The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14

| that IS GOOQ Hes dueclu- tiiSit S'tAtlS 40
be too little thought given to discover
what is right at our doors in our very
midst. and especially does this apply to
the people of the south and to the op-
portunities that lie consealed here There
are no conditions in Georgia that should
excuse our people for restlessness u s~-
west or east or anywhere in search .,
better lands or more promising opportml-
ties. Ny greatest hope for the future
of the south lies in her agriculture. and
the neare5 st road to reach that prosperity
lies in having men of money and brains
to turn their attention in this direction.
The soil of the south used to produce In
such abundance till it was a seeming land
Of milk and honey'-anyhow. all old
people know that it was a land Of won
derful abundance. TO get back to this
wonderful abundance 1 would say to those
men capable of great enterprises to cease
their strain on experimental and uncer-
tain lines:
Come join your brains with our hardy
sons of toll
ern SOL.
It only Graves from laggard sons a touch
70 yield the same today and Just az
much.
If men of brains and capital will turn
their attention to agriculture in the south
we will soon have d satisfied people and
a land of such abundance that there
would be no more restless search for
new fields OF endeavor Give up the
planning Of great enterprises at least till
YOU have brought agriculture in the south
to where it should BIZ. 1t is now time 70
plan the making of next years crops IL
is not sufficient that men almost beggars
drift into the country seeking Work. v q
| wanf people capable Of forming great
syndicates in the interest of farming just
| as such syndicates are formed Tor olhe.
pursuits and other developments.
Farmers are now sowing wheat ana
the great majority of them are bouncing
and skimming it in with little oa
"schooters" that bounce at every rock
and clogs ard Skins at every bunch q
crab grass The need IS for men capaDie
and with capital TO harness UP tedhia
with something more than pair -
traces ana a backband. and to provide
| indictments sufficient to pr Ia the gram
as il is in other countries. If the people
ont in tha states so much Dragged on
( were to Try to farm as the average
! Georgian tries, they would starNe
to death without a doubt. The impie-
pents on a farm in The western states
rcnreseut a greater investment than land
| improvements stock and everything mere
in the south There must be an improve
| ment in our methods here OF laFhllil--
and there must be greater effort at mar
ing country homes more inviting IN We
matter Of social contact. The Loneliness
that attaches to a majority Of tenant
| homes must be relieved. 1t WI take
such a revolution in our present methou9
| to accomplish these things that IL We
idle to think Of it without create
amount and a different hahdlihs %
money wish that Georgia had fe"
men in her agriculture as Mr.. Morgan
ie in railroading / know 1t might Dc
rnnonular for a while with some, but
halieva that great combines IN farming
inst as capital is combined in other put
| s,,its is the south's great need 1t Is nov
| ~. season for the preparations tnal wiz
| On to make the crop of l9o4, and It IS u
! 5reatest interest that confronts 1eofs4~
and the south.
MANY peopIe are disposed to canelude
that The great abundance that eXis1e0
here in the south before the war Wa
owing To slavery. The truth is that pow
ertv is slavery and capital IS master IN
all lands and all the time, just as h-uei
so as the slavery OF the south ahc AHC
negro. Slavery then was concentrate
of capital and 1t meant intelligent diiect-
ing with power Of discipline Capita'l9 -
win the right ability could direct and dis
ciplne agriculture now just as Il "aS -
the DAYS of slavery and then there wod-a
be the same great abundance, put man
without means cannot direct the laoof
done
! average farmer of today has to pet ms
labor into remaining on the farm ana
there is mighty little profit IN a man
who has 20 be petted to work In thia
day and time the question Of q payday
plays a very important part. II IS hot
one farmer in ten that can meet the &c
mands of these weekly or even months
pay-days and so the farm hands HE away
TO the public works. If we could get =
few such men as form syndic&tes la
! other pursuits to turn their attention 10
farming they could so systematic ING
thing and direct the labor that the''
would be found such dividends that IN q
few years there would be a grand rush
I for agriculture. The negro cost just
about as much in slavery as the hired
man does now, but he was directed IN
diligently and so came the abundance
/ The truth IS that it IS a wonder how
/ the south has succeeded as well as it has.
| The old masters gave way after the Vai
| and i general Generalization took pos
session. Some poor widows and broken
down soldiers remained and fought
greater fight for the cause of asricui-
ture than they had fought under Lee
but with all that these accomplished and
with all the praise they deserve the
seeds of demoralzed labor and the want
of capital has been with us and it wil
still remain until the brains and money OF
| the land concentrate on farming just as
ii does concentrate in other pursuits
| do wish that all the people of the
south could see the need OF this great
combination OF capital in the interest OF
agriculture. A considerable prejudice
yet remains against such a continuation.
but 1 sure that no such prejudice
would remain when the work of combin-
ing had once shown its advantage. As
for these men of capital, they | think,
would find sweet relief in their work OF
farming. There will De no need Tor
staying awake At night uneasy about how
futures" or stocks or anything viii be
at the next tick OF the telegraph. As
You sleep your crops will grow. your
Hocks increase and the ofdcr The land
the happier the people So may il be,
is my wish for the future
SARGE PLUNNEJ
He'll Pass.
(From The Zel,nIon Jo,+-rafA