The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-10

Som5Sain8 y - Wn' ~ .sf.s
To our miAd: ([s most mislssilns aud
unjust sta,emeni> g nIde BY pAxties who
are evidently bent % ipsrsssius The prsjuii
oes and discontsa( Smong the faraing class,
iu telling them III thirty yssse ego the
farmers Of the eoriary ownet and 6aiita
on the larges. portton Oft tsxabS property
Of the coontyy. but 500 the syhp,ra'ive
valuation OF their prersay is 5abont one
third ofshe whale IN ;his st4 4cmsnt we do
no. pssssna ,hss 4 + leIsst!r cl.ine i BY.
S1lo1s xhau ,ks 49, ~ g seal difsseses
q is {nJ oe ~ 20 ,eSs wsrs an p1rposSS
for hohest corr eratioa as' explanation.
We will to this Pied@on. belt Of oouo-
try. and askIss farmer. friends to G, with us
from Cbnrlteto Atlantis, which will give
fair -indeI Of the changes which have
occurre q ,vcr the country.
Thirtyyears ay,. the Airline ra lroad.
worth rprc than all The land one or two
miles Oh both sides Of it, was not built,
Sioce was built new towns have sprung
up evry ten or twenty miles all along its
line, An which tho value of overy building
lot worth from fivc To tea times as much as
IN, acre Of farm lend In the township !;
hu,dreds Of ,hou,an Is Of dollars are
gathered all along the lise in cotton facto-
,e,, school buliinss. machine shops aud
other important INDUSTRIES, all increasing
the value Of properly, a1d giving thrift aud
prosperity TO the pc.lls around them. The
cd cities aud ,o.nsssf Ch,rlotte, Spartan
t-s~fer arnsny nyills anls$ $lasts. ai..,....a
nOarly ,hrec.iold stlaiion and 4, io,si
hvc-fold in the valde Of t6eic,re,l and per!
.onnl property, willis neatly two millions Of
dollars is rsprescntea;ia the Clifton, Trough
Shoals, Piedmont sni many other Factories
We cannot think ofhow, located few miles
v IN the line Of the railroad; aud with oil
"a Is vast amount Of properly an population
eOught into the midst Of thi, purely agri-
hltural soc'i'n. with corresponding in
fcrease in Railroad, factory, eluca' NAL, me.
chanical and other Industrial properties in
cities and towns al over the country, all
tending 10 enhance the va'uc Of farm prop.
erty, Is there any just rc,son for farmers
complaining, on the score that injustice has
been done them because other industries
have increased
The change Is not because farm property
is less valuable now thsuSit was thirty
years ago, but because al the old and many
new industsiss- ore laRrs,sing in lumber,
and taxable v9luis.s & ~
We cannot increase The number of acre.
OF land in the cNun'y, but We eau and do iu
crease the number Of industrie> aud iudu,
trial institu,io,s, aud they never did ant
never can work injury tribe farming inter
est; and it is wicked attempt of .ome mer
to create discomfort AMI prejudice auno ne
the farming class, by representing to them
that because all other indus ries and occupa
tions have increased in numbers and value.
more than theirs, injustice ba, been dne,
them aud they have been discriminated
against by legislative enactmsnts.
| NHeeay 10 our former friends, beware o.
legislative enactmen.s to bring you r.lcf
Four-hShs Of the mor' cages and depression
among 'Ae farmers to-day, comes from tn,
Lien Law, which Sss enacted for the sp.ci.
! Aaaaa /, e iAa saaalil I'm : - autt 4 vprslstt
he deep pitsinto which hundreds
never to rise again. That aud high pri,
g money have Iegi,lstsd ruin to more farm,
5. than anything else.