The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-02-20
THE FARMERS FRIEND
Replies to Hillican Ben's Latest--3ood
Roads the Theme.

will try to defend ourselves and tr
. to keep the golden rule more |
mind than you did.
The editor, in the same issu,
' says: "Hillican Ben's answer is |
this issue. Let us have somethin
from business men," Now we ca
' take hint without kick, and a
we have not received the necessar
kick we take no hint and procee
to speak our piece.
= First, we can sustain any charg
made by us against Logan's mel
chants. Are said charges any NOR
grave In their nature than thos
made against the Logan bakers b,
the editor? Why don't you 60 II
him with your claws out and bris
,, Ties up? We don't want TO 20 int,
details, and will refrain from doins
so rs much rs possible, because W.
never knew of two wrongs making
one right. You say you would rather
suffer contradiction than endure si
lent wages, &C., and we, Hillicar
Ben, would rather be contradicted
than misrepresented. Now get that
paper and read 1t again and see n
we did not say "seven years" in.
stead of "never." No doubt a
preacher like Jonah could work
wonders by mending things In Lo-
gan the same as he did at Ninevah,
The Jonahs that do the preaching
nowadays are more like the 10.
nah that went into the great fish
than the one that came out of the
fish. That Logan is not CONNER.
cial town is sad but nevertheless
true, for in spite of the bad roads
we can overstalk the market with
few bushels of apples, potatoes,
or almost any kind of vegetables.
and even butter. We can hardly
withstand the temptation to give
you a few illustrations from facts.
they crowd themselves into our
mind in numbers.
So you think 1t is not right for
us to rebuke our neighbor. You
must be person like unto the peo.
pie who hired minister to preach
for them and when he came they
instructed him not to preach against
the saloons for they contributed
largely to the support of the church,
and he must not preach against he
moral classes, &c. At length the
puzzled minister asked, "what shall
Ipreach against?" They hesitated
awhile, then answered, "preach
against the Jews, there is none of
them here" 1t is right to rebuke
wrong wherever found, Hillican
Ben. You say we do not patronize
nome Industries. Do your mer.
chants patronize home industries
when they insist on and will have
Jersey Sweets in preference to the
Ohio Sweets? Do they do as they
wish to be done by when they are
not as polite, willing, ready and
anxious to buy any article from us
as they are to sell any article to us +?
Are they just when they fix the
price on our products? We have
nothing at all to say in the matter.
We have to buy at their price. and
we also have to sell at their price.
And through the economy in which
The average farmers are compelled
to live, in order to keep square
with the world (Which we can
ooastfully say most farmers do) we
ire called seedy, jakey, stingy, and
'veh hogish. You say you said
'othing about the manner or kinds
u farming in connection with good
'oads. Now we know you named {
wheat and you also had the saving
u cost In marketing eaid cereal /,
temized in pretty good style. We r
'unted diligently for that paper SO
'e could give it to you in your own
'ords, but could not find 1t. We
uPpose 1t found It's way to some
upboard or pantry shelf. Now. 6
iiiiican Ben, you don't need TO .
ring up marketing wheat as an In.
ucement to US for talking up =
locking County's making a bio an. s
ropriation to build roads, because b
one Of US are going to strain our. S
elves to raise grain that costs us
8 cents or 81 per bushel to sell at n
cents per bushel. Had we known I,
on occupied the position of U. s. b
gricultural Reporter, we would 9
ave been more timid in replying 4
your first article, for it is Gus. e,
mary for interiors to respect their e.
'periors. Beg pardon, HiIlican t.
en-, II was not our intention to be :.
npudent. And Adams heart was
~ until he welded Eve, was It? p
@ think his sadness cam. 10 a,
isis when he was driven ont of CI