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PAGE TWO THE CHATHAM RECORD O. J. PETERSON Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year sl-50 Six Months THURSDAY JUNE 13, 1929. ~ FINAL STATEMENT OF CASE We missed the most obvious of the illustrations of the tendency of our native North Carolinians to change a final vowel syllable to the “er” sound. “Terbacker”is a double barreled illustration of the tendency to multiply r’s. “Nig ger” is-another obvious illus tration, but as that word is the exact pronunciation of the Latin “niger”, meaning black, that fact might account for the common use of the word for “negro”. But let us close this matter of r’s by stating plainly the case. There has been a school of folk in this state for years who have urged that North Carolin ians are prone to elide r’s. We not only denied the allegation, but stated that the tendency is to multiply r’s. The reason for the fiction is easily discovered. Final syllables in “er”, “or”, “ur”, “ir”, and “ar” are the most numerous in the langu age, and all of them unaccent ed syllables. Now, there is a strong tendency among us to slur unaccented final syllables. Accordingly, more syllables ending in “r” are slurred than any other. The “r” becomes a mere shadow, but is not entire ly lost as is “g” in final “ing”, or final “d’s” in such words as “old”. Occasionally a person does elide the “r” entirely, but it is due to slovenness in gen eral pronunciation rather than to any prejudice again “r” it self. The writer has cut up ten times as much Johnson grass in the Nooe garden since he has lived at that old homestead as any other grass, but it is not because he has any special grudge against Johnson grass; there was simply more of it than anything else. Similarly, the multiplication of “r’s”, which is much more a characteristic of the langu age as spoken by the uncul tured in North Carolina, is ac counted for by the same fact of the frequency of “er” in par ticular. Comparatives of adjec tives end in ‘'er”; every verb has its noun ending in “er”, as “singer” from “sing”; besides, there is a host of nouns natur ally ending in “er”. The fre quency of the syllable to the man who does not know how to read leads him to convert final syllables into the most common final sound, making “tobacco” “tobacker”, and maybe “terbacker”. That is the case. Trot out’ another of your fictions. ■ ■ - Here is a sentence picked from the body of a long edi torial in last week’s Record; “More people know how to read than ever before, but real reading and thinking are lim ited to about the former pro portion of the people.” Look at it, and say what you think about it. We have often said that knowing how to read without actually reading does one just the same good that knowing how to plough does a fellow who will not plough. Yet knowing how to read is the usual test of educational progress. Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador to the United States, was speaker this week at the University. Sir Esme has come into the lime-light recently by voluntarily sug gesting that he will forego the v privilege of ambassadors to import liquor and serve it in the embassies. Good for him. When in Rome it is a fine thing, to be able to do what the Romans say is the right thing, howsoever far they fail themselves to live up to their - pretensions. <£_, The prize goes to Louis Graves of the Chapel Hill Weekly among our exchanges. He read all that page of edi torials last week and professed to enjoy the experience. He agrees that it is the “o” that North Carolinians omit in “Carolina” and not the “r”. THE “LAISSEZ FAIRE” POLICY, OR “STEP ON IT” REGARDLESS A writer in Forbes’ Maga zine, taking the view express ed in this series of articles, that the “country is rapidly resolving itself into a nation of employers and employed,” makes the further * suggestion that when the consummation is complete, the one or the other class will make the laws for the country, and intimates that it would be' well for the capital class now to be gen erous, as ultimately the em ployed, or hireling, class will take the law-making into its hands, when generosity on their part will be appreciated by the employers. But unless means are adopt ed in the meantime to har monize the interests, and the masses shall see that the evils of which they complain are due to deep-seated causes for which no particular employer, or group of employers, is to be blamed, want, riot, and perhaps revolution, will re sult. As suggested earlier in these articles, the state of em ployee is not to be despised if the hireling is assured a fair share of the values created by his labor, and up to this time the employees of the great in dustrial concerns have fared exceedingly well, since the employers of that class have been able to exploit the agri cultural, shop, and unorganiz ed-labor groups. By such means, the great capitalists have been able to pay liberal wages and to pile up great profits for themselves. But as the stress upon the exploited grows greater, it will be in order for the lords of industry to cut down the percentage of their own profits, to lower the wage level of their em ployees, or to consent to gov ernmental relief of the ex ploit groups. The distress and the stress will almost assured ly manifest itself in those groups. So long as there re mains sufficiently large group of the unorganized with means to buy, the question of the wel fare of the employees of the great indusrialists will be of comparatively little moment. . The crisis for the whole economic structure will come when the large proportion of the people have lost control of their own means of liveli hood and yet shall not have become attached to the great industrial machines which are so fast monopolizing the busi ness of the country. If that crisis shall arrive without pre vious consideration of radical, but necessary, means of al leviating the conditions, revo lution will be imminent. That something different from prevailing policies and practices must prevail is evi dent. Every year the trans fer of wealth from the masses to the few is increasing. Let the “laissez faire,” or “let . alone,” policy prevail, and as suredly the process will con- Itinue and must result in the complete monopolization of the sources of wealth by a mere handful of the pepole. Then the problem before the :ountry is to discover what policies and practices are re sponsible for the tendency thus to transfer the wealth of the country, and to modify them, however hallowed by time or opinion they may be. In this connection, the effect of unearned increments in land values has already been discussed. However, that injustice has created not so many of the greatest capitalists but a horde of the smaller ones, and it is the million smaller capitalists who are absorbing the wealth of the people rather than the few great ones, who as a gen eral. rule, while piling up their own fortunes, have directed developments that have been of inestimable value to the people. On the other hand, the million that have gather ed where they have not sowed through the fortunate increase of values in lands which they happened to hold, or by for tunate speculation, have there by become very pests upon the people. The wastrels of the country are not the indus trialists, but those into whose laps have fallen fortunes for which they have returned no equivalent in service to the people. Many a man who las never done anything to ward the development of the THE CHATHAM-RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. C. - resources of the country, or ■ for the moral and intellectual , uplift of the people, spends r practically as much upon him i self and family as does a ’ Rockefeller. A thousand hook t worms will do far more havoc l than one leach. This class of ; blood-sucker has been built up 5 largely through unearned in -5 crements in land values and ‘ throhgh speculations with no - view to develop properties se - cured. Certainly, both these l evils may be abated, though j the consequences of former i practices may not be directely l remedied. But as demonstrated in the ■ first article of this series, the ■ amassment of huge profits i above the cost of perpetuat ; ing plants and paying every ! operating expense, billions of * which are not needed by the , winners to provide the neces ► saries and luxuries for their l families, but are free to be ■ invested in sources of wealth, i is the real bane of the times. ■ If that is true, then a control f of profits by the people must ' be attained, else the process will continue to its appointed i end —the existence of a small group of employers and a mass of hirelings, and hangers-on to the economic body. 1 . First among the artificial, or unfair, means of multiply • ing profits the protective tariff should be named. Yet the i principle of a protective tariff has been so long in practice that it can be disturbed only with disorganization of indus try and business during a long period of. readjustment. The tariff has given unfair ad vantages to manufacturers and distributors that have resulted in the subjection of all other elements of the economic body to a devastating tribute. Yet one must not measure the ef fects of such a tribute by the comparative size of the indi vidual tribute, but ,by the ef fect upon the balance of power over the wealth of the coun try. The principle forming the real thesis of these articles, namely, that accumulations* free to be invested in addi tional resources of wealth form the real menace, should be kept in mind. The man whose income will purchase only the necessaries and ordinary lux uries of life, can invest in no permanent source of wealth. But give him a hundred dol lars a year more than needed for actual living expenses and he may become a real capi talist. Thus it is readily seen that any instrumentality or practice which enables an in dustrialist to increase profits materially above actual cost of the articles and the cost of a fair living for himself and family, puts in effect a snow ball process that constantly and increasingly absorbs sur plus wealth. If a certain profit provides a sufficient living in come for an industrialist, doubling the profit necessarily has the effect of transferring to him the similar living of another. But that extra sum, instead of being consumed, is naturally spent in securing control of a larger share of the productive wealth of the, country. Thus working two evil consequences, a reduction in consumption and a further monopolization of sources of wealth. Thus the process con tinues, with the result that is now so evident. But if the protective tariff has had such an effect (and its champions will hardly deny it) and yet cannot be disturb ed without a period of eco nomic anarchy and disaster, an artificial offset should be provided. The tariff is itself an artificial interference with the free course of industry and commerce. In its larger aspects it has affected eco nomic conditions ,in other countries and thus prevented the increase of the natural tendency to equalize the; wealth of countries equally! productive of goods needed * by the world. That effect has reduced the ability of the world to buy a full quota of the various world products, f and has therefore retarded the desired productive ' pro cesses. But its chief deleteri ous effect in our own country has been to build up one group at the expense of the other, and in such an insidious way 1 that only those who perceive I INTERESTING FACTS FOR FARMERS TIMELY HINTS ON GROWING CROPS. “FARM PHILOSPHY” Poor feeding will surely convert 1 pure breds into scrubs. An acre of good land in pasture is worth four in woods. “The country child is the farmer s best crop.” —Secy. A. M. Hyde ' Cooperative poultry sales are mak i ing North Carolina farmers feel like a million dollars. The beauty of blooming flowers makes us feel the truth of the poet who sang; “We are Nearer God’s Heart in a Garden than anywhere else on earth.” i News of the County on Chatham County Farms Mr. J. M. Edwards of Siler City RFD who is feeding out twehty pigs Jin cooperation with the County Agent and the Office of Swine Ex tension has made a remarkable re cord with his pigs during the past thirty days. Just thirty-two days be fore the recent weighing, Mr. Ed wards’ pigs weighed exactly 1025 pounds, exactly doubling their weights in a feeding period of less than thirty-five days. • Mr. J. M. White of Mt. Vernon Springs RFD who is also feeding hogs in cooperation with the Office of Swine Extension and the County Agent, did almost as well with his twenty pigs. After deducting the actual cost of all feeds purchased, it was found that for the thirty-five day periods just passed, Mr. White was returned $3.21 for every bushel of corn fed to bis pigs. This is figur ing the price of pork at 11 cents per pound, the present Richmond mar ket. Mr. R. D. Gee of Siler City RFD is feeding out a thrifty bunch of Essexs. Mr. Gee is certainly making his pigs move. It must not be thought from above, that these men are the only ones who; are doing well with their hog feeding demonstrations. Others are also feed- 1 ing well, and Mr. W. V. Hayes of the Office of Swine Extension expressed himself as well pleased with the re sults obtained with all of the demon strators thus far. The latest farmer to • cooperate with the County Agent in feeding hogs according to the Shay method is Mr. M. W. Culberson of Siler City RFD. Mr. Culberson is feeding out sixteen nice pigs, and has also built a self feeder. <§> Moncure Farmer Successful with Sweet Clover Mr. W. W. Stedman of Moncure recently mailed the County Agent a sweet clover plant that measured that assured profits above costs and a living for the industrial ist become an unfailing means of grasping in the course of time the whole industrial ap partus of the country. If that process cannot be stopped by discontinuance of the system which has fathered it, then similar artificial schemes are in order to offset the process and to enable the groups who have thus paid tribute to the industrial group to get benefits which. will counterbalance those received by the protective tariff bene ficiaries. Such a scheme is the debenture plan approved by the U. S: senate for farm re lief.lt is of course class legis lation, but no more so than is the protective tariff, and the existence of the latter justi fies the adoption of the for mer. The violation of true economic policy already pre vails, yet the tariff is so en trenched as not to be readly disturbed, and only an eqiva lent off-set remains as a re medy. Stop the exploitation of the agricultural group, counter balance tributes paid by the farmers with tributes to them, and not only the farmers re cover their lost ground in the course of time, but the large elements of people whose busi ness is allied with, or depen dent upon, agriculture will be put on equal terms with the groups related to, or depen dent upon industry. The agri cultural group is losing its capital, if land may be termed capital; while the industrial, commercial, and financial | groups are not. only monopo | lizing industrial, transporta 'tional, and commercial pro perties, but have already laid violent hands upon a large part of the farm lands of the country, by outright purchase or through the means of mortgages and bonds. The process of absorption can, necessarily, cease only by curtailing the privileges of the favored classes or conferring equivalent favors upon the agricultural group. The deben-* i Farm News Edited by N. C. SHIVER, County Agt. exactly three and one half feet in height. Mr. Stedman is conducting a two acre sweet clover demonstra tion, and this clover was seeded in early February. This sounds like' a “Fish Story,’\ but come in io the County Agents office, and you can verify this statement.' Guessing Contest at Wheat Demon-' stration Attract Large Crowds On Monday of last week, meetings and guessing contests were held at the farms of M. C. Cooper, Pittsboro RFD No. 3 and B. W. Welsh, Bear Creek, N. C. RFD. These men are conducting five acre wheat demon strations, top dressed with 200 pounds per dcre of Nitrate'-of Soda. Prizes will be given the farmers who come nearest to estimating the cor rect yields after the wheat is thresh ed. Thirty-five farmers attended these meetings. ,The estimate varied from 12 to 15 bushels of wheat per acre. Mr. Welsh states that his wheat has been badly damaged by the re cent rains, and he also estimates his wheat to be damaged to the ex tent of one third of the- entire crop. Mr. Cooper’s wheat seems to be in the same condition. Those farmers whq attended the meeting at the farm \of Mr. Welsh were interested in observing two fields of five acres each that Mr. Welsh has seeded in Alsike clover and sweet clover. Mr. Welsh is de monstrating very clearly the fact that sweet clover can be grown in this county, provided the land is limed and the seed inoculated. $ ALFALFA SEEDINGS DOING WELL The County Agent has visited ' several demonstrations with alfalfa this week, and in most cases the al falfa seems to be doing well. Mr. M. W. Culberson of Siler City seed ed an acre of alfalfa this spring with ; very good results. His alfalfa is grow -1 ing Well and looking healthy. Mr. H. J. Straughan of Siler City also has a good alfalfa djemonstration. his alfalfa was in good condition when seen several weeks ago. CHATHAM COUNTY FARMER'S ATTEND BARBECUE On Saturday of last week,'- the County Agent had the pleasure of visiting George Watts Hill’s dairy farm, “Quail Roost Farm” in Dur ham county. Quite a delegation of Chatham farmers attended this bar becue, and enjoyed inspecting cellent dairy barns and Guernsey cattle on this farm. Talks on dairy- ' ing were made, and a judging con- < test was held. Mr. J. B. Fearrington , of Pittsboro was one of the winners 1 5 ture plan may seem radical, . but it is not half so radical , as suggestions that will be ? made, and perhaps enforced, [ when the present trend of taking from him that hath not and giving to him that 5 hath shall have run its full ; course. For, as the writer re ferred to in the beginning of [ this article suggests, the time ' will come when the employed ; shall control the government and the interest of the few ! shall be subordinated to that of the many. But the danger is that the interest of both; ‘ groups, which are in the long! : run identical, will be lost sight of. What the world wants is for everybody to have enough, and that will be | easy so soon as all are satis ! fied with enough. But even the hog will find that he can turn | his trough over and lose all his ! swill; while the goose that lays the golden eggs for the employee may readily be kill ed through the creation of in dustrial anarchy. Revolution followed indus trial oppression in France and 1 Russia; Italy accepted a dic tator in fc th,e face of economic anarchy; Labor is in the par liamentary saddle in Great Britain. A similar crisis looms in American future. England is better prepared to treat such a crisis .rationally than will be America if the peo ple do not awaken to the drift and prepare themselves to consider remedies sanely and effectually for the welfare of all the people, not forget ful of the interrelations with other peoples, which day by day are becoming more vital to the national welfare. “Laissez faire ,, is as timely now as releasing breaks and putting on full steam would be with a train descending a mountain track. The wealth of the country is passing into the hands of the few 7 . And, surely, this is a condition that should appeal to every thoughtful citizen. But the prevailing notion is to “step on it” and let her go—no matter what dangers are on, or just be-' yond, the curve. 4 THURSDAY, JUNE 13. Ifrxi DOINGS OF } s CHATHAM i 1 FARMERS 1 STOCK FARMING POULTRY, J ETC. of this contest. Among the Chahim Folk attending this barbecue Mr. W. H. Ferguson, T. M. Clark Will Johnson, E. M. Fearrington t* B. Fearrington, G. W. Blair ami others. a PASTURES Catham county farmers are talk ing pastures now, and as mentioned in an article several weeks ago it seems that the pasture situation -will amount, to more than just mere talk Mr. N. E. Thompson, Mt. Vernon Springs RFD, is planning to put i n three acres in improved, permanent pastures this fall. Mr. Thompson is a good feeder, and realizes that the expense of feeding livestock can be materially lessened through the seed ing of good pastures. Mr. George L Smith of Siler City RFD is also plan ning to seed some pasture land thi* fall, . ( MAPLES BADLY INFESTED WITH WOOLY APHIS The County Agent has had re quests coming from a number of peo ple during the past three weeks re garding an insect pest that is damag ing our maple trees. The presence of this insect is characterized by the forming of white, thread-like append ages. These insects can be controlled by spraying with Nicotine Sulphate and water. —-*s> An Important Announcement to the Sheep Growers of this County The county agent is at present time in touch with number of wool buyers for the purpose of assisting the farm ers in marketing their wool to better advantage. At the present time, we have an offer for 35 cents per pound for clean wool, free from burs at Pittsboro. If it is possible to get a better price than this, we intend to get it; but in the meantime, all farmers who wish to pool their wool, and sell cooperatively, are asked to get in touch with the County Agent. It looks like we are going to be able to get a fair sized load at Pitsboro, but if there are any sheep growers in the western part of the county who are interested in this matter, their wool could be col lected at some central point, as Siler City. If you have any wool to sell, get in touch with the County Agents office. Car Load of Jersey Heifers to be delivered Week of June 17. The County Agent will be out of the county during the week of June 10. We leave for Orange, Virginia Monday of this week for the purpose of purchasing a car of registered, jersey heifers for the Club boys of this county. County Agent Shiver is off to Orange, Va., to choose carload of twenty Jersey heif ers, chiefly for Chatham coun ty boys. They are costing money. But let’s hope that lots of Jerseys will be raised in the county in the years to come that will bring back many times the cost of this carload. If there is not money in raising a SIOO calf it would be hard to find a money-mak ing job. We clipped an editorial par , agraph from a paper just now I and then opened the next one in reach and lo there was the same editorial paragraph star ing us in the face. It’s wonder ful how some of our editors think the same thing at the same time and express it in identical words. 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