Farmville Business Man Sees In
Revival Of Prostrated Agriculture
Increasing Stimulation Of Business
In a recent interview by a SPOT
LIGHT reporter, John W. Holmes,
one of the most widely known men
in the financial, political, educa
tional and commercial life of Kast
Carolina, and one of Farmville's most
prominent business men, stated as his
opinion, that President Roosevelt has
begun at the bottom and is building
a strong and sure foundation for re
covery in placing the farmer on an
equality with industry, and that his
increased ability to buy, has already
created thousands of new jobs, thus
stimulating business and industry,
with great benefits now being felt
throughout the entire country.
Mr. Holmes said that normalcy con
ditions will obtain when those of the
pre-war period of 1909 to 1914 are
reached; a period when prices re
ceived by the farmer for his produce,
were at a proper ratio to the prices
he had to pay for necessary products.
In searching history, this citizen of
Farmville, who, having been stung by
the big "B" in business nevertheless
pays much attention to the spiritual
and cultural things of life, and is
well informed, says that in
view of past business cycles,
thirty years would be required to re
turn to the designated period but
that since large movements have in
variably been led by great genuises
Mr. Roosevelt will, he believes, with
his New Deal, take a short cut and
reach this stage in a matter of five
or six years.
Explaining the benefit payments,
this financier said that an estimated
$750,000,000 was expected to be used
by the United States for farmers
this year, this mney to be repaid
through a processing fee paid by the
manufacturer or processor, and which,
by the way, materially increases the
cost for the consumer very little.
These benefit payments are intend
ed to adjust the difference in the in
creased cost of the farmer's supplies,
since he does not gain any substan
tial advantage from the present gen
eral tariff policies of his country.
For the first time in the history
of the world, a complete credit struc
ture has been formed for agriculture,
entirely separate from the commer
cial credit structure, thus fostering
an independent agriculture.
Mr. Holmes recognizes the main
purpose of the agricultural program
as the securing of a better price level
for farm products, in order that farm
debts may be paid and a balanced
condition restored to the entire coun
try.
A profound, shrewd thinker, with
that inevitable spark of enthusiasm
that marks the difference between a
great business man and a small
tradesman, Mr. Holmes pointed to
diversification as the ultimate salva
tion of the farmer. "If one were buy
ing railroad securities he should not
risk his investment in one road but
spread it over five or six. So, in the
case of the farmer, it is better to
make a profit on several crops than
to make a record for maximum pro
duction of one."
Pointing out the AAA as a move
ment which is really in process of
formation as yet, Mr. Holmes said
that it has perhaps been brought
nearer to realization in the tobacco
section than any other at the present
time. Optimistic over the results of
the NEW DEAL, as already ex
perienced here, particularly since the
opening of the tobacco market, Mr.
Holmes sees a great revival of busi
ness activity as surplus problems are
overcome and the purchasing x?ower
of the farmer is restored.
"The people of this country want
recovery," he declared. "They want it
more than anything else, and they
feel with President Roosevelt that
'we are on the way.' "
BUSINESS MAN CHEERED
BY STREET SWEEPER
Music, that mysterious charmer of
all ages which stirs the pulse and
inspires men to braver deeds and
soldiers to die, is understood, enjoy
ed and produced by the humble slave
amid the lamps of poverty full as
well as by the master at whose feet
the world falls and worships.
The songs of the world, the arias
of the opera, the sonatas and sym
phonies of the great composers of
all times are "tuned in" on his radio
by a certain local business man
every evening, but it was a familiar
hymn, sung by a lowly street
sweeper on a recent morning, that
cheered his heart and lent inspira
tion for the daily routine of his
duties and caused his friends to com
ment concerning the light in his eye,
the pep in his step, and the song
on his own lips. I give you his
story.
"I was awakened at 6 this morn
ing by a deep resonant voice sing
ing 'Take It To The Lord In Prayer,'
accompanied by the swishing of a
brush and the ringing metallic tone
of a shovel in the hands of a street
sweeper. I am certain that the
singer knew nothing of notes, of
head tones,*nor of any of the tech
nicalities of the art, the melody it
self was slightly changed and notes
were added or skipped or transposed
at will, but his voice had the quali
ties of a born artist, the spirit was
there, and it inspired me, business
man that I am, weary with difficult
problems in a period of financial
depression. I arose, I lifted my head
and gazed fearlessly into the beyond
and was consoled by the eternal
hope of a Supreme Being, who can
be reached by prayer."
IN DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Mrs. Biffe?I would never let my
daughter marry a man that smokes
cigarettes.
Arthur?But I only smoke cigars.
Mrs. Biffe?Well, I wouldn't let
her marry a man that'll waste money
on cigars when cigarettes are so
much cheaper.?Exchange.
The Farm Credit Administration
is an agency which undertakes to
make available all types of credit
needed by the farmer.
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