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A few years ago many Democratic '
politicians were claiming that abore
all things sugar should be placed on
the free list as it was a commodity
that everybody used. On last Satur-.
day the Hous Democratic caucus, by
a big vote rejected the frej sugar
schedule.
It is understood that the sugar:
trust was a large contributor to the
Cheap Land and Farm Credits
The Greatest Need for the Uplift of Country Ufe.
(By Marlon Butler, la Charlotte 0ereM
AUK YOU OXK OF TIIK fMM? !
i
Nearly a fourth of our subscribers i
have gotten behind with their sub
scriptions. The expense of furnish
ing the paper to this number of read
ers who had not paid up took from
us more than the profit on the paper.
I read and filed the report pub- Mack go to the cities, there i rark-
lished in your paper of the recent ed defeneration noticed on the cett
iarmer's co-operative improvement succeeding generation. In short, it
and demonstration meeting, held at has been admitted to be true that
Charlotte. The various papers read "the cities mould rot if it mr. nnt
Democratic campaign fund, but of and talks made on scientific farming, for the fresh blood constantly pouring
course this fact maz not have had including the best methods of im- in from the country. This continu- nj
anything to do with the new position . provinf; Iarra iana D juaicious use- out row or new frch country blood.
or tne proper reriinzers lor ainerent or high class sturdy boys, cannot kep
Roils and different crops, and also, up unless a goodly p-rcentum of this
the kinds of farm machines most high-class su-k stay In the country
useful and economical, etc.. was very and there continue to rafw such st.ir-
interegting and valuable. Hut I was dy boys.
disappointed to see that there was When I offered, in the Senate of
so little attention given to one of the the United States, th measure to
most important questions today fac- establish rural free delivery. I point
ing rural and farm life in this coun- ed to the statistics, given in our cen-
! try, that is a system or means by sus reports, to show the alarming ex-
of the Democrats against free sugar.
AXOTHFJt OHM, I OK T1IK OK
riCKSKKKFILS. A delegation of Democrats have
tried to persuade President Wilson
to turn out the Republican postmas
ters and other Federal officeholders
Wt. dnn't tclif'vt in borrowing monev
d unnin in debt in the way that ,hat lhe faitnful may be Provided ; which long time farm loans can be tent and increasing tendency of the
nit: iJKuiMiaiK 13 iiii.M.iib . , . .. , , , . . land hh a basis of rrcd t. and also and en o (Hp riiic 1 ,,.-. thu
iuspu 10 acceue 10 ineir uemanas anu -
State government we believe in . short time loans to small tenant the cause of this was. that the farm-
tnid ms Biinfirat ( friends that tho
farmers, at a low rate of interest er felt that he was not making, on
Republicans would be allowed toandoneasy terms. his farm, as much as his labor and
serve out their terms unless some of- This most vital question to the investment should produce and that
the present officeholders were shown farmers of the United States was not he was not able to give to his chil-
credit system. b !hif b a sift
and proSts mould be greatly Iscrra
ed. by the paving of surb licea
5a. to be u4 for such purpo"
It mould be in the natr.re of proSt
abie inietment. la the lor. raa. for
our bank, as it baa proven to be for
the national commercial backs ct
France Hoeter. e have, already,
an enortsoua fucd of the people
money deposited ta pontal sattstfi
banks of this country. upoo htcb the
r.oirsffit6l paja only to pr cent
lrteret to the depoaitcw. and bjh
ro aid be deposited in farm cretfu
. under government uper ilon.
and l- loaned to the farmer at a
raiM s t lorn as lbrr per cent. r.d
thus leae one per cent a a sink!n
fund and a security to cover ttj
fOf-Sble JoM
We believe that the amount of
money dps!td in potal savins
banks mould b- doubled if the ia
provided that iht nsoney should I
loaned to farmer at the rate of h : o
per rent.
Women!
11 weik, jroa nctd CinSul,
the wosun's tonic Cirdul
Is nude from senUt herbs,
tcts In a ruftiral euaner,
and his no bad results, is
scene of the strong drugs
sometimes used. As a med
icinea tonic for weak,
tired, worn-out .women,
Cirdul his been a populxr
LI success for over 50 years.
paying as you go. So we reduced the
size of the paper to four pages so we
could pay as we go, and appealed to
those behind to at once send in the
amount due. Some have responded,
but over nine hundred are still be
hind. Are you one of that number?
If so. please send at once the amount
you are due so we can go back to
eight pages.
to be inefficient. It begins to appear
that thousands of Democratic office-
covered by a single speech or pa- dren the educational advantages
per and was only incidentally re- which he felt that he owed '".em.
ferred to in the closing remarks made and that the I i f -r: of the housewife
seekers who have been in Washing- Dy Prof. Bradford Knapp of the Uni- o ;Le farm, devoid of so many con-
ton since the inauguration could save
the expense of hotel bills by return
ing home.
This paper costs you only two cents ;OYKItOlt FOSS Ol'T 0' II AK
a week, (.'an you afford to miss it?
The Washington letter alone in this
issue is certainly worth t'.ce aft
ill'. V r a n k V a fm v
MOW
in we 11 ats ihu ceuiH. y
CIIKAI MOXKY AIA(ISII
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ic party. A few days ago he sent to
SIS FOR FAttMKKS.
The fannersf this country are
forced to do business by paying from
ten to thirty -per cent interest. This
rate wouIuVbankrupt any other busi-
They should be able-to bor-
ness.
row
moliev
land Und farm products
at a low rate on their
Nearly ev-
ery Country in Europe has farm loan
banks from which the farmers can
borrow money at from three to six
per cent. France has one of the best
systems of this kind, and hence her
farmers are the most prosperous in
the world.
The Charlotte Observer has just
Whn t itik s rrnr!il-r of the '.rlh
provided for the farmers, using their high-class stock to desert the farm , ...,,, ,i.i
I. msth others, led a desperate fikht to
get the legal rate of interest reduced
to six per cent That mas a Kret
step forward, but there are tui.n
mays in which th' farmer it robb d
of the benefit of that rate of : ner
;eit and. as me have M-en. are forc-
d to pay a ninrh higher rate. The
average rate of interest mhich fir
mers are forced to pay, either direct
ly or indiret!y. is probably over 1
per cent.
If the railroads, factories and oth
er industrial enterprises were forced
to pay the same rate of interest for
money which all of them need and
must have, from time to time, for
tne improvement and development if
their business, as the farmers ure
now required to pay. they mould all
soon be bankrupted. Why should
the farmer be forced to pay more
than any other citizen, wealth pro
ducer or busin' is man of any kind?
Farm land is indeed better security
than a factory or a railroad.
If every deserving farmer land
owner, and tenant farmer in this
country could today be put on a cash
basis, and was only required to pay
three or four per cent interest and
mas able to secure all of the capital
that he needed for scientific and eco
nomical farming, the resultant bene
fits would be incalculable. Our far-
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ted States Department of Agncui- veniences. became a distasteful
ture. ' drudge, and that generally the Isola-
There has oeen a wonderful awak- tion, loneliness, unprofitableness and
eiing and progress in agricultural discomfort of farm life was such as to
methods made in this country within cause this increasing exodus,
the last few years. Our farmers are I pointed out that rural free de
learning fast, how to improve their livery was one of the many remedies
Governor Foss, of Massachusetts, soils and how to produce Increased that would help to cheek this condi
is about to break with the Democrat- : crops on less land and w ith less la- tion. I also pointed to the fact that
bor, but the farmer is still terribly postal savings banks, parcel post,
handicapped by our financial system good roads, and. better and more
Tho Womatfs Tonic
Mrs. Lu!a Walden, of
Gnmiin, S. G, followed
this advice. Read her let- I
ter: MI was eo weak,
when I first began to take
Cirdui, that it tired me to
walk just a Utile, Now, I
can do all tho general
housework, for a family of
a" Try Cirdul for your
troubles. It may be the
very remedy you need.
ITHMCATIOX OF SUMMONS.
the Legislature a message urging the J wnicn denies him the equal op- economical farm methods mere abso-
sending of a
favoring the adoption or reciprocity
rather than the tariff bill, which is
now being considered by Congress.
Some of the regulation brand of Dem
ocrats are very angry with their Gov
ernor and will fight his policy. Gov
ernor Foss is not at all in harmony
with the new tariff bill before Con
gress, and it is believed by many that
he will break with his party, and that ! farm operations except at
I
memorial to Congress s portunity to borrow money on favor- lutely essential remedies.
able terms while it is a patent, The rural free delivery proposition
and undeniable fact that the land- j m as a new one, and but little under
owner has the best security in the stood at that time, even by the old
world to offer for needed loans. est and most intelligent members of
Our farmers are fast learning Congress, but these arguments and
which are the most valuable fertiliz- facts were so convincing and unan
ers for different soils and different swerable that I finally succeeded, af
crops and which are the most effec- ter two years fight, in getting the
tive farm implements to be used, yet system permanently established. The
they are not able to secure the capi- only active assistance mhich I had in
tal necessary for such successful this effort was from Senator Chand-
the next time he runs for office it
rates of interest.
ruinous ler, of New Hampshire.
Great progress has
been made
will be as a Progressive or as an in-
niers would become nrnsnerritis as
, As an illustration, I know of many since that time towards supplying fhey deserve to beeome. and thus ef
i intelligent and industrious farmers many of these remedies, but one of tett.ivtAlv rhf,. thi mratinn frtnx fVl
dependent. Massachusetts, and, inbound my farm at Elliott, X. C, who the most important has not been farms to the cities, and a new era of
fact, all the New England States, be-' are today buying fertilizer on time given adequate attention, and that pr0gp(erjty, undreamed of in this
lieve more or less in a protective ta- and as mu(h as 23-s0 a ton- 5s- cheaP and easier cash for tne faf- country. Would begin. It would be a
riff, and from the nresent outlook ! for a Certain grad! 1 am abIe a"veaUh producer prosperity in which every railroad.
published a comprehensive article on T, r , , ,. to buy for cash at $zi.bb a ton. inis ioaaj mere are something over bank . , imlustrJa, ontPrpriso
this subject written bv former Sen 1 Democrats wlH lose their sround is at a rate of about 10 per cent inter- six million farms in the United States ,vould share with the farnlor
lino BUUjeil, willieu uy 1UI IIlt.1 sell- : nlr.ao Cttuc Imfnrn H q ,-v , . if r,nnt ctnnH a n ft ftvpr Q tlitrfl nf tlioca n rn -f.,l -. .
atnr Inrirn TtnUer whirh im ?inli. ' . . . .. i i i n. e ... v, ; A v.. ,m n f r.r, 1 u...'
, Kl4 .tlOIl. In fact, it is doubtful if a free I Ior a wnoie year, uul uie lanun vvuu Lt:iaiiL la.mcis, aim s .nail, MARIOV ItUTI.KIt
t i- . . - . . . . i- t l A e r it t .i ; i .
lish in this issue.
STATU POLITICIANS WORKIED.
None of the important Federal of
fices in this State have yet been fill-
! trade Democrat can be elected to
i Congress from this State any more.
buys his fertilier the first of April half of the farm land is improved in
i and contracts to pay for it on the first any material way. It is absolutely
I of November, that Is within seven necessary, if high class men, who'
! months, is Davinsc at the rate ot about omn tneir rarms, are to De Kept on
Washington, April 4.
North Carolina Wake County
In the Superior Court,
Before Millard Mial. Clrrk.
J. i Glover and Hosa
C.lovpr. His Wife,
vs.
D W. Glover and Othi rs
To Martha Pope and E. L. Pope. h r
Husband.
You are notified that a special
proceeding has been brought in thi
court against yourself as herein n
tltled, as helrs-at-lam of J. G. Glov-r.
for the partition of land of said J. H.
Glover, and the summons issued for
yourself has been returned by th
sheriff of Wake County with this in
dorsement thereon After exercising
due diligence, Martha Pope and E I.
Pope, her htband. are not to b
found in this county." You both ar
therefore, notified to appear bfur
the Clerk of Wake Superior Court at
his office In the city of Katelgh on
Saturday, the 12th day of April. 11 13,
j at 12 o'clock, M., and then and thr
Senators and Congressmen, to say
nothing of thousands of office-seekers,
are getting very anxious over the
situation. Simmons and Overman
have been to see the President, but it
is the impression that they did not
get the promises they desired. If the
President decides to ignore the reac
tionaries in North Carolina in the
matter of appointments, as he has
done in some other States, then Sim
mons et al will have very few juicy
plums to hand to their supporters.
Congressman Godwin and Senator
Simmons have recommended a party
horn
Have you appointed an agent to'angW(.r demur or plead to the parti-
n o rnl,n.Kil.An fH 4l. n . .21 f.. t I..
- . . . . ' s k v 1 j r i ii n.i i i 1 1 ' i iiii lilt- a i i n ii r l i ii'jii' . . m m
ine busiest man in President wil- - . -. : fo- .i,m r v,--... tion OI tne niaintms mnicn is now on
i i uj i i'pii i iiiiw i m i iim ii ii i r i nr ifiiiii. iiini t - nnwii in rim mr- ur - . - : i : -r .)
xi Hv -ww 41 ' v v - j , U1 your Auxiiiarv ;
lanoowners to improve tneir iarms jet us act quiiy
in every possible way, and besides
that we should, as rapidly as pos-
son's Cabinet is "blow-your-horn-! ruinous to anv other business.
ed by Democrats, and the Democratic Josephus" that at blowing his own j I know of a tenant farmer who has,
Time is short-
this snriner. boueht a horse on time.
for which he was required to pay sibIe- enable the tenant farmers to
FOR IIIKNS, IIRIISKS, AND SORKS.
When will the. Simmons mortgage
of the State to the trusts and mon
opolies ever be paid. The "Old Re
liable Pokeberry Juice" seems to
have sold out to Simmons and the
trusts.
$175. He was offered the same horse
at $150 for cash. He gave his note
for $175 to be paid within seven
months, which makes the rate of in-
they are now
buy the farms that
working as tenants.
The experience of foreign coun
tries has shown that this evil condi
terest which he is required to pay tion is most effectively corrected by Dy a" qruggist
about 16 1-2 per cent, if the money cheaper farm credits. As far back as
was to be paid within a year, but as 1850, there was established in Aus-
it is to be paid within seven months, tria, co-operative agricultural credit
it makes the rate of interest about institutions, known as the Raiffesien
29 per cent. Here are two sample banks. This system of rural banks
illustrations which shows the condi- comprising, really, two systems; one.
The qulcktst ami eurpst cure for burnx.
t.ri.i.8. bolls, nores. Inflammation and til
fkln iliscasps Is Bucklen'a Arnica Salve. In
four days It cured t. II. Haflin. of Iredell.
Texas, of a sore on his ankle which pained!
him so he could hardly walk. Should be in J
every house. Only 25 cents. IW-comrnenrt, ,1 AnrnAi- f rlolr,lff
file in my office, otherwise, the plain
tiffs mill have judgment according to
their partition and as they may b ad
vised. This March 12'.h. 1913
MILLARD MIAL.
Clerk of the Superior Court.
C. L. HARRIS,
Don't fail to read "Zeke Bilkins '
letter in The Caucasian this week
The Major is in Washington viewing tions under which our farmers, our under which land is used as the basis
for postmaster for Wilmington, but'
it is understood that Mr. Wilson is
seriously considering the
the political situation and the possi
bilities. If you don't enjoy reading
his letter, then you need treatment
, for what ails you.
The United States Senate Judiciary
appoint- Committee has agreed to report fo
ment of a Progressive Democrat for vorably a bill creating an additional
that fat office. In fact all the fat of- circuit judgeship in the Fourth Cir
fices in this State are still hanging cuit, which includes this State. This
fire, and the politicians are spending will be another fat job for one of the
sleepless nights wondering what will faithful. It appears that the Demo
become of them when they come up crats have forgotten their economy
for re-election. nroexam
KT - -J 1
MLLL MEN DISTURBED.
Notwithstanding that the Demo-
Members of the American Cotton crats were elected on practically a
Manufacturers' Association in Wash- free trade platform the protection
ington last week with one accord de-J Democrats have made life so miser
cried the cotton schedule in the new able for Chairman Underwood that
tariff bill, claiming that it would se- he suffered a breakdown as a result
riously cripple the textile industry in of worrying over the tariff bill. And
the South, as well as the cotton far- this is only the beginning of the
fight over the tariff bill.
WITH THE EDITORS.
mers. Nearly all these manufactur
ers had voted the Democratic ticket,
but nearly all of them are now of
the opinion that they will not do so
any more if the new cotton schedule
is incorporated in the tariff bill when
it finally passes Congress. I
The Democratic platform declared It seems to be safer in some towns
for these reductions, but the mill ' to kin a man than to Bel1 li(luor and
. j , i j a. i. i- 'Greensboro may be one of them.
men evidently had reason to believe
If people would live according to
their income the outcome would be
more happy. Union Republican.
the platform was only a myth, as it
had always been in the past.
Durham Herald.
Senator Overman wants the civil
service system investigated. He
thinks that by this means many Re
publicans can be turned out in the
cold and that many Democrats can
be given food and shelter. It is
growing more in evidence every day
that the civil service is not as popu
lar with the Democratic politicians
as it was when the Republicans con
trolled the reigns of the government.
great wealth-producers, are forced to for loans, and another, under which
operate. These rates of interest are small, short loans are made to ten
above the average, but they are act- ants, his spread over Germany and
ual cases. Austria and a number of other conti-
But our State and National De-'nental countries, until today, practi-1
partments of Agriculture have done cally every farmer or "cropper,",
wonderful things for the farmers in who is worthy and industrious, is
teaching them how to do things, and ahle to secure a reasonable loan at
while there has been wonderful prog- , from three to four per cent interest
ress made by the farmers in utiliz- Per annum.
ing this information, yet there has' A consular report from Austria,
been nothing done to enable them to which I have before me, shoms that
get cheaper and easier money so as in the year 1900, there were $25,
to use this information most effec- 500,000 loaned through these banks,
tively. and that last year the loans amount-
Every country in Europe has long ed to nearly $90,000,000. The rate
since considered and solved to a of interest was at from 3.85 to 4.1
greater or less degree, the problem Pr cent.
of easy and cheap rural credits; but. The most successful of the cheap
our farmers who have had a rich farm-loan systems established in the
and virgin country in which to op- world, however, is in France, and in
erate have been denied the means of this connection it should be noted
getting money on their farm capital, that nowhere in the world are the
and left in the mesh of the money farmers more prosperous than in that
sharks; and so the farmers of country. The French system is call
France, England, Germany. Austria ed the "Credit Fonder." The far
and of all the Continent, have been mers are large stockholders in this
able to measure arms with our farm- banking system, but besides, the gov
ers, and this is because they have ernment of France loans a very large
been able to get cheaper money, sum of the national funds so as to
whether land owners or tenants. The meet all of the demands for cheap
time is rapidly approaching, if not farm credits. France requires the
already here, when our farmers can- national banks of that country, to
not keep up the contest unless they pay a license tax for doing business
too, can get money on reasonable and the money received from this
terms and on the only security which source, by the government, is all de-
they have. posited in the "Credit Foncier," for
The number of farmers who are the benefit of farm tenants. The li-
leaving the farms and going to the cense tax is more than 2,000,000
towns and cities is constantly in- francs annually, and besides, the
creasing. In 1840 over 80 per-cent banks are required to keep deposited
of our people mere living on the farm with the government, without inter-
and producing wealth. Today, only est, 40,000,000 francs, which sums.
"Distinctively Individual"
MEN'S WEAR
We carry the lines of Men's Wear that have
"made good," notthose that are trying to
make good.
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR
Manhattan Shirts, Schloss Bros. Clothes,
Dunlsp Hats, Edwin Clapp Shoes, Dr.
Deimel Linen Mesh Underwear.
CROSS
& UNEM CO.
Xlie Better domes SIiop
Several Democratic Senators have
made it known that they will oppose
free sugar, free wool or free lumber, j about half of the people of the coun- are in turn, deposited with these
To be logical they must admit that! try are on the farms. This condi- farm credit banks. Over $500,000.
they are protectionists and are in the , tion calls for the earnest attention 000 is now loaned the French far
wrong political pew. Union Republi-of the highest statesmanship. If our mers in this manner. j
can i solid substantial farmers continue to ! Our government could easily raise
desert the farms and go to the cities, an enormous fund in the same way,
the decadence of our . civilization is and use it most beneficiently for this'
inevitable. It is well known hat a purpose, but instead we have been
very large per cent of the high-class chartering national banks, and giving '
men in every profession and industry them monopoly, privileges without!
in this country have been born and any charge whatever. But we believe
raised on farms. But when men and that the bankers of this country
women of even this high class country would readily agree to the French 1
Guaymas Sonora, Mexico, April 11.
Two sailors of the cruiser Califor
nia were killed and three wounded
to-day in a street fight at Mazatlan.
Several Mexican policemen were
wounded in attempting to arrest the
American sailors.
Meigfo Dlfiarblt U3orU
Shipments made to any part of
the State at same price
as at shop.
MOIUMEITS
COOPER BROS.. Proprs
Aiuan n. c
KNO TOP UATAL O O II
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