The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1909-09-22
county, but to do it year. after year.
Warns Against Bad Policy.

A man that buys more than he sells
is on the highway to bankruptcy, as
sure as the Authentic is true; and
that is true of the man that is true of
the state. If Kentucky produces but
little besides her agricultural products
that takes away all of the profit to the
producer. is not that policy to make
the farmers of Kentucky poor race
of men, you open the arteries Of the
Commonwealth. You may blot out the
cities and the farmers will get along.
You can blot out the farmers and
weeds will grow in every town.
Enrich Farm Life.
It Is essential that the farmers be
strengthened, that they be encouraged,
that they be protected. that they he
stimulated. that they cooperate them
selves and that they form themselves
into these bodies allowed by the law.
not against the law. You do know
things allowed by the law, not contrary
to the law. You follow the example. the
precedent and the experience Of bus.
ness men this world over. and If you
can make a large success for your
class. it means wealth to this state
and wealth to the state commerce. bet
ter farms. better cared for. better
clothed people 1t means q more con
tented home. Il means better schools,
II means better chances to the youth
of the state,-and there is the milk
in the cocoanut. it means the farms
will be more attractive places. instead
Of repulsive places. to live upon II
means that everybody won't be trying
l,os,- ol,h
dren. because the truth is. the farm is
a hard place to get along. Strengthen
the Commonwealth, amplify her pow
ers of strengthening her people. make
them more contented. make the farms
more attractive to the youth, and in
stead of every year paying an enormous
price to our backwardness in the
stream of young men who go from
Kentucky to enrich the common
wealths of the West and Northwest.
keep them at home by giving them
inducements to stay at home. Let Ken
lucky take her own place in the terri
tory of nations. It is for Kentucky
that 7 nlead. ask patriotic Kontuck-
ians to take that view of the situation.
Pooling Commended.
Can you pool? The laws say you can,
the courts declare you can. Two presi-
dents of the United States, the one now
in office, the one just preceding, de-
clared in public addresses that it was
necessary for the farmers to pool, in
order that the gigantic trust would
not sell them everything they buy.
Not only that. but the history of
the world, from the time it was first
written until now, is that the pooling
propositions have been INDUCED in by
every successful class of business.
Even the professions do it. You have
come TO a time when I don't believe IL
is possible to control the pools and
trusts by legislation You cannot do it.
You can "apply the hair of the dog
to his bite" If that will do.
MIR. Dukes Estimate of Farmers.
1t is said that Mr.. Duke once said.-
and I have no word of complaint
against him nor any of his associates:
no word of complaint Mr. Duke said
the farmer is to be relied upon not to
pool. He had some other sentiment
that need not repeat. He can be reli-
ed upon not to pool. Why? Through
selfishness, through inexperience. They
little things, and they would not do It.
They would trip up over little bit
of thing, and if they didn't find any
thing else they would lay it on their
wives and say they would not allow
them
And he talked like he believed what
he said. And the question is, whether
or not you are going to prove that he
told the truth. Can you do it? Have
you the nerve? Have you the judg-
ment? Have you the capacity? Upon
what kind Of meat does Mr.. Duke and
Mr.. Hartman and those people feed,
that they can form pools and combina-
tons Of a business kind and make
them successes without a copyright.
and you cannot initiate them in your
affairs?
Twenty-Five Cents For 1909 Crop
! submit to you that it Is not only
possible, not only feasible, but you