The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-08-07
FIRST CHAUTAUQUA
NOW IN FULL SWING
wsrned his hearers to beware of these
A Great Change.

men.
A Great Change.
Mr.. Summers said that he could re-
member the time when every commu-
Eity In the south was self-sufficient
when they produced all they used and
used all they produced, but pointed to
the fact that necessity for q change
then came and with 1t an Industrial
revolution. He recited te events lead
ing up 10 the coming of the cotton mill
and tier showed that great neces-
sity has now arisen for this country
having surplus and asked where the
surplus is to come from. He said that
the farmer is to the town Just what
the root Is to the tree and emphasized
the fact that even though people liv-
Ing In the cities and politicians living
there. care nothing at all about the
country. IL they care for the lawyer,
the preacher, the doctor, making his
home in the city. they must help the
man in tho country in order that the
city may prosper. The speaker said
that one thing wrong with the country
now Is that the farmers have listened
to too much hot air. They have let
politicians come among them and tell
them what friend they are to the
poor. working people. Have let these
self same politicians make the Ameri-
can eagle scrcech in frenzy and
wave his wings on hig until the far
er has ben deluded and has helped to
put men in offices OF public trust who
will lose no sleep over the troubles
Of the farmers.
"QuIt Lying"
Che speaker advised oil his hearers
that one way to better conditions was
for them to quit lying to each other.
to meet each other halfway, to quit
arraying class against class, aud to
unite I'm the one common cause" The
speaker told his audience that when
The politician comes out from town
and tells you that ;all the people in
the towns and cities are liars and
thieves. instead nj riding h.:.: 60 ,yo1-T7
shoulders as yon have been doing, Tiiiiie ride
MIN Out OF the community on q good.
stout rail, because the man who will
lie to you for your vote, will sell you
out to the other fellow for his money"
Touching on the subject of the buy
ers or cotton making their price for.
the merchandise they have to sell and
then making the price on the farmers
cotton as we'll. Mr.. Summers said that
IL til" southern mem did not have any
more sense than o:accept such condi-
.tionE. the Yankee nnanciers should
not ba blamed for taking the advan-
tage. because 1t belongs to him II he
Is shrewd; enough to get 1t. The speak
er said that he honored the memory
IT Jefferson but that the logic OF JEFF.
ferson's day was not the thing for
this age and that the people OF the
Ernth must awakeStn th!s fact He
said that the southern farmers' inter-
ests are the interests 0ftaIl civillza-
t1Dn and that the Industrial indepen-
dence OF the south viii never. be gain
ed 80 long as the south continues to
let The other fellow name the price
for the farmers comMpdities.
The speaker said that 1t was high
time the south Is awakening to the
fact that the more cotton they raise
the less they will get.,for It. He pre.
diets that the world as soon to wake
up stlso morning and find thst there
Is nothing to ca! andaihen instead Of
facing the "EigL cost. Of living 1t will
bo CueS'ioi OF tryingtto find enough
food to sustain life fos the people in
this county. He pointed to the fact
that many people are leaving the
farms for the cities and said that the
"hank - tie farm" -ecye.:s:.. .s ss...
q farce. bec.luse to keep the farmer on
the farm, you will have to. pay hin,
as much as l'e can earn elsewhere.
l,egenerates.
He toll, Of trip to. London. where
he saw s.rh q striking contrast be-
tween the people OF the country and
the people OF the city. He said that
the people Of Londonl5in part seemed
10 bc mental, moral and physical de-
generates and said that at the rate
people are now moving from tile farm
to the city In this country, tho United
States will soon be ED bad.
Mr.. Summers says that he has a
plan by which q bureau or marketing
will be established incolnection with
thu department OF agriculture of the
United States and this bureau will be
forced to aid the farmer In his ,un.
equal battle. 1t will be the duty Of
This department to assemble tho loose
pieces OF the marketing machinery OF
the south. assemble them and make
OF the collection a aSfInished product
which Will give the sfRrmer a. chance
TO get q decent price for his products.
Enormous Losses.
He pointed to the Wonderfuli losses
this country has sSE sSE4s aS::::ccsSS freed Il shs
reducing OF cattle. lambs. hogs and
other products during ehe past & 10
years and urged his audience to appre-
ctate the gravity OF the situation. !. He
said that his advice To tina farmers
was to stand up like a man, to face
ana trade with the rsstg ~: the world /