The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-04
THE FARMER AND WAR
BY DAVID STARR JORDAN

| On the top OF all this comes the
burden OF the costiiest and most hor-
Ribs war that YVES ever fought Even
TO the faTmer who lives away from the
battle iine the burden Is crushing. His
sons are called TO the slaughter on
lthe pay OF q cent or two a day, 30
lcents a month in the French army, 20
cents month In the Greek, The 9TH
ers In prpp0rtion. And II he Is near
the firing line everything else goes.
He may be thankful to be even refu-
gee.
Only two years ago the Bulgasians,
| with the ServfRns and the Greeks,
rushed TO the liberation OF Macedonia.
And when the war Was over the Mace
donian farmers Swarmed up in Bull
garia.
The Bulgarian farmer said to him:
why don't you stay In Macedonia ?
\ We went. there TO seteyou free Now
yon come here; to crowd our houses,
to take our Jobs, TO die In our beds.
My brother died IN Macedonia. We
can not support you. Oh. go back"
And the: Maced0nian answers: 'sWho
told you to! come down to trampie our
vine, TO destroy bur finids, to Kill our
cattle and sheep; 10 Leave our houses
ss- the GTeshs 70 Durnf don't care
II your brother is dead. Mine Ia dead
too, and we are ali dying"
i why Food 10 Chean In England.
| The farmer OF America gains moth
Ing through the losses of the farmers
OF Europe. We are all I'm the same
boat, and whatever harms the pros
peraty OF one part OF the world in-
lures Us ali. For spnne OF his products
the American farmer may get little
more. For other articles. as cotton
Ia wartime, he may have no market al
all. Whoever. buys OF him must have
money to buy with. Food Is cheap to.
day in England because so many 60
without their usual food. buying only
the cheapest articles. In London G
month: ago the finest fruit was sold
for next to nothing. No one would
eat Sussex peaches or Devon grapes
| while the continent WIS burning. Sc
j II u evefyxhere.
j In war there Is no demand for lux
i uries. no care for comfort. NO con-
ftinuity OF industry, no demand to buy
and am ony millions OF fpeople nothins
to buy With. The interest of one ma
. sAOAe % SAio AhtCACot OAs c@tLs 0O IuI IL
4 farmers and workmen are concerned
The farmer has no. greater enemy
kthah war Efe has mo greater, need
then peene. - And nAacA z: the Iesss,e.
land the duty of a republic A repub-
lie Is q form OF government fitted foI
minding It's own business. Its bust,
ness Is mainly Justice. sanitation. ed
ucatioa and peace. With fair play
I! good schools and security. the farm
er can do all the rest for himself.
The war OF today, has IT'S primal
motive TO keep the farmer down. II
Is. at bottom. the fight OF pride and
tpriytsege against the common man. II
Is the last stand OF imperialism
tagainsts detn0cTacy. Et is the lest stl-
Epfeme effoft OF those who believe tite,
tsorse men and some nations are good
enough to rule other men and nations
i against their will. This Ii not the
i whole stCry OF the war, but 1t 10 wiiAi
Il the war has come 20 mean. All war;
hEyo their origin in wicked passions
OF men, mostly, I'm! these two afi1ag-
ance and greed. no nation can make
money out or any war, and no nation
that begins q war can tell how It will
end. But In every war there are some
eew men, contractors, Eunmakcrs
iron-plate makers, who make q good
deal OK ssoifey. And 90, long as the
Rrupps, the yicksrs, and the Gchneiil.
i er9 ef Europe, the starZn1r- plate pa
/ itriotsS OF, GeHtnanyl. England, and
France, have their way there viii al
i NAys be wsst., and the farmers OF the
world win pay for Il. Tho farmer
/ Is the fonnd alton Of prosperity, and II
II Is bad for tho whole world when e
goes i'll with the farmer. SIS
aFall TO each whate,er befall,
| The farmer hS must pay for all =
And the farnaerl mast heln us look
/ after the poiitlcs of the world rs well
as that Or his coUnty. State. or nation,
| The conauesta Of sefence have male
i the whole world our neishbnfs, Our
aeigilb0ri Eyernment concerns as
cipaaiy We must learn 10 witch isi
i Whatever ws a o not keep watch oi
g3on falls into b&d hands. IS
tsrnAl 3 yisillnee sis the price ci
sI;sarnai pn6iiclty IL The, only slafe,
Igiard asaieat Hfaft Because world
i politics GRANTS more secrecy ana isays
i 5issef q aividends ,fktn focal politics, Il
AS tn e worse ephditIon than any 9th,
tiger game. astKg aFinies and ahins
l.a recEIe IessIy ds boys playing with
fefex0rirss
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