Show HOW TO MEET THE difficulty A correspondent writing gritl tig ig from chel ton idaho states that the position of the people there especially those engaged in agriculture to la far from satisfactory the state law taxing canals has hag added to their burdene buru ens many farmers farmere have mortgaged their property for or living expenses and now have no pr of paying the indebtedness incurred Deu an aa farm produce commands com manda very low prices in the market marke tand and when the farmers get anything on credit two per cent per month to is the customary rate of interest charged then after thirty days the correspondent also aleo states that the storekeepers in the locality have formed a league and will PRY pay the smallest amal lest possible price for the farmers farmer product this payment Is made only in merchandise so that sto repay I has superseded eash cash almost entirely and the quantity of that is growing perceptibly less h the failure of the agriculturist to get fair value for his produce such a state of affaire as that described to Is very discouraging and it Is to be hoped that things do not wear quite as gloomy an aspect as the correspondent thinks the facts ind figures which he gives however show that the situation of many of the people is far from belag being as prosperous as might be desired this does not arie from a failure of the soil to give forth in its strength there is no complaint of light crops the trouble lies in a chain of circumstances which the people themselves by careful unselfish and combined action could in great measure control t their own advin advantage rather than be clowdel thereby into a condition that is ie galling running credit Is ig a custom fir far too prevalent among other classes than those engaged in tilling the soil ar aa a practice it cannot be too severely condemi condemned conde maed ked there are cases of e gooey gency when obtaining ore lit fit is justi fled but as aa a habit it is foolish and costly whether to in country or city A judicious and thrifty manager studiously avoids I 1 our correspondent says that twelve per cent per annum interest on bills after thirty days is in sietes dieted on by the local merchants mer cbanta how can they do otherwise and keep keel IQ III business they cannot afford to expend their capital in carrying a long list of debtors without return for the means so eo applied any more than the funner farmer can turn over his hie team for constant use by his neighbor without re mune mu aeration ne ration the lose of storekeepers by disputed accounts cou ants and bad debts 0 under the credit system is far from I 1 aco not demable de rable people who do not wish to pay heavy interest on overdue bills can be relieved of that burden by not habitually permitting theft bills to become overdue rhen it if through misfortune or stress ot business they are forced to aik jk for longtime long time credit their record for promptness in meeting their obligations will stand them in good stead in securing the desired accommodation the workman who makes a practice of spending his bis wages before they are re calved and the farmer whose custom it is to mortgage his hie whole crop before it is harvested are baor financiers equally objectionable ano the habitual credit policy is the store pay system incidental to their business mercha tits properly issue due bills under specified and understood arrangements range ments these are often a lecessi essi ty an A n exchange of commodities Is ie also legitimate but the storekeeper whose method is to compel people to trade with him by the eto sto repay process I 1 ie without the pale of either the merchants mer chanta who have entered into the league referred to doubtless doubt lew found tt it to their interest to engage edgag in concerted action if the farmers farm era are on by the combination bombi nation 1 they have an example of how to obtain obeal n relief their own harmonious and united action action would settle the question lay by organizing and combining fur for mutual hene benefit fit they can command the market to a reasonable extent and if in one place the prices for their produce are inadequate their unity of action will enable them 0 t reach another mart marl aside frum from any real or fancied local grievances the organic A d operation cooperation co of farmers in a district for mutual help in any direction would be of ast benefit while the strength of such union would wool be a means for protecting its individual members from many of the impositions a 8 commonly practiced ed |