The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-06-28
Farmers Department
MOTTO:
He that ploweth should plow in hope
Whp We Are Poor.

Continued From Last Week.

best of thought and care, will all avail
nothing without the best of labor as
siduously and perfectly applied I'm.
der existing conditions and the means
at our command, this is impossible as
general rule. We need and must
We IA radical change in this direction,
before we can have agricultural pros
perity. With rare exceptions
no man will ever succeed who
rents his land or works for share OF
the crop, simply because he cannot un
der either plan, have that absolute aud
perfect control of labor that comes
from wages. Wages under rules and
regulations as rigid and as systematic
as military discipline, is the only ave-
nue. to success. Under no other plan
can any one bring the farm up to that
degree of improvement aud fertility
n. cessary to all the profits poss. BILE IT,
obtain from it. The human family in
all us phases and colors are so conSti
tuted, as to require compuls:on in some
form, to perform constant labor. The
man who laborS in his ON d interest, and
has the Incentive of am bition aud a de.
sire for financial independence. is forced
to his duty by these forces. which pre-
ponderate over his natural tendency to
not work. The human beings devoid
of this characteristic, who only care
| for the necessaries of daily existence
and who never expects more. naturally |
enough seek to procure these on a.
little outlay of labor or mental care as
p, ssible. ] his class mbraces the grea
majority Of the inha bitants of the
earth, and constitute the great toilers
upon which all men who reach out at.
ter more than their individual labor
can accomplish, must depend for ex
panslon. As man naturally is disin
clined to manual la Dor GENERALLY, and
must be made 10 do it, we see there
fore that in order to utilize labor, for
our own welfare as well as for it's own.
We must force it and must have the
power to do SO, and in NO other man.
ner can we accomplish this so effect
ually as for wages, through which i, ,
can be made regular and constant OF
feel the force of failure through its
ow': income. When forced to pay for
its lost time, or willful or carless in I
jurles. few If either will occur. The
great impeachment to this plan of hand +
ling labor in the south has been our
and the disinclination
to give our constant personal atten I
lion to its supervision, the lack of abor 1
in sufficient numbers to force il to the .
necessity of constant employment, the
ease with which IA living can be made
10 our latitude, and the want of any p
lnanimity of action amongst our far s
ners. Ii every man would-see it was q
he true policy, and would resolve to
work for wages then labor could no
onger prey upon the wealth of the Il
country on credit prices and share crop c,
ng. aud continually keep us in debt.
There would he plenty of available
abor under an intensive agriculture. q
md wage system, which would en- e,
ich the farmer and bring good wages il
o all labor. AS matters now stand.
he male la5orers perform work only r
bout one half of the year, and the fe- %
males about one-third. The balance a
# the time is spent in idleness and "
onsuming what little has been pro- 4,
uced under this irregular and inetfi "a
lent work. and the farm and all its u
purtenances goes gradually to ruin. I'll
he labor of this country has gotten a,
he cream of its productions FOR the !.
asst 30 years, though the white ow ners -
t the soil as an intermediary between pa
hem and the merchant, and have l.
LO"u mortgages Ou I've HOllGS OI our 4
eople that will III many instances =,
ever be removed. In he true success
III sense, there is no efficient labor in W
mis- country, nor but few if any men he
18th trained and systematic bust ness
abits, such as are requisite 20 solid
lccess, and the development OF all the pu
sources of our wonderful soil and IN
reat natural advantages. All this ar mn
ny of obstacles renders the efforts of -
zen who try to succeed on true lines, -,
hard road to trave,. Both white aud OF
lack in this country are FESTIVE under pi;
lese conditions of restraint and alb r..
',nte obedience to the employer,
hich are necessary to insure success LII
any branch of business. This con lnt
ton can be overcome by the cash to TIN
tile every night if necessary will la VI,
pr, and discharge it and have another
its place at once. Natural causes He
ia results are rapidly bringing our eX
ople To these conditions of proper bu- fun
ness principles. Whenever any far n
er can bring his labor or his own
mily to that point that when he gives "o
order, lie can rely with the utmost the
ntidenee and certainty upon its being still
Iolicitlv oUeyed and executed with
/ any questioning Or substitution of
dgemeut, then he can if he he COM mol
tent man, know beyond peradyent- nol
Z that success will in the end be his, Az
d he will be enabled to expand his
siness and not only enrich himself, III
t scatter blessings and comforts 9th
IoDgst those who aid him in coming am
: productions of his brain into real the
d substantial benefits for all. With
/ these conditions no man can sue. arc
ID fully, and will be hsrrassed out of
his life. Ii wer. better for him to in a
Y on the results Of his own personal tim
orts, in Whatever line of action or