La Junta tribune., 1910-04-09

sluultu n lt" uDOmsnls anu
was at loss to answer. We'll" he
said, Il know farmer who wanted
TO borrow &65 for six months. He
went TO the bank and put up. to Sc
cure his note, SIS in gold" ! think
| would like 10 run a bank In Ar
kansas. II the borrowers all put up
such collateral Another Arkansas
| fellow traveller came into a bank one
day and, after looking In every direc-
ton to see that he was not watched.
thrust his hand down into his pocket
and brought out Just $3.50 In gold.
saying to the banker. Il guess III
1 Just risk this stuff with you. 1, Is
not my whole pile; 1t is Just a half
but seed feller. metal witch.
round my place tother day and |
Jest got little afeard he might
find where | kept my money. so here
ii is. don't think I'll lose It all
now. anyhow"
1 When wrote my last letter said
| had seen pine forests with trees
/ from six to twelve inches In diameter
growing on old and abandoned planta.
tions where the burrows are still
plainly visible Since then l have
seen several pine forests growing on
these old abandoned plantations
where the trees are more than two
feet In diameter. some of them hav-
ing been cut for the saw mill. A
strange feeling comes over one as
he drives through these forests, and
there comes to him picture OF what
once transpired where now grow In
dense woods these great. somber pine
Where now Is the planter who once
ruled these little Kingdoms with the
pomp. the pride and the luxury OF
the wealthy Shareholder Where is
the mansion. the fine stables. the
cotton gins.the congresses. and where
are the niger quarters. where the
niggers played on the bahjo. sung
and danced, Where are the nixgers
who shaved and sweat and suffered
with the lash and stood upon the
auction block-where are they and
where are all these thinxs and these
times7 The niger and the mule and
the little seven inch plow furrowed
this land and cultivated the cotton
htts
not as a slave. They are all gone
and there Is probably none to tell
the tale or point out the spot What
might one see could he s,And In the
midst OF one OF these plantations and
see and behold and hear what was
then uanspiring. a, this very hour.
seventy or eighty years ago. Such
a panorama would be worth seeing.
no doubt. and would be full OF inter.
est
The boil weeyll Is certain To change
the face Of this fair land. the indus
tries. the crops and the manners and
customs OF the p-ople-in short. tn.
civilization OF this country. There
are other causes contributing to this
ohange-the discovery OF oil and gas.
the building of manufactures. the
saw mills. tn. railroads and the won.
derful commercial growth OF the coun.
try. But the boil weeyil is certain
TO break up these great plantations.
for the cotton crop Is the only crop
that can be grown successfully In
this country on large plantations. To
diversity the cropx as Il done through
out the north and west requires the
brains and the hands OF the farmer.
a personal contact and management,
In every field and every crop. ~ each
particular crop muss be- managed In
different way. In many different
ways. In order 10 reach the highest
success. This can not Be- done on
grand scale with Aigh success.
H~ncc. this land b worth two o.
three or even four uoss - much 70
The ANAL farmer tAaa To the PLANTER.
The land will become too valuable to
b. owned By the planter. % that be
will surely vt 20 bis srces lasAe1
estates and iavest Ais noaey II oshes
lines wAefe Il vm earn more peoeit
and II lsss troebls. We w1l see Il
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