Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-08-27

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impel the opening Of every factory
throughout the land. We have found
the gold standard does not give US Q
fair price, Why should We not try free
coinage. I am safe in saying that it
farmers would get fair price for their
grain, ETC., that every one Of them would
at least treble their purchases Of gro
ceries. furniture, clothing and lumber.
NO HARDsH1Ps FOR THE BANKER.
Mr.. Wells also says that the banker
has suffered as much as the farmer Of
late years. I hope he will allow me to
differ with him. I have lived on farm
here for the past twelve years and SO
speak from experience. Does MI. Wells
or any man IN such business know what
it is to lose whole years labor-or
nearly abby prices lowered by some
gold standard trust7 To have to sell
your hogs for so cents for every dollar Of
work and grain you have put into them? ?
To labor physically for bare existence
and then probably have some one who
never farmed day tell you that you
sought to diversity your crops"
Men in Mr.. Wells position do often
fail, but there is one thing, they have
lived q good, comfortable, probably
luxurions, life up to that time; If We fail
we do not even have that remembrance
We are struggling to live through each
year, hoping that each crop will bring in
more and put us on our feet. No luxurlee,
hardly comforts. A pleasure trip is un-
heard Of; our children growing up,
working bravely beside US and hearts
heavy to see them grow up without the
education they deserve and should have.
The mothers and fathers all over the
country work and plan all summer in
order to send their boys Or girls to school
In town or to Fargo for the winter,
and, alas, each winter brings its dlsap-
pointment. personally know many such
cases. Little boys and girls eight and
ten out herding to save hire or in order
to let the older children help IN the field,
the helpful wives, milking, gardening,
mendlng, growing old and tired in their
brave efforts TO help along, comforting
the children when they have to be
necessities for their children. Near me
are two families, hard-working, honest,
ambitloas, each With sevefs; children
almost grown up; for three winters the
boys have hoped to 60 to some school;
seeding, harvest, threshing and all the
severe manual labor that the year brings
has been gone through and then by the
time the few groceries they had to have
and the cheap clothing is paid for and
bare supply Of fuel is procured for the
winter there 10 nothing left. Does Mr..
Wells know how these parents feel?
Would not any man with the spirit of q
man Say ''there must be change" Ex-
cept to each other few farmers acknowl-
edge the bitterness they have gone and
are going through. When they and all
belonging to them have fought through
heat and cold ead then to see the fruits
Of all this labor taken from them by g
financial system advocated by the "busl-
ness men" they certainly feel that even
their Ignorance" can lead to no worse
results.
For pluck and "stick- k-at.it.iveness" I
believe our western farmer can not bs
beaten-they are set OF men who
should receive all credit for their doing
40 we'll a. they have in the face OF all
They are hospitable,
industrious and honest when
they have the money.
When our banker friends have to see
their wives and families perform all
kinds of manual labor, when they have to
deny themselves all but the plainee'
food. when the have to wait for q cheap
sale to get clothing, when their families
have to deny themselves but one fire IN
the house, when the little girl can not
take the music lessons she so longs for,
when their boys can hardly take a day
of in the year for their pleasure, when
their houses have TO 60 unfurnished and
smaller than their family needs, when
their wives can not take short visit to
the old home or parents she so longs to
see, then let them tell us that they feel
the hard times az much as we do.
FARMER.