Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-10

~ Ruhl'Ss NhAAii Will tnAulhbt wv
as the masters of the markets. Sc
YOU can become the price-tiXers OF
! your fine crops. The farmers are
really the only ones that have q
legal and moral right TO price and
value their own products. The crops
are his by divine right because his
labor produced them. Ho possesses
them first and the world must have
part of them every day.
The importance and power of Pc
farmer when organized. must be
considered I'm the discussion Of this
subject. therefore let us observe a.
lo the value and importance of the
. fine crops of the farmers OF this
nation
The total value OF farm products
In 1907 as the results Of the farm
ers' industry and energy was 81
. ti2 600 GOO. Thus you see thai
with each setting sun the farm.
irt.a'rre fho worlds wealth sol
100000. md should Won place our
fingers upon your wrist and .ou.'
the puls9f' MS one. two. three. tour.
with ev f.ur of these Quick throh-
day and night thousand dollars Is
poured into the lap ~ the world S
wealth. os the result OF the Amer
lean farmers toll
Every single minute iu the year
/ IL takes more than carload of FARM
ors' products to feed and ol0the the
world The commercial value of the
crops Of this nation is inconceivable
even by some Of the wisest men.
There is the greatest and most
genuine demand for what the farm
er produces than for any other com
modify. All human beings and do
nestle animals must be clothed and
fed from the products taken from
the bosom of the earth. The farm
ers are the most majestic producers
OF wealth and yet they receive less
consideration than any other class
The value OF the wealth created in
seventeen days by the American
farmers is sufficient 10 buy the
stock OF the Standard oil Company.
including the wind and water" The
great wealth Of Carnegie. including
that Of the Steel Trust. could be
purchased with the wealth created
by the American farmers in fifty
days. One harvest OF the farmers
OF this nation will pay for every mile
OF railroad, including watered stocks |
and bonds. There is not money |
enough coined in this nation TO pay |
CT per cent ~ the cash value 81 /.
the farmers crops for one year. The /
balance OF trade i'm favor OF our ma |
ton for the last eighteen years /
amounts 70 $1,000. 100000. and |
stands 10 the credit OF the Amer |
lean farmers. and during the year Of |
1907 just closed the total balance Of |
trade in favor OF the United States .
amounted 10 S444.OOO.OO0. due |
largely 10 the sale Of raw cotton |
alone. Our foreign trade for the /
same period, for all other products /
exclusive of the farm. shows aan ad- /
verse balance Of s456.0OO. 600 Thus /
you see our nation would have been
bankrupt had IL not been for the /
heroes Of the hoe and the patriots /
Of the pillow. These facts. and more.
are given out by Secretary Wilson.
OF the Agricultural Department at |
and make a showing in |
favor OF the farmers that gives |
gratifying hopes of safety TO our ma |
ton. and should cause every patri- |
otto citizen 10 arise and demand |
freedom for the farmers.
But. Notwithstanding all this array |
Of splendid wealth. the increasing |
productions Of farmers. our safe |
and sound commercialism safe |
and sound" gold standard money |
system. all went bankrupt in 1907. |
and the dark clouds gathered and |
rurtained down like night. Millions |
Of men and women were thrown out |
Of employment, spreading want and |
distress in every section Of our
Evidently there was no rea-
son for the panic. II was a bold |
'hold-up" OF the American people |
by the money kings in New York
in collision with stock exchange
gamblers and spectators. in order
TO reap their harvest Of plumber and
halt the progressive march OF the
loyal and cooperating farmers OF
America.
These organized gamblers and
plunderers of the people are not
going to give up their rich picking
without a struggle.
The most shameful curse that ever
afflicted this country OF wonderful
natural resources and almost limit
less possibilities is the present sys-
TEN OF exploitation and robbery by
the organized non-producers and
spectators of our greatest producing
class, the farmers. This is why the
farmers are organizing all over the