The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-03-05
ALLIANCE AND GRANGE.
TIE WC7K OF TIE YEAR.

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Brethren, pardon me for some sugges-
tions in this, the beginning of new
year
First, let every man determine to I'M
derstand his business better at the end |
of this year than ever before. No one |
can succeed in any business except in
proportion as he understands or compre-
hends that business. just here we can |
account for the large majority of failures |
in all the walks of life. A merchant |
may be ever so industrious and econom
ical, yet if he does not understand his |
business it is only question of time,
let his capital and energies be what they
may, when bankruptcy will divulge the
fact
The attorney at law may be never so
sprightly, eloquent and ready to save
his client, but if he enters the court
house deficient in either knowledge of
the case or the law that controls, he
must submit to defeat and often to
modification. The minister of the
Gospel that enters the pulpit not under
standing the Gospel that he is called to
proclaim, or the people to whom he pro-
claims it, would soon become entirely
unserviceable either to his Master or to
his people, and so it is with every call
ing or profession in which we engage.
Farming is no exception to the rule. l
am thoroughly satisfied that of all the
callings or professions in life, farming is
the most difficult of all the callings.
We receive the least education or
training or support or care from
those who could and should
foster and help to develop and
perfect this, the most important of all
This neglect on the part of both indi.
viduals and the State grows out of a
radical misconception of the business
and it's requirements. With all the
help possible, the lodge room and its
discussions, the agricultural journals,
carefully noting every thing done on
the farm which leads to success or
failure, let us start out this year to
utilize our brains first and then our
muscles.
Second, let us calculate what amount
of supplies wc should consume on the
farm for 1891, and let me beg You to be
liberal in this estimate. i mean by
supplies, corn, wheat, oats, meat, hay,
fodder, potatoes Sweet and lrish),
fruit, vegetables, molasscs, milk, but
ter, tobacco and by all means fertilizers
lhOme-made)
Third, set apart the best land for the
production of those home necessities.
If you do not, then you make your sup
port at home precarious if not impos-
sible, and if you care so little for it, do
not blame others when you have to give
all your cotton crop at low price for
supplies at high price. In the next
place, plant every acre that you can
possibly cultivate we'll in cotton, and it
will make less difference as to what the
price of cotton is next fall than If you
had not done So You will find by shov-
ing along your winter and spring crops
that many of them will be out Of the,
way when the busy cotton season turns
up, and to your surprise you will find an
abundance of home supplies for the
farm, and almost, If not quite, as much
cotton as ever.
In the next place, plant anu plan
enough work for twelve months, and
not for six. We should work constantly
and energetically. "Seest thou man
diligent in his business, he shall stand
before Kings" THE hand of the dill
gent maketh rich" THE hand of the
.diligent. shall boar rule" These are
truthful sayings of the wise man."
Let us be thoughtful and industrious
this season and the bulk of the crops in
Georgia next fall will demonstrate the
advantages of such course.
In the next place, let us be careful
how we go in debt. We should buy
nothing ON time, and save what an in
telligent and successful business de-
mands. If many things could not be
purchased at all, we would go along to
the end of the season just as well.
Why not for one year make the expert
ment and see how little we shall buy on
time, thus helping a good crop to pay
off the Indebtedness and become indie
pendent
In the next place, let us attend to our
own business, keeping our own counsel,
antagonizing no one; allowing all other
callings and professions to move on lin
the even tenor of their way" when that
way does not rob or hindcrus in a legiti-
mate prosecution of our calling
In the next place, let us renew our OPP
position and secure eternal hostility tC
all that would forbid or hinder equal
rights to all and special privileges tC
none" Tho difficulties are many; the
fight will be long and sharp, unless we
stand united and unwavering. We have
abundance of testimony now that in
unity there is strength What we have
accomplished in 1889 should nerve US
for every duty for 1890. The only hops
of speculative capital, monopolies ant
trusts now is in the expecta
ton that we will not stand
They say that all other organiza
tions have disbanded without accom-
plishing much that originated with thu
farmers, and this must go also, and t,
this end they are busily advising on
members whenever and wherever an OPP
portunity offers, sowing seeds of dis
trust and disaffection, naming thi
thing as wrong, and this man as seelin;
some selfish end, and a thousand reason
why the Alliance can't last We hav
many quiet, discreet and sharp enemies
and they know just how to reach tn
suspicion and fears of our people an
are now playing their game for all it