St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-12-19

NEW 1ORKs AJSCs lOs A0V1s
EDrrOR ST. TAxxAxy FAsNss:
Many Of your good people are
expressing their appreciation OF
what they say We n = firm have
done this year to sustain the market.
OF course, praise is most accept
able, but We want to impress the
fact that but for their cooperation
to . greater or less extent coeditioee
would have been far lssR satisfAo.
tory than they ass q peseeat Il
Is the planter asd not ~ vhs nshs
or unmake prices.
Things are not evea Bow = they
ought to be, for whlls plantsss
may be satisfied, the crop 3 not
realizing what Il should. Ths
growth Of rice In the United States
is short Of it. actual requirements,
hence We say prices q Domestic
ought to be fully up to the cost d
importing Foreign. II Foreign
cost, as it does, common 70 prime
qualities At 70 st, and fancy s TO
81, certainly Domestic, which b
always preferred, ought not to cell
for less and yet its range for equal
grades is but 81 to u, and fancy
ST to 81. You SEQ BY this that
cleaned Domestic IL selling ct coy
I cent. per pound lee tkaa equal
in Foreign and e goes without aay.
ing, selling relatively - cheep II
the rough.
The Domestic crop oagAt to|
average o. per barrel, q giving
range OF rice - somewhat d . guide,
We would say common. which b
apt to cell relatively higher than bet.
ter grades, b worth u, h com-
palison with foresen: fair o 80,
prime a p, extra nice 8 10 g Is.
All OF these prices are per barrel
rough and what We thiak should
net on plantation.
We are alliance men, not mem
bers Of that association, bat in &C.
cord with what We have been told
is its object, !. e. m allying to.|
gether for mutual protectson and
advancement. This fraternal spirit
ought to pervade everybody ever.
where within the Usite6 States.
''Peace on earth, good win 20 mes,"
is . grand motto, and Why not every
man exemplify Il whether fasnss,
manufacturer, merchant Of even
banker. Every man hes . right 70
live, but ought to live right. mo
man liveth unto himself bat hes
relations with every other fellow
man, which IL he be true and EiGhte- /
Gus will he remembered and re.
spected.
A practical application Of the
text, ''let no man seek his own, but
every man aLother's wealth. would |
instantly enrich everybody, doingI
away with rninOus competition. |
We are especially conversant with
rice and suppose 1t fairly represent
alive of other agricultural iinee. |
The majority Of planters in the past
years have gone on the principle,
s'every man for himself and the
devil for the hindm0st. Crops
have been harvested b haste, is|
some instances scarcely oa&ured,
threshed and hurried 70 naetes,
and what's the resultS grain beiag |
soft milled 1t great loss ssd =
spite Of apparently large psSce 1oe
the cleaned rice, aetsal net J0e
rough was no more than mir WostA.
As for lots just little later In tbeI
''mad chase" prizes were fas below
what would have been secured iS|
righteousness and Temperance Of
action had prevailed
The planters ''that are strong
ought to hear the iniirmities Of the |
weak :" to hold crop while weaker
brethren market theirs b ~ good
as lending them money without
taking anything out q purse. It
would help the weak and necessf
tous and not hurt the strong and
patient.
II full worth b to Be gotten, il
Of course must Cone because Plant.
ers ascertain the value Of their pro.
ducts and then With courage iaoi1s1
that their ageats get Il, q pstces
which closely approximate thereto. |
Truly yosss,
DAN TAlMA0s's SOMs.
The love oi hls STATE win q 01gAe - |
make every tire Loalslaniaa vote 1oe
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