Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-24

/ lLfN SkNIttN NAOIt anu SPN ~ tNh'
fts, and | don't blame them for not
sticking. and they viii not stick
very long to your Farmers Union II
benefits are not forthcoming, and nc
/ i.on-clad oath-binding obligation car
make them do IT, The cohesive
/ force, the bond of unity (the pitch
naint or rosinl 20 bind farmers 10.
gether. is summed up in few words
us follows:
Show the farmers benefits in the
way of profitable prices for theil
crops and no power on earth can
drive them apart. The farmers have
got sense enough 70 appreciate .
profitable business, and they viii
| sick 70 the thing that makes them
| ~ ney and elevates their calling.
But. sti'l another says. Farmers
are toe numerous 20 cooperate. y
/ This is a very great fallacy. II great
numbers was an element OF weak
/ ness. then indeed our use would
be hopeless. Would yr- o.. k a ma
| ton weak because il IONS OF
|sIle-h01ied men9 y 'ou would
say. organize them into armies and
equip them with ur-..-date gunds
and they will be invincible before
Iary invasion. So with The farmers,
1.-THE greater the u. '~ eater
| Tire strength. provide q up
to-date methods and p...- ID CO.
operate on. \ union without a plan
and a program is no union AZ all
Unity Of Price and Controlled
Marketing is the up-to-date gun,
and every farmer can use il. There
is much in a general and al armies
need a good general who knows how
10 give orders Remember If the
blind lead the blind, they will eli
| fan in the ditch together. The CO.
| operating farmers Of America are de-
velopinC these generals. and they can
produce the best talent of the whole
country There is DAVIS of Okla
homa. Neill of Texas and Barrett
Of Georgia. who are an honor and a
credit 10 any class II either OF these
farmers were NJ 'he head q the
Agricultural Department 40 Wash
stick FOR. such IN impu-at'on is
ington, he FIVE millions OF dollars
now spent on he pe1'-.ee of bugs
md false crops reports would be-
used 10 helm eet better markets and
profitable prices and the gong Of
srafters would he put out of bust
ness.
And now comes another director
and saws Suppose the farmers
should produce q surplus Are
farmers expected 90 be foolish
enough 20 throw in their surplus for
good ccunt9 Most assuredlv not.
Controlled Marketing" will take
care ~ fha surplus. II any exists
ts. D
can easily hold the surplus ~ good
seasons over 20 fhe short years, thus
ecualizing supplies and prices. and
h-uedring both rroGuCe~s and con-
sumers The farming class Is the
greatest consuming class in the coun-
ny, and prices are largely regulated
bv the ability OF the farmers 20 buy.
When profitable prices for the farm
ers are obtain, don't worry about
YOUR surplus Instead OF ten mil
lion bales of cotton being demanded
II will take demand. Most OF you
farmers here to-day could. II YOU had
II. give YOUR wife $3.50 10 spend for
the necessaries and comforts OF life
and she could spend II for the FAM
lily, and then not compton, of over
supply. Why. ono OF the most prom
Tent business men OF m" town told
me that frequently when the farmers
wives came 10 his store 10 trade
nine ont OF ten say that they were
limited In their purchases and prac-
tice the most economical buying
These mothers he said. first buy sup
plies for the little children and next
for the dimple handed sweethearts.
II any We're in the family. and then
supplies for the boys were Dur-
chased; then the true and loyal wife
would buy a few things for her hus-
band, and finally she would buy spar
inglv for herself and her own in
terest was the last 10 be served.
Farmers do you not often witness
such devotion and sacrifice ! ap-
peal 20 you in behalf OF the tired
wives and mothers Of your homes.
and If you are not willing To stand
IN for the freedom and glory OF such
high and exalted devotion. YOU are
unworthy 10 be called a husband and
father and 70 bear the name of on
American citizen. The surplus nv
brother, is a result Of n diminished
consumption on he part ~ the farm
ers, brought about by uncertainties
md low prices. With the farmer out
~ the market, or in il only 10 a
limited extent. the market is bound
20 suffer, and all classes are in
jured.
7 haven't the time 10 notice al the
directors. They are like "tho chaff
which he wind 1ri~eth away" thev
ore the mossbacks ard sIiinflints
that have opposed material progress
in all ages Columbus. who discov-
cred America. was encountered by
the crazy mossbacks. 1T can't be
done. " can't be dome"
Professor S3'1uel Orse stood
alone by his electric 'elegrauI for
wears. and the skinflin's declared n
he ever got IL to wc-- and started
a message over the VIE The light
ming would knock he- c"t ~ the mar
a' the n 90 end Of tn ''ne Whe~
Professor Bell informed me world
'09' = could talk 1~ te'nuto~a from
chic % 80 New v k. he net the
sane rabuke. can Do done q"
ara rov, by wire. s ttIegraphv we
oan send mese~ across the Allan
-ic IT woT Tx" and IT cont
be done" is IA, 'avorite evoroseior
.of The fellows Who lie in grave
Yards and req tho iJane nf dead