Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-23

Over fifty years agO, everybody else
ouit doing business this way. every
body but us. To-day We ask every
body else. What are YOUR basic pro-
ducts worth o." and then We ask them.
What are ours worth 80 Jus, think
OF that Whatever price they ask
We give Whatever offers they make.
We accept This is so unreasonable
hat would hesitate 10 make the
statement. did not everyone 81 you
know IL 20 be the truth. Worst OF
al. not one bit OF united CO-operai
ed Effort Is even nov being put forth
TO change this condition. We arr
losing in the sale OF this cotton crop
enough money to build and equip
two thousand miles OF railroad. Gen
,lemen. n We would see ourselves as
the world sees us. this is the pic
ture. Shame. II nothing else, ought
10 bcstir the people OF the S'u'h 10
make a determined united e':)r. 20
change this condition.
Let us bring the consideration Of
this subject close home Here il 4
magnificent city with all the machn-
err OF urban life Here are your
shops and factories. your offices and
homes Here are your strong flndn-
ciai Institutions ont f"yord vOur
city Is your water reservoir. From
its mains the smaller pipes lead the
lifa and comfort-giying fluid to yorr
homes and places of business. BE-
cause this reservoir is beyond ;he
limits q your town. does not make
It's condition. the volume ~ water u
contains the amount which u fur
nishes YOU or the condition Of the
source OF supply. Of less concern 20
YOU n the streams or wells which
furnish the water were showing signs
Of permanent lessening. yonr papers
would warn YOU OF the fact. Busy
men would stop on the street corners
10 discuss The situation. meetings
would be- held and every power which
united and aroused citizenship
could comamnd would. Dee brought to
bear upon the situation Is not that
fact' out beyond your city is your
food reservoir From this source YOU,
your children and your children's
children % the rcMotest generation
must be supplied 80 man In this
audience Is so ignorant that he hoes
not know that from this soil the life
giving properties are departing Its
ability 10 produce bread IS lessenins
The fact that the farmers land Is
losing its power 10 produce. and its
phosphorus end other elements nee
essary 10 sustain the highest ordc.' og
physical life no more concerns only
the man who owns the land. han
would the failing Of the sources which
SUI ply your water reservoir concern
only the company owning A. II is a,
much your concern as II YOU had
Joint LEGAL title with the farmer in
the land II is his bread supply and
In Just as absolute sense. II Is yours
also You have no other Here Is n
place where your rSutual interest
calls You rtovn ana country men 10
cooperative effort. In this connec-
lion. 7 want to leave with you the
suggestion that equal educational adj
vantages. equality OF profit and OF
general opportunity, Is the only thing
which will keep the intelligence and
pride OF vocation on the farm ne; es-
sary g -uard and preserve your food
and raiment supply
When you 20 BACK to your bank or
store, look at the money in your
yaultr or cash drawers and ask
yourself how aid that money happen
10 be down here IN Texas. You will
find that YOU have produced nothing
which Won sert awlv IT, exchange for
II In this CITY from boundary to
boundary line. not one calling is sup
plying you with one dollar The city
men who pav T. to YOU are acting
merely as distributors While its
course NAV be tortuous you can trace
this money back 10 the ranches grain
ana cotton fields. etc. Of Texas. our
common financial reservoir
We make a serious mistake II We
consider those merely as the course
from which the ranch man and farm
or yet their money These are also
our source Of money supply We
have no other Anv loss sustained
by the ranchman and the farmer In
converting their products into money
II felt IN my business and in yours
Let us take common sense view
Of this matter. Az man to man. |
ask YOU II your city water were be.
In lost either before reaching the
reservoir or in distribution from Il.
ana YOU were heirc Inconvenience
thereby. II the less were limiting the
output OF your factories. were inter
fering with the profits Of your bust
ness. would you saw. 1T Is too had
that the Water Company Is losing
the sale OF this water. bit us loss IS
of no concern to me- Would YOU
You would call mass meeting OF
your citizens. You would appoint
rs strong a committee as you could
select, and that committee backed by
your whole citizenship would ave