The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-06
STATE FARMERS UNION NEWS

more than half Nearly all the book
Keepers would lose their jobs Half
the clerks would be discharged. Mr.
Kanouf would be one of the. salesmen
to lose HIS job or his territory would
be more than doubled to take the
place Of some other good man who
would have to seek other employment.
None of these men could get work as
carpenters or builders, for these
trades would be discharging men.
They could not get work on the freight
trains, for the railroads would have
to lay off their crews part of the time,
Owing to the scarcity of travelling
statesmen and other travellers some
passenger trains would be discontin-
ued. Those clerks, bookkeepers, sales-.
men, masons, carpenters, etc, could
not even get Jobs as section hands
for fewer trains and lighter ones
would mean less repair to tracks and
road bed and section men would be,
laid Off to still further increase army
OF the unemployed
What could they do? I am afraid
our friend, Mr.. Kanouf and his friends
would have to try taking up some OF
the uuimpToved lands that are such
O source Of annoyance to our worthy
commissioner OF agriculture, and the,
progressive boards OF trade of our
cities, aided and abetted by the edit.
lors OF our metropolitan dailies who
are clamoring for Belgian farmers to
show us Eatiyas. how 10 farm. Me-
thinks by the time unr friend he1fi
cleared q piece of land grubbed, and
drained 1t; built modest settle.
ment| iousht stock and Implements,
seed and Fertilizers. even IL he did
not use anything but ground lime
stone and legumes to put, his land I'm
shape Tor cotton and corn, that he
would want not 10 or ;15 cents for HIS
cotton, but 20 or 25 cents, and he
would tell hig many advisers to mind
Itheir own business, he sWouid- geIi1
when he had q profit, or they could;
take itsfrona him by forces.
: II there were no credit .prodtrctipns
would be so reSticted that In spitef
LOT these acceesiois to the ranks or
tho faftnersseyery farm product would.
| be higher and the Farmers who would
| ba prepared TO farm as W6 ouhns
lswonld be mclover9 What grind:
thing 1T would ibes fors the farmers if.
the merchants would only axe MR.
iKanouf's eedviee. While the swarrns:
OF people who would he thfown out
! or eInrhoynsant were wrestling win
tie problem Of snhdnein e nature 70
make hsomething to live on and to.
fseil out OF the soil. scmetinlessa a, most
N d ssJiii 5oiii. GFeati
because 1t would at one stroke CT the
pen emancipate us from the burdens
OF supporting ssos many Denple VINO
fprofit by our unbusinessIike methods.
| Yes, 1t would be great for 0s Fafter;
these whom se ynow support became
four comp titofs, bacaus6 with DYER
thead charges scut mA ne than half,
4 those who remained Ii, the mercantile
business would ashe sahlei TO give t,ss' 81
/ t3oliarss worth OF goods forsS q ddilar,t
instead OF iiftys cent ts u s6rs aof GOODS
| And fifty cents ,sgnrta Sf service as fs
the case now. In the declaration of
puposes OF the "a a II 81 Union is "To
apclssa the sssdit asssa 40 Sc ssa E5rs-
( ,tFle
fright hand OF feilnwBhip a. the best
tahgiitionis OF my acquaifif fafEe.
duee q Bill Cd niis lSe le q iiEia aenieanor'
for aiiy liant or salesman 10 s6li
lany article from newspAper sal5sSfip
j tons To ctsna plowe On credit and,
| Igur friontis and advisors sScuId head
the lobby et1 sprutesE against amy surfI
| restrictive saW. = II womb tiiifs buGi1
Ensss.s z ~ sstt ssk - sf GO ;s,es
Fonal liberty, the Fi6 III. TO do business
according 50 the dictates OF each
hans consti izaee, etss.s Aiitfs the biii
and Its iauslQF Wptsi d ht siiot tSeti ftirft
1 Der by tlle 6lests al the Snef Ehalifa
! " slf6ta st Isl MD 60 to- ffAteet from
that Iaost nnldssir irable citiEen ne de-
! iinquent subscriber and the farmer
3Rke viii NIT seil 8 his aett0st Z A.S ar,s
l Did price 10 pay kis a iebtz
That tie cresii sgsta tafns hpa been.
i lbrofit4hle TO the nefchasiss < Is eyf-
Fenced By the piitlbss 0f plsn fn tine
ibaercantile buAiness and the number
/ ksao have bongk iaida. yentnre the,
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