The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-19
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Every man. woman and ehlld III
America ! dependent absolutely de-
pendent. upon the -uc~e>, q the farm.
From il We receive our bread. meat.
fruit, maintenance and clothing. From
the standpoint OF -elf support. therefore.
as we'll a> tie standpoint 4. business in
tercst and general development. il be-
hooves every citizen u ~ce that farm
ing i remuneratiye. and TO aid with
all proper effort 10 this end.
Whatever tends 10 build up the .u.al
interests, to make farming attractive
and profitable, is public nece s.ity.
and therefore an unavoidable. ind IL
nal and general duty.
A. every artisan. tradesman profes-
-ional man, mechanic, business man,
aud indeed every class and individual
citizen must receive ;heir living from
the soil, ,he whole universe Of people
should be concerned about the future
OF the farm.
Is it true that farmers at the South
are leaving the farms and moving to
the city? If so, whatever the cause
or however attractive the inducement,
it behooves every man in the city to do
what he can to turn the tide and main
tain, in content and prosperity. the IN
tegrity of the country, because by the
products Of tie country the business
growth of the city must be measured.
and by its food crops the inhabitants OF
the country must be maintained and
fed
! repeat, here is a question that de
mandS the active interest OF all our peo-
pie If it be true that our farmers are
heavily in debt from no fault of their
own, let us bestlr ourselves to do some
thing to release them from such undue
obligations. If it be true that the
farms are burdened with mortgages
that label every grain OF corn with care,
and tag every bale of cotton with dis
content and despair, let every man OF
us, considering this question as a griev-
ance practically lis own, set to work to
remove such conditions as threaten the
general well being Of the entire popu-
lation OF the State If the environ
ments in the country are so very OBJ
iectionable from any cause, as to pro
duce universal discomfort. no patriotic,
good citizen Will decline to interest
himself in any and all legitimate effort
to remedy these conditions a. a public
evil and . standing menace to lniver-
sal society
Accepting these statements to be true,
no individual community or govern F,
ment can afford to place an undue bur
den up a farmer. He is in 30 sense !
The servant of the community or Of the /
State, but he is the man TO whom all |
Others should do ObeiSance, and 20 |
whose honorable calling, both in lt- I
pursuit and in its results, all men, ev-
ervW here. should pay the very highest /
respect. In the very best sense, the /
farmer is the master OF the situation |
and the people must come to know |
him as. in more senses than one, the
factor in events.
More than ever before, the people |
have come to understand this fact. For
ears the farmer has been put at great
DISADVANTAGE He has carried burdens
ne did not make, and tOiled under lord
he did not invite. \ pitt
ess people who have lived upon the
PRODUCTS Of his toll have now come to
.aalize that the farmer Will no longer
- "the newer Of wood and the drawer
# water for other uen,' and that he
las arisen in his self assertion to de-
nand equality Of rights a. among al
he people OF the nation.
The promise now 5 that his demands
III be respected, the obstacles to his
success will be removed the govern
nent taxes upon his purchases Will be
markets Will he opened up
or his products that Will insure re-
returns for his labor