The Lexington advertiser., 1906-10-18
FROM NEIGHBORS
NUMBER IS ON UNIONISM.
EDrToR ADVERTISER:

Allow me 10 write few lines for
insertion in your valuable paper.
/ desire to state that am farm.
er and feel proud Of the privileges
granted mt. As | arise from my
slumher at early dawn OF day, re-
freshed by my nights peaceful rest,
| feel sure that nature is bringing
forth something from the bosom OF
Mother Esrth--an income OF which
| am not ashamed. II we could get
the farmers to look at II in this
light, surely the mantle OF herolsm
would be placed on the brow of him
who has made 1t possible for all toe
wealth to be accumulated.
Yes, brother farmer, faint not;
vour time is yet to come. Your
work IS not done. You are The man
who fiisl laid the ak to the edge to
this once gr at forest. You are the
man who furnished the means with
hich to build cites, towns and vii.
lagos. YOU are the man who has
furnished labor 20 build great rail,
roads, steamships and factories. You
are the man who has made it posi-
ble tor this great nation to stand
foremost among the nations OF
earth. You are the man to whom
has been born the greatest m'n on
earth. 1t has been your blessed prl.
vilege and signal honor to raise the
greatest and best presidents the
world ever knew. 1t has been your
privilege to nd the brainiest, hest
aud wisest men in the country TO
represent you at Washington.
But such men as George Wash
ngton, Thomas Jrffels II, Benjamin
Franklin and other great statesmen,
have passed away. In their places
S and thu great aud corrup, political
bosses, the great railroad magnates,
the great combines, ready with their
millions to press and grind every
thing from us except bare and pre-
carious living.
Let ME say, that the man who
can amass the greatest amount OF
money in the shortest time from toll
ing millions of people, is held on,
TO our young men as ii model TO h"
emua'ed That is The reason why
so many country b"ysg to the city
thinking the opportunities there arc
better for quickly amaSsing a for
tune. This is mistake, and every
young man should consider well be-
fore leaving the old farm for the fan
tasmal aIlulements of the cities.
Just now this great Republic has
given birth to the great and heaven
led movement, called the Farmers
Union, The eyes of the farmers,
which have so long been shut or
blinded, ale beginning to open, and
to perceive the proper manner in
which 10 deal with the ShyIocks an d
money sharks in the future. By
MT joining the Union, you are max.
ing a mistake and retarding the fast
approaching day when peace, happi-
ness, contentmelt and prosperity
will reign supreme on the country
farm. tits fact beyond peradveD-
tur the Farmers Union is drawing
men closer together, heart to heart
and hand 10 hand, than any other
agency on earth. Weare beginning
to realize that, united, as we soon
vii be, there is no power on earth
that can hold US down. We
have found sticking plaster with
such adhesive qualities, or sticka6il
ity, that all the dynamite that passes
over all the different raiIrua S can
not blow Us asunder, nor all the
money on earth effect division in
our ranks.
Give back to us men like those OF
the Revolutionary War-tlley stood
toge her, and see what they achieved
1t is the aim of this farmers
movement TO stand together in
brotherIy love, as these good men
did, in days gone by and cndeaver
to do something for the lating bene