The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-08-09
Providence AID the Farmers.

II happens more frequently than scot
| fers are willing to admit th1t provi-
dence takes haud in passing events:
/ and there IS substantial evidence to
show that the farmers OF Georgia and
I The south generally have been made the
benehciaries Of a special inte-DositioG.
IN s2ite Of the hard times in business
and commerce the farmers are blessed
with prospects OF magnificent crops Of
I'll kinds. At The beginning of The sea-
sen tie outlook was not az all propi-
tious. \ late and dry spring is not
usually q prelude to g bCuntifU Weld CT
field crops, but providence, by coming
70 tho rescue, has made it SO this year.
Moreover. the hard times which bear
with such heavy cruelty on those who
do not have the soil and Gods seasons
TO fan back on, have taught the farm
eTs new lessons Of economy. They nave
pinchei here and ouckered there. ANA
pottered yonder until they have learned
70 practically do without money. They
have learned 20 make their farzs self
supporting. They are raising their own
supplies, their meat. their corn, their
forage. They have brought their hand
looms frcm Tie woodsheG, the spinning
wheel frcm the back room.
This means great deal fer the farms (
ers ara their families, but Il does rot
mean much for those Who do not de- !
pend on farming for living. It doesn't /
moan much for merchants and business /
men. 1t settles o great many small /
problems with which the farmers have I
been contenaing. but It doesn't settle /
The great question which presses heavl- I
ccDt that OF the farmers.
iae millionaire can rub his hands
and smile az hard times because H. hos
plenty CT money. The farmer. blessed
with bcuntiful crops, can smile because
his comfort and his happiness do not
depend on money. N fine. TIE farmer
has an advantage over the millionaire.
Fer Dives, or Midas or whatever his
name may be, presently comes to the
nd Of his millions; but the mind Of
nan has never Yet conceived an end to
no rich DEVELOPMENT of the seasons, /
y HIt period to Gods providence.
How often and how earnestly has Tho
Constitution pressed home 20 the minds
I its readers Tie fact that IN tina usiest
4 great crises and crashes the fs-fEs-
Lone Is Independent and superior to the
vents a0d conditions tha1 bring ruin
. business and misery to the multi Z
lde! How often have we warned iler-
aahts and others whose business de-
aus On The STRIP us money earned bv
10 farmers tLat The money question IL q,
31 f3rMe.'s question; that though !,
cry dollar Of geld end silver and ra-
/, IA the world were destroyed. yet me
FHer would Dc g comfortable sus g
iAce out Of the ground; nav. more :
n 4 every line CT railway, every bus 5
eS5 enterprise and every industry ,
ere blo-led out OF existence. the fqr-7 o
Would rot only survive, but would d
Feate and replace themi Of
lAese are facts thar ourht 10 come c,
mo 10 the coascicnCes % tboea who "
2Gina that the demands Tor additions le
Inc FoiEna Of mOney are made ex- es
siveiy in behalf OF the farmers. I'll
ere IS no class which, if forced 10 do h5
aout money, can get along as Won
the farmers. and Yet 1t is absolute r.
essential TO the business Iuen &C ire or
lnlry, ana TO every Industrial enter vi
go tEat the farmers should receive e
iu2uy q healthy surplus Of money "a.
1uelr crops; Tor it is from this sur wl
$ that all trade and business Ga~.t-a II
II strength and substance. II il Nv n,
ms OF this surplus that the condition -
en- We term general prosucr.rv IS ~
gght about
the west the farmers have been a. a.
5ed with good crops. and the wheat -.
NeEs are beaatting 6y the .ac5 thar IF
are tnis ye2r called on to suDa,v e s.i1
worlds demand for that cereal. In loi
soN'n, especially in Georgia. the ans
lefS nave as Inc prospects for bcun- i.-0
crops as We're ever known. Prov SIZE
&c has been kind to them in r,fs
Get and has placed them bavond tta rae
i Of want and privation fb5t ~ fl
ing long and dismal holiday Lei
ng those who have not the ass.r- pcil
OF soil and season to fall bacl, an hiti
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