The Carlisle independent., 1909-11-11
WHY FARMERS DO 0RGANI
Great Issues at Stake That Cannot Be Successfully Fought Unless All
 Stand Together.

In our primitive days, while the wave of immigration was but a small one, having covered only narrow strip of the Atlantic seaboard, these people were beings of simplicity. Their motives were pure and their ideals were high. They had no thought of being mistreated by any oftheir num- Der. Every man titled his little plat of soil and reaped at harvest time the fruits of his own labor. It is sure that all the trades and industries were in crude stage of development, but these primitive, liberty-loving home seekers were as happy as people could be-
 But as the wave of immigration moved westward it came in contact with the enemy, the red man. It is known by every student of history that this foe was terror to the peo- pie. It was strong foe to them. It was several years before these honest people learned to hold their own with this enemy and not until thousands of them were slain, several villages de- stroyed, before they learned the value of unity. But when they formed a union the foe was overcome and they had few years of peace. About 12 years later another enemy began to encroach upon the rights of the same people. Year by year the heel of tyr amy pressed harder and harder; year by year the rights of the people were being taken from them until at last the oppression became too great and these colonists could not and would not permit the mother country to inn pose upon them any longer.
 This was a mighty enemy to face. Our forces were but a drop in the bucket, but we had been in a training school 12 years before and had not forgotten the value of unity. Human ity, liberty and home were at stake. We were in all cases outnumbered, ex- cept in courage and loyal spirit of unity. It was this spirit that gave us the victory at Trenton and Princeton; it was this spirit that helped our sol diers to endure the hardships at Val ley Forge, and it was this spirit that gave us the victory at Yorktown This
 
 dence, the thing they had bound themselves together for Oh for the power of union. These people formed union with their Maker at the head, and of course victory was theirs, re- gardless of the character of the foe Now, brothers, we have joined the union for the same purpose that our forefathers joined. We have just as great issues at stake. Let us rise up and show to our foe that we still pos sess some of the same courage
 The grafters have been sapping our very life from us; they have been as bold as lions and not less powerful they rob in broad daylight. The time has come when the producer receives a just reward for his labor There was time when a man could easily support his family without working his wife and children, but, brothers, we have passed that time. The old system that man received the just reward for his labor has become as extinct as the mammoth. Our pres ent grating system gives the grafter eight dollars out of every $10 that we produce. Is that not enough to make us bind ourselves together in a union and resist the internal system and it's instigators?
 The grafters feel our efforts and if we will be on the alert in the next seven years we can produce some radical change. The issues are up to us; are we going to meet them with determination to win? One reason we do not do more is we people do not read and study our condition enough. There are so many things that tend to our destruction that we are ignorant of.
 Farmers, let us read more and do more brain work. Some of us have let our brains lie dormant until they have almost quit acting for us. Don't let the other fellow do your thinking for you; do it yourself and you will become better union man. You will be better prepared to fight the enemy