Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-12
! = TIMELY I'M Ely PAPER, T,
Urges Farmers to Maintain Their
independence a::ihy4 Raising
.ss g Their: Meat and; Corn
1 y at Home: q .......:. III. !.

iitehings and read beforea recent
meeting Of the White Town Farm
[ers Union. and:is by request pub,
fiiished lin; The, Advertiser for the
benefit of the farmers at. large: -, ].
I ''sTo Brother Union. Farmers and
all others who till The, soil, y. Va !.
Es.Of course, yon all know that ]
am ;Snc no public speaker,,alnd have new
;er attempted to, write anything, to
be read at q public gathering beforel
!, Until a late hour IL, thought, Il
would not be able to meet with you.
Having not improved physically as
fast as [ Ithoped, to find twill be i'm
possible. Therefore, will try to
give you my idea Of things as I see
them. s I'll "a .S!a x i;,Si 81
n: "First@47eWe, will2go back to.19o5,
zoo 'o5, when; the country was in a
very! prosperous condition! ~"
The Gold Bugs seeing this pros
;peritv, what:did they dc? Claimed
that they could foresee "a great pan
ic and for'the lack of confidence in
trade,were afraid Ito let out their
money. 4 They called it all in and
they not only demora1ized business
in the country, but aslotiofsour best
banks had: to close their DOORS
WA s that true? NO, mot a WORD of.
it,. THE same men who were hand
ling the money then had been hand,
ling it before the panic, and are
asked by the same people to handle
it for them now.il'Fhey claim that
money is easy and are. perfectly
isatisfedffor;the banks Of the south
to handle it, begging people to'take
it at lessErate of'interest than ever
before: l::,'!!'N i; ,.ta,i:+@ <
Now, who is this brother farm
er? They: see the front while most
of us are still behind. If. they Keep
their money from us'.;:a Few more
wears we will be AN Independents
people and will not need their
assistance. So YOU see they are do
ing all they cantto get us in their
grasp again. When they set things
the shape they Want,i%,W We will see
ano obther panic. There. VIII be- no
FL
will withdraw their deposits, It mat
tiers not whose home it may take.
Now, with. such experience as we:
have had for'the' past three years,
let us not forget it soon. Do-you
not see the way things are begin
ning.with cotton bringing le cents
perpouhd, bacon rs and corn! ;sl.Oo
per bHshel. Of. course, Che high
price of cotton will cause major
ity Of farmers to plant their best
lands in cotton, neglect their corn
and other crops, buy from west and
northwest, his'iheat;at 90 Eosnts per
pound and corn at 81. so per bushel.'
Then the same men,;wh no are boom
ing cotton now.and are making mil.
lions out:of it, seeing: the; shape we
are in, andiakno#ing that we. are
badly. behind from having to pay:
such high prices for food stnffs,
with a thirteen or fourteen million
bale crop to operate with, will hop
on it and ride down at our expense
as readily and cheerfully as they
carried it up last year. They are
not respectefs of persons, money is
what they want and must always
a new year:is on us. Now is
the time to begin to apply the rem:
edy. Let every man see if he: can
not have some of that 90 cents
meat, and 81. so bushel corn for sale
in the fall of 1910! IF we will do.
that the victory is: ours At this
time YOU will find but few farmers
who can grow this crop without
having to bug the high priced bacon,
and corn. The farmer should be
the one who; is benefited by, this
highpriced food stuff. But such is
|;notsthe case,in:; this section.% We
are Kicking at the other fellow 'whenE
we need a good round of kicking
ourselves. ';;s.ss ~ z y. =,
HtI have one moreIrequest to make
Everyone begin today to make an
itemized account of all his trans
actions of the year 1910. 1nclud-
Ling, what. he pays out for labor,
buys or sells. AT the close of the
year balance up your accounts and
see just what you have done. l ex-
pect Chat most of you will find that
you had better change your method
of farming or go work for some
man for wages.
There are a great many more
things j would like to say, but fear-
ing I will worry Your patience l
will close, wishing you all q happy
New Year ~. &
-: "B. ID. Kitchines."
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