The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-19
The Farmer Feedeth Ali.

Record is muCn encouraged NY IAo
present industrial prospects Of the
country, and particularly with the
situation on the farm. 1.-THE most
remarkable fact in our business his
tory" says the Record, lis this
amazing progress fn agriculture
the present crop condition indicat-
ing that the agricultural products
of the United States the current year
will aggregate in value SS,30O,eOO,-
900, or more than $500,o00,O00 in
excess OF the value of the crops in
1908, and nearly $400,000,00O in
excess of the value Of the crops Of
1907.
"The farmers of this country are
enjoying greater prosperity than was
ever known before by the agricul-
tural interests of this or any other
land. During the ten years
fuom 1880 to 1890 the value of farm
products averaged only about one
per cent the year, or S25O,0OO,OOo
for the decade, or only about one
half of what the increase in the
value Of the present years agricul-
tural crop will be over that Of 1908.
Since 1900, the aggregate value Of
the farm products Of this country
has been about $685. 100000, or
more than twenty times as much as
the combined capital of all the
national banks in the United States"
"Yet," says The News and Cour-
ier, lit is most remarkable TACT
that the farmers who have created
this vast wealth have been COM
PEELED to dance attendance upon the
Interests, and to depend largely for
the success of their work upon the
favor. Of those who regulate the
prices. and establish the economic
policies of the country" The News
and Courier might have gone on and
called attention to the fact that the
Manufacturers Record, which is now
Growing so loudly about the pros
perity of the farmer, in the last
election supported the party that
compels the farmers who have Great
ed the vast wealth to dance atten-
dance upon "the Interests" So
the farmers are succeeding in spite
of the Record and it's party.
We are told further by the Record
that with the tariff out of the way;
with magnificent crops, some har-
vested and some practically assured,
the decks have been cleared for ac-
ton" The situation is undoubted-
ly encouraging, but, as The News
and Courier says, "the tariff is not
out of the way, and will not be out
of the way until the welfare of those
who make the crops shall receive
equal consideration in the legislative
policies Of the country with those
who manipulate the crops" The
Record knows that the farmers Of
this country are plundered out Of
millions Of dollars each year by the
tariff law for the benefit Of the man
ufacturers in whose special interests
it is published, but it does not care
for that, so long. as they make big
crops and allow them selves exploit
ed by "the Interests" whose special
champion the Record is.
AS The News and Courier says,
1--WE boast over much of the great
extent of our territory, and the
wonderful prosperity Of our manu-
featuring Industries, and the enor-
nous resources of our capitalists,
but in our legislation and in the ad-
of our affairs we fail
to regard the interests of the peo-
pie who plant and sow and reap; the
only people in this country, and the
most prosperous people in the coun-
try after all, who have never re-
ceived from the Government any
aid in the prosecution Of
their work" This is all true, and
would sound a great deal better If
The News and Courier would give
it's loyal support just before election
to the only party that will, if sue
cessful, regard the interests of the
people who plant and SOW and reap"
and which will pass such legislation
as will protect them from the plum
derers who now rob them through
the operation of the tariff and other
unjust laws.