The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
For The TINS.
"A Farmer" TO Another Farmer"

fOr tne 1tNks.
"A Farmer" to Another Farmer"
PsA RIDGE, Jan. II, '92.-I sec an arti-
Gle from Another Farmer in the TIMES.
u a. r::ss.;.:..- 80; v-o v, .so ..-..
ro,d question most beautifully. II all he
says be true, its enough to make "Fsrmer
have faith in his argument; but Farmer is
q doubling Thomas, and will not believe until |
his eyes behold some Of those good things
another Farmer" writes from louisville,
but his letter has the riog VI being dictated
by some inter rested person.
In reply to Another Farmer" i will only
notice some poipts in his article. My
hiend has something to say about the enor'
nous advances on real estate along The 3.
T. A. road, but friend Farmer will bear in
mind that the building Of that road gave
new life 10 that whole mountain country.
They hal no means oftransportstion Of for tens
of miles in all thst section, only IS they
hauled on their wagons to Spsrtnuburg
and other pnints. 1t is not the case with
| tho Lockha,t Shoals road. Pinckney IS IN liz
or IA miles n, far hest Of Railroad station,
| and the s. & U. Road runs through Jones
| vile; aud can say to Another Farmer that
the lands on the Ridge have increaset 10
value in the last twenty years from 100 to
| 800 per cent and We haze had no railroad or
| cotton mills butt during those years. ask
L
| road, outside Of the towns, aud find out the
difference in the value Of the lauds along
| the roai from the lands several miles from
the road. If you please you eau take the
Pea Ridge lands aud compare prices, and
know that the ridge land is no more fertile
than the land lying along the road. ssk
Another Farmer why is this :! Another FAR
mer says, if we get the road we will have
$500, 900 cotton mill at once, and built
/ Il md n /
| dividends paid by the mill will take their
| everlasting fl ;ght as soon as they are de-
clared, and the county will net be benefited
by them The county wi l only receive the
taxes OH the mill.
MIR. Editor, it does seem that no n,srprise
gotten up in Union eau be carried out unless
the people first orc asked to give all the
benefit derived from such enterprise before
it is carried out. And suppose the mill is
built, who will get the benefit of the taxes
collected from il? 1t will 60 into the county
; Treasury, and every township will be bene
fitted alike, but cd Pinckney and Jones
Vile will have to pay the fiddler. Now il
:, that right? Is il democracy! No; 1t II
especial privileges in its worst form.
have no moral right to vote tax upon any
other citizen agaivs st his will, although may
, have q legal right. Anything legal may b
far from being right.
Mr.. Editor, will call your attention t.
an enterprise proposed at Union some year
r mn us-Uaion. When the citizens Of tn
. town subscribed sufficient amount to induc
foreign capitalists to subscribe ,ha romai der
: the capitalists decided not to take stock i
6 the mill unless the Union stockholder
G weuld give them preferred stock but tn
Union IN Gu would not do it, and the resuI
" was the mill went under; and l can So
E they acted wisely in not accepting the terms
ID Am correct? Now they want us to vote
tax on ourselves to build a road to Lochhal
Shoals, thereby taking all the benefit d.
rived from the mill from US to benefit few
Il Another Farmer and Joe and Telephon
oe must rub up and picture more beautif'
VI things about the road aud the benefits IL
y farmers WI derive from it in these IN
Of townships. They haven't told half the goo
things that was promised the people
:. Union if the S. 4 A. road was built.
nc Now, Another Farmer, acknowledge tn
L. that was n b.under the people committc,
r, ! and l saw 40 Too and farther say, in mc
M every case when they vote lax Of tn
=, kind on themselves they make mistak
III Usually we have enough taxes 10 pay wit
go out adding any more.
of Another Farmer goes on to tell us abo
a. crossrIes nI0ng The Tine. 1 don't belle
there is enough timber along the limo uni
you get in TWO OF three miles Of the Shoa
to make 1000 crosstie., unless they tai
or old-feld pines.
And lastly, Another Farmer wants nc
put on my calculating cap and see how ia
Ut mcr with 100 acres Of land along the Ii,
* will he benefited by the road and mill We
e. let us see: Mr.. \. has 100 acres Of land. i
y, has none to stl!-would rather buy if /
:. could. If Another Farmers estimates
4" true, his land will be worth $500 NOR
'r Well il it be worth that much moro it wi
q. be assessed that much more; 90 II mills G
the dollar viii make $50; then II
taxes on the bonds will be at least mil
u more. So we will say his 100 acres befo,
Ia its increased value WIS worth 5000, the
IN add the $500 to the $500, and we have $50
\ and put 4 m lis tax on the $500, is So 81
which added 10 the So 10, and we hs,
So. 80. So you can see that Farmer A wi
m make each year about $500 over the lie
/. shoulder on his 100 acres of land; that il,
~ Another Farmers estimates be correct.
-, FARMER.