Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-01
THE GREAT CORN QUESTION.

The question Of raising corn Is
holding the most prominent place
and ranking as the most important
our state to-day. 1t is truly great
subject, and from the general discus
sion that the people are giving 1t,
and the universal study that our far
mers are giving to the Importance Of
this crop and the best and most prof
liable mode Of cultivation. there Is
bound to result great good to the
men who make agriculture not only
a study, but the source Of support as
we'll.
~ recent issue Of the Barnwell
People we find some arguments that
strike us as being peculiarly at vari-
ancc with the real truth Of this great
problem Of advanced agriculture and
modern methods. That paper says:
eve are asked. why have the
newspapers made such to-do over
the 5-year-Old Florence county boy.
Jerry Moore. for growing 22S bush
els and ; pcCkS Of corn on one acre.
while nothing has been said Of grown
Farmer Drake, OF Marlboro who
years ago raised on IN acre a greater
number OF buShclS?'
I'VE answer: The newspapers of
this State. and OF other States, who
have given such natiOn-w praise
and prominence TO Jerry have done
so with the best intentions, yet with
poor and unthinkins judgment.
Without knowing it they have been
innocent yet Ohcdicnt cats paws in
the hands OF mcu and monopolics
who have axes to grind and interests
to lie served, and no hearts in their
boSomS.
"This is the situation as We sec it:
For number Of years there has been
4 constant and increasing omigration
OF Wcll-OM farmers from the Middle
West and Northern states to Canada
These thrifty people. BY the thou
sand, have boon, and arc. selling their
lands at high prices and buying as
good and much cheaper lands in the
Canadian Northwest The value OF
tn" money, stock and household
goods carried by each cmierant fam
ily ont Of the United States averages
three thousand dollars. TO turn that
moving tide into the South is the pur-
pose Of the hidden head centres who
are the plan-make:s and wirc-pullcrs
Of this new reconstruction. The tale
as told to these Northwest rrners is a
tempting one and they may be bam-
hOoZ!Cd into coming South. t.XDcri-
cnco will teach them that only the
bright side OF the picture has been
shown them. They will find out that
though Drake ScoOped the American
AGriculturiSt thOuSand-dollar prize
for his rccord-br@aking crop he quit
&hort-off growing bumper crops be-
cause they cost more than they came
to. They will find also that Jerry
Moore dug up and hauled from other
acres the three hundred wagon loads
OF rich earth that made his one-acre
great crop. They i'll find that
Jcrry's corn cost mo- the making
than it would sell for the market
for feeding and eating uses"
"The prophecy OF the great Gcor-
gla commOner. Alexander II. Ste
phcns, that outside capital would OBJ
tain control OF the railroads of the
South has been accomplished. And
TO support these railroads it is neccs-
sary that the population and products
OF the South be increased, so that
they, the railroads, may be crowded
stanllN moving crowds OF passengers
The second OF the Stephens
prophecies, that Northern capital
would gain control OF the trade cities
or the South, approaches fultilment
and the adoption Of the parcels post
VIII be one OF its finishing touches. a
hl& nail in the coffin lid. And the
third and final prediction Of the wise
Georgian Is involved in this filling IN
OF the south with immigrants from
the North--thc control and owner
snip OF its lands. 1t should not be
forgotten that these immigrants will
come with their Northern ideas.
political. social ana cconOmical-in-
grained, and thai they will be SLOW
20 aSSlmllatc with southern folks.
lhc Individual immigrunt comes with
ms mlnd made up 10 conform to Gus
'oiAS ana I" respect ideals while the
Whpi, Salc migration means boSSism
Should they gain a ma ioritv
ana mastery OF the voting strength of
the state thcrcn be trouble. Com
nnlSory education, il central tax bur-
dcning authority and a whole lot nj
limiting new names will gall u nco-
pie who have been, for generations
their own masters.
Many Of our newspapers have
caught the Infection OF too rapid nm
building. have limited their horizons
to their immediate environments
have cut short their calendars to the
present time, and LEFT out of consjd.
Grafton the fact that they are spoiline
the futures, and closing Che doors ol
opportunity again,J the sons and
daughters OF the men and women OF
the South. -
And are we. then. to close Oul
doors and say to the men OF the
North L'oc, ,nJ NIv,ct ..Au ,r;. l. :,