The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
Uhsorni Teachings.

UhsoTn3 Teachings.
he unrest anoug the ~, l. who hayeI
not had n fair chance in II a.d whose edo I
cation has heen neg eoied. i TIE real menace
to the party. IL ~ not 10 de or oratar
But thoSe people ara h N $ ud IA. rioti
nnd they want TO servr the ountry Thor
are not g"ing to do n wrong thing or make
q mistake if they know il. They know the
times are sadly out of join. ", en- 25. 600 msn
in the United States own as much propeyfyl
ns the other 63,000,OO0, mt When their |
lanns steadily depi eciate in Value Cnsster {
Bulletin. E@
The people SEQ that tnss wealth. Of 49,
country Is drifting more anil more away fr6fS13
the farm into the hanas of,he capitslsts aud |
manufacturers. They see that nowhere
l. agriculture prosperous while every where
others make money. The mission of the |
Alliince is /, find the cause of this-to
remedy evils, whether in customs, mannera
or laws.-Spartdn6urg Herald. |
1t is just such fusome and g'o,my read
ing as the above that is causing all the dis
trust, unrest and despair that now exists
among the Farmers. We very seldom see
bright light of hope held up to encourage
them to make personal and practical effort
to dispel the gloom in which their minds are
enshrouded. Instead Of impress;pg uron
each individual Farmer The responsible ty
| that rests upon his shoulders for his share
of the depression in Agriculture, and urging,
upon him the necessity of adopting quick
cheap and sure plan of relief, by reversing the
present order of things, whereby the Farmers
may become sellers and not buyers Of those
SUI plies which could and should be made on
| thntr f,r fhe1y lol oT ..I~ -
I lahyrintbs Of political and Il, kkheosil >.
that will require years of |fS<{|
| ment to solve.
No bright examples of successful farmers
arc held up to them for their emulation and
encouragement. practically showing that
while there may appear 10 be "some-
thing out of joint" in the distribution of for
tunes favors, the tickle jade" only requires
to be properly wooed to ensure her smiles
upon Farmers rs we'll as those of other oc-
cupations
There ssems 10 be n set purpose among
those who assume to lead and instruct them,
to throw around the farmers life and pros
poets clouds of doubt aud apprehension for
the future, creating q morbid dstrust in
their own ability TO do anything to extricate
themselves from the inevitable ruin they are
m.ade to believe is staring them in the face.
Hence they overlook perheps the greatest
cause of their troubles, for they are taught
to charge i. TO everybody but themselves,
and to look to ether sources than their owrf
Industry and intelligent management ofther
own farms for relief
Instead of pointing them for encouragement
to such noble practical examples Of successful
farming as our esteemed friend, The late
josiah Foster presented, who began life an
obscure mar, without a dollar in his Tocket,
but diei at the ripe old age of 83, one of the
richest men in the county; who made his
money entirely by farming, (and there are
many such bright lights in the country aud
| Statc,) who always had corn, oats, wheat,
and generally meat ofhis own raising, to sell,
the Farmers arc being taught to believe there
is no bright side to their vocation, that every
other Industry is prosperous but theirs, and
they are filei with gloom and despair, dis
trustfu and suspicious of all who have the
honesty to poiut them to their own respop-
sibility for the, ,Sssaea> leee nf
fairs and TO suggess LAT the RENE Is
mainly in their own bands EMt
Because 5000 individuals are rs wealthy
as G3. 600 900, is no sign that 1.-The times are
out ofjoint.' 1t was so in the days of Ring
Solomon, and has continued So compara-
lively ever since and ali the legislation that
could he devised we do not believe would
change il. The same comparative condtion
is seen i'll townships, towns, counties And
States. In all communities, large and small,
there arc n few individuals, from mahy
legitimate causes mostly from their own
business tact and sagaciiy-whose aggregate
possessions are much or more than thoSe
Of all their neiglhors combined and that
does no, argue that there is anything wrong.
or that their neighhors are any poorer thau
they would be il they were not so rich: On
the contrary, such case, act as stimuIanis and
incentives to all ambitious. self reliant- -uaa
to make greater exerlicns to reach the same
prosperous condi'ion-the only limit bsiDg
the ability to successfully operate in small or
extensive fields.
You cannot prevent some men getting rich,
or legislatc limit to their riches nor can
you make some men rich, even though you
place them in the most favorable positions
for accumu a,ing wealth.
The fact is, the political literature which
is now flooding and exciting the South is
bumiliatin and dchasing. 1t comes, in most
cases, fom mere political hucksters, who,
instead ofappcaliug 10 the manhood and prac-
tical common sense of the farmers, to try the
manly remedy ofmaking their farms self-sup-
porting, ns cure for the evils that afflct them,
they truckle to their prejudccs and fill their
minds with envy and ma ice against their
pci1hbors; feeling them all the time with
the negro's promise 10 his poor, starvir q
horse in the dead Of win,cr,-"wait, horse,
till the grass grows, then you shall have