The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1915-12-23

are all of the negative opinion. The.
are using poorly the judgment the.
ought to have in the top of the hea'
where the brain is supposed to be
They farm from the nose down" AM
get about $1.00 or perhaps $3.50 ;
day. They who farm from the mos
up" get-oh, their income is almos
unlimited in comparison to the other
OF which class are you?
A great number of the farmers have
already begun farming from the 'nose
up" and the men, who are making tbs
speeches that win deliver the South
are of the opinion that all farmers will
eventually farm from the nose up
And Of course they are right, for the
true Southerner will never let the
North take the South's wealth as long
as it is in his power to interfere. This
spirit was demonstrated in the sixties,
but the method of objecting in the
sixties was for the most part, by phys
ical strength. The method of the
present day is also by force, but by
intellectual and economical force. And
we are bound to win, for the North
has no way to fight US.
The S0uth's Advantages.
In the South we have much the adj
vantage of the North. Land is cheap
er and so is the labor at the present
day. We are not hampered by harsh,
terrific and lasting winters. In their
stead we have what you might call
winter that puts pep" into you. You
feel like working. And just when you
are getting little tired Of winter,
along comes spring, as if at your re-
quest. And not only is the climate de
lightful to live in, but it also renders
the raising of animals and
Concerning the animals,
costly barns do not have to be built
FIR their profession, AS to the xere-
tables, we have longer growing sea
son for them than any other part of
America Also the clear streams and
the abundance Of rainfall make the
South an admirable place for raising
stock. Is it thus in the North? No.
In that country, besides having to
build expensive barns, they have win
,ers that oft times freeze or starve the
stock off. They have to make provis-
on for watering the stock on account (
If the streams freezing over. Nor is
heir growing season as long, nor can
rs great variety of crops be grown.
As their winter is longer they can not
pasture the stock nearly so long as we
an. Thus their expenses are more I
han are ours.
The South to Blame.
No wonder that they have devised
'ay Of getting our money North. They
would be poor compared with us if we
lid not thoughtlessly permit them to
AIRY off our money. The natural OBJ
tacles of the North are distinctly dis
advantageous. Not so with ours.
Notwithstanding the advantages If
he South, it is known fact that we
re much poorer than the NOrtherner.
'or example, let US contrast Missis-
ippi and Iowa: The average wealth
f a person in iowa, including the boys
md girls from ten years up, is $3,3s6. I
does that hold true in NJ ssissippi?
70. Our average wealth is 1902. Just
ne-tenth that Of an Iowaian. In
owa, too, did you know that the farm
rs own 85 per cent Of the bank de-
osits? f they were to draw out their
money, every bank would go broke
'efore night, but if the farmers Of
were to draw all their
money out of the banks, you would not
now they had been to town.
How the North Got the Money.
And where did the money come from
hat made Iowa rich and where did the
money go that impoverished Missis-
ippi7 t went from Mississippi to
owa. Then you want to know why
t went to Iowa. And the answer is,
because Iowa sold as food The COM
llete story is this: We sold them our
otton n order that we might buy
God We have to get food where it
5 raised; it wasn't raised in the
iouth; 50 we had to send our money
ack North for food. The wise North
rner charged US just about what he
sd paid Us for cotton. Of course ne i
Eft Us enough to get out starr On the
ext year, Il backed up" By a mer-
liant, SO that there viii be a next
ears crop for him to take from the
soughtless southerner-and pu. more