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Show HENRY GRADY'S GRADYS ' ADVICE ADVICC . Henry W . Grady , the great South South- Southen Southern . - ern em en editor and orator omtor , died 43 years yearsago yearsago yearsago ago , but the ad\ ad ad\ice ad ice adice advice \ ice he gave to the thefarmers thefarmers thefarmers farmers of his nati native nathe , a Georgia and the theSouth theSouth theSouth South many 3 } sears cars ears ago is 15 as sound to to- to today'as to-da to da - - . daj day'as dayas ' ' . as 3.5 35 it WTS W1S was \ when hcn it it was utteredOne utteredOne uttered utteredOne One particular gem of his which has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been often rcpublished rcpubl1shed republished Is of particular particularI particularslgmficance particularsignificance particularsignificance I slgmficance significance just now It applies equal equal- equally equally . - ! ly to North or South , , provided provJded theprincipal the theprincipal I IprincIpal princIpal money crop of any particular particularsection particularsection section be substituted for "cotton cotton " , " v . where hez e it t occurs In the original Grady said said"When "When When " every farmer in the Southshall South Southshall Southshall shall eat bread from his rus own o"m om " fieldsand fields fieldsan fieldsand an and " meat from his own o"m om " pastuies pastUlCS pastures , anddisturbed and anddisturbed anddisturbed disturbed by no Cledltor creditor ci editor and enslaved enslavedby enslavedby enslavedby by no debt , shall sic sit among his teem teem- teeming teeming . - ing gardens and orchards and vine- vine vineyards vine vineyards . - yards and dairies and barnyards bamyardepitching , , pitching his 1us crops in his own wisdomand wisdom wisdomand wisdomand and gro\\ gro growing groing \ ing them in independence independencemaking , making cotton his clean surplus and andselling andselling andselling selling it in his own time and in his hischosen hischosen hischosen chosen market and not at a master's masters master'sI master'sbiddinggetting master'sbiddinggetting master'sbidding mastersbidding ' ' I bidding-getting bidding getting - getting his pay in cash and andI andnot andnot I j jnot not In a receipted mortgage that dis- dis discharges discharges dis discharges - - charges his debt but does not restore restorehis restorehis restoreIlls his freedom-then freedom then freedom - then shall be breaking breakingthe breakingthe breakingJhe the ullness fullness of our urjiay day " " I |