The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-11-05
The Great Necessity Of Living at
Home.

Home.
After three years Of constant
travelling in Mississippi, and
making a close observation of
the condition Of the people and
of country life, / have come to
reolize more than ever, the i'm
portance Of living at home,
making home self sustaining,
and a more rigid enforcement Of
the laws Of economy among the
agricultural people.
Wealth is not acquired by hand
labor; by hand labor wealth is
produced but without applying
economy the producer is not the
recipient of his own labor but
some one else. therefore we need
to apply with this labor economy
and good judgment. Extrava-
gannce is not only imopoverish-
ing the people but the govern
ment. It also gives all ad-
vantage to those who do econo-
mize in as. much as the wealth of
the country becomes centralized
in the hands Of a few, and he
that has wealth finds it easy to
increase that wealth but that he
who has money must work for
what he gets. So we find that
through extravaganza that mil
lions Of people have been slaves
to the few who have saved their
earnings.
It is a common thought among
our people that a gentleman or
lady who dresses the finest is the
one who is most honored, hence
the man without means has tried
to compete with his neighbor
who has means, and in so doing
has lowered the standard of his
credit and given his creditors all
the advantage of him, therefore
we should never live beyond our
means, it is better to wear pants
that are patched than to wear
fine clothes and have a mortgage
on your h ONE, and your priv
leges taken from you. You may
walk the streets with your fine
clothes on and feel like a Wander
bilt, but when your creditor pre-
sents your bill you will look like
you have stolen a sheep.
1t is hard to make an empty
sack stand upright so let us fill
our sacks up at home boys with
bacon, corn, oats, syrup and all
the necessities of life, stop the
recording clerks fee, live at home
and be just what we ought to be.
The most independent people on
earth, as it stands now we are
the most independent. This in
my judgment is the only solution
to this problem.
The Farmers Union will be
poWerless in aiding people who
will not help themselves, men
put off Investigation and buy on
credit like the old sinner puts off
the day of repentance until it is
too late, he has to render an ac-
count and finds he has spent a
life in sin and degradation, dies
without a friend, fills r sinners
grave and meets just God with
out one plausible excuse for his
carelessness. So it will be with
the man who buys on time with
out thought of what the end may
be, finds himself in an old age
distressed Of home, his future an
ticipations destroyed, his children
uneducated and all the hopes of
his youthful days destroyed by
credit, that system which has
not only destroyed individuals
but nations.
Every man and woman must
remember when they waste their
earnings in fine dress that there
will come a rainy day in their
lives, and by saving a few pen
MES they may be fortified and
may not have to suffer so much
for their own carelessness; God
speed the day when the people of
the south will no longer consider
cotton their God. but will look
out after the little things that
make life worth living, by Titles
the wealth Of the earth is dug:
from the mines, the gold and
silver, the ocean is made up Of
tiny drops. If we look after the
little things of lifes the big
things will care for themselves.
So brethren of the farmers
union as one who loves the cause
ane one who has spent about
three years of his life fighting
for you, studying very closely
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