Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-13

"The democrats must keep the ,ar'N
to- the front. 1t win never he settled un"
til it is settled right. and II VIII never
| be settled right until it Is settle" IVY
the friends of the consumers,
The genial leader of he majority tho
! Hon. Oscar W. Underwood, said W"
June 10. 1917:
Il believe in relieving the men WIN"
work in the factories and in the ihnh-
darics and who have to purchaS" their
daily bread.
And so / might continue 10 quote. but
what is the use. for the drm"rrAllS parry
not only declares that It stands Ter
chcuper food. hut that It's mttNod n' &C
complishing this is To reduce or cur CIV
entirely the duty on farm products, Wh'rh
shows that 1t means I" MAKE we 'H,"n'
| crs stand the reduction, for. rs Mr. mar
riSOn says. tho democratic party Is uh>
| der no Obligation TO the producers ni
| these products. but only to the CONSUME
ers. Wei, these gentlemen may Ne awe
to force dow the prices OF the farmers
| products enough to satisfy even tNelr M"
| reasonable views ANA policy. only to
lind heir own constituents without IN"
meanslu buy them ut amy pFlre, ms
! tory has always repeated Itself, anu al
! ways will rs often rs !tk" conditions pre-
vail.
Mann Of the wouid-hc rcfurWcrs whom
nature has endowed with more ability
to talk than to think. tell us that the
remedy for the nigh cost OF living IS
10 get two or three million city people
TO go back to the farms and raise more
farm products at a less prlce-Wnlcl
would mean at no proht-~n ORDER that
tho,H who remain IN IN" city mlEht
have their cost of living reduced. The
people who thus moved into the country
in order to live. would have to work
from twelve to sixteen hours per day
and practice the Str!cttSt economy. IL
they did this and managed intei!isently,
,L. ,.-, ~ f,,S ,,irlY lao y,.lllr,l bnf
even then the plan w"Nld utterly ialt
, unless the farmers could buy as much
cheaper as they would have TO sell
cheaper. and in order to make this pos
Sihle the city people would have tn work
as many hours per day as the farmers
| say four hour longer than they do now -
and then do without many of the luz
urics they now indulge in. This might
make the plan feasible and successful.
but no reiormer Of social con itions has
| ever suggested that any class OF people
should be compelled to work as long as
the farmer has to do or get along With
so few Injuries. The workers Of every
other industry or calling are demanding
| shorter hours and higher wages-which
| means an increased cost of their pro-
ducts-and as they are now pretty thor
oughly organized they are loW gradually
enforcing their demands. vt the same
tine. they are demanding cheaper food,
and instead of even attempting to remedy
the evils Of our ohSurdly expensive SNS-
tenn of distribution. they propose to make
the farmer carry the load. In other
words. they prOpuSc to get their increaS-
ed leisure and comforts at the expense
Of the farmers. regardless of the fact
| that the burdens of this kind already
borne by the farmer is the cause of his
sons and daughters leaving him to be-
| come competitors in the already over
crowded occupations Of the cities.
No country can long b" prosperous that
does not maintain a proper balance be-
tween agriculture and the industrial nr-
latirnS. and that balance has already
been seriously effected in this country
If you want to stop the steady flow of
farmers sons and daughters to the cit
les, all YOU have to do is to 50 legiS1atc
as to hS*ur" to the farmer safe md
reasonable profits for his industry and
the trick is tn ned.
Some WOul1-hc refOrmcrS tell us that
if we could furnish proper amusement
for the farmers familieS their Young
people would not leave the farm. Such
talk is the &hcercSt nonsense. If YOU
can bring about conditions under which
the farmers can have a few dollars left
after paying for the absolute necessarieS.
they will look after their own amuse-
mcnts and ask no favors.
Nero tried to paSSify a robbed and dis
satisfied pubic by various kinds of
amUSemcntS, but the plan failed. as it
always will. All the farmer asks is jus
tice and a fair field in which to work,
and if YOU deny him this you will not
only ruin his industry. hut YOU will make
it impossible for any other industry long
to prosper. cloud appiause.)