The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-02-23
The Farmer and The Politician.

The Farmer anu L TIC OhllOle~AI'
There is a lot of sentimental gush indulg-
ed in by the politicians about the farmer.
Much of it is an insult to the Intelligent
class of farmers, and we believe the farmer
as a rule, is too sensible to be led by lot
of stuff that is pedded for his private con-
sumption by politicians with selfish ends to
serve. Some seekers after office promise al
most to make the sun shine and rain fall
if they can get and keep office, all of which
is laughable.
But the farmer is entitled to consldera-
ton from every one, for at the bottom OF
all business and commercial affairs In TINS
country is the work that is done on product
i've acres. Just stop for an instant ana
think what the farmer does. He takes the
idle land, breaks it for the sower, and cares
for it, cultivates it, and produces something
which did not exist before. Every dollars
worth of crop production is something that
was not recorded in the inventory OF the
worlds supplies before. Every bale OF cot
ton that is produced in Georgia or any 9th
er state is recorded in statistical data in
this country, and the news OF its production
is cabled to all parts of the world Every
bushel of corn is taken into the same &C
count, and every bushel of wheat the same.
Cotton factories produce a finished prod
uct but the factory must first have raw
material upon which TO work, end that raw
material is produced only from nature
storehouse by the work of the farmer. EV-
cry -four and grist mill produces flour and
meal with which to feed human beings, but
that mill would stand idle unless it could
get raw material upon which to work, AMI
that raw material must come from natures
storehouse by the energies of the farmer.
And so it is with all the various products
that are the result of the activities, the en-
erges, and the knowledge of the farmer.
We believe that in the scheme Of this gov
eminent the farmer should be considered
because of his worth as citizen, and be-
cause he produces the wealth that is contln-
ually making the world better and allowing
It to become more habitable and more COM
Portable.
We believe the farmer should be cons1d-
cred in the social activities of the country
because if he and his family are not proVid-
ed for in this way he is driven into mo-
roseness that deadens his intellect and de-
We believe the farmer should be cOnsid-
cred in our educational work, because more
than any other he needs to be informed OF
the progress that is being made in all Things
that affect the people. He is removed from
the centers where universities are establish
ed. and his children are some distance from
approved high schools. If we can take
education to the home, as it is being done
through extension work by the colleges and
by the departments of government that are
engaged in research and experiment we Will
benefit him and make better his work that
is being done for all the people.
The farmer gets nothing out of his labor
but day wages After he has collected on
his years work and has paid for the Keep
and care of his family there is not much
wealth for him to hoard; but he has the sat
isfaction of knowing that his work has been
of productive nature, and that which he pro-
duces would have been lost to the world ex-
Cept for his activities.
1t is because of these things that we
ought to encourage the farmer, ought 10
help him to make his home life more pleas
ant ought to help him have more con
veniences and counsel with him to know
wherein the cooperation of the manufact-
urer. the merchant, the newspaper man, the
doctor, the lawyer, the school teacher and
even the politician can be of benefit to him.
The farmer must necessarily look on
much of the gush that is said about him and
is talked for his benefit as nothing but gush'
but the farmer is intelligent, and knows
when men want business and actual cooper
alton with firn
With the armed conflict that is now in
nrngress in Eurona the United States is no.