The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

TO OIlc1diS OF the government IeSluiiiS
in these cities and for harborS, ter
minals and other improvements 1t
may be true that the government Is
under the necessity of furnishing
these advantages to the cities ana
not TO rural districts because by 50
doing a greater number of the popula-
ton is conserved, but the fact re-
mains, greatly to the advantage of the
one and to the disadvantage of the
other.
The Stability of the Republic De-
mands II.
But l maintain that, for a stronger
reason, the government must lend
money on farm lands and that is in
order that a majority Of the voters
shall be interested in the soil.
The machinery of our government
is so delicately adjusted and requires
SO much of intelligence and virtue in
it's management that When ~flfty-One
per cent of the voters become care
less and Indifferent to republican in
stitutions, the republic itself will be
in danger. Our duty is plain. We
should restore the equilibrium between
city and country. Back to the Farm"
should be no idle phrase. The I'M
happy condition of the governments
of Europe, as their soldiers rush into
battle at the Whim of an Emperor,
Ca or King while the masses of the
people suffer and die should give us
! occasion to inquire if we fully ap-
preciate our country and if we are
jealous in her behalf and if we are
doing all that we can to make her
free institutions perpetual and uni
versal.
DR.. Hill on Scientific Farming.
| When DR.. D. H. Hill ASKED me what
would be the subject of my address,,
L told him the backwardneSS of Amer
lean agriculture. NOW" said he,
don't o get down in the mouth on
this subject. We have just begun to
pay attention to scientific farming in
the United States INC in a few years
we will excel Europe in agriculture
as in everything else" 1 trust that
we may, but in order to do SO, it
is necessary to make country life at
tractive and to carry the comforts,
~conveniences and ADVANTAGES of the
town into the country districts.
This brings me to the important
part OF what l venture to say to you
this morning. To make country life
attractive there must be more money
cheaper money and longer time money
for the farmer.
When little Pau Domby turned his
old, old a to his father and said
What is money father?" the mer-
cenary Domby, ST., replied with a
wy Yin III L o0As SdI
do anything" MI. Domby was mis-
taken. Money cannot do everything
But without sufficient money people
cannot be comfortable, and SO my frs
observation is this, in order to make
country life attractive and in order tt
hold the people upon the farms, it il
essential that they shall have sufficien'
ready money to foster cooperation
and to build an ideal community
homes with running water, electric
lights, illuminating gas, good roads
churches, efficient schools, tele.
phones, horses, automobiles, 'lectur,
1 halls, theaters, daily mails, newspa
pers and circulating libraries. Tn
question is how car this money b.
The South Not Yet Ready for Coop
eratiye Banking.
s L have read all that has been sal,
y said or written on the subject 0
= agricultural credits; the report Of tn
S United States Commission; the repor
American Commission, and the mi
nOrlty report; the proceedings of tn
e Senate and House joint committee
6 charged with the investigation Of rura
credits, the debates in Congress-, tn
Fletcher BILL" and the various Othe
pending bills, including the final wor
: on the subject, as set forth in tn
It "Hollis-Bulkley BILL nor have l fail
. w hiNSotISalC lllS SySteIIl Ol CICUll
o existing IN Germany, France and Othe
W European countries. AS to the Who'll
matter, l give my opinion with hes
;e fancy and with becoming mOdesty
truSt), hat the machinery of the var
Gus bills pending in Congress seer
% TO me too intricate-certainly for OF
southern people. AS to the Raiffeise
system. by which a dozen or MOI
1T farmers go into cohoot" and on the
N joint notes and credit borrow lars
sums of money OF long time and
al a low rate of interest for their SCI
w eral farming operations, L feel Qui
t. sure that this will not suit the gent,
e. of North Carolina farmers. 1 wou
n not advise any friend of mine to s
in into such an enterprise, whereby
e. might lmperil his estate for the ben
es fit of another.
c. Different Sections Require Diferen
Financicring.
On In dealing with his complex que
he ton, we must remember that cond
tiOnC in tho South p 6ifforont fro