Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-03-10
Various Ideas from "Abe. /"
Editor News.

Editor News:
l like your paper because any one of
average intelligence may express his
opinion and you have done better, You
have allowed me to loot my simple
self out of breath more than anyone.
have read some of Uncle Tom s.
latest with delight, as he fully repre-
sents the truth of the situation. /
know personally several men who
would be on the farm today if they
co uld rent land and a house fit to live
in at a reasonable rent, but such is not
the case. fl you viii point me to a
farmer who has a dwelling on his
farm to rent or for tenant, will
show you DIR. Cooks North Pole, and
when you ask one to rent some land
and he says yes, you may look for him
to show some old pasture field which
has been in pasture because he wanted
to kill some sassafras sprouts, and if
there is few places in the field yet
strong enough to grow persimmons and
briars and it covered with them, I'll
bet my best spcekled hen he wants you
to give him two-thirds and put the
corn in his crib and maybe husk and
shell it. and he will tell you you must
not have any hogs or stock of any kind
except a COW and you must keep her
in pasture, paying 81. 90 or $3.50 for
same per month, and yet you see them
on their church days, take their little
bundle of Sunday religion and the 25c
which they cheated widow woman or
an orphan child, and hand it to some
dude who don't know wheat bran and
has been reared and taught that he
was far superior to any man who is a
laborer. and don't care darn for any
thing except your pennies to enable
him to wear fine clothes and have
high time with the over religious sis
ters. Pooh Judas was credit to
UGH. Christ taught the reverse of
what the average so-called christians
teach now. / have sat in protracted
meetings and heard them call to sin
ners to come to Christ when thought
they, the preacher, should be coming
some himself
If the farmers who have more land
than they can cultivate will say to the
public, will rent you good land for
one half of what it produces and fur
nish stock and tools, or for one third
and the tenant furnish the above him
self and allow him to keep any stock
he wishes, you will see this country in
a prosperous condition in short time
and not until then. But the farmer
says, "No. ! can't do it, my taxes are
SO high" Well. this brings on more
talk. Why are taxes so high9 Well,
says one, / don't know. Why, don't
you know, are you deadf Had you
ever thought that it took about 800. 900
men to attend to Uncle Sans business
at wages ranging from $500 to $40, 900
a year, leaving the great standing
army yet unpaid and saying nothing of
Rivers and Harbors Appropriations,
and interest on bonds. but. la, me!
we We got started and can't stop. 1t
reminds me of an old negro who was
trying to hold mule. The mule
started and the further he went the
faster, until the old negro was doing
all he could to keep up. He was trav-
cling about Is or 90 feet at every step
and approaching some bystanders who
were watching the performance, the
old negro yelled, Lookout, we're
coming" The old negro might have
held the mule if he had tried in time,
but he got the start. This government
| is in the same fix. "Abe"
Clifty, Tenn, March Q, 1910.