The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-31
BERRY BAKE
On the F;1,urial Condition of orr
Osa t..

WHICH 10 ufctb JtlS tuN~ 49,
has been cut off, and they are left
ia the hands of the pow
erful. We are wonderfully blessed
in the way OF provisions, plenty
to run Us through another crop sea
son, with what we can pick ny
along the way. We are sorter ike
the fellew was by the corn; be said
he thought he had enough to 10
him with whatshe could borrow.
There is great fin nci calam~
ity making it appea nee on the
horizon, which threatens destruc-
ton. The vivid flashes are 10 be
seen, the deep m terings end the
hoarse rumbl.ngs of the thunder
are heard In the .istsnc', Inc
storm is approaching slowly but
surely. Who will escape the ter
rib.e cyclone? Some will and some
Will not. There is way by which
we can al escape and none be hurt
but very little and that is for every
body to do his best and pay all
that possibly can by selling all his
surplus both in stock, and produce.
The next question is will the
creditors be satisfied with this2 Or
will they pursue the old plan, take
it ali, thereby making hard times
still harder The debtor is not
81, 1ntable for the dam rage caused
by sae late frost, neither should he
be acid responsible or The def
cheney in the cstton crop.
We have been blessed with good
| crops for a number of years. SO
T UGH so, that we have lost sight OF
our dependence and in the hour of
luxury ventured farther than we
are able to pay. We are into it
unexpectedly and it is too late
to cry over spilled milk, Milk the
old cow again aud be more
careful with the milk, and If we
earn it at the proper time you
have never seen the like of butter
that weswill get. Last year G es
county shipped abou 1906 b. es
of cotton; this year will be about
that many hundred, there he had
a thousand dollars last year we will
have a hundred this. According
to these figures we will be nearly
a half million short. Although the
farmers did their best, never
worked harder but fate was agains
tb N. Ii CO ton had been as gooC
til year as it was last, early al
W. aid have been able to pay thei
debts, and had money left, hun
dreds Of renters would have beer
able to have bought them a home
What shall %, 90 forward anC
o force collecti rs under the ham
: mer, and 70 close mortgages
Ii tois step is taken, the country
:. will be ruined and but cry few
] people benefited. Beef cattle ar
1 only worth from l to II cents pc
pound, corn 81 % to ST. so per bar
rel and all else that the farme
produces is about in proportion
e At forced sales all these woul,
e fall far below the market price
n BY so doing the needy will b,
stripped and but very smal
plttance placed to their credit-uo
more than % cents on the dollar
leaving a balance of hree-fourth
unpaid. The laborer ouId b
left with nothing ; pay with
8 nothing TO work witn, nothing t.
, eat and nothing to wear after h
wore out wi at he had on. Hi
only c sets ard resources would b
a detected wife aud a lot OF suffer
ing little children TO starve to dcatl
and go naked.
1t is not the debtors fault tina
! things are thus, and should, if pos
I sible, be let alone another wear
by such an extension Of time nine
out of ten would pay all they OWED
But to strip him of what he 20
? and then expect him to try to max
c h n climb tree without arms O
legs. My plan would be to let ev.
cry thing lie still (after we hat
doae all we could) and let thi
year go by as though 1t had no
bee If this was done, nobod,
d be hurt only in the accumu
= Iat on of interest. An extention o
e dine and the lenency of the cred
\ ftor would encourage the dcbto
= and put him IN good trim to max
"a | l. -
take pleasure in paying men VIII
e had tht ED their power in sue
A time of need. Then the power il
such time of need. Then the power
Of capital would be realized by TIL
e debtor and the blessings of labor
: appreciated by the creditor.
creditor that will defer his collec
tons, by force, would have
chest as big as the court house 8
that his heart would have room t
jubilae over The pray RS and ben
ediciions that would G offered u
TO him from the wi,es and it'll
ones OF his debtors, and the resul
Of this on the 18th day of Decem
o Der 1890 would be to find the cred
!, Itor busy counting out his none,
and his clerks busy writing on
G receipts. And every poor mar
- W. d become Santa Claus to hi
d fau .ly.
f, A people who could start .rot
nothing as we did twenty-fiv
, years ago, and in that time accu
mulate % much as we have, Ger
tainly can pay off a back ratio
- bill Just think for a moment til
condition we found ours ives i
e when we quit "fightiu," var
= KEGS and sent them home. n
Ie meat, no bread, no clothes, nj
Is tools, no little children, no none,
n no credit, homeless and penuiless
y gates open. bars down and every
thing gone to destruction. Di
we sit down and pine over on
condition? No stree; not by
3 whole heap, but with empt
sleeves, cruthes and wooden leg
= went to work and have prosperec
e repeopled and accumulated unit
!, our prosperity is envied by th
: whole world. Does any linkin
= man suppose for moment tbs
II all our courage, pluck and energ
a has been nipped by the late frost
e No sir; what we have done one,
y we can do again. Think abou
= living in n country where the su
q never goes down AID then be stse
S gered and stampeded and tai
about shedding on account of or
little frost! Nonsense! Let ever,
body hold easy, and the 25th da