The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-04-06

treat tHe CdhHluate Ike q gentle
man when he calls on you. You have
to have officers to fill all the depart.
ments of the government, and If you
act so sinking mean that you drive
the gentlemaDly candidates out your
range, you will have only the other
sort TO become acquainted with. Some
men have acted SO silly toward a man
that was a candidate that the candi.
date was thoroughly disguised. That
sort Of a feeling takes good men out
OF the running, and il 1t comes to hay.
ing to be inSulted in order to get a
vote, the gentleman takes the other
end OF the proposition. One reason
today for the sort Of men we have
holding many of the offices in this
country is the sort Of opposition q
decent man has to meet among the
| people and on the hastings. Treat a
candidate like gentleman and tell
him the truth. You need officials as
bad as he needs the place.
1t is a powerful busy time now, but
that is the very reason for better at.
tendance at the meetings. You need
more consultation now, and you need
the opportunity TO meet in friendly
intercourse with your neighbor now
while your time is so taken up that
you don't get out often. Don't neglect
the meetings, and, above all, don't 60
with an empty pate, Think up some.
thing, and let that thought be matured.
Deg raising is INDUCED in too large
ly on many farms. The dog Is eating
up the keep of a pig right straight
along.
1t is now the right time for stopping
the growth Of nOxious weeds about the
place. Nipped in the bud, there will
be no trouble; but a little later on
there will be no end of trouble. Keep
EN- down while they are already down.
Say, Good Woman, don't think just
tecause you live in the country that
you can go around looking just like
any old thing You have as good a
hust and as the wife in the town, and
lis pleasure should be worth as much
as that Of the town man. Fix up q
little and try to look like God made
you to look. 1t is as much Of a woman's
duty to look pretty as it is for her to
make good pies. Take care Of your.
SELF.
Now, If you have managed TO get
some Of your bees through the winter,
get at them right now and see that
they're fixed up so that they can 20
comfortably and proftably at work.
See that the hives are arranged in a
good position and that there Is nothing
the matter with the colonies. They
are one Of the greatest sources Of
pleasure on the farm, when all goes
well, and one of the most disappo!nt-
Ing II they do not get on right, and
the getting on is generally In the
hands Of their owner.
How many of you farmers are treat.
ing your wives and children Just right?
They are all partners in the business,
and should be treated as such, but they
should understand that they are not
the head of the firm. They are entitled
to al the profits and pleasures arising
from the conduct of the business that
anybody is entitled to, but they are
not the managers, If the man Is the
right sort of a person to manage any.
thing; they are the helpers.
The courts will not knock out a pro.
ducerS' combine any more than they
will packers combine. A producers
combine could esaiy bring a packers
combine to terms.
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they have pulled there by politi-calf
ropes. The man who climbs to the
top, one step at time, will never
stumble. He knows the entire road,
and he knows it is impossible for him
to fall down the way he came up, for
he has builded well beneath him, and
his structure has been thoroughly
tested at every step. Learn to do one