The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-05-20

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The following editorial taken from Sundays edition
of the Memphis Commercial Appeal is worthy of the ser
ious consideration of every living agricultural
country
Mr. Mooney is not only of the brightest men of the
age but he is also practical man. He goes out into the
country and studies conditions and gives his observations
to his readers as conditions actually exist
In this particular editorial Mr.. Mooney deals with
subject that vitality affects everyone of u.s. and unless
immediate steps taken to remedy the evil may ex-
pect to suffer the consequences.
Every word that he says applies to Rankin county
And what applies to Rankin county applies to every
county in the state
All this talk about overalls, clubs gngham clubs
barefoot clubs and fasting clubs solving the high cost Of
living is all rot
We not going to be relieved from this high cost
OF living until we begin to produce foodstuff
Supply and demand has always ruled in this market
and Will continue to rule and as long pro-
ducng we mayexpect to continue to pay high prices
Corn today is quoted at $235 per bushe in car load
lots and is hard to get at that price
Before Christmas it viii be selling for SIS or Sc per
bushe.
In five years. unless begin to produce our own iv
ing at hoe people will be suffering for the necessities
OF fe They may have pocket full of money! and yet 90
hungry
the food is not produced it cannot be had for love
money.
There ample time yet for farmers to plant corn and
food crops ...---7~e
Read Mr. MONEYS editorial carefully and see # Vol,
do not agree with him. Look at conditions in your own
community Conditions that prevail in your community
prevail IN every section OF the country People have quit
producing and gone to public works.
Following is the editorial
Went out into the country two trips during the
last ten days They just usual trips We saw usual
sights but some of these usual sights startling
From the car windows few people working IN
the fields. We saw number of deserted homes in the
fields
We made close inquiry to the population in some Of
the civil districts This population large now as
it ten years ago. The number of small children is be-
low the average of the period Of 19OO1O.
Around the negro cabins there not many child
there used be- Around the modest homes of the
whites small child was rare sight
At the end OF one of the journeys met moving
picture promoter and small town amusement impress
aro He showed his pictures and spent the rest Of his
time beWaing the fact that Debs was in Jail and that
some woman was also in jail He insised that the w
WIS misunderstood and that the salvation of this
country rested in tearing everything that and start
ing over fresh with every community sovietzed This
man was producing nothing but talk He had not sprou
ed grain of cor made hoe sharpened an ak or added
anything to the JOY of life during all the days that he v
ed He sincere fellow however and his philosophy
though bad must be tolerated in the interest of freedom
OF speech until he and his sort learn little more
We found another community interested in good
roads These roads will cost about $4,000 mile After
the roads built unless conditions change there will be
nothing to haul on them but automobiles There will be
no farm wagons, because the farmers will either have
moved to town or have gone into the factories in the
North
From the windows Of the train in five towns we
saw buildings going up Three Of these buildings were in
tended for garages One was for picture show.
There is going to be plentiful supply Of garages in
this country in few months Many bright young boys
with few dollars and mechanical turn Of mind are 90
ing into the garage business Formerly boys like these
exercised their mechanical ingenuity in making broken
down moving machines go, in repairing sos and in de-
veopng gin plants.
We belive in hard roads for the benefit Of the pro-
ducers along the side of the road but if the producers a.
long the side Of the road their present tendency
OF getting away the soil for nonproducve work in
the cities the hard road will be about useful rail