The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-02-06
LETTER FROM W. C. FELTS.

see in the Nevada News last week
that | was elected an honorary mem
ber of the Retail Merchants Associa-
ton gu application. This is a mistake,
at least so far as an application is con
cerned. did not think | was eligible
to membership in said association, nor
am | d member, unless | was initiated
when | was asleep and | have never
been accused of being a somnambulist.
| certainly appreciate the honor sought
to be conferred on me, but must de-
cline it for prudential reasons, salts
factory, at least to myself.
| must say here that | am in spm-
pathy with any principles of right and
honor of the Retail Merchants associ-
citation and don t care fig for what
any man may think of my sincerity,
nor for a favorable comment on my
views. | know that | am right and
some day it will be seen and known
teat the motive that actuates me is
not one of selfishness. My motives
have been impugned by both merchants
and farmers and | feel that | have
been outraged. This is why l write
this for publication.
To all the members of the Nevada
county union | would say that when
embark in mercantile business and join
the association | shall first cut my
connection with you, as | cannot afford
to play a double part | am not a
member of anything except the Baptist
church, the order of Freemasonry and
the Farmers Union.
| belong to the church and the union.
l say this advisedly because there has
never been demand on me that did
not hasten to meet day or night. |
have never been too tired or indiffer-
ent to respond to your calls and as
you know this has been done without
the hope of gain. have been only too
glad to render you service. esteeming
it privilege rather than burden.
| did because | love the principles to
which it holds. | have labored with
the organization from its incipiency
and | am not tired or Respondent. |
believe down deep in my soul that sue
cess awaits us, if we are faithful to
ourselves and others.
This is fight for our wives and chill
dren. A fight for principle A fight
for freedom. A fight for right; and ev-
cry farmer who has spark of resent
ment, an iota of self-respect, eintilla
of love for his wife and prattling babes
should join it and labor to the end that
every man on earth who speculates on
farm products is under the necessity of
doing physical labor for livelihood.
am in it to live and die and as long
as | have a voice that voice shall be
heard in defense of our farmer BOYS
and helpless and innocent children vet
unborn; doomed to life of servitude
and bondage without the interposition
of divine providence coupled with de-
termined effort on our part to defeat
these vampires who are sucking the life
blood of those we love better than life.
do not want to be extreme but as |
look around and see delicate women
with their neglected children dragging
their lives out at hard labor to keep the
wolf from the door, must confess |
get mad. find myself crying out my
God, Where is the justice in such
state of things?'
The farmers are not more interested
than others. 1t can not be denied that
all the wealth of the worle comes from
the earth. SO far as | am concerned |
can drag through the rest of my life in
some way out small iedVe Denlnu tne
youth and, ! might say, the hope of
this country to battle with the condit-
ions that must be overcome or blast
their prospects.
Boys on the farm, stick to it, and
make yourselves felt change condit-
ions. 1t has been truly said, "necess-
ity is the mother of invention" Invent
a way of escape. w c. FELTS.