The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-06-20

they realize that they are in the mids,
of an agricultural people who lacI
system and order. to make their bns;
ness a success, the better for them ana
all concerned.
Cotton is our chief staple, aud is in
universal demand, while that of rais.
ing corn comes next. Potatoes meas
pumpkins, oats, ground peas, or mora
commonly called peanuts, are easilv
grown at very little cost, and With but
little labor, develop into plentiful
crop as well as useful one; but cotton
and corn are the chief market crops W
this section, aud when a first-class
managers economical and practicable
planting is an independent mode 81
making living. l am strong al.
vocate for all tenants to obtain their
supplies from the landlord or owner
of the lands that they work ana rent
as he let's them have their supplies NJ
reasonable rates. and is sure of a GOOD
living for himself and tenants. ana
something over besides for both
parties. Whereas, these country adj
vance merchants" sell the negro
tenants advances at dollar for dollar.
and an old worn-out horse or mule ~
prices that the best stock could not
sell for cash down; and with break.
neck debt TO start out on, the purchas.
| err becomes q renter and the SEQUEL
isis closed out in the fall by these
obliging country merchants, and by
this unwise step causes a breaking I'M
of labor on the plantation, and general
Generalization, for if one mans labor
ers go off, like sheep, the rest follow,
and as ] said above, when the ownerof
the property advances to the tenants
himself, he and they are both sure
of good livings, and the result is that
he loses no tenants that he desires 10
keep and has applicants for every
vacancy. One thing is certain, think
that the above statement settles, With
out doubt, this fact. that go-ahead-
landlord makes industrious tenants,
and prosperous tenants make prosper-
Gus landlords.
Nowadays one hears much COM
plant of the labor, and while it is
really unreliable, who's fault is it
that lazy lack of order and system
prevails? Simply, the managers, for
as he or she does. acts and leads, they,
the laborers, are forced to follow.
| Negroes, as class, are shiftless and
unreliable, but my personal expe-
rience and observation is this, that
under the watehful eye Of de cap'in. y
as they style their overseers, the ma
jority of their labor can be made profit
able, but when we neglect our own work
and duty, how can we expect or require
q negro to be more careful Of it,
and no one can expect to make money
at planting or any other business unles:
they look after it closely and give
their every moment to its interest and
promotion. With the careless, indif
ferent handling Of labor that univer
sally prevails, large crop costs all il
is worth to make it, and small one
leaves the planter in debt, and it is i'm
possible for one farmer to have al
system and order, place for every
thing, and every thing in its place
while his Deighbor is heller SHELTER
don't care how tomorrow dawns, so hs
drags through to-day. AS failure
they have made quite mark in th,
world. If they desire success let th'
farmers, as a body, cooperate to
gether, and work by rule, order an
system; attend to their own labor. ans
let others labor alone, and above all
give up their God-forsaken, famlia
equality with the negro; and until thi
is done, farming will be an uphill
business, framed in needless luminosity
unkind, ruinous jealousy that is be
meath intelligent men and women 4
indulge in.-Arma Hunter Perrine, /
Dixie Farmer