and preparing wood
| for cookin', taxes up q heap of time that
ort by rights 10 be employed in the cotton
patch. was sayln' to my old woman, the
other day, il We Mississippi folks got our
| cookin' and washiR done up North and
sent by express, we'd be as happy as Of
| ficeholders."
Your horse in the lead there seems to
| be lame" v...s
"Yes, needs shoein'. II he wasn't the
only horse Pve got, and can't spare him,
! I'd send him up where they make the
| horse shoes and nails and get him shod.
| Can't get such thing done in our parts.
Perhaps | can at the depot!'
chow do you manage TO live In your
parts, my lriend?"
"Why, we raise cotton. My road
turns of here, stranger. Gee, Balling.
jack Brandy! Pm glad [ seed you,
stranger"