The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
Bill Vines on the Beauties of Farm Life

est to get his votes, and too much for the
vote and too little in his interest. They
don 1T give whoop so long as he votes the
strait ticket, whether his mortgage is cut
on the byas plan, or with low neck and
short sleeves. If they believed half they
say about the country they wouldn't so con-
sistently deny themselves the pleasure of
seeing it onse and a while-exsept just be-
fore electsion. The Guvvermint spends
hole lot Of mummy in the interest of the
farmer" which they mite as well ty an 800
pound ancor to and throw into the middle
Of Salt lake for the good it does.
Far be it frum us to offer emmy advise to
the Farmer or make emmy commits on the
way to success in the country. We don't
know emmy thing about it; in this respect
we air not much behind menny uthers who
rite hybrowed stuff about the country, per-
fectly innersent of emmy facts. But frum
what little experience we have had, and
frum observasions we have maid we air of
the opinion that we ant far rong when we
say that farming consists of hard work. OF
corse II man owns his own land and has
plenty OF the needful he can sit in the shade
OF tree and watch lot of niggers make
crop, and call himself farmer But if his
living depends upon his own efforts in
coaXlng peevish Landscape to bring fourth
dlvVldend all testimony is to to the effect
that it an t no joke
Nobody, who ant reguler member in
good standing of the Anny-Nyus Club, will
admit that he dotes on hard work. And we
mite as we'll be frank and say that the reel
reesun the farming industry has not been as
popular as uther branches in this country
is because that the man who has to work for
living has found it easier in sum luther
line. When you add to this the fact that
while the farmer has been accumulating
moor corn on his hands and feet than he has
in the new ground, working the hole
yeer fertilizing his land with perspir-
aston and profanity, while the mid
die man has been sitting in town
under an electrick fan drinking Book
beer and gin rickies on tie profits
he makes on selling the farmers stuff to
the Ultimate consumer, you can see why it
is so discurraging to a farmer when he
reeds how all these statesmen air '.chewinc
the rag'' ovver his woeful condision and
continew with CRATE fortitude to let it re-
main as woeful as evver 1t is no wunder
iiC CouNdpCo LIS Doy6 W Do lawyers, OF DOC
tors, or members of the Legislature so they
can make living without working for it,
and at the same time keep out of jail.
We may be rong and we an proposing
emmy remmedy, but we believe if those pee
pul who air so devoted to the farmer and air
always going into extasies and things ov-
yer the country life. will figger on sum plan
to help the farmer run around the middle
man and get in handshaking distance of the
Ultimate consumer, that they will add moor
unconfined joy and good honest samoleons
to cuntry life than in emmy uther way. And
when it is so fixed that peepul can live in
the country and at the same time have two
pair OF pants yeer, and can buy calico
dress without giving a lean on the milk
COW moor Of us will try it. I am for the
farmer good and strong, and I am not run
ming for offise eether, the only time I did
he so furmly refused to vote for me that r
am afraid it may have grown into a con-
turned habit. Yours troo1v.
BILL VINES.
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