The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-07-05
Farmers Department
MOTTO:
He that ploweth should pillow in hope.
Why We Are Poor.
1Continued From Last Week.

Sential to sustain the human beings
and the animals necessary to its opera
ton, even to the raising of the stock
has forced all such farmers to buy all
or the greater part of these things, and
from the very nature of the case, be
having no money, he is forced to buy
on credit. This means IA powerful bur.
den in the high prices credit entails,
which no farm can stand when other
drains 10 be mentioned. are added to
it. No mans name ever goes upon a
book even for 80 days, that he does not
pay more for his purchases than he
would have to do if he paid spot cash,
and sought with it the very lowest buy
er in the market. Credit inevitably
means more or less loss to the seller,
and in order TO preserve his business
. from bankruptcy, he is forced to real
ize high profit. as a pure mathemat-
| ical business proposition. The fact
can not be disguised, that this is virtu-
ally making the good customer pay for
the bad ones short coming's This is
not the sellers fault, for he can not do
otherwise and survive in business II
is the fault of the farmer, who fails by
providence, to have the cash All thes.
things are bad enough under the most
favora Bile conditions, as they ordinari-
ly exist from year TO year when IA man
barely pays up annually, out when a
poor debt rio den farmer becomes in
volved a little more each year, and is
tied up in deeds OF trust and falls lot
the hands of Shylocks he becomes Il
peon on a par with the ''grtasers" OF
South America The profits on agri-
cultural products now will not sustain |
"a credit system of the most beniticent
kind. The man who has to buy on
credit Is no true farmer. it is his prive.
lege to produce something to sell in
stead of buying anything, except the
Injuries of life. We have been vic
tenn to all this of order things and speak
from bitter experience, but we biame
no one bpt ourself. There Is but one
remedy. but it is a sure cure. Qui,
buying on credit. Quit advancing -
abor dollar 10 rations, tobacco.
snuff, soap, blueing, clothes, or any
or luxuries On credit
Force them to earn it before consumed, I
,r produce it your self not only for
Yourself hut for them, which will force I
o be self sustaining as renters. or I'M |
er your control as laborers. Then if :
on do your duty as live progressive 9
armers, who study and love your BUSH =
ess, plenty, competence, independ- 9
nee and happiness will come to you +
nd your la Dor, and there will be an 4
bundant surplus with which to pay ,
ebts, and to induce safe aud pros i
erous trade along all lines, for people
phen able to procure them. The next
'eight upon our agricultural prosper y
", is transportation charges. Sub @
ect as we are to only one railroa j, the h
lodern form of marketing crops, with c
ut that hearty competition which lev I
Is prices to just basis, we pay for Y
he transmission of our export products a
uch extortionate freight rates, as to n
onsune an undue share of the. pro- I
ucts of our hard earned labor. We P
ay also in the same ratio on all we Y
nport of food products, wearing APP t
arel, machinery and agricultural i'm t.
dement's. Human greed knows no Y
init, as long as it has the power to a
ratify it's rspacious desire for acqui II
tion. Tr INK lines of railroads run q
trough different States, and State h
have no power beyond v
tate limi' S, and are of little use to us v
$ we have. only a very small local n
rade. There is but one remedy, and a
hat is for the people through their h
atives, to make law which Il
ill enable an interstate commerce Il
to regulate freight rates, Ii
nd have it SO constituted as to do its
uty, one of which should be to force
asst rates, and have the freight rates
agulated by milage instead of arbi, OF
-ary high rates as now. Most of the al