The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-10-22

TD The axe . NN EdiIpT OF Inv ''~'-'''''-
II nav lily tho July or October
moving Their is available on ac-
count of suliicient moisture. / gather
"a my corn in August in order TO
start the ulky as soon as the Sep
tember rams came-they came, OF
course. but only enough to wet the
grouuf tnree or four inches deep
hence fue set of green grass Will
dry up without being turned under.
The lana cultivate is sand, ana
when IL gets dry it cannot be plowed
unlike hlack land.
The corn :rop up here is good; nay
almost . allure; cOttor one-fourth
bale pcs acre; quality good; prices SO
low isat inc best the average planter
can DO VIII be to have balance
against h- ON this years account for
spDples. Z don't see much good in
st6re for te farmer for next year,
osuecially he tenant farmer, and 1T
will cake \ radical change in our
entire system to stop the present
downward tendency Of our financial
atraJs We have an under-current
which has been rarely touched IN my
opinion aoTrard solution OF the IMAM
cial problem.
"Stalls Bayou" in Home and Farm
of 18Th nit, brushed the question
closely. in that he said "Our govern
me0t was IS sure to collapse as did
Greece and Rome, and from the same
cause and hat Capitalization OF the
syngnpv uower.' This is true, and
moro yet. Why this contradictions"
Dive in and see this giant under
current that turks in the affections OF
oyorv human breast, that causes
very energy to be bent in
5be art and science of money
Getting, and the word is eXtraV-
agance. Extravaganza permeates all
classes, all professions and businesses.
Even the 5anctified church of to day
is not exempt. Not long ago great
man died in New York and was bu-
ried in q coffin that contained seven
ty-six pounds Of silver plate on 1t, to
say nothing of the other ornaments.
This is only q sample of the great
ocean of extravaganza. Look at that
presidential tour last summer across
The continent-so magnificent was it,
that it would put the Gar of Russia
on his best to compete with it. Hence
the rich in their extravaganza be-
come despotic and cruel; the poor in
theirs, become Jealous and cruel.
There should be no clash between
capital and labor; one is as essential
as the other. Now associations and
class legislation will never arrest this
i L.; al al Of n
though they may be good factor III
the hands of honest men,
Here is the disease located. Where
is the antidote? Any one may un-
derstaud, but who is able to take it?
Even the physician prescribing may
not have the fortitude tOgulpit down.
The remedy is in the talismanic word
OF letters Save, the exact opposite
OF extravaganza. | don't mean that
we should save in a miserly sense,
but in sense that would be common
surate with our needs this would re.
duoe our wants to q nominal value
that would establish the fundamental
principle that characterized the Pill
rrim end Hugepot fathers. ga vir-
f., ous and enlightened people can
~ be enslaved," should be the
h hoeod ., cory Of all good governments.
~, 80, VI stop rhapsodizing and
,,;t az "onr nor, oissiOn will give you
sometbnc more tangible in my next.
w., g., ,97ar,,nlIv ,.-"GENES.
Double Horn, Tex, Oct. II.
NV esteemed correspondent reads
his brother farmers a severe lesson on
the sin and degrading effects OF eX-
travagance, and cOunsels retrench-
ment. There can be no doubt that the
tendency Of the times is towards eX-
travagance, as we'll as the acquisition
of ricnes but as the farmers facilities
for accommodating wealth are few his
opportunities for extravaganza, in the
usual sense, are not numerous. Ills
chief extravaganza consists, not SO
much in wastetul expenditure, as in
want Of strict economy in the manage
ment of farm affairs,
# is true that he handles his dollars
recklo sometimes, and does not al
WAYS get full value for his money !;
but his chief loss is in the money ne
does not make. The farmer, of all
men, seems least eager in the pursuit
of the a Almighty Dollar, and is gener-
silly open to the charge OF wastetul-
ness in he management of his bust
ness.
His NJ ,thods arc slip-shod and his
habit Is procrastlnation. "Never do
todaywh&t can be putotftill tomorrow
would DO very appropriate motto for
many citing on that principle, all
necessary work is postponed us long
possible, and needed improvements
never mi tiated.
10 make farming pay it must be
conducted on strictly business
principles. The profits in agri-
culture are not big enough
to reckless mismanagement, and
where that is psactlced failure is cor
tain, That so many farmers manage
b. exist on the farm shows what
might joe done, if they exercised prop
CT Judgment and economy in their
business.
W.
A few weeks ago l drew attention
to tho fact that cotton was drifting
o,vay from the AHstin market TO