The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-08


ply to point out two or three ways
! IN which ii manifcsts itself. Our fed
cral taxation is almost all collected
through methods that bear upon con-
sumption and when we tax consump-
tlon instead Of possession we make
the poor man pay more than his share
and the rich man less than his share
and there has heretofore been a con-
stant drain Of the farms in the mat.
ter OF collecting taxes, and when the
taxes are appropriated and cxpcnd-
cd the money is nearly all spent in
the cities and very little Of it upon
the farms. The farmer therefore has
not only suffered in paying more
than his share to the collector, but
ne has been the least benefited d.
rcrtIy by the expenditure of the
money that is raised. Read the
amounts spent on ships and then fl
cure, If you can, what portion Of
that gets to the farmer.
'Takc up the other large apI,ro.
priatinnS and with the exception of
pensions J. do not know Of any large
appropriation in which the farmer
has anything like his share in pro-
portion 10 his number. These have
been some Of the methods Of discrim-
ination. I believe that with more
Farmers in the councils Of the ma
ton. more farmers prepared to cx.
crt an Influence upon public thought
through the pen and pencil and by
the tongue, that We shall have il
change and that that change will
help to rctard, if not to stop, the ten
drncy now from 'hc farm to the town.
Danger of Concentration.
But what, my friends. is the dan
Ger of the concentration Of our pnpu-
lali"n in the great cities? ! do not
mean to say that the causes that T
hay" given are The only ones that
have tended 10 build up the cities.
\"HrlN everything has contributed
bat these Influences have al. when
N"U trar" them back to ihc cau>c,
been operating. and the fact that the
farmers Influence in Legislation has
not been What il ought to have been
| l. ono of these Influences.
| "Takc lI,r rebates that have built
np great centres and destroyed th"
/ small towns WHY have they been
"lNrm! Because the farmer has not
had Il voice in thc regulation Of the
railroads.
~ believe the farm is the great
| training school and | know thai the
people from the farm have strength
rncd every branch Of business but, ,
my friends. 7 believe as VIC gel away
from the country, as We GET farther
from the soil. We arc less and less
impressed by those great laws Of ma
| turlr that "uGht [" have Il controlling
! Influence in our lives. Man rs he
live; clos" To the soil lives close TO
/ 'i"d. It i easy to inspire regard for
, }'.. trn@',r ~ n}lr Whr .,.- every
Ivy lHe .rl,llworj. of A'uj2Hy and
Iohrr~ rH@aWj> nujd Ike nys'crio~
al natural life. And uu these farms
we have hrru rearing the men an,l
Women whose Influences have lrlpcl
/" keep this country great and Ia
promote the movements which have
for their objects the welfare Of the
world.
"But there Is another reason why
I am anxious that the farmer shall
have n great influence. Aa T have
been studying the causes of evil, as
have been studying the abuses that
need +" be rcmedicd, 7 have found
that the fundamental trouble is &
mistaken understanding Of the law
Of rewards. The farmer. more than
amy one else. is brought into close
l"urh with the divine law Of re,
wards.
"'rhc farmer knows that God has
given him II fruitful earth, the show,
crS that are necessary and tho
warmth Of the sun and the farmc,
knows that if he Is 10 convert raw
material into wealth. II must he by
diligence and by intelligence: anC
the farmer is impressed day by day
year by year. with the idea that hi;
reward is /" be in proportion TO his
MERIT -
PEOPLE THE "MUTTS."
One Of the Reform Papers Of Sar