Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-10
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897.
WHAT is THE REASONP

WHAT is THE REAS0N2
1t is no unusual thing to hear persons
complain about the scarcity of money In
TAzewell County. fit is scarce, what is the
cause? Is it occasioned by general death
Of circulating medium or is it produced by
other causes? If the people of section or
county are larger buyers than they are
sellers for any considerable period of time
the result will be greater outflow than In
flow of currency, and it naturally follows
that in given period dearth- Of money
will be experienced. This, most likely, is
the reason why money is scarce in Taze-
we'll County. Most of the money it gets is
in exchange for agricultural products, and
its surplus productions are of q character
that are marketable only at certain seasons,
covering about five months of each year.
Lambs and wool, cattle and hay are the
money products of Tazewell, and from
those things the county people obtain the
currency which they give in exchange for
manufactured goods and all articles ofmer-
chandise.
In the summer months the lambs and
wool are disposed of and money becomes
more plentiful. In the autumn the cattle
and hay are put upon the market and
times generally get flush at that season in
Tazewell. During the winter months the
receipts for these products are exhausted
in paying for merchandise and things our
people do not produce.
There is one thing which Tazewell County
does not produce in sufficient quantity,
whilst it is perfectly capable of doing SO,
that is wheat. There is an immense
amount of money sent out annually for
wheat and -four that ought to be kept at
home. From gentleman, who is care
full observer and calculator, we have learned
that at least one hundred thousand dollars
were sent from the county in 1896 for wheat
and flour. We expect this amount is
greater than all the profits realized on cat
tie sold that year. How can our people ex-
pect to have sufficient money when there
is such an unnecessary drain upon them?
There are no better wheat lands in the
world than are to be found in most of the
communities of Tazewell. With careful
preparation of the soil and the use of mod
ern methods of seeding, as great yield at
harvest time can be realized, per acre, as
can be gotten anywhere. Suppose Taze
well county had raised enough wheat and
corn in 1896 to furnish the bread it con-
sumed, would not the financial situation
have been better?
This year the same thing is going on that
was experienced in 1896. Thousands Of
dollars are being sent to the West and
other places for wheat and flour and corn
that ought to have been produced in Taze-
well. The mills at this place and at Cedar
Bluff are now forced to buy the grain they
are using from foreign sections. The money
we ought to have has been sent away for
bread and more will have 10 go. This enor-
NOUS outflow is one of the prime causes for
the existing financial distress.
A great many farmers in the county say
they can't afford to raise wheat and corn.
This is a mistaken idea, and one which is
doing more damage than any other one
thing. The indications are that much
larger crop of wheat will be harvested this
year than was reaped in 1896. If this
should be so, we Will ma mucn Detler
condition existing next year. We trust
the farmers will see the situation as il is
and SOW largely increased crops the coming
fall, making our county produce surplus
rather than have it dependent on other
sections for the bread its people consume.
Raise more wheat, raise more corn, raise
enough bread for the county and there will
be less complaint about the scarcity of
money.