Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-19

Mr.. W. N. Collins OF lsBaquena coun-
ty, MlgalBBipi, advised farmers to make
cnaugos slowly TINS is good advice
ana Tho Journal is glad 10 give mis-
Views ofaeAas .armurs
Ihere Is Always danger to the
furmeia interest IN financial panca
ana lhv depression following. the 0ap-
Ber lies IN the enlnge from ona crop
70 another, uuNinB tnat better prices
may be realized nom these. IL Is rea-
sonably oer,am thut or chance Tor
pront AZ IN those crops we nave been
accustomed TO growing, and best
Know how To cultivate ana nanuiu.
Any change ~ unwisc, aud taVOrs loss
rather than proht. A merchant dealing
In dry goods ali of his lite. would DO
foolish 10 drop that line and take up
groceries just because II year or two
OF hard times have reduced his sales.
a farmer growing wheat ali OF nis lite.
would most likely make u failure or
cotton In tltuCa OF great depression
people become restless and disoontent-
ed, ana Tor tie time forget their ao-
OuBtumed wisdom 10 change FROM
wheat TO cotton would be senseless
move Tor various reasons, or any
change from tho crop we pest under
stand and have heretofore made
pruntubic, just because prices are low
and our profits for a year or 50 gone
better stick 10 the old crops aud wear
out the depression; such things do not
last long, ana are always followed by
an era OF great prosperity, Now let us
learn IL lesson from this panlc--that
lesson Is TO be always prepared for
them--fOr they come AZ regular inter-
walls, nre not 70 be explained, are UNI
accountable, lcEislntton can neither
ihalse nor remedy them. No country
Is exempt from such, They are about
aa easily explained rs II stampede"
AMONG cattle. The best way TO fight
them liz to plod along on the Same old
line of business that we have always
followed. and wear them (the phnics)
out. l presume every farmer practices
growing everything on the farm that
ls consumed, 40 far ia possible; this |
hold TO be absolutely necessary 10 sue
cesH--ln nine oaac5 out OF every ten.
There may be OF course cases In when
special crops can be grown most SUE
cnssfuily. hut this l. the exception
aud not the rule. IL you are n pro-
Queer OF cotton or wheat. atiok 10 II
aud wear out the depression. Il cannot
last forever, Thank your good gent
II you cnn hold your own In bust
ness you are thoroughly familiar with.
aud don't venture into pastures new
until yuu have learned the way. | nm
sgtishod that this great country OF
ours WIN come out with nylns toiors.
IL Hlwaya does. The ,arlff and silver
questions win adjust themselves. and
whatever la best Will surely come. The
South, ! feel assured. " certain To
grow rich NJ time passee While we
wo want n class OF Intelligent people
90 come In and aid us to build IN thu
waate piaccs Our climate and soil
nre certainly attractive, and cannot
imagine what attraction "A country can
possess FOR men, unless Il pc a soil and
climate which permits profitable en-
! ploymcnt twelve months in pnch year.
ma here We have Il. Take the Yaxoo
Delta section especially That portion
lying back from nix e. ton miles from
I the levces, aud there Is no more deslr-
able farming section on earth. fpct
which would long since have been re-
| cosni2ed, and the section peapied by n
elaAs OF white people worthy 10 possess,
Y, but the difficulty Hes IN the presence
| or thousands % NEGROES. who arc not
Desirable citizens and are wurthIess to
the country. since they add nothing 10
u themselves, and by their prssence
prevent others from building Il up.