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Saturday, September. 1916 ". ; . v . . .'. . ' (21) U65 1 STUDY OFBNMGYINSOIITIPt a -.Careful study the seeds of -tbc-twoV CAROLINA'' Kfe,-andtobecpme.& U"V . ' ' workers for civic betterment. ' They profit by the reciprocal action. The size, form, color, and physical charac-; ' '"'tW -v ''K haven't the; chance to develop their tenant should be givxn, by a "practUteristics which are easily detected un-v Injurious Effects .of Absentee Land" talents as they -shouldbe developed? cabte system of rura credits, a der a good glass . V ' -"lordism and Stimulating; E ffects of " gchbolschurches, and to buy, land of his own. This Seed- inspectors and - others; inter-- Home-ownership Illustratedr Land- mestic lif e as -c well, cannot-be deveP" could be accoiUshedustseasHy 'ested iirdetermining the purity of Su- - owners f vp.m-ouui aauummuii). ncgiuts uj sumc iuiai yi mc amui iiauuu uan grass seea inay ODiain a lecnni cal description of this method in De partment Bulletin. 406," "Distinguish-?, ing Characters of the Seeds of Sudan Grass, and 'Johnson Grass;"" which will be furnished on application as r ditions Affecting Renters - simply must . not be put into compe- . plan ashe can pay a large share of THE tenant system practiced in tition with our white tenants if we his crops on an annual cash rent, the South, and to come nearer .wjsh to remain -loyal to our race and A G of Working Land lame in South Carolina, is re- to serve our neighbor who has not owners' 1 i ' nf the' ch'ref evils of thest advantages.We are not pes- . - :.:..'- Y : V conizc . ; ti. : simists." but vnii : miist rememHer. we T KNOW-of a community that . well Innvnc tV. nnarttnAnf'c ctmnlv locfc scutLeru 8 aff ectng as it iioes- have about; 112,000. 'tenants -in our illustrates the good results obtain- ; : r : r' 5! Wlifc and social happiness of .tatei and, of .these W. are whites, "able, from landowners 'residing- on NORTH CAROLINA MXRKETS ' tuv ' -s . ., r .1 . i ' Mtr w thoCfl h!irrt.mnftroi5tii thPir rnpir nwn tnrmc Mncr nt rnpc& tarm. than one-nan oi tne rurai pop-. y ;v v y'," f ,",y a "uu iv" r " " f our state. ' - families demand ;ahd require a bet- ers work only, two or three horses ulation o i which all the farmers ter s better: each, endeavoring to do as much of fSeC nts can become a really ' " recognitibri" in'. the ;iifsinSS-""arid'-polit--.--the - work-: as possible themselves. --No are. "I, .nmmnnitv. There can be -ical. world. - V ,- Negroes are found on most , of the prospci . , v: But what?bf the busfiiess side of farms, and onlv those that are abso- Price3 paid by merchants fir farm products In the markets of North Carolina as reported to the IiTl?ion of Markets. Wm.-R. Camp, Chief, for the weefc end-, ing Saturday, September 16: ..v: 1.-1 1 1?f whprp n maioikitv" f X oeople are likely to move away ' the tenant system? : First of all, it is lutely necessary on the others.. The nr wbere the whites are not a paying proposition- to either , result is one of the most progressive the tenant or the landlord. We can- farming sections in-the stated A not- , -. nnnminotc w not expect a run-down tarm on V liVl i.-v...- X ;. Town .3 e C 2 a 0 0, tion . . . . . i . . V Meo-rnes ' k Kverv ser.-- SUrruu j . i . tin(- vpvnArf . 5 Min.rlnwn- . form rn ?iK1 fart io tliot mntt nf tli a fnrmpr Aaheville .. .... r nrhih iha nnmar radti'iK onanH hovA hnnfchf n 1 nun tftr ThAir toffflt, Ttiirliilm : . a sad lack, ot tnat spirit oi progres- j. iL iu. rr ...?tu... u,: ooidsboro ...,... siveness an r llfp v. .- wok unvvi; oui agaiuoi, uvu vtvi j n"vi v. vu""vj Monroe ' r1ii- mnAa t-V a in n A ' n n A v a t fn e f orl ?f io C 11 C C -fill f frvlTI 1 fi tl ! n f1 9 1 ctanfl ,ir !. 4- . nA o-v- 4- r Avavinnb vv ttu itiavxv iui lauu aim bull Ujiv,u lb juvvijjiu 4 & vn t ,vu.u th hold that the tenant system has to our keeping. -The tenant, further, point, and aU are pulling together for;, on our state. Two-thirds of. the farms has absolutely no showing in 'community betterment.. However, ; vm- of Sotfth Carolina " are worked by d prosperity which makes or.e money and the tenant refuses in the last fifteen years, they having-Greensboro .i...... ...... eniov a real, a beneficial. to build UP to -remain - productive. I been tenant farmers before-this. and a happy life. Monroe . . . . . I ; i . : . . ... . . New i5ern V- r. . itaieign $1.07 1.07 1.00 1.05 .90 . .95 1.60 1. 10 1.10 1.10 1.05 1.02 1.10 1.10 .95! 50.60 .57 -.,60 ' .58 .65 .65 .57 .65 57 Vz i .60 -.58 .55 $2.75 2.70 3.50 4.00 4.00 2.50 4.50 3.75 3.50 3.7f $0.73! .... i.oo;$i.so 75 .so .75 ,60 .75 1.00 ,.75 ,-75 .70 .65 4.00; 1,00 3.25.1' .7i-:...i 3.7ol 3.50 4.09' 1.60. if 3 3.50,; 3.50 -i 3.59: tne Dusiness woria. ine naraworK- witnin tne past iew years several oi ;. : m oMr;,u..:' ered In Raleinh, ?1.00(H.02?4) i No. 2 yoiioff com,,, GIVE THE TENANT A CHANCE . . . . r n tenants, bixty-tnree per cent oi an the farmers of South Carolina do not own the land they work, and tenan try increased 135.5 per cent from 1880 to 1910. The white and the" Negro farmers of the. state are about: equal, yet of the whites 44 per cent are working another man's land. How Absentee Landlordism Has Blighted One Section. . A GREAT thinker has said, ."Next to war, pestilence, ' and famine, absentee landlordism is the worst evil that can befall a country." T know of a community that wellproves this statement. Twenty years ago all the land was owned by resident white farmers. They worked all the land they could themselves, ; hiring wage hands if necessary, and work ing tenahts only . when absolutely necessary. All the farmers were cul ' i . . . . r . , , . tured and prosperous, a good school ing white tenant must not be. forced, the farmers have added to their was built up which later 'sent out down to the same level with the Ne- farms by buying adjoining property; manv bovs and eirk wk wr? hle 'rorkt there must! be arranged some and more than likely the number of . w- . - ... -! . .. it. '.i... :ii ixic cuiiimuinL y win fPHE TENANTS of bur county should be encouraged to buy their own homes. "' ; : It is a sad picture to see a good man ..spend his life on a "farm as a tenant, 1 with a large family and no way for him to provide an estate for his children and for himself and, wife in old age. . Give the tenant a chance in the race of life. Sell him land at a low rate of 5 interest' This will encourage him t? make the first payment, and after that . ; is done the way will be open for him. . . : ' There should always bje a strong tie between landlord and tenant. The children of the latter should be given a chance to make strong men and women. , Nobody knows what the future has in store for these poor boys and girls when they are given a show. ' vDon't let them have.to say : ,"1 ain t never had no chance.'- Come to their rescue today, The Columbus Hews Reporter. ;).-. No. 1 Irish Potatoes, per barrel New York. 173 i. 3; WaahlnBton, $2.503 ; Cincinnati. $f?.0.w i ! Phila-: delphia, $3.90a'4. 20 ; . Boston, $33.30 ; Cieveland,i ' ?3.904150; Baltimore, $2.r0('3.30. , : 4, No. l Sweet Potatoes., poi barrel New York, J2.50i 5 2.75; Pittsbunr, $2.252.35; Cincinnati. Wash-; iiigton, $22.50; Philadelphia, $1,752; RoBtow.$t25;V; Clevelaird$2.402.50; Baltimore $1.75 2. 25. y . - BUTTER. EGGS AND POULTRY PRICES t ' '. IS- I I ' " Town : ; Si3gfc . - ' ::; ; sc i s' ss- Ahoskie $0.33 $0.35 $0.'!3 (.1M0.11 - Asheville .35 -.34 .30 .151 .15 Charlotte 35 .30 .20! .15 Durham .35 .35 .35 .20, .10 Charlotte .... '.35 .30 '.2ul .15 Goldshoro .-. -35 .2iJ.17 Oreensbora .35 .35 .30 .1S ,U Greenville 20 45 .45 Hamlet.. .30 .18 .15 Maxton , .35 .35 .30 .20. .12 Monroe .31 .28 .13 ..11 New Bern .30 .... .... Raleigh .37 .32 .20 .18 .16 Salisbury... .35 ;.32 .33 .30.50 Scotland Neck .35 .83 . .25 .13 .12 Winston-Salem i .33 .28 .lfl .14 Each. ;. ;. .-. .. Butter Chicago;' 27324 (creamery) I New York 8334c (extra); New Orleans, (fancy creamery). ' Eggs Chicago, 2729&c (firsts) ; New York, - 86 S7c (extra fine); New Orleans, Sfita1 30c (Western). to make a success of life. There was metnoa. oy wnicn ne can Decome a .leoanisn mc luimuuimy win. m an ideal social life. But after several -landowner in a -prosperous commun- . crease. It is hoped that the Negroes years condition q rrno-pH Qvpml itv. We must have a. more rational will be kept out of the community PRICES OF fOTTON, COTTON SEED, AND COT TONSEE1) ME Ali " of the owners rnnd nwav-anrl a system of furnishing him the neces-. as much as possible, thus saving the few more died, leaving their proper- sary supplies, and not make him pay section to the whites. Now there are ty to the children, some of whom al- from 10 to .60 "per cent interest be- just what Negroes; there as are actu ready lived in 'town The result- was sides the retail-profit. . Personally I ? ally, needed, their presence being a that Negroes wprp nnr in ttiA "Ki know of ' one ignorant white land- help rather than a detriment to the house." and aimnsr vArvn(r 'c owner who last year paid 34 per cent; ' T kill Jk4 IT UU . ... entrusted to their hands.; Today a interest on his supply, bill after the Negro owns two-thirds, of-the ; land company, had. charged, time prices. : around the white school rone part Needed Changes in Our System 01 Vle community is, populated almost - - , -" , v , . - " . ' ; entirely by Negro.tenants, with here THE tenant should be recognized and there a small whit f.rmor wH. from a financial standpoint,-for gcu in Detween teseNegroes. , progress of the community. ; .W.F.HOWELL. Clemsbn 'College, S. C. ' Middling j Cotton seed Pounds of Town . " Cotton Per Bushel Meal for Thursday . Ton Seed 'Ahoskie 14c ?0.45 Chaflotte 15c .60 2,000 Durham ............ 15c I Goldsboro" .'...'. 15o . .75 Greensboro . ....... I 15c Greenville. 15 'ic , . . . Hamlet 14c .60 Maxton 15c .75 Monroe ............ 15c .60 ......... j New Bern ' 15c i! Raleigh 15c I .65 ; Salisbury 15c .60 Scotland Neck 15c ...... Method for Distinguishing Sudan Grass From Johnson Grass Seed he. is really the maker .: of : thevmoriey v O EED . specialists of the United that secures for His landlord his pres- O States Department of Agriculture they formerly produced, or what tige in the business world. It is noth- have developed a method whereby they shoul produce now,' and -every-' ing but fair that"- he should have a seed of Sudan grass may accurately where, throughout" the 'tenant dis- "say so". in: a matter that affects .himr ' be distinguished from the " seed of trict, there is a lack of thrift and self arid his family so vitally. Johnson grass which, while, valuable good management. Instead" of -the But: the. tenant system is a part of in some sections, is considered so owners getting a fair return for their ' Southern; agriculture arid must al- troublesome a weed in others that iand, they onlv eet a vprv all rat ways remain so.. We can only mod- state laws prohibit , its admission. of interest on their investment, while ' ify the system and make it become every-year- the : farms-: are getting more advantageous to both the wner Poorer and poorer. Itiis the friendly of the property and the tiller of the cooperation of farmers and a 'good- soil. An equitable adjustment of the. social life that makes a prosperous. .returns of the farm; well-laid plans arming section, and we canot secure for the: future development of the tnese requisites tmlcc tu.a -1 farm: and, permanence of tenure, in majority of landowners, workihg: order. to give the. tenant a chance to" tneir own farms and parh niVflinir fnr: imorove his condition and that of the terment of his community. Sial Conditions and the White Tenant TTTTl . Jju J et us study the tenant and all tuai nertainc li.'e v.t ,J . . Alia SULldl . ill u.. farm as well these are all necessary for a practicable system of ".tenancy. The real - motive in white -tenancy should be t6" give the worker a chance t6 become a landowner, and this can only be - dori ' by a mutual working TT naV'P VOU Alro -A' e - 4 .' I I - r ' i.t,- Anrnaf rYA fri tft1 n 1 accn a lamuy oi wnite togemer ui mc wwnv Pie surrouridedby Negroes, each ant; tThe owner., mustfurnish good mUy -Perhaps working oiithe same bouses and getl his tenants interest a,1f n' dojng the; samekind 6f work, - ed- in public matters. He must not a receiving the same' Returns from unnecessarily crowd Negroes around e tarm? How. cdn. such, a . family ".his white tenant's wife and daughters, ver amountt td anything as' cbmmun-:. Neither mut he .pubthe Negro, on .a1 ouilders?- vYoti-; cannot- kpect? ' competitive' equality with:. the, white EENEW ALL YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS ' THROUGH. US - Our clubs save you money. We will gladly, make a special club on any papers you may WlSh. " . : )' , One letter, one money Order and It's an attended to. '. . ' ,- , : May we serve you? . THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER - QAI TTQlflTV WANTED for the Help-t. Phone; C3ri.ljljk3ifi.lJll almost every telephone user imyg ' one to three; sells for $3: profit 100 per cent; send for particulars. O. H. Bomar, 1703 3d Are., B'ham, Ala. TheFarmcps Exchange Cordelc Georgia J;R; Kelly; PiopCrisp County WE GROW WE 1MPR0VE-WE BUV and WE SELL, or WE EXCHANGE for all kinds, ' PURE-BRED SEEDS, FEEDS and FARM PRODUCE :.v- i- What have you to BUY? What have you to SELL?-: What have you to EXCHANGE? . ... . ... . .. .. . , .... . , - Call, write or wire us-when you care to huy, sell or exchange-Seed Oats Seed Wheat, Seed Bye, Seed Vetch, Seed Rape, Seed Peanuts Seed, Peas, Seed Beans, Clover Alfalfa or,' Grasses. We buy second-hand Sacks; Pecans, etc. c . , .We test all our seed and you can rely on them being pure and true to name. '' V ' Samples Furnished and Required ' ':. - 80 JERSEYS AT PUBLIC AUCTION 80 AT EWELL'S STATION, SPRING HILL, TENN., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, We . will sell at publlo Auction 80 Jersey Cattle . 50 Registered Jerseys 30 Extra Good Grade Milk Cows These cattle are all In irood condition and will make money for those who buy them. There will be bred and open, cows and heifers just the kind to add. new bloody your .herd. Write. for Catalog and Be Sure to Come W ; PATTON WJHITAKER, Spring HillTemi, a; 1 1 ih." It'- II'.' . ... 1 . ,f i . ll 3 -' V i. : . ft. 1:1 try Hi til f '."tr-wt tii V,.): - ' f . :i urn- l3 I fl mi I 4. 3.. .'f l: mi i.".'. f ; If;-
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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