The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-08-05

as has been encountered in other
communities which are almost de-
void of this God-given productive
soil, and which have had to be
built" before success of the in
tended crops could be attained
Paris is a more logical marketing
center than can be found anywhere
in the western section of the state,
located almost centrally on railroad
lines which reach directly all of the
markets which could be supplied
from the yield of the crops in pros
pect, other crops have been market
ed quite successfully from this point,
and the possibilities of the venture in
prospect are greatly enhanced in this
feature by the assurance of the sup
port of the two railroad lines which
serve this county.
Such a digersification of crops and
reversal of the system of money de
pendence from the produce of the
man on the farm means absolute
independence for the man who de
votes his attention to the growing
Of truck for the market. 1t means
the assurance of the income where
heretofore it has been q matter OF
speculation from the time the crop
was planned till the time it was
harvested, with disappointment us
TALLY in the saddle at the finish.
There was never more opportune
time for the launching locally OF
such an organization there was
never time when such proposition
should be more cordially welcomed
~ the farmers of this county than
the present, coming as it does when
the money crops and farm products
have found a lower market level
than for several years, and when
the seasnos have been so adverse
to the production of anything APP
rroaching normal yield. Consider
ing this, the proposition is fraught
with possibilities such as go to
make it the greatest opportunity
that has ever come to the farmers OF
this county.
A market for such produce does
not have to be sought is already
established, and the returns received
by the producer are not so nearly
subject to the dictates of a combine
of buyers as the average heavier
farm productions. The price obtain
cd for truck produce is and has
always been based upon the law of
supply and demand, of which the
former has never been equal to the
latter, therefore the remuneration to
the producer can be arrived at IN
comprehensive manner without
having to figure on market and
combine reverses.
The Partisan mas long been ar
advocate of diversification in the
crops produced from Henry County
soil; for the past two years has
pleaded through its editorial columns
that the one-cpop system had to be
relegated to the scrap heap along
with the league of nations and -four
per cent brew. Be it said here
however, that Henry County farmers
have been in less need of this ad
vice than the majority of the pro
fession throughout the South and
because OF this gift of being able
to see the rocky roads in the future
they are today enjoying a limited
prosperity while the advocates of the
one-crop system to the south of us
are deep in the ditch and crying fol
help.
The organization which is now in
prospective formation, backed by
every banker business man, anG
industrial organization in Paris, en-
dorsed by the individual members
of the county council and farmers
union and by every civic organization
in the city, would be of untold
benefit to every branch of industry
in this locality, individually and col
lectively With a firm determine
ton and a little effort it could be
made a reality, and there is no
logical reason why the matter
shouldn't be taken up individually
and put over as the most progress
sive step ever taken by the county.
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