The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-03

and is what we justly owe, and no
more, as we have to know that our
store bills and blacksmith accounts
are correct before we pay them.
If we could all know just how much
we pay the government, it would very
nearly, if not entirely, put an end to
corrupt political jobbery. Congress
would cease to appropriate money for
anything whatever, not absolutely me-
cessary. Itwould take away from the
president the authority to appoint
coDsuls with big salaries attached, to
great number Of dirty little towns in
Europe and elsewhere. They are use
less expensive nuisances, and the
salaries Of these sinecure oonsuls and
many other appointments, is corrup-
tion found, used for partisan political
purposes, and not to promote the good
Of the country CT The people
And hundreds Of other needless ex
penses would be stopped, if the people
could know how much tax they owe.
and how much they pay An era of
honesty and economy in government
expenditures would be inaugurated.
We are Justly entitled to this knowl
edge. Let us have it.
Now, would like to sec the south
ern people and especially southern
farmers, join in holy crusade to
abolish the tariff! Let us all, with
united voice and determined, resolute
action call upon Congress to wipe it
out
This would give untold relief! 1t
would put an end to monopolies, trusts
and combines, organized to regulate
prices. The country would enter upon
an era Of prosperity and happiness for
all; not for few, at the expense Of
the many! No one would have an
undue and unjust advantage over
another in buying and selling. 1t
would give every man his natural
rights-an equal chance at natural op-
portunities.
The second feature of our disadvan-
tages consists in our misuse or failure
to properly use some opportunities not
yet entirely taken away from us,
which we can still WELD to our advan-
tage.
Cotton growers can improve their
condition by:
l. Raising on the farm in ample
quantity, all needed supplies which
the farm will produce.
2. By making their cotton crop, no
matter how small or how large, clean
cut, actual surplus!
One bushel Of grain, one pound of
meat or forage, or one domestic animal
raised on the farm, is worth two that
has to be bought with cotton.
If the cotton crop is clear, real
surplus there is money in it at any
price.
Recent experiments Of careful, in
telligent farmers have demonstrated
that setting land in permanent pasture
and raising cattle, either for beef, or
for dairy products; or the raising Of
! hogs with hog crops -artichokes,
chufas, pinders and potatoes, GO be
gathered and eaten by the hogs in the
fields; and raising but little corn and
no cotton. pays much better than crops
Of corn and cotton alone.
But if southern farmers would raise
at home all the supplies their farms
! will produce aud make cotton clear
| surplus, we would have ga land Of
plenty" Very few, if any, in the
country, would lack the necessaries Of
life, and hunger and want of shelter,
clothing and fuel would be confined to
the poor in the cities and in the man.
ufacturing and mining centers.
This policy would not bring US to
the full extent, the great blessings
which free trade would insure to all,
but it would make our condition
much better than it now is. It would
bring much Of the relief we so greatly
desire and SO sorely need. Will not
our farmers adopt it?
Let us labor to wipe out the tariff!
AN ENEMY OF THF TARIFF.
Fulton County (near Atltntal. Ga,
April 10, 1899.