The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01
Farmer Jones Learns a
 LesSon and HosD fo Sspear

r0Fnaer Jones Le0vns q \
 LesSon and f7ow to Stpear on . regent gent night say about the first of Farmer Jones sat quietly thinking. in. . rent and sober; And as his mind on faraine in r.trosr..
 ne ret sadly that one lesson 'till now he And that the success which ahnuid h.,. crowned his labor Aiasi Was lacking-tho' 1t came to his iarming neighbor. So. in accents subdusd, he thus with him For he needed comforting and his heart was all attuued; AS ne tnSusht of short crops and his notes With not dollar to pay them, his bank Threatening to sue. Fhefe meyer was farmer with troubles more
 As thus to himself his thoughts he
 sadly expressed. Now haven't I worked all this vear as
 naFd as could do. And tried to make a cotton crop along Aet what have I got to show? Not a dime
 For 1..s $., the .ns lick: ;.Ir Y: hit for all this I've come out like many othsrH. sf he 'Tit- le end of the horn. ~~S~@0NE T a q daFned sight too much cora. Now jus. s,I loGs s.,,, st my next anor nsishsOr
 Farming here at my sids; he's sot 30 more grit
 Than have about worEins--in fact. he atn't got much. Xet he's making money on everything he seems to touch. He's got money in the hank drawing inter- | esf--that know
 And every year ho adds to tAis pile . Thousand or so. Tn my mind used to charge him with book farming (Iike a fooI)
 But gsagnsd if ain't wishing now that Fer I'm tired of doing the things the same old way--rve had my fnl--
 and farm ns now W jnas Satnh ike % Eill .a0'i's | He never buys a buBheI of corn. much lees the bacon he uses; He never asks for credit. yet holds his cotton.-selis when he chooses. called on him this very day found him down at his hog pen;
 Geei I couldn't help feeling sheepish '. when I peeped 1n,
 fed on the corn he grew,
 And all ready for the killing as soon as the weather would do. Even now. visions of sausage, backbone. spareribs and the like
 Haunt me so sorely that my stomach ts nearly on Btrlkes Bill had pity on me. for he knew how
 And said not a word. but in sood hu- nor dealt: @ Just ss.if he didn't often see my 'rasor
 And knew quite we'll they were too
 poor to even make tracks, For the truth vas I had no corn in my And. my chance was mighty slim for a a fat spare-rib. Says Bill to me. .Tsv growing corn aIvavs
 raise some hogs, you see,
 And that means too that T live at
 home and have the greatest plen- My cotton is surplus crop; fin this my suc- cess lies No success comes to the farmer who his corn and meat buys. know you have laughed at my book But won't you agree. friend Jones, that 1t paysT"
 Don't you know" says he, 'that the farm CTS have quite gone wild Trying to Erow high priced cotton. when Could tell them easily this plan wouldn't do.
 Just think of thirteen million bale crop. And 1t being forced upon the market in No wonder the prices go down and the farmers can't make 6 dime" Says he Tt may do good. as to prices. to Hold conventions and biuff like thunder
 In a big pow wow;' Yet the stubborn fact remains and common sense should teach 1t We can't hold the cotton crop. however.
 we may preach It. Unless the banks all set together and agree They viii change the dates on the
 promises ts pay" ''Now. Jones, according to my way of
 thinking. let me say
 The way to hold prices up comes in
 quite another way, Every farmer should at first live at home The corn he should grow each year,
 for there's no denying We could then hold all our cotton just as
 long as we please.
 And demand a tweve-cent minimum and
 get it with ease" The way Biil explained all this just took m" off my feet
 For ] knew he .., wss ,..r rlght and felt as So Tn. sitting here tonight and thinking u This living at home" ides. which
 means living in ciover; And I've thought if the South this lesson
 would only learn
 How quickly indeed, would prosperity .s toward us turn. have thought, too, that the cotton farm
 era of our Southland
 Have gambled long enough. and Reason
 should now take stand.
 the past hold their sway
 And the mania Of twenty cent cotton
 steal our willing minGs away; Nh longer would prevail 'get rich quick"
 idsas-tWould be forgotten;
 And we would heist on high tne pan
 neF, Make the Surplus Cotton" As for myself what ever others may do to
 work out of debt,
 puo woina 10 leave the "ail cotton farrn-
 err to fume and to fret; I'm going to commence corn growing s-tA- Williamson. , <.
 Pm going to ralse' fat porkers--as
 farmer Britt has done .,,-. I'm going to hold surplus cotton-Whleh
 rye never done before;
 I'm going to swear to do all thiS' eiSe
 I will farm no more ~
 --(W. E. g., Tallaasee, Ala)