The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-18
FARMERS DEMAND
PRACTICAL MEN

THftS lSAL WEN
The eyll effect OF having wearled
the public with 100 much adylce IA
shown throughout the United States
as regards the work OF the Country
Life Commission.
President Roosevelt appointed Pin
chol, the man who has talked and
written about national forests 10 the
head 81 that quite important body
with the result thai In those parts OF
The United States whore the personal.
lty Of the ex-president was overl,
advertised The farmers Indulge in
rather severe ana sometimes wild
mirth about the commissions appoint
ed 10 Investigate their condition.
In one 0f the most popul0us states
OF the Union, where the farmer IL ana
has been prosperous to a degree un.
heard Of IN no other country OF the
world the farmers OF a certain school
district mel and organized NOT for
the advancement Of their own condi.
lion, 50 much as TO advise the on
clals how and where TO take hold 10
make life better and more AGREEABLE
u the farmer
These tollers and tillers sent the
following e K the the piHchot,iioOseveil ad
vlsory staff:
Gentlemen: Your work Is apprecI.
aied and we, members Of school dis.
lflct No beg TO state we are mord
concerned as 20 how to preserve the
laws already enacted than as Ia how
10 live ln aeeaFaHiice with yuur rath.
er neculiar customs.
We want some relief on products
and we want II understood we on
pose infant Industries which make
rs pay more for harvesting machin
cry made at Chicago than do lha
wheat raieers Of the Argentine Con
federation for the same machinery.
we do not object to the building
Of the Panama canal but We do nro
test against the Government hiring
Jamaica negroes At ten cents per day
the surgeon feeling he has rlgh,
% shoot The worst afflicled IN rnse
~ being crowded for room.
'We heartily ludorse The ieachlng
Of agriculture Ia the states and viii
contribute specially II same be neces
sary 10 teach the avocall0n we FOL
low SO long considered as menlal by
those whose Ideas OF work IN the
country were obtained by hearing the
present agiiatoRs attempt 10 discuss
thni which has no releVance
IN conclusion. we know more about
trees and their culture than do your
commissioners
I'VE are satisfied with tbs roads "a
our localities, because we ieel ihe
provision made IN most Instances for
their Improvement would be OF great
serylce--to the contractor
we know the value OF Irrigation
and appreciate whatever information
IL glveh regarding the care OF solls
aud the way 10 handle our product.
but we have no time to attend meet
ings where We have no voice and list
en- 70 'dlsc0veries' we have had m
operation for years.
The agitation for country life prog
ress aud advancement Il proper. ii
meets with general approval But Ii
can never Be pushed 10 proper place
with q head official who has spent ten
Of twelve years Ii trying 70 oust the
Woodworking settler Of Wyoming
Colorado, New Mexico and Montana |
OF his place that the herdsmen may
enjoy the benefit Of the public do |
maln
The average farmer Is q progress.
siye citizen All things being halt |
way equal for him. be casts the most
Intelligent vote In The country no |
does not wish TO earn living at |
ihe expense of his neghbor and what /
ever is done TO enlighlen HIS com
munily or bring amusement OF rlghi.
ful kind to his family is the reclp
lent Of bis moral and financial an.
pr0vli.
Inai Nas demonstrated al the mee'
Ing held IN this city. The iarmers
tesnpnded. aeeanae they thmieht they
would ascertain something beneficial
they attend The meetings AZ ihe A
4l N college. and the agricultural
3HAa9& ~ ie aunTeme eond distrlcia
f1f TIE same reasons. and win con |
iinue 70 do 50: providing shey are |
q9 n puvlneed pinchot uil destroy
rfe A1ltlonal nsefulnesn with als tac
's'dRgeSsa a.fgGls.
+, KS afilct, thai URa9siale Hcss asso,
,lftlpn when af Claremofe almost
frank the radium wallu dry. goes "a |
prove there Is little uae for lnlcxl
'ants among The editors Of This state
senv o9 The distinguished litembefs
n ne profession, Il Il said fld nae
'tlmnlants IN q mild form untll thef
nrablhitlon Law vas passed. where.
iron the disposition 10 ablda BY the
aw caused them. If Is alleged, 70
verse indulglng Thlz ls to give an
reasnn why no editor M
" ihe Unllel States Il hehin4 nrlsonI
,afs someshlnE tHnE ean be- said OF
70 other profession.