The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
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 Gee thst the first gentleman of the 1And and, perhaps. of the world, the President of the United States is now . full fedged Farmers Union man. ("rull hedged" means that Re Is just sdght. like all his brethren. to, be splucked" and pulled" and :"skinned. )
 It gives me great pleasure to well come him into the brotherhood n oh that the bottom ratl' has some connection with the top of the fence . .consummAkion most devoutly to be wished for"
 ~Tarmang k . very noble occupation .-whsn you have somebody else to do ths work.
 Neat to pomolosy 1t engaged the early citizens. In the very early days pomology didn't require work and. 1t may bs, that 1t suited lazy man very vsll Gathering and eating fruit in the pleasant shade didn't have enough work in 1t to be objectionable. Eating the wrong fruit fetched about work. /
 Work or labor is the penalty of transgression. though 1t Is said to be h1ghly honorable. Lots of people would like to escape 1t, even if 1t Is so hon. orabls. And yet. men love places of bonor.
 The f,rst old gentleman of the mum dane commonwealth was well on' In 4&uu Akla BboSAs aAu yOsy @SA - e'-~~~' picked his own pluxns and peaches ana apples, unless he was too tired to 3save the shade, when his old lady would run out and bring him fruit in her hand She wouldn't soil her dress by putting fruit in her lap.
 Que day she overdid her usual kind ness and brought him a fine apple which got him into all sorts of trouble v-one of which was work on the farm
 IT, <1 bt rbfldran and they neyer liked n-though 1t is said 10 be very honorable. F don't think the sensible part or his posterity have ever thanked him tor his beQu>st of work It's kind of penal servitude that we have to ~Sria and bear" and soften the disgrace with N'h onorabie." Perhaps work can be described as honorable disgrace"
 Although our very first citizen had an abundance of land he had to make . living in the sweat of his face"-a Kind of fertilizer that preceded cotton seed meal
 That was before the unregenerate fertilizer companies discovered the nanurial virtue in the farmers bone"
 The Practice of Agriculture.
 As man multiplied and replenishe ed' farming was practiced extensively among the civilized. To this day 1t Is engaged my PeopAo "ho SA ~o anything else.
 The farmer. then, is . man in a kind of bondage and easily imposed upon hasn't any rights that anybody else Is bound to respectable bottom rail' tn political structure.
 He is a multitudinous sheep to be ~shearsd" by everybody that takes a notion to.
 He is said to be very valuable. not only in the support of a family. but in contributing to the support of various other people.
 Many prominent men have engaged an the calling. from Adam even down to today.
 Our first President was a farmer when he had niggers to do the work
 That was the incest way to, farm Colonel Bryan, "who sought 1t long and has a hankering for 1t yet is a ssft of chicken farmer and knows how ~ serve chickens to the "colored broth sfs for his vote--which, to say the most of 1t, Is unsatisfactory.
 When Washington was President he gave dignity to the profession of farm ing, but he did a whole lot of his fel- lows in the business scurvy trick by setting his niggers free-somethfng or the order of MT, Carnegie in abandon ing protection" when he had got 'comfortable."
 But. In Washington's day, the poor farmer was connected with the "toT rail's in government. "Blest berthe tie that binds"
 3 Now we are connected with the gov. ernment again. and we are so proud that the President has joined the Farmers Union. That gives the or Eanization responsibility and. surely respectable people can go into politics
 Now, look out!
 To go into politics is to look out fol your interests.
 For More Taxes.
 We may. to begin with, take mo- tion to put few farmers in the Leg sslature to increase our rtaxes.
 What we need is more taxes so as te have more offices. Our fertilizer tae