Recognizing him as a citizen, we think we should do all in our power to fit him for the duties of citizenship.

We think there is no better method of doing this than by interesting him in the production of the soil, surrounding him with home comforts, and imposing upon him the responsibilities of his business.

Who will make the best citizen or laborer, he who goes to a home with a week's rations, wages spent, wife and children hired out, or he who returns to a home surrounded with the ordinary comforts, and wife and children helping him to enjoy the products of their joint labor?
We recognize that no country can be prosperous unless the farmers are prosperous.

Under our system, we seek to have our property cultivated by a reliable set of tenants, who will be able to always pay their rent and have a surplus left.
Again, a large portion of the cotton crop of the country is made by small white farmers.

These to a great extent are raising their own supplies, and making cotton a surplus crop.