The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-11
Uayseed Then, Farmer Now


nc 'a,rsoen' oil 5ygOre days
I VINO wn-n voting h. S city
! cou $50. Ms tcr aimed either la
! n, No0l.u,, or on the hack
! 30 "a Tor fear 80 the humiliation
If he most having TO introduce
him as a relative to a city FRIEND
+, has somewhat changed in the last
few years OF course we will adj
, NIT tNAi d M 81 ac 4 grinder NOW
TO o1 ei,r iul. ; 10 see Uncle 81
.comi.r is,o town in his big moter
car and apparent y enjoyir q every
luXlrl Tor WIN n heart could
wish Tat my be what il al
ready prryirg 50 heavilvrpon the
min o. some Of our New York
lsoeictv women and causing them
10 boycott Uncle 81 bv refusing 70
eat the ~ oducts of his farm. 1t
rs Ger aul. amusing TO read OF
those same ladies who wouldn't
know a pig from q goat on foot
trying TO tell Is that the present
high prices OF foodstuff is the
worry of Their lives when for the
price of o.. gown 20 wear at some
.ocial event meat for the entire
family could be bought for a
Whole yesr. And to htar of them
trying TO explain why meat is so
high dnd how. under their man
agement, pork could be produced
for one-nalf the price now paid. |
We imagine those Old girls would
know as sluch about raising and
feeding out a bunch OF hogs for
market as Adam would about
running a department store.
But they are net the only ag-
itators for all over the country
hundreds and thousands have
signed the pledge to deprive
themselves of the necessaries of
life, when in many cases. that
same money if rightly spent
would have sent hundreds of little
folks to bed with full stomachs: j..
may. later in the evening. send |
papa in with 'pac age" that
viii cause him 10 employ a police
nan TO show him his own home.
Yet | suppose we must earn to
Zee things as others see them re-
,ardless of colored glasses. But
What is the meaning of all this
Iproar? Is it possible that that 1
with the broad brim-
ned hat. patched overalIs and !
cwhide boots is about 10 b class
d with the Dated tondholder? 5
Or Is 1t fact that the haysee1 {
; to be recognized as one worthy {
{ a small place on this Old earth \
f ours. Well, it does seem that
e is just peeping over into the
romised land, but it mas not al =
avs been so for it has TAX, n al
lost centuries to make the fine
arms that are now under cult
alton. The farmer planted, he
owed sometimes reaped a bounti-
ii harvest. but many times the
everse. He plodded through the
'ng summer days and battled
18th the clements. only to be the
att OF joke by those no consum-
his products. But those were
he days of sweetbread for the
,nsumer; he never dreamed of
lie back pay that must surely
,me The mills of the Gods
ave ground exceedingly slow
Ut have never ceased until the
ruhe" of bygone days is the
Dsiness man-farmer of today.
Regardless of the fun that has
cen poked at him, gold bricks
senl.to have AS ready sale in the =
ty at present as in rural district
rom any standpoint you care to
Ike, the a erage farmer at
resent is amply able to care for 7
mself He readily understands
lat supply and demand have
ore to do with the pri ces of any
-ticle than all other things COM
ned, and is managing his farm
Then. with the
demand for his products
9TH at home and abroad, Mr..
onsumer, YOU might as well pull \
,ur weaoelskin to pay the fid-
er for some time yet while
ncle 81 dances that old-time -
me called Sugar in the Gourd" 81