The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-06-10
LOGICAL Speech
BY NJ. F. SHARP
Urging the Farmers to Cooperate
and Stand Together for Their
Mutual Protection.

cred SATURDAY a1eIUCOn IN the cry
court room by NJ. F. Sharp, of Mar
rows, KY, state organizer for the
American Society of Equity.
Mr.. Sharp is forcible speaker and
convinces his hearers that he has
studied the subject of which he speaks
His address was in the interest of
the A. S. of f., and so convincing
was his argument in favor of the far
mers sticking to the society that, whe
he had finished, many who had Jagged
behind in dues, paid up and were re-
instated. Several new members were
added to the union.
The speaker was bitter in his de-
nunciation of those who tried to cause
split in any farmers organization
and said when any one came with a
wedge TO split the society in twain,
no matter if 1t was the Stemming
Association or any other farmers or
ganization, the fellow who tried 1t
should be drummed out of the order
and shunred. He said 1t was person
al and selfish ambition that caused
man to undertake such a move and
that no man ought to be convinced
that by splitting a log in two 1t was
stronger. In speaking of the effort
10 have two tobacco pooling societies
here. he said that men let their pre-
JUDGES get the better of their judg-
ment sometimes, and that by having
two organizations the purpose of such
organizations were weakened. The
enemy would take the two factions
to fight with and cause dissensions
and strife that would soon put both
societies out of business. He said
Union Is what the farmers want. Di-
vision is to be Stunned and scoffed
at He urged the farmers TO gst TO-
gether and fight shoulder to shoulder
Mr.. Sharp said that every farmers
organiza. icn that had been formed
to control price and benefit the fer
ming class had sprung from the A.
S. of Z. ard he endeavored to show
that it would be much cheaper and
easier 70 pool tobacco through the
local unions than to pool under the
present system of employing solicitors
to make a house-to-house canvass
He illus rated that the farming class
was all powerful if they would assert
their power He said when they were
prosperous the merchant was prosper
Gus also but when the farmer was
crushed by the Trusts and was only
half paid for his products the mer-
chant felt his poverty as keenly a.
did the farmer himself. The SPEAKER
asserted shat when the farmer Is
happy ard prosperous the nation Is
safe, burt when he is half fed and
clothed and dragged out a miserable
existence, then the nation is in dali
ger
The speaker said that the cause of
the farmers in organizing was sec
ond only to the cause of the revolu-
tionaly war. That cur forefathers
reblltd because they were taxed with
out representation and that the far
mers were rebelliDg to-day because
they had to sell without having any
voice in the prices of the article they
sold. He said that everything from
the newsboy up to the richest COR
pcrations were organized ard the only
way to med them was by counter or
ganization. He referred to the Miners
ard showed how they had bettered
their condition by banding toge her,
and said that the tanners by oTgani-
zlng solidly could cope with the great
er capitalists in the world, for he had
the bread of life-he fed ard clothed
the world, and the man OF millions
could not eat his money and was
bound TO favor the farmer in order
TO get the things that paclorg life.
He urged the farmers to get into the
A. S. of E., and pool their products
as well as tobacco, and aid that
they could control prices ard cope
with the devil and his hosts,
He favored organization ard making
rule thai. no one but members be
allowed to pool He paid his respects
TO the man who would not pool his
tobacco but dumped 1t on the mar
ket and got the benefit of the farm
ers who did pool. He said 1t was as
snsakirg ais milking neighbors COW
through fence and that the bumper
had no business any where but with
The truss or the devil. He said these
fellows generally said that they can
attend to their own business. Con
; tinulng, Mr. Sharp said: Let them
alone-leave them TO attend TO their
own business; don't go about them;
let them thresh their own wheat ard
roll their own logs and he will soon
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