The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-01-30

! TIE amount per capita III tux
United States would CUT snal
figure IN the way Of beueitting me
Suppose that there is in Perry
county four hundred thousand
dollars. This amount. # equal.
divided among the heads of fam
lilies in Perry county would be a
considerable sum for each one. B ii
suppose that four fifthS of tlIa
whole amount belongs 10 ten me !.
What is it to the balance Of the
people of Perry county that there
is so much money herei Ii they
have no hing which the ten would
accept as an aqniyalent for II,
their condition wonld he exact II
the same as ii the four tifths were
in the SEA. 1t would certainly mt
be worth much to the man who
didu't have il.
| will give au illustrate III still
more to the poiut, il possible.
l spent The night few weeks
ago with man who had three
hundred dollars in his pocket. lie
had paid his debts hai corn in his
CRIB, meat in his smoke house and
his wife had what she needed IN
her pantry | had no money and
but ve..y lii tie of any thing else
There We're just two of MS in this
crowd and zee e,entea three
hundred dollars; that is one hund-
l., q and fifty dollars ssper caplt,,n
but the other man had mine and
his too. What did this one hun
cred and fifty dollars .sper capita
signlf, to mel That mans superior
opportnuiay, industry, or manage
mrnt ha placed he motley III his
pocket and my lack of one or AL
these had left it out Of mine.
Whether there had been one
thousand dollars or one nickel it
was all the mr to me as long as
il was AL in his pork t.
That man and i represent the
condition Of the people Of The South
tn-day. H. Is one in q hundred
and | am one Of the remaining
niuety-nint; and our condition alsn
illustrates this .'per eamta" theory
rs it applies to the people of the
whole country.
There are millions of dollars
locked mp in Wall Street and other
financial ceutrrs. There are mil
mons more in the pockets Of West
ern sp, culators and Western farm
ers. Superior management, superior
oppoi itunity or superior rascality
have carried this money there,
while-our lack of these has left our
pockets empty, our fannie poor
and our country distressed and
helpless.
Ii is silly to talk about the
amount of money in the United
States. Other people have il aud
they will continue to have it Ms
long as we are compelled to buy,
what thev produce, Mt piice
which they make. There is nj
way ont Of our sad condition as
long as our Southern people ia 70
produce their meat and bread at
home. Thls fact must not only be
accepted as correct in theory bnt
it must be practiced it ever we eal-
ize the desired result. Legisla-
ZION will not answer. We must
have something to eat. The best
laws in he world will never take
he place of meat ami bread. There
are thousands in the South WHO
are destitute of the necessaries of
life.
ii we had to depend on what
provision we have ht re, thousands
would sta We before crop could
be grown. Many are also desti-
tnte of money with which to buy.
These two things taken toge +
just simply plac us whcrr we are
AZ the mercy of others Many of
our farmers are nuw buying thei
supplies on another yerr's credit,
some are tIying to do SO tut can'i
get the credit. A man with a
family depending on the rrore-ds
# "A farm for a liking without corn,
wltt out meat, without muneN is II
! litiabl condition, indeed. II i
indepen emcr is gone. lie no
longer NalkS the earln The proud.
Ell respecting man he ought to
be. He IS DEF ctrd. his energy is
paral z d. La humilt tion, if MT
ia d. spar, he bows his head Il Il
ac. epts wbat he r, ceivts Oh the
terms which others are pleased TO
IN ke.
IT, insist that the ,vernmert
shall take care of the crop Of
mtn IN such conaiiiom un il he
pric go mp ia the markets OF
the w.rIL is til cry cs>enr- of
iolly. The crop, in realty, 5 MOI
b 5. Ths merchant has p,ld for a
la ge part OF it befae il wa
p,sated, besides, if the gnv. rn-
ment owes any duty 0 one man in
the above respect il owes II to
v.ry Other one, and the one who
produces corn Wo,ild have the adj
yan;ag for hp could do longer
WITHOUT cot Oh than we could dc
W ts,aut bread.
II is sad 10 cOnteml late the sitn-
,ti,gu and r...Iize wtits. W. do. that