Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-09

able to represent him when next he
needs an advocate. II you are an
editor, let your readers fix their own
price upon your paper and you ad-
vertisers take your space at their own
figures. IL you are a minister, let
some church demand your services,
and when they have been given de-.
eide without consulting you what
you are to receive. IL you are
physician, give your skill in minis
try to the sick, and then accept
without question the compensation
offered you. If you are merchant,
let your customeas help themselves
from your stock and then hand you
over the counter such returns as
they see fit to make--and remember
you cannot help it-that or no sale.
This is precisely the position in
which the tobacco trnst has put the
tobacco growers. Now, lawyers,
preachers, physicians, merchants,
editors might be found willing to do
business on just this plan. They
would be very popular with the trade,
but would they not demoralize your
business or profession, and would
they not reduce the scale of living,
not only in the individual family,
but throughout your guideH How
would you meet such a condition p
Farmers Home Journal.
Are you a member of farmer s
organization? II not join some
thing else. We would prefer to
JOIN that triumphant army of 35, 000
patriotic Keutuckians who are to-day
marching in the Equity ranks in this
state, but if not convenient joir
something else, and let your "mite'
and influence go to help in the 6gh
against the organized enemies Of tn
farmer.
This is no time for bickeriny
. among the farming element. WheI
a you attack any other farmers organ
J.. iIation you are tearing down you
own. The fellow who goes abou
knocking" is not fit to belong
. any, and is tool in the hands Of tn
= enemy.
e "Equityite" and "Unionite" al
C synonymous terms for might rider
} in the vocabulary Of many high j
e authority and the farmer is nc
y given credit for sincerity or goo
motives in organizing, to oppos
II those who would reduce US to a seri
G dom equal to that Of despotic Russis
1t has been charged in many sec
tons of the state that the farmer
organizations are backing up tn
. night riders aud abettiug them
y, escape justice when brought to triaI
We feel that the farmer of Crittende
county stands for Equity and justic
all the way down the line. Aud
. the alleged night riders who hav
been indicted IN this county ar
given fair, square deal, and no
prosecuted instead of prosecuted, an
J. not railrosded through the courts a
has been charged in some sections o
, the state, Equity aud Union will sa..
amen to the virdict. But the peo
pie will demand fair play, and woul'
not endorse means that might de
prive any man of fair and impartia
, trial, there by sending innocent mel
!. to the penitentiary to appease tn
wrath Of few trust magnates VIII
have felt their grip gradually loosen
ed until the Kentucky tobacco raise
!, is now free.
o The next payroll for Kentucky
o army Of occupation will round "a
J, about $50, 900 to be borne by tn
J, taxpayers Of the state, in less thai
e eight months of the reign Of Angus
d tus the First. Many brilliant cam
l. paigus have been planned and exc
y cuted. Sixteen Riders have beef
y slain, and so effective has been tn