The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-15
Farmers Educationa!
AND
cooperative Union
Of America.
missouriars Have to be Shown.

statement probably is fact, as they
usually wait long while after the
signal to jump is given before they
Jump,
have thought that when the judg-
ment sets, for the purpose of ascer-
aiming who is fit subject for that
haven of rest for the pure. Many of
our people will be one or two cars
tebjnd and will never reach the goal
ing in waiting for long while to be
sighted
We have people who have little or
no faith in anything, They are sons
Of DerditiOs against their wills. They
have no power to help themselves. 1t
is disease they have caught while
irving to be the chief architect of
their own fortunes.
II is part of my judgment that this
life is what we make it, We may be
something or nothing If man is
honest he is something of worth, al
though he may not be well off from
financial point of view All people
will not be well-to.do. 1t is not their
lot
This state of the condition of the
race at present could be partially over
come ia many ways, possibly.
No one has any desire to be a pau
per or an idiot. All want to be well
off and wise.
One man may do great things by
himself but you generally see several
men in the greatest enterprises, which
lis a sign of cooperation to the high
est success.
The time is here when single-hand-
ed work is out of date One man
never thinks OF controlling the situa-
ton by his efforts alone. He is &C
eepting the plans of the system. He
comes into the Union or agreement.
This is an axiom or selt-evident
truth. We have too much evidence
of union on their part to disbelieve
the statement as fact. Railway man
ayers, public working men, manufac-
turers, wholesome jobbers, retail mer-
chants, doctors of all kinds, lawyers,
village blacksmiths, bankers, coal min.
ers, millers, ginners, and other class
es are organized to their success.
II We could realize what these or
CARNATIONS mean to us we would be
up and trying TO do more than what
is being done by us at present.
Let US take up the Engineers Union
and dwell on it as point for discus
sion. This class of laborers was weak
financially in the beginning What are
they now? They are able 10 contend
for their rights and they get them
This has come about through union,
and union only. The strife has been
on for years. They are now up to
The front. They have things their
way. AS soon as a man works him
self up to the position of engineer ne
is asked to come into the union and
he goes, and does well when he goes
lie finds himself in society of broth
ers They stand together They find
power in union They see strength
IN concert of action They are sight
ed. Many OF our farmer boys are
among them and they are sticking
They see the point. They finally be-
come sighted. They stay.
To say farmer will not stick to
good thing is to own up ignorance
on the part of the orator who mar
rates such statement.
They stay with any order of repu-
tatlon as long as any class of people
whatsoever The greatest trouble is.
getting their attention. If one can
be induced TO think we have him then
and there as a subject for any good
society,
We do not claim to be a family of
great intelligence as whole, but
We claim to have wisdom in the fam.
ny We either have been sighted or
are being sighted TO the evils done
US. we are about to get the remedy
ior our present disease financially.
Inc DAY is not far off when we think
We Will be able to successfully ar
TEST all attempts to rob us of our
ilshts as a family class of people.
our movements may be slow, but
we nope sure. Time is required for
me accomplishment of many great un-
uertaKlngs. Carefulness in all things
SHOULD be exercised, even if it re-
Vulres much time.
y has been said that farmers have
'le least sense of any class of WORK
leh as to their power and ability.
oertalnly we have been very slow to
sec ana realize the position We are
noW IN, but this very class who have
peeh accusing us of being ignorant
.nilk they may finally see our ability
= 'neT detriment. They are souirm-
'hs ana twisting with fear Thev know