The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-10
work OF that kind, and no doubt are



A correspondent of the Atlanta Jour-
nal, who is OF the Wall Street Investi-
gator, indulgcs in u bird s-cyc review of
the present state of business. He gives
a very happy picture of the effect of the
Mckinley tariff.
In New England, cotton and woo,cn
mills are husy-somc are running over
time. Wages are lower than in Great
Britain. English and Scotch, operatives
are going home ly every steamer, as the
cost of clothing. fuel, rent, and furni-
turc is from % to 80 per cent. cheaper
in England.
French Canadians are working in the
mills for IS cents per day, and sleeping
ten or fifteen persons in a squaiid room.
Manufacturers of iron and other metal
goods are doing badly. owing to the high
cost CT coal, which must be brought
from the West and South.
Carloads of families go West every
day"
Those who think this a year of unex-
ampled prosperity would better see what
is the matter with this liar. But there
is one prosperous class.
The farmers are only market garden
ers. The hay crop of Maine averages
S42 600, Goa, which is the only large crop
raised. Th" market gardeners are all
we'll to do, and many are rich. Barns
costing Sj0,00o are common sights
Maine, which has but coo, 900 inhabit-
ants, had in the savings banks on Jan.
S6S, 900 900. The New England farmers
wives and daughters are all workers
ard money earners. Chez making
spinning, weaving and making of wooden
ware, gloves, clothing and a thousand
{hnp ix.1.. .i.,1
by these women"
Indeed! Exclusively by these women.
After getting rich at market gardening
tn , farmers wives and daughters do these
other little chores just for the fun of it.
Farm women are SO like Wall street
women that they will work when they
don't need to:
Middle States-Banhing, imI o-ting
and export business is very lively
That is right under his eye, SO this In
vestigator probably tells the truth
These great productive industries-bank
ing, imports, and cxports-arc very
lively. Dry goods and groceries are
also brisk. for the weather is cold and
men get hungry, bat iron and other
manufactures are dull.
Western Statcs-Humming with ac-
tivity attributable to the bountful crops
Of last year. Mortgages are being paid
off. Rate of interest is tending down.
ward. Money plentiful and rates favor
ing I'll" borrower. Copper mining is
booming, owing I" tho development Of
electrical industries all over the world.
Towns and cities are being built up
rapidly in the Northwest, and thousands
of Canadians, Norwegians. and Germans
are settling on the farming lands"
New his prevaricator has struck the
territory of our readers. They can judge
of his statement for themselves:
Southern States-The general favor
able condition Of business has not cX-
tended to tn" South. Lenders of money
refuse To lend freely TO planters till
more is known concerning the situation
as TO cotton, mining, tobacco, rice, and
sugar. Manufacturing and phosphates
are all doing well, ana building is very
active. Money from the \ rth is build
ing up thousands Of industries"
That is after bleeding the Western
States to death, the money sharks are
just beginning to turn attention to the
chances in the South. But this ends the
chapter:
The farmers are getting great deal
Of gratu:tous advice from men who don t
know how to farm, and are wasting much
time talking about politics and finance
which might be better spent in attcndir 6
to their personal interests on the farms.
Everybody is preparing a cure for hard
tim in the South. Here are three
rules which l should like to see pasted
up in public places:
Il. Stop croaking.
-. Go to work
-. Keep at work
Oh dear, Let us adjourn the confer
encc and go to work" and keep at
work