The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-26
A Solid Fact.

4 Solid Fact
1t may not benefit anyone but ]
am sure 1t will not hurt to read it,
The new crop of political aspirants,
the Farmers Alliance, are promis.
ing igreat things. They propose
to make every farmer rich in q very
short time without hard work OF
manual labor; they propose brain
work by taking hand in making
laws-laws which may enable them
to borrow money at two per cent
instead of six, eight or ten per cent
Instead Of mortgaging their farms
to obtain loans they would have
government store rooms in every
county with plenty of money ia IT.
where they can be accommodated
by giving their products as security
for the money loaned Gas sort of a
family bank.)
Senator PETERS great hobby is to
harp on the mortgaged farms and
he lays all the blame Of the farmer
at the dooys of the national banks
and to bad management of the old
parties, but he never mentions the
extravaganza in living at the pres
ent time compared with that OF
thirty years ago. Instead of being
at home and attending to the work
on the farm as our fOrefathers were
accustomed to do, they take fast
horses, come to town or 60 to the
country stores to talk politics and
trust the hired help to run the
farm successfully. They wear fine
clothes and live in fine houses; in
fact every luxury that money can
buy. They want their children to
have a collegiate education to make
them great in the worlds estima-
ton, instead of making them good,
honest men and women. 1 am a
believer in education, in compulsory
education, but every one to his call
ing and station in life, and above all
to the size of his or her brain. Su-
perior intellects will educate,them-
selves. There is no member of the
human family SO helpless as a
learned fool, he is burden to him.
self and to all he comes in contact
with. Give every child a thorough
practical education and above all
teach them economy and love Of
country and you make good citizens
and good neighbOrs.
There is cry against monopolies
of those who are working ruin and
evil to Ohe :poor man and farmer
They are depressing in some cases
but look back and see what capital
lists have done In the way of build
ing up large enterprises, thousands
are employed by them, thousands
have homes built by them, and still
they say monop0lies are . burden
to those they employ. Not always
but in many cases 1t is the reverse;
they work hand In hand for mutual
protection and mutual benefit. We
should never lose sight Of one thing
and that is this No large or small
enterprise can be successfully car
ried on by letting the employees
have the management of the same
there must be brains and money to
open and operate them successfully
AS to labor unions I will say they
are the real tyrants to the laborer
and the mechanically this 1 mean
the managers of the unions-they
are usually governed by a few tur.
bulent members, schemers who dc
not want work themselves but want
to make living off of the honest
laborer and mechanic. Where they
have the farmer no laborer or me
chanic can work unless they joir
the union and help feed the drones
These bosses are always ready tt
sell the influence of the unions Il
the highest bidder and for their owl
benefit. Theories cannot govern
the world, it takes practical mel
with practical ideas. 1 think SCI
why some of the Farmers Allianc,
nation flourish in the way man.
farmers work to save labor but Their
never is thought bestowed how Il
increase the fertility of the soil
Year after year they have thei
ground in some kind of an exhaust
i've crop thinking II they have tool
they can cultivate the crop rapid.
and thus make money. But wheI
gathering time comes and the!
have small crops and not much Il
sell. thew imagine sOme trust n