The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-13


The address delivered before the Geor-
gia state Agricultural Society at Tybee by
President j. Pope Brown will be read with
interest and may be pondered with profit,
by all classes Of readers. His position
with regard to the mixing of politics with
the affairs Of the society is unassailaole.
Politics is the rock upon which more
than one welI-intentoned farmers organi-
zation has struck and gone TO pieces Il
is not necessary to name names; there
have been examples of too recent date TO
require special mention being made Of
them by way OF Illustration. The farmers
will. as a matter of course, and as they
ought to- continue to take active interest
in political affairs, but if they value the
power and influence for good of their
state agricultural society. they win not
permit it 10 be attached to the tail of
anybody's political kite.
President Brown had good deal to say
about the trials and tribulations which
beset the farmer but he is not pessimist
On the other hand, he is satisfied that the
energetic and economical farmer has con-
stantly been improving his condition, and
that he will continue to make the times
better for himself and his family 1t was
President Brown who said some time ago
that the condition of the Georgia farmers
was better than had been the case in
twenty years, and that he would be hap
py TO have guaranteed to them their
present prosperity for twenty years to
come. Touching upon the farmers i'm
proved condition in his address. President
Brown pointedly, strongly, drew attention
to the fact that the southern farmers
have worked out their own prosperity
without the paternal care of either the
federal or the state government. That, we
take it, is one of the best points in the
address, and one of the highest comph-
ments that can be paid to the ener-
seuc and self-respecting tillers of the soil.
While other interests have gone begging
20 the general government for outrageous
protective duties on this product or on
thaLsthe farmers have devoted themselves
to4taer fields. determined 10 succeed or
fad upon their merits. The outcome is
that they have placed their business upon
an enduring, healthy, independent basis,
ana they are not beho,den to anybody
for it.
II is gratifying to note President
Browns position with regard TO corpora
tons While he does not knuc5le one
fraction of an inch TO any of them, he is
in favor of treating them fairly, and not
as if they We're Ishmaelites against whom
every mans hand should be turned The
railroads and the banks, which some poll
ticians delight to assault are not enemies
of the people, but are the agencies and
conveniences of the people, and deserve 70
be encouraged In every legitimate manner
The farmer is getting closer to the
banks" said President Brown; The lives
more at home" It is a good thing for
the faTmer TO get close to the banks. He
learns that the average banker is not the
money shark which the demagogues
have declared him to be, and that all
banks are not virtually gold mines to the
people who run them. 1t is to be observed
by the way, that the AUTHORIZATIONS cry
is becoming distinctly less vehement. The
people are getting better acquainted with
them, and are learning that there are, af-
ter all, a great many really good corpora
tons which are beneficial to the masses.
and that the demagogues cry against
them is very often merely for the purpose
of getting something for himself.