Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-21

III Rh ~ 80 hNh' -
thank the farmers ot the Texas. Z" the
number Of q quarter ~ a million IL.
cause they took no part in last >atur
days conventions and because they will
have nothing to do with today> cnnven-
ton al Fort Worth the occasion of
thanks being thar the farmers have
taken the advice of their president and
former president and have kept away
from the meetings.
We do not know whence the informa
ton was derived ~ IL the number ~
farmers who attended last week con
ventions. Cameron county h not con
siiercd n prohibition stronghold. yci Of
hose Nhp .ttcuded the pro meeting here
las, Saturday 20 10 80 per cent were
farmers. As previously remarked The
Herald is ready 10 believe that Mc>,rS.
Radford and Lewis have given much
thought 10 farms aud farming. and they
NAV BE- credited a. authorities on that
subject. III they have given any thought
whatever Ia the matter 81 prohibition AZ
assurcdly does not appear from ANYTHING
they have written. This i no particular
discrriit 10 them: tor farming itself j.
u lifetime study for amy mar who would
master il thoroughly. While Rad, IL
admit that the, know much about farm.
ing. il i hard a. believe that they know
much about farmers a. a class: harder
still to believe thai in their late utter
ances on the suhiccI # prohibition they
have been authorized 10 speak for the
intelligent, God fearing farmers ~
Texas.
When. i0r example. the, assert that
prohibition i purrl, 4 question for
cities. il - hard indeed 10 he ic,c that
they have studied the question ~ all.
Reading such paragraphs ~ the follow
ing. ID j. hard Ia believe The, have drawn
very close 40 the souls IL the farmers a
Texas o. ~ any otkrr State. Note the
paragraph.
But when the battle for snpIcm
acy il over. and II the convention
settles the controversy Ia the salts
faction 81 the most radical prohibi
tiun ~" rri, uf rrtt y will MOI IT,
Increased one ,rnl. the rate uf ia
tcrrst un our debts will mot h. re-
du.,d - penny. and it Will be ~
easier tor 4 iarmcr 10 hnN clothes
for his FAM n. 60 educate hIs chi
,tIcn a. a. >,cgrr a home.
According 4" this reasoning The farm
erS' PRAYER should run like this.
tod bless The farmer AMI hi Wife.
Ills s,n John aud his wife:
These lou AMI nn more.
Farmers utter ne such PRAYERS the
sentiments are moi theirs.
4 fair inference from that paragraph
IL that the horrors of the liquor traffic.
iis crime. poverty and inSanit, are
merely matters Tor city dwrlcr>: that
II an the evils oi the business could l~
put awas It would not add one cent L.
the price ~ q bale IT cotton. nor would
II affect his interest rates or buy food
Tor his children. Therefore the price
of cotton. interest. and food are the nnly
things which concern the farmers. Ill
the great >triNingS for the ulliit ~ I'M
maniW with which other men may lr
concerned should not interest tn farm
"a. L. that the sentiment II The farmers
of Texas. and have the, IN some va,
authorized Mc>srs Lewis anl Eadfurd
Ia proclaim these sentiments a. The
WORLD 1t i, hard to believe that they
have. More than easy 10 believe that
they have not
We are a. much opposed "a ~lrsi>la
tion favorable 10 the antiS.' say the non
partisan Spokesman for a quarter of a
million farmers. as legislation favor
able a. the pros Hence opposed a.
legislation favorable 90 either party.
strictly impartial strictly impartial.
chP let NJ see. These strictly non parii
san spokesman Tor 10 Utn farmers de
clare that - per cent ~ them voted for
prohibition. II therefore the farmers
have experienced 4 change 1T heart he
cause Of the persuasive powers of their
non partisan leaders. II viii mean a
withdrawal Of l.. .sM wales from the
prohibition strength of the country. This
must assure ~ anti victory all through
accepting the advice II Mc>>r>. Lewis
and Radfur,l. This attitude ~ those
gentlemenl j. not quite a. impartial a. Il
- intended to seem.
We should L. glad "a know when.
under what circumstances. aud VIII, the
farmers of Texas authorized any of their
leaders 10 project them into the anti
camp ia this spectacular way.