Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-16
Has Poor Opinion of the Tick
Business.

To the Sequachee Valley News:
Well, what about the sweet scented
tick law2 Has the inspector called on
Won vet with copy of the law and a
sample of tick oill They tell me that
he can see tick full quarter OF an
inch under the hide of a poor renter
COW. But, isn't this tick law greatr
1t does not read exactly like the declar-
alton of independence, but when you
read it | believe that you Will have a
higher regard for John Hancock and
the other signers of that document
than You ever had in days gone by.
Well, / suppose it will answer It's pur-
pose, that is, be money machine for
a few at the expense of the many. The
INSPECTOR with real tick eye, and the
large land owner will, of course, come
out on top, but what about the poor
tenant, who happens to own COW and
two or three yearlingsY But, forgot,
and beg pardon. The laws, Of course
are not made in the interest of this
class of people. They do not need
butter and milk. ''Sasafrack" tea,
corn bread, hogs jaw and turnip "sal-
lit" is good enough for the renter and
small lot owner. They should sell their
COW and yearling to the large farmer
who owns many broad acres and large
green pastures, and is amply able TO
buy tick oil, and hire cattle herders
and greasers. Perhaps the law is in
tended as a kind of lever to lift and
push the COW and yearling of the rem
ter and small lot owner into the hands
of some one who is fully able and pre-
pared to pasture and care for them as
they should be, you know. When this
is accomplished, | imagine that the
need of a tick hunter in these parts
will suddenly vanish and become a
thing of the past, and that our chief
COW Inspector and tick catcher will
again move to pastures green, but
the tick will not be a thing of the
past. No, the woods will still be full
of them as in days of yore, before the
great tick hunter and exterminatel
visited our land, and roamed over oul
hills and mountains and up and down
our valleys, seeking ticks to oil and
murder
Is it any wonder that the people are
becoming soured against the laws, OF
rather against those who pretend tC
execute the laws and dish out justice
to all alike2 | think not. Everyone,
the rich and the poor, is supposed tC
have equal chance before the law, but
no sane man believes for moment
that every one does have. A poor mar
has about as much chance before oul
courts as a cat has in hades without
claws. The prominent men Of wealth
that are punished for violating the
laws are like angel visits-few and fal
between. The plea of self defence, OF
insanity, or the funwritten law us
ually bring them out on top with fly
ing colors.
Now, if any fair-minded man thinks
that my criticism of the courts is false
ask him to attend the courts for tive
or three years, read the big daily pa
pers that cater to the wealthy class
and watch closely as we'll as pray. L
, he will do this believe that he will
change his mind.
, Theodore Roosevelt is almost, if no
the only president we have had sine
the civil war that has fought TO
and advocated square deal for all
and he is charged by some of the news
papers and writers who cater to tn,
men who have made their millions b,
expressing and robbing the poor, witt
being tainted with anarchism. ]
would be fine thing for our countr,
, if all our governors law makers ant
} judges were tainted with the sam
: kind of anarchism-the kind that be
lieves in furnishing the big and the lit
tie, the rich and the poor, with tn
same law, and branding and puttin
them in the same class.
Very respectfully,
D. T. THACH,