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THE SAGER’S SAYINGS.
Until the powers that have to do
■with the economics take cognizance
of the intolerable conditions that
prevail wherein one class, the tiller
of the soil, is impoverished and an
other and far less worthv is accord
ed a manifest subsidy and take ade
quate measures to adjust such con
ditions, so long will the spirit of
communism keep alive, and make no
mistake, the red banner is gaining
adherents by leaps and bounds, ap
palling as it is to the normal mind.
But when the governing body in
clines toward partiality for one
class, the insufferable chicaneries of
the farm bloc in Congress to the
contrary, notwithstanding, then rea
son is submerged and the mob in
stinct holds sway.
It is a palpable fact that all ele
ments, even to the smaller fry that
inhabit the corporate limits, con
spire to keep the tiller of the soil In
abject bondage. They are considered
a necessary evil to be balked and
thwarted and only entitled to the
left overs after others and surfeited
with the blessings of life. He is
like a mongrel pup in the kennels of
aristocratic dogs and paradoxical as
it is, the majority of themselves are
rather apologetic for their great call
ing.
He pays all costs of production,
traffic and distribution of his pro
duce, which is the one essential ele
ment to existence, and has meagre
reward for his labor, all real profits
going to the middleman and the
railroads. His holdings are all visi
ble. The tax authorities harass him
for returns on his Ingersol and ev
ery biddy on the premises must be
accounted for. His turnover is once
a year. The valuations of the
merchant, banker, et al.. are turned
many times during the like period,
but are taxed on only one transac
tion covering a fraction of the
year’s activities and the “invisible,”
mostly cash, remains exempt from
its just burden of taxation, while
the farmer on the one turn over,
with no money to soak, pays up and
shuts up so far as the powers are
concerned. This identical state of
affairs only more pronounced is
what wrecked Mexico.
The farmer pays three per cent
taxes on his holdings that have a
single turnover a year. In like pro
portion should other sources pay the
tax receipts would be so large till
the highways to every nook and
cranny of the state could be perma
nently paved with no bonds to
burden posterity instead of the gul
le.vs and rotting bridges that mark ■
the roads at present.
The unequal reward of rural effort |
as compared to the city worker’s
share is most monstrous and far
fetched and a problem in the eco
nomical structure that must be ad
justed if the urban centers together
with all industry are to maintain
prosperous conditions, for ,t is all
dependent on profitable working of
the soil.
The husbandman of earth’s re’
sources is paying too great a penalty
for the privilege of producing the
wherewithal for the unresponsive
consuming class, and in resentment
“Slimy Taste” [
"When I feel stupid, get constipated, or bilious, 1 take a good dose or I
two of Black-Draught and it sets me straight,” writes Mr. George B. |
Haislep, of R. F. D. 2, Columbia, S. C. “It cleanses the liver and I feel I
Ii all right, and have not used any other medicine as Ido not see the need be
of It. I am a guard at the State Reformatory, and have been for three
or more years. When I first heard of
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bad taste in my mouth, but didn’t think so much of it till 1 began to feel
stupid and didn’t feel like eating—then 1 knew 1 needed medicine. It
was then 1 began Black-Draught, and 1 felt all made over, ready for any
kind of work, ready to eat and sleep. So, for any return of this trouble, j j
I take Black-Draught, and for 25 years it has been my medicine, and I
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lot. 1 am out of doors, and fresh air and Black-Draught are all the I
medicines I need. I recommend it to others for 1 know it is good."
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for the untenable condition the farm
ing sections are being depopulated
to an alarming extent. Even the
bits of encouragement that the im
mediate township can afford are held
back. The merchant looks with in
tolerance on the farmer who has
something to sell and between the
upper and nether mill stones of an
tagonism he can find no balm in
. Gilead and veriest self-preservation is
driving him away from the beloved
homestead that has cradled his am
bition so long in quest of a job in
the city. His heart is in the soil,
but facing starvation, he takes the
only known alternative, that of
seeking other climes.
Organized co-operatiion, of course,
is a great factor in solving his prob
lems and some strides are being
made to that end, but where so
much superstition and credulity which
generations of treachery has engen
dered exists it is hard to make him
see the light. Practically all other
classes are stabilized by organization
and such classes are certainly gar
nering a rich reward for their fore
sight. Their net earnings (?) exceed
that ever known before while the
net earnings of the farmer have
disappeared and net losses are his
portion.
(Concluded next week.)
SOWHATCHEE NEWS.
We are enjoying a few days of
sunshiny weather and the fanners
who have lots of grass and boll
weevils are taking advantage of it
by killing as much and many as
they can.
Come out to our meeting this
week. We feel like we are going
to win the victory and that many
souls are going to be won to Jesus
Christ.
Miss Julia Austin, of Arlington, is
the charming guest of Miss Fay
Lane.
M'rs. H. A. Perry, Mrs. E. H.
Giddens and Mrs. D. B. Willis and
children, of Beaumont, Texas, are
the welcome guests of home folks,
the family of Mr. G. A. Willis.
It is a great pleasure to us to have
Bro. T. M. Mathews, our pastor,
with us today. He is a great man
in God’s work and may every effort
be put forth to help him in this
meeting.
Old Caesar is sick this week and
can not write. But he says he has
something wonderful to tell us next
week, so let’s hope and pray for
his early recovery. May God com
fort him in his illness and may he
be able to back to church
soon.
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