The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-07-18

INOUN nj, fhUUENCt ANU EOONN
NY NEEDED MORE THAN THE SUB
TREASURY.
Eiiior Ga;eftc:-In the present
hurry seurry that politicians are
making. there are very many
plans sci forth to bridge the chan
rel Of hard Tunes. Among these
Mr.. falhert writes; but beyond
the assertion that there Is scarci-
Is Of money and a 10. Of trusts
and combines that aie sapping the
prosperity Of the country, he seis
before the people no plau for re-
lief. lie gives Us a diagnosis OF
The disease, hut prescrlbes no
remedy, puts forth no catholicon
TOR the restoration of the body
pnllic
This writer has been y citizen
ol Pike county Tor forty four
Years aud has seen variety of
times, seen cotton at all prices,
from 81 to 30 cents, and has
never seen a farmer 90 under who
possessed health, snap, industry,
ana good sense enough to keep
ont Of debt beyond his means.
The deciension of prosperity
here lies in two causes:
Isl, Neglect Of industry.
2nd Pludcpee IN managing
means.
AS a rule, our people do not
work over four days IN week
and perhaps not that, and this
amount Of labor will never keep
up Il pnncely style Of living
among farmers,
Thirty years ago You might 60
10 one Of our churches and on
the poor, rooty road over which
YOU travelled, you would see pet
haps twenty e. thirty hogs as you
went along Now, you will se'
bnt one old wheezy gfuuter, toe
poor to live and too lazy to die
Then, you would see men neatl,
dressed out IA homespun. Now
YOU see theil desceudanlsin blacE
cloth and cassim re-. Then, larm
ers lived with full cribs and wei
ii led smoke houses; now the,
live IN paper sacks that come
weekly from the store with th'
contents charged up against th'
crop, Then, You nigh; see on'
vehicle At church; now they
swarm ia every direction, from
the stately two-horse carrla Z,
clear down to the jumper, an'
many Of these unpaid for.
Then, We made everything
now, we buy everything. from al
auaer handle to wagon. Tn,
awl handle, the hoe handle, th'
OK bow. the plow sto, K, tn
wagon, and even the coal OIL /,
start morning h,e have TO b.
bought and paid for with on
article.
People say we are poorer. l
so, why all this fne,y. this dls
play of rolling stock, stoves, sew
Ing machines, organs and pianos
with dry goods enough, nicel
made up, to fiji Noah's Ark itself
We have finer churches, fine
houses, finer roads and so man
bridges on them that there Is a
place fora horse to drink, an
yet they tell us we are poore
than we were then.
We rnise uoti ing Mt home. Th
wri'erI Is onc of the few who thi
year had corn To sell. but h
could not sell il. A neighho
frieud Offered to buy of HIM at
lower rat. than It could be lail
dawn IN town; bat the tenant
preferred town corn because :
was READY sHELLED u
This is the cause Of oul declen
ton and unless we get industry
no political scheme can give u
relief.
Mr.. TaIhert laments the scaIrlt
Of money. but | am glad 10 Sc
that he puts th- er capita at So
while Mr.. Congressman Levi
rnu II down 10 hss than $40. Th
latter leduclng from the couu
ty money lst, the large an"uu
Oi gold held IN the natl9nal treas
uv!, and 2nd. the amount of ban
reserves. Who ever heard of
man or nation who did not EN-
brace his cash among his list o