The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-02
No. 4o
CAUSE AND EFFECT, NO. Two.

and the substantial progress that has
been made, and that is yet being made.
in all parts of the South. Samuel
Smiles, of England, has well said
Thrift produces capital, and capital
IS the conserved result of labor; it in
wolves self denial of present enjoyment.
and 1t invests the capital it has saved;
but the majority spend all that they
earn. Such people are constantly poor
and on the verge of destitution. 1t is
| the same with nations" Relief can
only come through the intelligent
efforts of our own people, and we
should be able to solve the problem.
The more prosperous we make our
country, the easier it will be TO induce
immigration. While sitting in the
gallery of the q. s. Senate Chamber.
lately, I heard a citizen of PennsyI-
vania say to Southern man: ''If you
want more money, why don't YOU
work for it, as we do In the North,
when we want anything we work for
1t, instead of complaining and wishing
for it. E" He might have added, while
you are spending your money for
Northern food and clothing, and parad-
ing your poverty, caused by lack Of
management, we are getting rich by
doing the work that should be done at.
the South
Many years ago, when Central
Europe relied upon the Southern por-
tion, as the South now relies upon the
| Northern States for manufactured
articles, merchant of Venice said to
a German customer. We buy your
hides and pay for them with the horns
and tails" 1t provoked the German,
but it aided in making Germany one
of the foremost manufacturing coun-
tries in the world.
Suppose a Pennsylvania man were
to say las he can say: We buy atty
thousand tons of pig iron from Ala-G
bama, employ our laborers to work it
into co ton ties, and with the ties we
pay for the pig iron, and get thirty
thousand bales of cotton for our labor
and profit on the transaction; we then
spin and weave tho coOt0n, AID employ
our women and children to make 81
into clothes for the Southern market.
Or, if New York man were to say.
1--WE weave nearly all the bagging for
the cotton crop, giving employment to
our laborers;" or If citizen of Maine
or Ohio were to say, I'VE get every
bale of cotton that is made In one Of
the richest counties in Eastern North
Carolina, and pay for it with hay,
which we produce for about one third
of what it costs that county to raise the
cotton" Or were armour, of Chicago,
to say, 81 have sold the South many
million dollars worth of meat, and
while doing 80 have become q mil
lionaire.'" Or if Boston man were
to say, Our State buys your hides
and makes them into shoes, with
which we pay for the hides, and for
enough cotton to keep our mills busy,
giving employment to our operatives
in making dress goods for the South"
Under such circumstances, is there
any wonder that we want more cur
rency. and feel the need of money that
will stay at homei
We can only reply: Come South,
young man, establish your factories,
we will furnish all the operatives that
you need, at about one half Ehe wages
you are now paying. Wehave abund-
ant water power, cheap fuel, raw ma
terials of every kind, at less price than,
you are now paying; or if you desire
farm life, we can furnish land from
which two profitable crops are taken
every year, one in June and q hay crop
in October. We can also show you
one of the finest countries tor stock
and poultry, with good markets, and
transportation for all the corn, wheat.
oats. hay, pork, beef, mules, horses
and poultry that you can produce. The
question will be asked: Why don't
your own people use these a0vantagesl
Many do, and they are making money,
but the majority of our farmers do net
yet realize that cotton is no longer
king, and they cannot be induced to
produce the necessaries of life, In ad-
dition to the crop of cotton. This fact
compels the merchants and banks to
employ a larger part of their means in
order to supply Western bread, meat
and mules to the cotton farmers,
(secured by mortgages on che growing
crop leaving no money available for
manufacturing enterprises Of any kind.
II the farmers will become self sustain
ing, the South will soon have money