The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-12-12

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VIA En11k $500 - snsasy.
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change, ) dslsgation 81 Georgia farnnsr,
waited ON prominent capitalist VIII
was also bank president for tie pur
Ipose Of getting from him > corrObOratioE
Of their views that thsre Was dearth d
money IN the country.
| Stating their business. the spokesman
said: sTsn't the crying neod Of the oOun-
Itry more money, the present per capita
lcirculation being wholly madequase 70
the requirements Of business
The banker replied I'VE have IN
abundance OF money; there i more idle
capital in this city than ever before
ssThen why don't the people get It3"
asked the spokesman.
Taking q one thousand dollar bill nom
the cash drawer the banker said: "What
have you got TO offer in exchange for
this7 win give it TO y0u for one thou
sand bushels Of wheat" No ono no
sponded- Then sell me one thousand
bushels of corn for it." A shake OF tho
head by the spokesman.
sWell, then let me have two thousand
bushels of oats" Still no reply. stCan
any of You let me have 400 tons Of Ber-
muda haye Iwill buy from any or al Of
you q, 900 pounds Of meat" The offer
was not accepted. "Well, if you have
none of these products that all success
full and prosperous farmers should always
raise in abundance to sell, how would you
get this 81, 900 if there was billion in our
safes?''
"We wish to borrow it at reasonable
rate of interest and ON long time" said
the spokesman.
On what seeurity'' asked the banker.
We each have an abundance of the
only security that a farmer can offer
his lands, replied the seeker of informa-
ton.
''WeIl, them" said the banker, 1.-THE
security being ample, suppose lend You
81 600 each, secured by mortgages on
your land at per cent. on twelve months
time, each of you endorsing for the other.
These notes for 81, 07O viii fan due year
hence, and how much better win you be
able to pay then than now? Your smoke
houses and granaries are In the West, and
you raise just enough cotton every year
to pay for supplies from the West, mea-
gerly support your families, pay for
guano and mules, and at the end of the
year you are likely to wind up just where
you started. How can you ever get the
81, GOO with which to pay this loan? You
can't do it, and l shall have to sell you
out TO get my money back
THAT is why you cannot get money
from the capitalists, and if the circulation
were quintupled, you would never get
cent OF 1t unless you had some product to
give in exchange for 1t.
"haise everything you eat and wear at
home. chicken, eggs, butter. mutton. beef
ETC., pay for all the dry goods and Injuries
used, then your cotton crop Of from twenty
to fifty bales will be surplus, and you viii
have money in the bank with me instead
Of being borrowers, and you will never
hear anything more about financial
Snngency or contracted circulation. or
capltal grinding labor, or hard times
hevoiutionize your methods, and the
South Will flourish like the Garden of
Eden, and you viii be princes instead of
paupers."
Let every farmer produce on his farm
everything he consumes at home. and let
his surplus products supply those articles
which he uses and which he can't raise
ON the farm. The women and boys Of the
South, with negro labor, supplied bread
stuffs, meats of all kinds Especially hogs)
and clothing for home use and fed the
Confederate armies. Will southern men
contend that they are dependent on the
government for help In face of the fact
that their women and children asserted
and proved their independence and ability
TO take care of themselves upon the farms
and In addition supported the Confeder.
ate armies? For shame to those who dol