The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-05-31
Farmers Department
MOTTO:
He that ploweth should pillow In hope
WHY WE ARE POOR.

account fer why we are not prosperous
financially, without any reference TO
orr monetary system asa nation. we
propose to begin at the beginning and
give in the fullest detail possible all
the causes which conduce to our want
of thrift as people. In the first place
the average farmer Is q one idead man
letting his mind run in narrow chan
nels studied on all sides by egotism,
prejudice and downright ignorance,
not only upon his own profession, from
an intelligent and scientific standpoint
but to great extent upon all public
matters and things in general, pertain
ing to the arena of lite, because he does
not read and inform himself like the
more advanced thinkers of the world
does. He claims he has not time,
which is not true. for properly en-
ployed there is ample time in life for
all of its demands, to make us all ma
ture intended we should be. The want
of this culture by the farmer and his
family brings country life into iisre-
pute and contempt not only by the
world at large but by the farmer and
his family themselves, who long for
the fancied ease, luxury and gayety of
the cities. No man can succeed in any
profession that he does not love to such
an extent as to give his entire time and
energy to 1t, and thereby increase his
interest in it, as he sees slowly, but
surely, step by step, the power Of his
efforts, transform things into
material profits, which bring comforts
and refinement to his home. The want
of this intelligencea which can come
alone from reading and q mind given
to study and reasoning, aud intercourse
with intelligent minds, makes the
farmer not only inefficient in his call
ing, but renders him an easy dupe for
all the rest of mankind from the trades
man who wheedles him to obtain his |
products at the lowest figures to the
ubiquitous, mild.mannered, obsequious
lemagogue. who tickles his vanity by
, little well directed blarney so as to
step into power when he will make
avs permitting legal robbery of the
poor deluded, unsuspecting, plodding,
;oiling, begrimed farmer. Next in the !
.logging scale of the wheels of prog
.ess, after want of intelligence, love Of
business aud liberal mindedness, come
aziness, pure and unadulterated lazi-
iess. 1t is useless to gloss matters.
of facts from the physi-
ian keeps the patient sick. TO extir-
,ate noxions growths requires a bold
operator. The surgeons knife must
70 to the bottom and pluck them up
~ the roots, regardless of the squeam-
shness of others or the will of the pa
lent. There seems to be. whether in.
lerent or by culture disposition on
he part of three fourths of man kind
@ have disinclinaticn for persistent
abor in any line, especially in those
attitudes where nature has rendered IL
EASIEST for man to subsist. The few
Who by birth or cultivation overcome
his tendency, are the ones who sue
eed and acquire not only money, com
orts, position and refinement, but are
he strands in the rope that turns the
worlds machinery. that keeps it
intact. They also become objects
II envy and vitupera:ion from
hose who "slouched'' in all they
lid, bemoan their own hard lots
nd insiDuate or openly charge the
u ,cessful with rascality in the acqui-
ition of what they have. Thrift, and
deviation brings economy. as it begets
desire, after once realizing it's bene-
is to go higher, this engenders con
nued efforts and success. On the
Their hand laziness like all other nox-
,us growths or habits grows more
,xurientlv the more it is cultivated or
laulged, and whilst it brings us no {
awards, it does not lessen our wants
I desires or the inclination to crafty I
lem, hence extravaganza in the use
| what little we do have keeps us
Dor. and but serves ito highten the
,ntrast between US and our more
rosperous neighbor until in despera- I
on we abondon hope and rail at late
God and all mankind, al
rough all the fault is ours. Not only
,r section but all the world has got !
lis disease mighty bad" IL is the !
ost potent factor on earth in the up {
laval of social and political condi- I