The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-03-26

f. kraly. Juhd VI nurrs, Jane : fec E1,,.,,, u
Moores, Thomas L"chury, Ii. Harris Arch p
John :. Webster, lhnnl..S H. Robinson. ! Inv.
renee Mccormick, J. Edwin Wei st,.r u,,,rv
Silver. Visitors Present NJ, ssrs DAVID HIM
way, Robert c. Richardson, j. $. kichardsnr
Nathan Grafton, W. Oliver Hughes, Henry r.
Is. Bruins and rev KERRY = Miller.
The question selected Tor discussion WINS
What can the farmer do to improve the com
ditiuns OF duh times"
MIR. John q. kouse.-''fEe question If dull
times is now ayitating not ,nl, th., r,ru.rr hIt
the country Al Large. uu ,rniuin t4r,tamnu
in any bu,int IS who does not IN ,,n.. tn,, al
iutr. L., the duil times. AsGh,. l:tru.rrl. he'd
upon a> Il, ing The bone and -.new 81 tie COM
try. the producer, the fountain head from which
comes the supply that feeds and clothes the
VIII Die country, II seems to me the farmer fails
to realize the power lie holds in his hands. or
how important factor he is in this great uues-
ton Everyone admits that farm products are.
very low. too cheap To make farming prom
| table but have not farming products cheapen-
| ed every thing else proportionateIy. The
manufacturer is i'll II worse oudiiun than the.
| farmer, because what tie farmer produces is
| sure of IL market. while III" IuHnufartucr h :
an uncertain uIarktt. and often has to sill
| at ruinous prices. How are We then TO yet at
| the Cause of low prices: Must everyone say i,
| is the scarcity CT money Yet money is net
| scarce. but money is high. while everything
| else is cheap. What makes money high: WIN.
| the demand for il. Who creates this demand
| does not the farmer more than any other class
of men create this dcmlnd: Are not IL large
| per centage of the farmers of our county and
state trying TO do more business than their
| calnt,l will Justify. Could they not produce
| and make as much, or more, un one half the
| acres they cultivate; would this not greatly
! reduce the demand for capital. They certainly
would reduce their EXPRESSES, they would re-
| uaire less labor, they would el.!ire less stocf.
| consequent have mere to sell, they won
| have more money and less notes to meet. |
| believe the abuse Of the cr dit system has had
| more TO do with the depressed condition of al
| Iairs than almost any thing else. And this
| ab Use applies more especi.liyto he farmer than
| any other class OF business. cont know any
| busine. that would stand the pressure in this
| line that farming does = farmer Will go To
| public sale and buy corn al 81 to g. % bar
| rel, when he could buy it for cash at $3.50.
| lie gives his not,.. hearing interest at & per
| cent. because lie has ten months IT, pay for it,
IT buys Il farming implement and pays SlnO
for it because he gets years time, when lie
could Gul it for 500 or SO for cash. l believe
when the farmer makes up his mind TO borrow
less money. farm less acres and farm them bet
Ter he will take the first step towards improv-
Tag his cnnd!tion, and when he improves his
condition he will become the icver that will
hep lift the whole country from the bun den of
depl essiUn."
Thomas H. Robinson II do not think that
the farmer occupies exactly the position in
which Mr.. Rouse places him. lie is compelled
t II put his products on market which is Tegu-
lated solely by the law of supply and demand.
When wheat was fifty cents per bmshcl he had
tu raise il III order to secure Il supply OF straw,
&c. do not think the farmers have met the
question as well us they might. If they had
cut down their expenses to meet the decrease
in 'ric,.s. they could have held their own be-
ter than any others Of course there III" diff
rrreat CLASSES of farmers. and bad management
il often attributed to la times. They should
ct!rtail their business and make one acre p:o-
ducr as inu.h us two have done There has
been too much money borrow ed during the
past twenty Years. 1t HI S grown To an alarm
iGy extent. The farmer has no control over the
times. The law of supply AMI demand re- IL
Iates that"
X. Harris Arcier.-"D res not ccnnomzing
cause hard times: Every man must meet
item for himself. No matter whether times
are brisk or duh, We must have the Ecccs aries
of life. Money is not high. 1t is the lack OF
labor which causes dull times
J. Lawrence McCnrmick.-'I believe in
farmers practicing economy, but we now prac
tice it more than others do. Taxes and assess
ments are too high"
Nathan Grafion.-"We must have the same
team and machinery to farm one hundred
n us fifty acres. What can lie done to i'm
prove hard TIM :, is very difficult To su2ge /.
The law oil supply and demand must IT gulate
that
10. Hughes" There is nothing that farm
ers can do TO improve the times. III, are i'm
posed on in every way by those whom they
trust. All legislation seems 10 be in the inter-
est of other cassIs."
Il. II. Archer.-"The, questiep, Is som wJ;at
beyond us. The great peiat iessin. tire asstrl.
button of wealth. AsF6rrcy rLOt sssss(s,s fhe
trouble is that it is Iearded app Tssgtra vSi.4.-
Mr.. Hughes that eveeysenes kii,--. rtTf- yrrr
cannot borrow one hall % me eainount 60t
could three years ago. The f.gspi.ss aregftas-
ing more than thcir-shafe OF tax $"
Rev kerby 5. Mier.-"I have notice ! that
when hard times AFFECT us, II good plan is to be-
gin retrenchment at home and reduce our iiv-
ing below our income. There are different alb
normal conditions in country like ours, but
if we live within our incomes the country will
soon be o. \. If every man should he presst d
by his creditors but very lew could ay lleir
debts"
james +. ECniy.-''We have all argued the
Cause of hard Times, but not the remedy. Let
ryl,..
Queer. the merchant only the Gisposrr. No
class of men live more economically than
farmers. Even the boys WAC remain upon the
farm work on an average sixteen hours day.
man who attempts to buy a farm and gives
mortgage upon it, has t. buy machinery
raises wheat worth one dollar and seils it TOR
nifty cents practices close economy. has to
borrow money, and when the Sc ttling day
comes tie place vi not bring the mortgage
Pro luce will not bring the none and the only
way to get it is to increase production"
+. z. Moores.-''l agree with Mr kcnly. A
poor man on poor farm is truly :. poor indi
vi,iual. Like the yellow dog, every one gives
him Il kick. If any one does economizc, it is
the farmer"
II. Il. BrunS.-"Farmcrs could do many
things which would benefit them. Some are
forging ahead. but too mrny neglect the plow.
Giving work TO the unemployed, no matter low
lit lie. would help the times.
David Hanway.- n Nothing can be done by
the farmer himself. 1t is out of his hands.
The only thing to benefit him is rise the
price of produce. small acreage pays better
for tomatoes than large one"
John Moores.-"Instead of lettering the
community, all he can do is to help himself.
There are some people who will always make
money. As mass, the farmers are in bad
C .ndir0n- This is, however, not their fault.
Their market is cont oiled by 9th, RS
Mr.. b. Howard Hannah, of Baltimore, is cx-
pcctcd to address the next meeting, On the SUI :
ject of Farming in Ehglaud''
Dangers OF the Grin.
The greatest danger from La Grippe is of its
resulting i'll pneumonia. 1t reaSunaine care is
mod In md L,h.L L.rln