Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-12-30

1SOl many lays dSO Tue "AieSA " oo
standing in front of store in one of
our cities, when he heard couple of
stylishly dressed young men speaking
of a well-to-do German farmer passing
along the street.
"See that sour kraut hayseed with
biliygoat whiskers? Amt he beaut?
I'll bet he is so stingy that he would
walk all over town to save cent"
These and other similar remarks SEEM
ed to afford these young men consider
able amusement. Our German friend
went about his business, unmindful of
the fact that he was being made sport
of by those who were not worthy to
buckle his shoes.
This particular farmer was not the
only one made sport of by these
young gentlemen.
Presumably the farmer is not &C
quainted with the latest style collar or
tie. His trousers are not made Ia
bloomer, nor his hat shaped over the
correct block. He probably does not
wear an immaculate shirt of the latest
pattern. His hands may not be prop
erly manicured or his rudy face~care-
fully massaged. He probably doesn't
know how to manipulate billiard cue
and isnot familiar with the best brands
of tobacco, beer or whiskey; nor can
he reel off huently string of newly
coined slang phrases. He knows COM
paratively littleof the pleasures of the
green cloth. His beard is not trimmed
la Vandyke or his hair cut accord
ing to the latest style. Because the
country man lacks these acquisitions
he is dubbed "hayseed." Precious
thought.
These narrow-minded individuals ca
Tess the delusion that their city breth-
rem are living on higher plane of civil
ization because they live in metropoli-
tan atmosphere.
If the men with such comical hirsute
ornamentation, who toll early and late
in the boiling hot rays of old Sol in
their efforts to make the fertile fields
of sunny Kansas produce that which
sustains life should close up shop, as
it were, what would eventually become
of the CLERKS and business men of our
country cities and towns? How would
they exc out an existence?
1 doubt if these indolently inclined
human butterflies, who seem to take
such delight in making opprobrious re-
marks about the farmers, would relish
the idea of soiling their white hands by
manipulating pitchfork in the harvest
field in the scorching hot sun, or ex-
tracing tactical fluid from a refractory
COW, although some of the greatest
men this country has ever produced
were not loath to perform such mental
labor.
Suppose all the ''hayseeds" in this
country should cease to ply their voca-
ton what effect would ii have upon
the commercial interests of this coun-
try? Food for meditation. Why, they
would be completely paralyzed, to be
sure.
Could the business men, laborers,
mechanics and clerks in the towns and
cities restore it to its normal condition?
I trow not.
Even the mighty votaries of Wall
street, and the men who are receiving
word castigation at the handsof Mr..
Thomas Lawson, could not counterfeit
the stagnation that would appear at all
commercial centers.
The commercial industries of this
country would wither and die if they
were not continuously sprayed by the
waters Of agriculture.
Could the large factories, mills and
railroads run if the farmers didn't coax
the various cereals and other products
from the bosom of Mother Earth?
What, too, would become ofthe hun
dreds of men and women employed by
those large concerns? Where would
they obtain the things necessary to
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