Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-12-03
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FARMERS UNION GIRL

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Friends and neighbours: We have
met tonight for the purpose of talk
ing and reasoning together. This
meeting has called a class of people
together. who are looked upon by
the millions from the pine forest
of Minnesota to the orange groves
of Florida. aud the metropolis of the
east TO the golden gate on the
Pacific coast. as workers or tillers
Of the soil, who are unfit to make the
laws of these United States of Amer
lea. but only as laborers.
We are predOminated by class
of people who sit in their mansions
and palaces. with all the Injuries of
life at their hand-the fruit of our
toll, and i'm the event OF a dissatis-
faction or quarrel over the spoil;
things that should belong 10 us. they
come by "A flowery tail through the
columns of some journal. seeking
whom they may devour. our last
treasure our vote. Or should 1t be
on our products. ;hey do no. warn
us of the approaching crisis. but
warn one another. and there they fix
the prices c. our corn. wheat, tobac-
co. etc
cry as of olden times. how
long must we stand these evils"
Or how long can we stand such
things TO so on? These gambling
dens are located all over this broad
land and country OF ours, and how
few are the cases brought to justice
by the law, and even then the court
is more than apt to reverse the
decision and at last, the courts say
il was an unconstitutional ruling and
they go free
We have these corporations known
as the trusts, or in other words.
soulless man, and so we'll it is a
soulless man. that they take what we
raise below the productive price and
say, ! expect the prices to go down.
there is so much on the market. But
my dear friends. after the crops
leave the hands of the farmer. did
YOU ever hear of lower prices |
dare say no. but on the other hand,
they soar up until the hungry can
hardly be fed from their meager pit
tance allowed for their labor.
! call YOU again 10 arms To
arms, Farmers get in line and be
ready for the crisis that now is con-
fronting us. Did YOU ever hear OF
a farmer selling a million bushels
Of wheat and have no crop? | say.
no. Did Won ever hear Of a specula-
tor selling millions Of bushels of
wheat and corn and the crop yet to
grow? Yes. These mon who sit and
figure cur prices and bushels. stea,
the money We make and rarely leave
us food. 20 say nothing OF the homes
in this country that are I'M dire neCf
of medicine. doctors and clothing.
They are deprived Of the pleasures
Of this life they cannot go 10
school. they can't go 10 church
nor anywhere. and i'm fact are not Fir
to stay at home WHY? because
they have been robbed Of the zee
suits Of their labor-Noney. on the
other hand. look of the picture. You
see the children dressed in their
silks and satins. riding in fine
10 church. attending the
of their choice. and fitting
themselves for life Of ease and
pleasure.
Neighbors let me ask YOU the ques-
ton, how many such cases as / have
just related 10 YOU, can You point
out? There is NOT q person i'm the
sound Of my voice but could tell va
of just such case. then I saw. is it
not time TO DO something? This Is
not the age when we can Just SET.
things will right themselves. bur on
the other side Benjamin Franklin
sounded the keynote when he said:
He who would thrive must either
hold or drive" Are YOU ready. II not
get ready, fell in aud let ms march