The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-05

| ing u cry Ihat tho farmer shall produce
NOR" fpnd~tuifS. After ralluuS iudittrr-
"n'", criticism or contempt Toy lh'
'hhr-S"rh." thrS" sumo p"0pl" expect lhr
fatn'r /" save IL" country "v"rn'%h',
't1inE i"v"r!Sh in tE"ir anxiety that
he sinai! hear tho burden 81 Ia" war.
9TH" situation Is SERIOUS. That's ~"
n',w$ |" tho irrm'". H. has seen IL 81
plainly shat l!S boys hHv" i"ii tn" farm
10 gn Whrr" they can nJHk" money. lie
! has seen II sn llaiuly that h" has Sold
his farm and g"m" i:h" other work.
whore. like other people. Il" viii have Il
rhHn"" I" max" Sum" money :,
) DO til" mrn Of either walks If lir" fail
10 recognizes III" fact that ia TIA" high
cost Of living the farm": has suffered iIs
We'll as anyUE" else"
"rh"r" j. not u thing that GOES into
tn" making Of Il farm hut has increased
! IN price. Th" farmers living has
grown heavy in expense upon him. Ills
Production has h"c"mc marc rXr"nSiv"
each year
"Wh"n the farm"r gn"S IL town Ia buy
anything n" pays what is demanded.
'Wh"n II" goes To town /" s'.ll any
! thing h" takes what is given him
Now he is called upon Ia huy Ugh
priced seed and with toll and expensive
help /" prodIc" NOR" f"odStufrS for III"
people VIII" have made Him tn" burt f",
their jokes for years. who have howh'd
their heads off if milk WAS Increased n
cont 2. quart, hat who h"aSt"d how much
Their SaSnlin" cost them.
1T is true that lu * h"ing offered
h'lr on thu part "f Schn"lhnyS. But Il
farmer cannot work miracles. Even If
h" got this help for nothing II would h"
expensive I" him. y hoy mus, hr
taught. Teaching takes time. the pnpu-
lar notion that all teacher does i IN
sill III I scn""l room with Il book and
hear tho EiI&hingS out uf knuwlcdg" az
the part TT her pupils. Ia III" contrary.
While tn" rarm"r is showing bay ar
several boys what ~ II" h" is losing his
own time. tha' IL" might be working.
and prnhnhly doing som" good for tn"
, tarn. EuyS cannot. and they should not
h" expected 10y we'll int"nrinn"d hui hyS-
t"ri"al p"nnl" 10 hc ADJ" "a rIkc hold nf
a hoe. pi"d r"hind 81 pillow ar SOW IL"
seed that Will bring forth ;,humdantly.
and i" this without training.
'''rh" farmer, Xix" dairyIran. IN tho
minds "f The general public. docs NJ,
n""d brains. MI lie needs is land II H."
! has land then h" * Il farmer. and more
: pr",u"iinn--wcll. all h" has To- de- is IA
will lha; there shall he Il tcrming ha--
vest. and IL. il will come l." pass.
"Th" government has hawtllrd along
for several years with war going on
I'll" l""rl" urIinE for preparedness, Int
nothing doing. Til" rr"diramrni that
W" iiud ourselves in after all this is r"-
il""t"d uNOn "V"rynn" Just now.
9TH" shadow seems t. fan heaviest "n
~" farmer. II" is expected 10 puI for
ward tn successful completion Within II
few weeks full campaign If prepared
ness.
IT" keep grain Spectators f"ui mani
j"lat0rS. grarir"S, high l:v"rS. liG
ehlHrird parasites. who hnv,. SyEt"fmaI ic-
ally robbed him. Il" is called upon TO h'
III" savior Of III" United States. Eut
They must l." saved with III" others.
The d"p;hs "f unpiumhahlr :nll and
pure. indebted aSininlty seems Ia hav"
! l""n reached hv ON" nr your rorrrspnn-
dents. WIN said Of iiir .I:mrr: If he
raises food that cost him 3 and Soils
for 81 il is worth L.; tn whom. pray?
THAT 'hc fHrmrr is III" harkhor" 90
the country used To b. u saving. II has
about passed out uf use. hut appears -
h" one" more growing popular.
And III" farmer is going IL do il II
II is To i" done. Moro honor /" him
! u" knows h. can StarN" Just nc we'll rs
others. who. getting their CNrrris" in
their motor cars instead 81 nn ON" "nd
"f u hn". thuu,rr hv him OH TN road
rh"k" him with their dust. aud yCIl in
In" publ" prints that ia" farmer must
grow m"r" fnndSiurfS
''rh" farmer vii h" llrr". II" always
has been. II" will i" his part. Eut Il"