The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-22
DOWN WITH SHIRT TAILg CRY OF
 KANSAS FARMER
Boost for Cotton Raisers Becomes Issue
 in Kansas Campaign. Topeka special to Chicago Record

Boost for Cotton Raisers Becomes Issue fin Kansas Campaign. Iopeka special to Chicago Record Herald
 Down with the shirtr will be a campaign cry among the Kansas far mers this fall. Not that the agricul- turists wish to do away with that part of the male attire which Is tucked within the trousers; not that they are | favoring return to Adamic simplici- | ty in matters of dress-oh, no! Down with the shirt! means rather a length ening of that garment an addition of one Inch, front and rear, to the tails that are never displayed to the public | gaze except from the backyard line on washing day.
 Behind the movement Is a great all truistic purpose-a benefaction to a host of tillers of the soil Unionism | Is rampant on the prairies of the sun | flower state. and the farmers are being urged to form themselves into a league for the amelioration of the entire broth erhood, the raising of mortgages, the selling of crops. etc
 "There's Millions in It." When a doubter asked skeptically: How can a farmer help anyone except himself?" one of the torch bearers of the new faith, the editor of a farming journal answered:
 "h1t WE COuiu SCH llt WuOle cot ton crop of the United States at high rate simply by taking thought and add ing an inch to the tail of our shirt"
 The scoffer was covered with confu- sion, and the slogan: Long shirts and grand plano on every cotton ranch" is now ringing through the commonwealth
 The periodical has begun a vigorous campaign of education for an extension of the shirt-tail. If the movement takes root 1t Is to be expected that walking delegates. xea-ing their shirts outside their overalls, a la Chi nois. in order to testify their good faith, will travel from farm to farm bearing yard-stick and calling every Cincinnatus from the blow to be meas ured. Just step behind this tree and let's see if you belong to the union, pardner," will replace "How's craps?' as greeting. And woe be unto him who refuses to dlsrobei
 Menace in Light Crop.
 The idea Is being taken seriously in many localities, but the Republican and Democratis state campaign committees steadfastly refuse to incorporate it into their platforms. Messrs. Ryan and Drummer. the respective state chair man, argued today that the lengthen- ing of the shirt might be menace to the modesty of the entire nation, in the event of a light crop. The sup ply might be used up prematurely, and we would then nave to wear shirts without any tails at all during the winter" they declare with manifesto tions of fright.
 Revision of the tarlff was the issue which led to the Haunting of the shirt tail throughout the state. Colonel w. A. Harris, Democratic candidate for governor. favored tariff reform with vigor in his letter of acceptance. The editor of the Farmers Advocate, in commenting upon Colonel Harris words calculated that the addition of one inch to the tails of the nation would consume the entire cotton crop and prevent any exportation. The ar- gument ran up and down the state like wild-fire, and is now upon every far mers lips.
 It has not. however the sanction of Governor Hoch, whose private secreta- ry, Charles Sessions, said for him: This issue of the shirt-tail seems to be about the limit"