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The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
ARE THE FARMERS ASLEEP?
Crank to Take an Active Interest in the Unon

Are you growing, farmers, or are you drifting? Life defies the law of gravitation and death obeys it. A green tree carries water hundreds of feet up in the air and bailds foliage and timber with it, while a dead tree falls and floats helplessly to the sea An animal moves about where it will while alive, but falls and turns to dust when the principle that animates the affairs of human life They defy opposition, surmount obstacles and follow the direction of the will. When this aggressiveness ceases, decay sets in and is the beginning of the end Are you drifting, farmers, or are you directing your course? As members of the Farmers union are you doing things or are you letting things hap pen?" If you want a thing done ask a busy man to do it. Busy men are the men that do things and are the men that we are talking to. Now, are you growing, hustling, acting, nov ing and doing things for the union or are you sleeping and drifting, dor mant and inactive? You don't have to be an enthusiast or a crank, but simply active and energetic In short, are you really interested to the extent that you are willing and anxious to help this great work?
 If your mind is stocked with infor- nation on the principles of the Farm CTS union and you feel that the mites you are contributing in the form of dues for it's support are not gifts to charity but paying investments and that every dollar is applied to fur ther your interest, then you are a live, growing member and delighted to keep step with the march of the Union army. What if every member felt so? We could turn the world up- side down. How do you feel? Are there any doubts in your mind about the Union being good thing? Have you any doubts concerning the move ment? If results have not been satis- factory, have they been any less so than before the union came into ex- istence? Why, no. Get busy, boys, and make the chips fly. A workman is known by his chips. Pile them mountain high and build monument that will stand through the ages.- Union Tribune.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Must Do His Own Thinking.

The farmer does his own planting and blowing and other work on the farm. If he hires help he does the thinking for the help and directs it. This is all very well and the more thinking he does the better it is for him. But in matters of legislation he hires hand and permits him to do both the thinking and the work. That is he allows him to do as he pleases. If he would permit his hired help on the farm to GO the same way he would go bankrupt in nine cases out of ten. Legislation has as much to do with the farmers interests as it has with the interests of any other class. While the farmer is figuring on how much corn he is going to produce the railway magnates are figuring how much freight they can get out of it without almost absolute confiscation of profits to the farmer. The farmer ought to do plenty of thinking about things on the farm. but he wants to take some thought as to legislative matters which concern his interests. If he don't look after the man he sends to the legislature the corpora tions will mo doubt undertake to do that for him. It is often the case that men who are elected to the legislature by the farmers votes work in the in- tsrests of corporations and to the dis advantage of the farmer. So long as the farmer turns legislative matters over to the lawyers and politicians he may expect nothing else but to be dis criminated against in the making of laws.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
WHEAT CORNER IS ROBBERY.
Secretary Wilson, of Bureau of Agr. culture, Says It Was Deliberately
 Planned Steal.

Secretary James Wilson, of the Blu. reau of Agriculture and a cabinet off cer, says of the wheat corner: Tt is the most deliberately planned robbery in the history of the United States"
 Here is witness and testimony that it would be difficult to impeach. Here is the statement of cabinet officer made against a certain transac- tion of which the promoters and con- spirators are well known 10 the pub lie. If this statement of Secretary Wilson is only true in part, it seems that something ought to be done to put stop to these transactions. They have been going on for years and are liable to occur at any time. The pro- dueers and consumers have been the victims of such speculations too long already. There is entirely too much difference between the price which the producers receive for the necessi. ties of life produced on the farms, and the consumers of them, who are in great measure working men in the cities and towns. This difference goes to what is called the interests" which includes the transportation and from three to seven middlemen. The cost of handling these necessities should be reduced to minimum. The producer has a right to ask this and so has the consumer. Specula- tion should be discouraged, and gam bling, or dealing in futures, and cor ners' should be absolutely and for ever stopped. If it is not done soon by the conservative forces in the country there is danger some time in the neHr future of such drastic legis- lation on this problem and others that will make all past legislation ap- pear mild. This is no threat It is only pointing out an injustice, or se- ries of injustices, and calling atten- ton to the danger which is likely to follow. There are some things in this country that need shaking up and they will get it some day for even federal courts and ficety lawyers can not always be relied upon to perpetu- ate vicious evils.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
HOLD PRODUCTS FOR PRICE.
Farmer Should Keep His Cotton for Fifteen Gents and Wheat for
 One Dollar.

One of the important things which the members of the Farmers union skould study is the power of holding their products One of the principal clements on which the speculator fig ures in making his plans for the future is the amount of the crop which the farmers will be compelled to put on the early market. The greater part of tlrs distress crop" as it is called, is in excess of the immediate demand, and hence goes at the spectators price. Once in his possession it be- comes his reserve for keeping down prices until the greater part of the balance of the crop is on the market. The important thing to consider is that the man who has the goods can make the price to the man who must have them. The world must have the farmers cotton and his wheat. If he will hold his cotton for 13 cents per pound and his wheat for one dollar per bushel he will receive it. The law governing this is immutable, and holds as good with the farmer as with the sDeculator. What the farmer should do is to hold; not till November, De- cember or January, but until he gets the price agreed upon. Every farmer knows these statements that 1 am making to be true. The prices above stated are not eXtortionate. On the other hand they are fair and reason able. Of course the amount produced should be controlled. This can be easily attained by practicing diversiti- cation. These are the business plans and purposes substantially laid down by the Farmers union, and in many places are well under way.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
CARE OF THE HORSES.

It is just as easy to speak kindly to a horse as to swear at him.
 Horses stabled in close, badly ven tilated barn will come out in the morning dull and stupid
 A good bran mash with handful of oats thrown in is to a horse what pumpkin pie is to boy.
 The man who will allow his horses to stand all night with mud and snow clinging to their legs ought to be com pelled to sleep standing in wet boots.
 Feed that has been mussed over and left in the box to become sour over night may sometimes be eaten by a very hungry animal the next day, but it is pretty sure to cause trouble.
 Do not deceive yourself by the be. lief that any old rack-o-bones of a mare will produce first-class mule colts, even if she is bred to thor oughbred jack. Nature does not per form miracles.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Farmers Educational and Co-Operative Union of America
Edited and Contributed by W S. MORGAN,
 Springfield, Missouri.

The farmer feeds all and should not be grinned at for doing it.
 A union label on the union farmers products would pave the way for CO., operation with the trades unions.
 Ananias was killed because he lied about the amount of property he had, but it don't seem to affect the rich tax dodgers of today
 It is said that the beef trust con trols 55 per cent of the hide business of the country. We suppose that in eludes the tail, too.
 In times past the farmer has been a yeritable spring chicken but his spurs are now growing and he may be expected to take his own part.
 Several attempts have been made in congress to establish parcels post in connection with the postoffice de- partment, but the representatives of the express companies have always managed to side track all efforts in that direction. But we will have it sooner or later
 Most of the state meetings of the union will be held in August, while the national meeting will be held in September, probably at Birmingham, Ala. The meetings this year will be the best attended and the most impor- tant of any held in the history of the organization.
 Every picnic should be the means of promoting the interests of the union. There should always be pres ent union speakers, men who are qualified to present the objects and purposes of the organization and it's claims on the people. Members should look after this matter.
 The beef trust is very kind in set ting the price on cattle, hogs and sheep and then fixing the price on all the meat and by-products manufac- tured from them. The farmer doesn't have to worry about helping to make the price on the stock he sells, nor the consumer about the price he has to pay.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
SKIN ERUPTION CURED.
Was So Sore, Irritating and Painful That Little Sufferer Could Not Sleep Scratched Constantly.
cuticura's Efficacy Clearly Proven.

When about two and a half years old my daughter broke out on her hips and the upper parts of her legs with a very irritating and painful eruption. It began in October; the first l noticed was little red surface and constant desire on her part to scratch her limbs. She could not sleep and the eruptions got sore, and yellow water came out of them. had two doctors treat her, but she grew worse under their treat ment. Then I bought the Cuticura Remedies and only used them two weeks when she was entirely well. This was in February. She has never had another rough place on her skin, and she is now fourteen years old. Mrs. R. R. Whitaker, Winchester, Tenn, Sept. 22, 190S.'
 Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
His Preference.

Commander Maxwell of the navy enjoys telling of an unique complaint preferred by a recruit.
 On every man-of-war the bar of justice is aft in front of the "stick, '' or mast. The recruit had gone to the stick to "state" his grievance. Well, what do you want?" asked the executive officer
 Please, sir, want to complain of the breakfast this morning."
 What did you have?"
 "Burgoo, crack-hash, hard tack and coffee, sir
 What did you expect?"
 Please, sir, I always like to start my breakfast with nice steak and a pair of eggs" - Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
CALLING DOWN THE COASTER
Good Little Story Told by William Dean HoweIls as a Rebuke to
 Spread-EagIeis

Tt was William Dean Howells," <" said 8 Chicago editor, "who first re- buked us Americans for our spread eagleism, for our foolish boasting. see that MT. Howells has just joined mems society for the promotion of woman suffrage. Trust him to be in the forefront always.
 .I once heard Mr. Howells deliver a fourth of July oration in Maine The orator preceding him had boasted a good deal. MT. Howells showed that some of the mans boasts were even impious.
 "He said that these spread-eagle boosters deserved the rebuke that the little child administered to the cack- ling hen that had just laid an egg The child, angered by the hens con tinuous cawk-cawk-cawk, cawk-cawk- cawk-cawk, shook his little finger at her and said:
 You fink you're smart. But bod made dat egg. You touldn't help but lay it!'"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
SURPRISED HIM Doctors Test of Food,

A doctor in Kansas experimented with his boy in a test of food and gives the particulars. He says:
 T naturally watch the effect of diff ferent foods on patients. My own lit tie son, lad of four had been ill with pneumonia and during his conva- lescence did not seem to care for any kind of food.
 T knew something of Grape-Nuts and its rather fascinating flavor, and particularly of it's nourishing and nerve-building powers, so I started the boy on Grape-Nuts and found from the first dish that he liked it.
 His mother gave it to him steadily and he began to improve at once. In less than a month he had gained about eight pounds and soon became so well and strong we had no further anxiety about him.
 An old patient of mine, 73 years old, came down with serious stomach trouble and before I was called had got so weak he coald eat almost noth- ing, and was in a serious condition. He had tried almost every kind of food for the sick without avail
 T immediately put him on Grape Nuts with good, rich milk and just a little pinch of sugar He exclaimed when I came next day Why doctor I never ate anything so good or that made me feel so much stronger
 T am pleased to say that he got well on Grape-Nnts, but he had to stick to it for two or three weeks, then he began to branch out little with rice or an egg or two. He got entirely well in spite of his almost hopeless condition. He gained 22 pounds in two months which at his age is remarkable.
 T could quote a list ef eases " wyfffere Grape-Nuts has worked wonders"
 There's a Reason" Read "The Road to Wallville," in pkgs.
 Ever read the above letter. new one appears from time to time. They arc genuiacs true, and full of human 1nterest.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
WHY, OF COURSE.
Tuberculosis Conference.

Under the auspices of the Swedish National League Against Tuberculo sis, the International Tuberculosis con ference held it's annual meeting in Stockholm July to 10. Among the American speakers .on the program were Dr. Hermann M Biggs of New York and Dr. John C.. Wise, medical director of the United States navy who was the official representative of this country. Two subjects of special interest discussed were: Care of Tuberculous Families, Especially of Healthy Children" and Tuberculosis and the Schools" |"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
THE OBJECT HE HAD IN VIEW
Farmer Had Not Much Expectation of Turkeys, But He Was Not
 Losing Anything.

A Rhode Island farmer set ban tam hen on IA turkey eggs, and great was the scandal thereof throughout the neighborhood. Friends from far and near dropped in for to see and for to admire the freakish feat.
 "Sa-ay, Silas," asked envious Hiram Haggers, "haow many turkeys d. yew cal'late ter git outer them aigs?"
 "Oh, shucks," Silas answered. "I ain't cal'latin' t. git many turkeys I jest admire t see that pesky little critter a-spreadin' herself lf"-Harper's Weekly
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Reputations.

"The Autocrat," remarked the Re- condite Person, made a remark the import of which escaped me until the other day He said Many a man has reputation because of the repu- tation he expects to have some day."
 That's not half bad remark" sug gested the Practical Person, but my son-just out from college, you know, and in the habit of thinking hump backed thoughts, as it were-said something only this morning that ap- pealed to me: Some men, he said, get reputation and keep it; other men get reputation and make it keep them.'"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
WAS HE RIGHT.
Mrs. Rant-Do you think men are more clever than women? MT. Handsome men are. Mrs. Rant-Who are they? Mr. Rant-Single men.
The Thrifty Scot.

A Scotsman and his wife were com ing from Leith to London by boat. When off the Yorkshire coast great storm arose and the vessel had sev eral narrow escapes from laundering
 "Oh, Sandy" moaned his wife, Pm na afeard O deein', but I dinna care to dee at sea-
 "Dinna think O deein' yet" an swered Sandy; "but when ye do, ye'd better be drooned at sea than any where else"
 An why, Sandy?" asked his wife.
 "Why?" exclaimed Sandy. Because ye wouldn't cost sac muckIe to bury
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
He Bit.

The city man was jogging on to- ward the summer clearinghouse in rickety old wagon. The driver was glum and far from entertaining, and the city man felt rather lonely.
 Fine field over there," he ventured, after long silence.
 Fine" grunted the driver.
 "Who owns it?"
 "Old man Bitt."
 "Old man Bit, eh? Who are those children stacking up hay?"
 'Old man Bitt's boys"
 And what is his idea in having them out there in the field such hot day?"
 Wal, I reckon he thinks every lit tie Bit helps, stranger. Anything else you want to kuow? Get up here, hosses."
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Law of Attraction.

The attractions of men to women and women to men are full of the most perplexing inconsistencies and contra dictions imaginable. It is, for instance, physical law that magnetism is not simple attraction of one thing for an other, but the difference of two oppos- ing forces of attraction and repulsion, of which the former is the greater The same law holds in relation to the attraction of men and women for each other, in which, as rule, the mascu- line is the superior force.-T P.'s Weekly London
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Privilege of English Husband.

A wife who complained at the Marylebone police court in London the other day that her husband used abusive language to her was informed by MT. Plowden that this was one of husbands privileges.
 You must put up with it. the mag istrate told her. Better an abusive husband than no husband at all."
 But l have had so many years of this kind of thing" she protested
 T cannot give you any redress 5 MT. Plowden replied. You must ex- pect certain amount of abuse in this wOrld'
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Livinq for Eternity.

God harkens and hears, records and remembers all that the righteous say. Every word of encouragement spoken to weary fellow-toiler, every word of sympathy and comfort to an afflicted spirit, every word of quickening to diligence and activity in the Christian life, every kind, generous, loving word that has helped and cheered strug- gling, tempted fellow-soul, is heard, remembered and recorded, and one day shall be disclosed again to the mutual, grateful joy of the helper and
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Pathos in a Fire Report.

In the annual report of the fire mar shal of Kentucky the following extract is not without suggestion of Little Boy Blue:"
 Among the odds and ends of the attic, usually are vanished furniture. rags smeared with grease to take fire themselves, painting oils liable to take fire when the sun beats on the roof, and broken toys of children who are grown and gone away, or who went to sleep long ago"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Have No Use for Pins.

All American exporters concerned are warned by Consul General Denby that they'll never get rich by selling pins to the people of Shanghai. "The Chinese have no use for pins," he says, strings and knots and loops meeting every requirement. of male and female, young and old, to keep his or her garments securely and neatly fastened"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Neatly Put.

Two Quakers were having an ar gument and one considered the other was speaking falsely. This is how he reproved him:
 "Friend Thomas, I will not call thee by any bad name, but if the mayor were to ask me who was the greatest liar in the town I would hasten to thee and say: Thomas, I think the mayor greatly desireth to speak with thee.'"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30

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The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
"A Cheap Skate"

Joel Chandler Harris" said an At lantan, used to write comic newspa- per editorials. Sometimes he made fun of other editors in them, too
 "Simon Simpson, rival editor in Mobile, having been made fun of, wrote angrily in his rage:
 "'Joel Harris has been getting off some cheap wit at our expense
 "Joel, on reading this, grabbed his pen and dashed off, quick as flash, for next days issue:
 It must have been cheap, Simon, to be at your expense.'"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
A Baseball Preacher,

It was just at the beginning of the baseball season when an Episcopal clergyman, who is an ardent and en- game, inadvertently remarked at the end of the portion of Scriptures which he read:
 Here endeth the first innings"
 Then he woke up.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30

the helped. So, too, every good word spoken in season to him who owns no Saviour, who has no hope, who is without God, and yet is journeying to an eternal world where trust and hope in God and Saviour are the condi. tions of happy existence, every such word will be found on record too: it wifi contribute to the lasting joy of it's utterer and of him that has needed it-Bishop Butler.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30

The dairyman who is up to date will not be satisfied by knowing the COW that gives the most milk or butter in a day or in year, but he will seek the COW which produces the most from each dollars worth of feed.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Eou an Annrv wopoap ooLed

The other day we saw an angry woman in a street car and her face was anything but pleasant picture. She was angry at the conductor, en- tirely without cause, and that made her look more terrible than if she had had a real grievance.-Nebraska Jour- nal.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30

caused @ weakness and broken down condition of the system. 1 read so much fwhatLydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound had done for other suffering women l felt sure it would help me, andImust say it did help me wonderfully. My pains all left me. I
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
The Only May.

My wife never opens letters that are addressed to me-"
 You have 'em all sent to your office address, do you?'-Cleveland Leader.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30

Some men never think of earning an honest living until they accident ally get a good, hard jolt in the right spot
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
Well, Not Very Often.

The little daughter of Republican candidate for local office down in Philadelphia, when told that her fla ther had received the nomination, looked serious for moment, then her wee voice trembled a bit as she ex- claimed:
 "Oh, mamma! do they often die of if 2"
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30

When a fellow begins to feel that he couldn't live without certain girl he ought to marry her and see.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30

It is a mothers duty to keep constantly on hand some reliable remedy for use in case of sudden accident or mishap to the children. Hamlins Wizard Oil can be depended upon for just such emergencies.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-07-30
VERY ABRUPT.

Spring Poet-Yes, sir; I can write about anything, sir.
 Irate Editor-Well, then, suppose you just right-about face and head for the door.