The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-03
THE ONEROUS TARIFF.
The Farmer Feels its Worst Effects Great
Evils and Their Remedies.
4uant0 Journal.

perelSGentlys sWOrK& LOT one great rIeglS
latiYe reform ill they secure it, ane
would adopt a few simple economic
measures at home, it would require
but q few: years to secure for us the
highest standard Of good government,
general home comfort and happiness
enjoyed By any people in the world.
The greatest blessing is in store for
us. It's within our grasp. We have
but to put forth our energies and ap-
propriate it. 1t will require strong,
earnest and united effort, but it is
worth the effort and the labor to Sc
cure it, a thousand times over.
The people Of the south are brave,
self-reliant and virtuous in high de-
gree. They have less sel6shness, more
true sympathy for the suffering and
more love :rtheir neighbors and man
kind than any other people in the
world.
Our soil, our climate, our produc-
tions. vegetable, animal and mineral,
are not equaled by those Of any other
country on earth.
We can produce in the greatest
abundance and of best qualify, almost
everything that is useful or desirable.
Wesraise far more than=half the cotton
Of the whole world, and far better
quality than any other country, and
we raise sugar, rice, groundpeas, sweet
potatoes, wheat, corn, rye, oats, hay,
and many other useful products which
cannot be raised in the northern
States, while at the same time we
make every valuable product that can
s5e raised In the north, except maple
sugas and syrup, and we do SO at less
cost, greates profit, in greater abund-
ance and Of better quality.
Fosmore than, ten years / have been
raising three valuable and well ma
%tured crops each year on the same
piece Of land.
II September Isow it in rye for
winter grazing. Wien the stalks
shoot up the foilosiing spring, just as
the heads ale in the boot, I cut it for
hay.
Isthen turn underthe stubbie and
SOW German millet. I sow it very
thick, to make the stalks small, and 1
cut it before it blooms, while the
stalks are tender, and thus make fine
hay.
then turn under the millet stubble
and SOW COW peas. In September the
vines are ready TO. be cat for hay and
! the roots turned undsr, or the vines
5androots all turned ander, as may be
desired, and then sow rye again.
The southern States IRE now leading
the sorld in iron products, selling
them In all civilized countries, and
fixing their prices in the Serld's S mar
:ketsy!
And we have coal and timber and
mineral phosphates in; supply and
4fi : ~ -
quality that no other portion Of the
world can: excel, if equal.
Such is bfief outline Of our natura!
advantages and resources.
H we wisely use these great re-
sources we will be in much better con-
sdition than the people Of any other
country il tthe world.
The things that york to our hurt
and prevent US from realizing the
prosperity and the great blessings in
store for US are
/. The tariff.
2. Our misuse Of opportunities.
The tariff is a hydra-headed monster
Of evil, working out and fastening
upon US more injustice and wrong
than anything else POSSIBLY with one
exception
It discriminates against the poor
and in favor Of the rich. It oppresses
and heaps continually increasing bur
dens upon the poor and those who
labor, and enables the rich, more and
more, to increase their wealth at IN
creasiDgly reduced cost to them.
It is causing the rich to become
richer and fewer in number, and the
poor to become poorer and increases
in number, in inverse ratio, every
day, and every hour.
Itgiyes the man who has money an
unnatural, undue, unjust and wrong
ful advantage over all others, no mat
ter how soberly and uprightly they
may try to live; no matter how indus
trious, economical and ,commendable
may be their habits and department.
Many poor people under our present
unnatural and unjust conditions are
not able to hold their own with all