The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1910-03-19


post and that you are not going to let him
or yourself rest until you get it."
This is a good use to make of your quarters
worth of postas. Write your Senator and Repre-
sentative about the parcels post. At the same
time tell them to stand for the interests Of the
dairymen and farmers, the men who own the
cows instead Of the big packing houses and oleo-
margarine manufacturers in Chicago. Some OF
our Southern Congressman making the excuse
that they are supporting oeo because nearly all
the Democrats supported it before. This is prob
ably true because the cottonseed oil manufac-
turers were the only who let the Congress-
men hear from them about the matter But the
day has now come when farmers as we'll as
other people write to their congressman, and they
are beginning to have some influence in Washing
ton.
This comment brings us to the proper place to
note that President Barrett OF the Farmers Union
has just announced that from May 3rd to May
1th inclusive. the Farmers Union will hold at the
Coliseum, In st. Louis. National mass meeting
for farmers unparalleled in scope probably In i'm
portance. undoubtedly in attendance, in the his
tory OF America" program Of unusual I'M
portance and impressiveness Is preparing and the
meeting promises to be OF epoch making import
ance The Farmers Union Legislative Bureau
whose members have done such excellent work In
Washington this session, will make notable re-
port to the st. Louis meeting.
The disastrous effects of prohibition on . town"
are strikingy illustrated by the workings OF the
Carolina seaport last year The law went into
effect there January 1. 1909. and perhaps In no
other seaport city has 1t been so we'll enforced.
The results are that the number Of arrests In
1909 was only 1.21S as compared with 1858
with saloons the year before; in spite Of increased
pnp r1ofio fhoro T. A. -
deaths and cases of insanity; bank deposits show
ed the remarkable increase from $7.20O.000 to
S9.960,000 for the single twelve months. the In
crease In bank clearings being greater than for
any other leading Southern city except Atlanta
(which is also prohibition) the number OF build
Ing permits and their value more than doubled:
and In spite of losing $500 license tax on sixty
three saloons each( and voting an extra tar for
schools. the total tax rate was reduced cents on
the $10O Getting rid of the whiskey handicap a.
much as possible. while the North still suffers
from It in undiminished measure, is giving the
South tremendous advantage in the struggle for
industrial leadership. Well beat them yet
The South has probably never sent man to
who made greater impression In 90
short time than Senator Gordon of Mississippi
II is f1ne illustration Of the instructive human
response to generous, tolerant, unspoied spirit.
It was said Of Henry Grady that when he died "he
wds LITERALLY iOVIuS lH0 SECTIONS INTO peace" Even
so the great-heartedness of Senator Gordon made
an impression upon Congress probably more last
ing and more effective than any mere magician
or orator could have won by all his arts All over
the country they are still quoting with applause
the magnanimous language OF his farewell speech.
and especially the following paragraphs which
the venerable Mississppian addressed to Senator
Hepburn. the hre-eating orator from idaho:
II am an old Confederate and you. per-
haps. old Union veteran. We disagreed
You are the victor. But we each still think
generals good people. That is all