The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-23

| ,ro,,h,e can be discovered We do not
| see why any organization OF farmers Is
| necessary to make this discovery. III
| ,,as made when Adam and Eve left the
| Garden of Eden 10 make their bread by
| ,he sweat Of their faces. All OF our
Financial troubles" are inseparably con-
nected with the quantity OF what we
| have 10 exchange for finances" with
those who are willing 10 part with imam
| ces" IN exchange for what we nave
And this depends upon the labor when
we are willing 10 apply TO producinh
those things II We are Industrious ana
economical we will have all the more
TO exchange for finances" ana our
financial troubles will be correspond
inely diminished. II we are lazy an" eN-
travagant, we shall have all the Tess w
exchange for Finances" ana we s'la"
find our financial troubles CROWNS
more and more acute all the WINE DoI''l
Winston, however. repudiates TINS we"
OF the case He repudiates the idea that
the unhappy lot OF the Virginia FARMER
f. depcndent upon the universal law OF
sunnlv and demand. lie thinks the farm
or can find n road 10 prosperity OUTSIDE
or producing tlbl' ~ '"''''''N
nit,iuq toll 10 be sold for whatever those
who want his crops are willing to pay
for them. Very well Doctor winston
hold on 10 this idea If you will. but We
tell you that you are pursuing an iBnis
fatuus when you DO. There Is but one
way FOR The farmer. IN common with all
others, TO improve his situation, and
that is by labOrinS constantly ana earn
cstly to produce those things that lie
finds he can sch 10 the best advantage
and selling them then for what he can
get and after that saving the proceeds
Of his sales with "a little riOtous living
as possible Thus he will improve his SIT
uatlon, ana thus only can he do It, ana
all the other methods that are commend
ed to him are ike all short cuts. that
bring harm and nothing else to all VINO
80 into them
The protective tariff laws do the farmer
an Injustice by limiting the market Tor
his products and forcing him 10 pay more
for what he has TO buy than ne ought
to pay. And the national bank act Tor
bidding the loan Of money on real es-
tate, and the tax on State bank notes
cuts the farmer from sources OF crcat
ne could otherwise enjoy. But when ne Sc
cures the repeal Of these oppressive laws
there is nothing else that legislation can
do for him He must, after that, rely
upon himself and his own labor for pros
perity. Laws can never bring it to him
Recording words upon paper never yet
produced a dollars worth of wealth.
and never VIII or can.
Doctor Winston recommends the pm
ciple Of cooperation to farmers but II
has been tried time and again and has
always met with signal failure. How
many Of the farmers cooperative ware
houses that were started four or i've
years ago have succeeded? Not one.
Every one. without exception, so far as
we know, has failed and closed up. And
why? Because the men who ran them
were not owners Of the business, ocono-
miziug at every possible point in expense
and selling for the last cent in sales, but
hired men. working for salaries, and
much more intent. therefore, on drawing
pay than on making the enterprise
thrive. They were patcrnal and socialistic
governments on small scale, and fur
nish fair Illustrations Of what would hap
pen IN all departments of life If the
Socialists dream were realized.