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


PsA RIDGE, Jan. II, '92.-I SEQ an arti
Gle from Another Farmer in the TINES
He seems to picture out one side of the Rail-
road question most beautifully. Ii all he
says be true, it's enough to make "Farmer'
have faith in his Argument; but "Farmer IL
doubling Thomas, and will not believe until
his eyes behold some Of those good things.
"Another Farmer writes from Joncsvl'e,
but his letter has the ring Of being dictated
by some intcTe person.
In reply to '.Anothcr Farmer" l will only
notice som, points in his article. My
frIeud has -omethiug to say about the enor'
nous advances on real estate along The s.
& A. road, hut friend Farmer will bear in
| mind that the building Of that road gave
new life to that whole mountain country.
They hal no means softransportation Of for tens
of miles in all th.t section, only rs they
| hauled on their wagons to Srannnburs
and other p.ints. 1t is not the ca7e with
| tho Lockhn't Shoals road. Pinckney is in IL
| or IA miles n, far hest Of u Railroad station,
| and the :. & U. Road runs through Jones
| yille aud can say to Another Farmer that
the lands on the Ridge have increased in
| value in the last twenty years from loO to
| 800 pcr cent and we have hai no railroad or
cotton mills butt during those years. AK
| Another Farmer to go along the 5. U. rail-
| road, outside of the towns, and find out the
difference in the value Of the lands 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 ferlle
than the land lying along the road. ask
Another Farmer why is this Another Far
mer says, if we get the road we will have n
$500, 900 cotton mill at once, and built
mostly by foreign capital. Yes. and a | the
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 only receive the
, taxes OH the mill.
Mr.. Editor, it does seem that no enterprise
gotten up in Union eau he carried out unless
I the people first arc 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 take;
collected from it? 1t will go into the county
; Treasury, and every township will be bene
a fitted alike, but cd Pinckney and Jones
9 Vile will have to p1y the fiddler. Now Il
that right? Is il democracy? No; it il
y especial privileges in its worst form.
have no moral right to vote tax upon an.
I other citizen agaiUst his will, although ma.
Il have legal right. Anything legal may b
>, far from being right
MIR. Editor, | will call Your attention t.
an enterprise proposed at Union some year
e ago, asking for subscription to n cotto
IT uhi union. When the citizens Of th
Y town subscritel sufficient amount to induc
, foreign capitalists 10 subscribe ,ha romainder
l. the capitalists decided not to take stock i
,e the mill unless the Union stockholder
70 weuld give them preferred stock but tn
Union men would not do it, and the resu
~ was the mill went under; and l can sa
e. they acted wisely in not accepting tho terms
ed Am I correct? Now they want us to vote
tax on ourselves to build read to Lochhal
Shoals, thereby taking all the benefit d.
rived from the mill from US to benefit n fey
I'd Another Farmer and Joe and Telephou
&c must rub up and picture more beaut!f
" things about the road aud the benefits Il
ey farmers W II derive from it in these "
Of townships. They haven't told half the 60
things that was promised the people
Union if the S. 4 A. road was built
,' Now, Another Farmer, acknowledge tn
L. that was n b'under the people comnittc
,r, and say so too, aud farther say, in mo
I'M every case when they vote lax OF tn
-, kind on themsc'v YES they make q mistak
'' Usually We have enough taxes 10 pay wit
&c out adding any more.
of Another Farmer goel on 10 tell Us aov
A. crossues aIong Tne~Tne / don't belle
there Is enough timber along the line un
you get in TWO Or three miles of the Shos
a to make 1000 crossiies, unless they Ia
ror old-feld pines.
And lastly, Another Farmer wants the
put on my calculating cap and see how f.,
a. mcr with 100 acres Of land along the Ii,
ok will te bc"eft!ed hy the roal and mill ",
e. let us see: Mr.. \. has 100 acres ofland |
-, has none to s.lI--would rather buy il
;, could. If Another Farmers eatimates
true his land will hc worth $500 NOR
Or We'll, IL it be worth that much moro it wi
n. tic assessed that much more: 80 II mills {
= the dollar viii make $40; then Il
taxes on the bonds will be at least 4 mil
IL more. So we will say his 100 acres befo
le its increased d value IVES worth $500. tho
tn aid the $500 To the $780, and we have $50
o. and put IN lis tax on the $500, is $3,2
which added TO the So 10, and we ha,
SS. 30. So you can see that Farmer A wi
m make each year about $500 over the lie
ls shoulder on his 100 acres of lanl: that il,
IN Another Farmers estimates be correct.
:. FARMER.
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