The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-06-20
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longer be hewers of wood and
drawers of water for self-consti-
tuted lords Of the nineteenth
century. The Farmers ALI
once was called into existence
by d comb nation Of forces
which threa tened to paralize
the agricultural energies # the
South. Now come let us Ieason
together and find ont what are
causes Of the depressed condi-
ton Of the farmers. | adm t
the tariff is burnenSOme and we
are feecei on I'll sidos in tie
sale of our market crops, but
are they the prime causes of
our condition [ think not.
Don't we have our smoke houses
corn cribs and hay stacks too
far off 3? And dol't we have to
pay fOt them Que hundred per
cent. above cash Nalue because
we are bound to have them?
We canuOt continue to buy
these and live. We can raise
these articles at home if we
would try. It we would tie
prosperous, contented AMI hap
Ply we must raise our own SUP
plies. There are scores upon
scores Of farmers who scarcely
have Il home made article about
them, and right here | would
inc .uce all classes II i. certain
extent. Visit thei.' homes and
we wolld find they ::lust have
yankee chairs, ~yl..keo bed
steais, yankee bu eaus, yankee
shoVels and tongs and yankee
centre tlble- pile / up with az
iicGltnral Journals publ ished in
Louisville, Kentucky, o. Spring
field Ohio. Go to the kitchen
and you VI i'll find a Yankee st we.
yankee bucket, yankee dippe..,
yankee lowell, yankee soap and
q g eat many other q ticles. You
scarcely see a homemade arti-
Gle unless a few roasted sweet
potatoes. Go to the smoke house.
brother farmers, and We VIII
ind q piece OF white Oh cagO
meat, a piece of a. barrel al Min
es2ta flour, 4 small quantity of
Irish potatoes f, ON Ma he, a
small stand OF Chicago lard, a
bag Of Richmond meal, a key OF
SCALED Cuba mola>ses and Jug
OF vinpga from New Jersey.
Go to the barn and there you
will find his Kentucky mule o..
mules, fed on shipstuff from
baltimore, mixed W. tn hay fl ON
Illinois, cut VIII a knife from
New York; his wagon is from
Michigan, his harms S. from Mas
sachusetts his pillow from Penn
sylvania, his buggy f ON Ohio
and even the old guano sacks
about have on them Rhode Is
land.
| have not named an article
but what could be laised in
North Carolina. 1t VIII pay no
farmer to raise cotton and buy
his supplies For the sake of
coming generations and the love
we cherish for our common
country, let us encourage home
industry, and try to plaster our
State over with spare-ribs Jack
bones and sausages, instead of
mortgages.
1t has not been very long
since a mercantile gentleman
told me that some farmers, so
called wonld come to town and
give mortgages to the amount
Of forty and fifty dollars and
trade out every cent of it be-
fore they lett town. Let us
practice economy and stop this
universal and ineXcusa bic waste.
Let ns, my Alliance b.ethren,
raise tie standard of intelli-
gence and bring into our farm
VI ork more intelligence and
skill, and infuse into every
blow we strike more physical
energy and soul vigor.
TO accomplish tn s great end
we should take a. home paper,
write for it and commu nicate to
each other the best methods,
and give each other our home
experience and do away with
our Cd slip-shod methods.
I am rejoiced to say that we
have such unmistakable evil
deEce Of progress i'll our ALI
ance work in South Rowan. We
certainly feel encouraged to
make still greater efforts since
the little we have done is so
full of promise. My friends,
what fields of usefulness are |
opening up before MS. Let us
ot'forget the great principles
we che:ish aud the noble aims
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