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Saturday, w ED UGATIOI J, CO OPERA TION, - LEGISLATION ; homestead when actually used and occupied by 'I the owner.",: ; Xvy --V'-v' -Wv ' "17. Establish air immigration bureau," - v V ay Education to Develop lower, u; Ovperacoa to HulUply It. and (3) LecJsladon and Good GoVcrnamt t0 Promote Equal Wshtt wd IIuKaa Proew - Plain Talk About Kten, Measures and Movements Involved vf: wuwtutt, u vUJHVUHUiai AlUCUUlUCIlt 114111- V mg jo tne people: tne ngnt Dy petition- to, initiate c legislation and the right by petition to vote uoon' Use the Country Gindi nee than. the Neero and if l tin 1 laws enacted by the Legislature, when a desire to use this intelligence as the weapon to outstrip" the- do Wis; expressed;-by. a substantial percentage of v ..-1..! . . . . ' , "w ."vvi6vuvs as uic wcaDon to nnrstrin th 1 ' '," 1 Jloracijntifeinge 0 the. qualified voters cooperate wnea types of mnnerate when deadh : All over the South on y &, uujmui wuciawTuu m an lines Dc-con. Rcckcfc!!2r and the Bedbug OVBRY now and then somebody tries to atone .nnnprate "lookins tf ?21?Si5? mSX6P in using im- !?'.the vicioos mtem represented by JohaD.. tioti," as nr. w . " rVtd machinery,' etc, etc., can develop properly ' -KocKeieuer or Andrew carnegie Dy reternng frequent cbangesn land, ownership in theouth,-0 it is a mistaKc w M.-uu,rf":wtteTe therpaople are of. one race arid blood. Others - xcTneatI rcPues to tnent Dy quoting jerry; bimp- fostercu mjt meet.: the Negro's' toting chtch ceme W clean-up days" to keep thent in. Order, our rural, 80Gial Iife h is necessary to give white neighbor- burying-places might be toade-objects of beauty hoods powcr to Hmit futUfC land saleg t0K fat instead of example of carelessness : and heglect as people, with the further provision, of course, that is now the general rule ..' f ' ' - ' efforts should be made to get good whitelenants Another thought-that cannot be too often em- - to repIace N tenants ag as .possible , Progressive Legislation in Florida ' f I will admit that the bedbug" in: all his reli- ; '.'gious and'famirjr relations is eminently above reproach. s As far as I know he lives z. life of . probity,. economy industry, and represents all , the. domestic' and civic 'virtues; He is kind to' his children, loving to his wife,; charitable to . the : poor, eminently a. good citizen .in every way. . My only objection to him is on account ' ; of his official status-in short, the way he gets ' his living."' if?C; ' , - Mr. Beasley's own further comment i also worth quoting: "The Deacon (Rockefeller) has ac cumulated in one short life morev wealth than a million men could accumulate in alt their lives by church oughttobe'a genuine social center: for the., community, a "meeting-hottse''; indeed,; and not cimnlv a olace. to' hear preaching once a week or. once a mbnthvTbe;.-yriter passecf : aaVold --'church .TPMIE next time. a Southern governor wishes to - the other day satboe' I5years,ol(f.; "Bat thete .: I send a message to the Legislature, he, could? ' was never a marriage fn:it- until just a iew weeks r 1 : hardly do better than to get a copy o Gov rrAa frfcnd ffaid -to ns as' we tuassed.- WHv Should -ernor Kirk TrammeflVmesffairfl tn the T.fcrieljitiir not more country people-have ch'urcfr weddings, 'of Florida now , in session; and follow the path Mor in any useful capacity. It iST foolish. to say , making a marriage an ocrasion for' celebration and : blazed out by the: Florida Chief Executive. Here ? he did thisvby superior-abilities.- No human crea reioicing by all the friendly neighborhood ? Any- are some of his main recommendations: ? " Jurc 13 s? superior to others If : he were he would th'mff that helos ffet otrroeonle out of the iiidivid- . v . ' " Vt be a god, and not a, man. The Deacon did it be-" S of t W t l. fconomy in -government. Heretofore the' cause out laws pernu the. monopolization of na, ffv Imri ouffht to be encouraged' -Legisla ure has. empioved two or three times as. tural resources which God made and man must' uy spirit oug wuzsuv dgcu. . , . , ; many .d jaborers etCi as ee neCe8saryrthe. have.w -The remedy, therefore lies rather in re- , ,1' -?:' - . principal Jabor performed by many of themas forming the system than 'in denouncing individuals Beware 01 th.:Crcd;tSjStem'and:"Blg' Governor Trammell sarcastically observes, being and incidentally in inaugurating heavier inheri : CAUnr ' : 'r -' " - ' -tance taxes, so as to get back for public use more of the people" wealth." which vicious legislation TT7HB-N will our farmer learn that "the credit-.-1 1 PUSH THE TWENTY-FIVE- ha heretofore enabled individuals to gobble up. yl system wilt sooner er:later ruin any coops- I u : cWttiT CiUWRTl' , 1 I 1r TOrTT forget to tell every neighbor:' j 1 about ;oir great offer to new ub- u scrilers, The Progressive Farmer ev ' ery -week frbnrnow until December I for '; 4 only twenty-five cents and any man's mon- : ey back if beraf not satisfied; ; It will, help your neighbor te read The C Progressive Farmer 'and it will help your f neighborhood to hare themv read it,, and whatV more, Wewill pay you handsomely: : : for your. troubled , Once again1 look over the-- list of liberal premium offers m last weeka - Progressive Fanner and go "after the one' , you want most. Send on your clabs 'HEN will our farmers, learn tHatthe credit ? system wui. sooner cr -later: ruin any coopi erative business? Some time ago we prepar- " ed some notes' about aT seemingly--very .successful cooperative enterprise; But before we had a chance . f9 write up the notes for The Progressiye Farmer ; the manager came into our'office and'we found he . 1 had kgun to do accredit bnslness.It was nee:es-'; sary, he saiaV in order- to meet competitiori and get .olam of trade ' -;-r I V -" We waited a little while ' and ' the next thmg- "we ' heard, the boasted; prospcrityjof that enterpTisre had vanished and-it had -gone ihto-.utter. bank ruptcy. " 1 y - - - -'Y ? u v. Another thing -The-l Progressive Farmer hasf warned readers against in season, arid out of sea-:-jon, is that of investing irt big far-away so-called, cooperative enterprises:. Cooperation like char--ity must begin at home. Ma one of our large South ern cities a big so-called "farmers'' cooperative" enterprise has just gone;into the hands of a re- ceiver. it failed for two reasons really COOOerative'! at" all" Th.nlatv wn tiMiav dividends according to thet old" capitalistic plan., J hat is to say, profits, were, to, goTentirely to stock-, holders regardless of : patronage.,,- Hence "as the report comes to us-: .V;;;--i,.- ; :v ' "It appears that Compaf atively . f ew stocks - holders patronized the stored . t r u the patronage dividend policy had been adopted, " so that stockholders would; have -received 1 only 6 : or per cent on their stockand then dividends in Proportion to the. amount of business they fur nished, iht fAenU rt,i. t" J'n i, . Spnn iL:. . . . . " notice nas beenRiven. . -"u, m5 enterprise began on too snowy a " f - - A . t r wale and with officers whose salaries were too bfe Establish a State Highway Commisston to IQr the volume of business.-'All cooperative enter-;, ffive, expert assistance in road making. How One Farm Neighborhood hXt &&z Up ; T; HAVE iust received a tetter from a consin who 11VCS iU U- idllUlll (IClltUUt UVUU I MICW ujr 7" well twenty yfaVft;.;a.a7tdiwith whom I keep .up an occasional correspondence. Hs latest let- hood news is so ; suggestive of the new spirit abroad In Southern farming that. I must pass it on. The first thing he tells about, is his plan, for iTnitirr r-K'.i vfsitttftr ttlnt f n rm pr ti cri fwr :. in : . ..,0,. , o-- : V . -r-1 ..i. aoing iarm wurKruie suri jii icnuwauip auu iuuv radeship we were arguing, for on page 1 a few weeks :, we are arranging to' work together' etc. ..Inci dentally'my "correspondent very; glad that the owner, of" this' adjoining farm refused to rent to a ,v 1 , -1 ' JNegrd, and' by .waiting, finally- got a, good .white ''fftaf Afv.wietfin'.thi"-''StafrA"-Tr hi family. - ' - - lirst, it wasnt unearnej and unmerited salary." . 4 ' , . Next be mention a new telephone line hi pro4 .. 2." Banks, should be required to pay interest on; cess of erection air improvement that would have -county funds as well asstate funds. 5 - f'- sounded marvelous to the'people there even fif- "3. . A yea and;nay votr.should be recorded on eea years ago. - ' alL questions decided by countyt commissioners. A recent election on a bond issue 'for improving: 1 FfnK h a martpt ttcr hureaii to a d farmers roaas w ine next news m uic jcuci. v 111 in 'marketing vegetables and staple crops. ' 5. Authorize counties to give suitable aid to demonstration, corn club and canning club work. 6 Punish railroads 'for not furnishing cars for transportation of farm joroducts, - when sufficient i that this bond issue was defeated, but - the fact , that the people even seriously considerxoad im - ' provement shows progress.) ; . . ' : , - ' ; - In the next sentence my cousin says : !The mein-, UV1 J' Ul VHi ,.,vvitr. yu.vu' ..... . coooerativeiv. We ect it a good deal cheaper than outsiders get theirs" This is another evidence of ' the new spirit. . , ' , Poises should begin cautiotjsly; and an-officer or - '8; Equalize school terms in town. and country, .g terraces; ; I had a man to come heTe with " manager should prove his' faithfulness. over a few. Encourage' traveling libraries and the teaching of hig evej antf show me how to run some; and then miners npfM-a-i.A j- 1 . , T-.tiit t lntiiiji' cctfnrp , . j..: t.:i.'! t.u . ' ne lent me nis msirumcnt anu x nave uccu nuig it myself. The work1kVic:me.w I j, Then comes mention of the fact that some Here ford and Holsfein cattle are coming into -the neigh borhood and ; some Duroc-Jersey hogs. .- Twenty years ago a pure-bred hog or cow there would have been a curiosity. y C,r ' -And then inv cousin ends his brief fetter by re- : WhitP ttfihfhKnrUt D tU Ui - '1.'; Reduce "the-legal rate ot interest trom is to markiflg. th. the neighbors are discussing plans "Hue neighborhoods for Prc::tdbb. ;6per cent and the rate permitted by contract from or shippinmnk to a new cooperative creamery. - " Fcrr:r l" , " ' to 8: percent. . ' . 1 . .Who says the South isn't waking up? And isn't MORF 1 ff " ' N " IX Safeguard the purity ot elections Dy aiiow- , it a better-thing to be having a hand in waking up Souti tS?J"St7 received from, members of iflg watchers at -the -polls. -Prohibit the givingof a neighborhood,' helping forward all the agencies . :.er le5Aslatures, reporting their;inten; tinnor on election daysand authorize funds to. . nf nroffress seeihtr the community grow better , nnrl htfpr war hr vear 'than it is to De some- bntlW hired main in : town? I know that in his - ,i . "vwniwvc ms iaitniuinesstover -a icw-. iiiicuufdgc uavtiiug.uuot v Jings before he is made ruler; over. many things;" both agriculture and domestic science inve i wastm tine anmbpey. when they ' Vut convicts on public roads, provide fire es awav v'JfiT-cooperativeCi) enterprwe's in far- capes for jails,, and give an allowance to prisoners, coooer t,eS they have-SUCceded with'smalf ' when they are set free. ' V - - hoods wt S.erIrises'' j1? .ftejt. own neighbor- -10 :Require- banks of, the state to maintain a' bt it'should hn ' Ias-tl81?-m- cooperation gntee, fund to protect depositor. ' il. JCnaCt U griiuiuticu uiuci uaucc ,ha . - . 12. . Reduce the legal rate of'interest from 3 to 6 per cent and the rate permitted by contract from 10 to & per cent. IX Safeguard the purity of elections by allow- , t on tv v. . vvi nug , iu, . .'liquor Ou cicvuuir. uajr j-nua . uiuuw.v . between t,l ;worljing'for land segregation 'pfokecute persons-guilty of election frauds, increase bf in&rZ'- J SUre 9-Cady R protect the public ; against sales of watered bods'hired man in town A A . - il "i in thic x - v . . . s' the hope thatS by the Railroad Commission ,viri;rt and-distinct places -for whites and Negroes in all public. theaters, ete in this problem. stock by requiring issues of stocky and bonds to our r.. 7- -rr"' vvcm artlPlP "WkV-A -. nr 1 . f : -ri.f i l Here Pt-rtf: n T. V UC4, -jutaui- vv orK -joegins, C . rrnt Becrins'TKrA ,Wu - game lot. attempt to beat a-man at hii own : 16. Ta encourage home-owmn& submit a consti- esnec aTi" Is one our -Southern white -farmers Atutional amendment exempting irum ,jr ucea to learn. -They struggles to get started on the farm this man was ' strongly tempted to quit and go to town. But he has stood by hii work, and in the long run"! have : no doubt but that he will be happier and his boys ; better. and stronger men because of hb decision. Bat atitf drink live; H t at and drink, for thus They kre men of greater 'reasonable: amount of fhe assessed value of .the da. the bau.-''Tta Talmud, ; . r -. -4 ..;r -.--r. r .J .- . vl.. .,jt,-v;.. ....,,..1-. -..- r.. ,,.. . . .;..,... . . .,. -. ;
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