The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-30
SOLID SENSE.

Winston Sentinel.
The farmers Of the Northwest are
confronted with the same condition
that exis,s in the Souti,-.Ley have
pursued tie ore crop plan until tue
markets are Rlatted with their pro-
ducts and they are at the mercy OF
the specola.ors Tits result will
always follow just q. surely as the
uar follows the night, when the
sopi ly exceeds tue demand for any
article produced or manufactured.
Ii speaking of this the Minneap>
OILS Jodinsl Gays:
"ThIs brings the producer face to
face ~!tn a coalition. H. should
meet 1T inst IS the commercial man
meuts the conditions that confront
bim-.laI.r dis business pollcv.
The Northwestern farmer must diver.
slfy his crops If be wishes to do ;
profitable business. 1t requires no
particular courage to do this. Indeed.
il the farmers would study toe sitaa-
ton NOR. and the political edltorio
ais Of his Alliance paper less, be
wodid find it much easier 70 shape
his business policy. 1t is the man
who best meets different conditions
who makes mona" the fastes.. Tue
farmer is too apt to follow the came
plan year afte' year regardless Of the
changes In conditions. This Is
wrong policy, and to its habltual
practice the non-success Of many
producers is due, while the producer
himself imagines that the fault Is
With the rsilroad company, the eleva.
tor company an'' the grain eommiss
ion man, all of whom are in league
TO rob him. Let him meet the condi.
ticns Of 1898 on their merits aud all
will. 60 well. Diversity the crops.
The farmers Of the Soath have
much tee advantage OF those Of the
Northwest in soil and climate. They
can produce with profit many crops
which the Northwest cannot raise at
al! and yet by producing a large sur.
plus of cotton and tobacco, thew re-
due the price Of these articles to
about the cost ce production. Thls;is
great folly, when osr land and ell
mate is 90 we'll adapted to the profit
able cultivation of wheat, oats, corn,
peas, potatoes, tie grasses, fruits Of
nearly all kinds, and the raising OF
sheep, stock and hogs. There need
bs no necessity for our people buy
ing bale OF bay, pound Of meat or
lard, or can Of canned fruit that lie
not produced within the borders of
the State.
We cannot be prosperous people
50 long as We buy from the North
end West more than we sell abroad.
The merchant who would annually
order 5000 more Of goods than he
could sell would soon 90 to the wall
and his stock into the hands Of the
sheriff. The same law that applies
to community or people. II We
produce a surplus which we cannot
gel, at q profit we are just as badly
off as if We did not have it, because
the surplus represents labor g I'D CAPT.
tai that has been expended in it's pro.
dnctioD, and, if there Is 10 demand
for 1t it is so much capital locked up
and Of 20 benefit to any one.
The people OF the South might
and should be one Of most prosper
Gus people 90 the face Of the earth.
They are favored By all the natural
conditions necessary for sucb q hap.
py consnmmation, and 1t lies within
tier power. And this condition
will Re reached when the people
grasp and intelligently utilize thrir
opportunities and natural sdvan.
tages.