Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-09-18
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One particular hobby of the &. o. p.
papers since the state of Kansas is as
sured of large fall crop, is to tell the
farmers and laborers generally to lay
politics aside, devote the time to gath
erlng crops. etc. They tell them that
good and prosperous times will soon
return, that the hard times were not
brought about by legislation. but
that the reason the farmer was under
going financial difficulty was that he
had nothing to sell. How is it, Mr..
Farmer, has large crop satisfied YOU?
DO you believe that you will be enabled
to dispose of your crop, under the pres
ent financial system, in such manner
as to pay your taxes, interest and mort
cages? DO you believe that 20 cents
per bushel. the present price, and a
prospective price of 10 or Is cents per
bushel, is as much as you deserve for
your crop? If so you had better not
NEEDLE with politics. Do you believe
that when you sold your enormous
wheat crop of few years ago at from
80 to so cents per pushel, you got just
return for your product? In short,
do you believe that you have received
just remuneration for your products
within the past six years? Our exper-
fence teaches that the average market
price of farm products within that
space of time has been but very little
above the cost of production. From
what source is the amount to come TO
pay taxes and balance on the farm
Let history answer the question: ii
cannot be procured. The mortgage
foreclosures and confirmation of sheriff
sales on record in all the counties IN
the state are testimonials of themselves
as to how you can get good price
for your products 'if you have some
thing to SELL" Whenever the time
arrives when the farmer has no expense
in producing, when there are no taxes
to pay, when land and building mater
ial are given gratis and when there is
no expense to the business, then will
the prevailing prices be sufficient fol-
a decent living but not before.
To the masses of the commonwealth
the question naturally presents itself
''are you satisfied with good crops and
nothing else?" VIII you worry along
under this pernicious gold standard
system which compels you to give your
productions for which you toll inces
sanity, to the foreign money power; Of
will you stand up like freemen and de
mand fair return? This is a poo
time to ''lay politics aslde;' that il
just what the money spectators want
the less the producers interest them
selves in politics the sooner will tn,
time approach until society will be di
Yided into two classes-master ant
servant. An opportunity is now pre-
senting itself for the friends of silve
TO strike powerful blow and if tn
gold horders could induce the people t,
devote their attention to something
else, the cause of silver, the money o
the people, would be crippled and pros
perity left farther In the rear. Nc
don't think for moment that becaus
you have a bountiful crop. that yo
should not interest yourself in the pc
litical management of this great ma
nation, it is your right, it is your duty
Nature has done her part toward a.
leYiating the suffering of mankind, 20
do yours. If you don't 1t is yoursel
that you will have to blame.