Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-10-25

tons of the middlemen, the packer
and the miller; no matter what JUS
tice has been or will be denied him in
the matter of farm machinery, fertil-
izers, and supplies; no matter
whether the government has done or
has failed to do its duty by the farm
ers: there is no question that the
farmers will do their duty by the ma
ton and the war to the utmost limit
of their power No neglect of the
farmers will make them neglect our
boys in France. The greatest crop
ever grown is ahead of us, and its
growing will be due to the high patri-
otism and hard work of the American
farmer. and nothing else.
The world war is re-making the
world. In the new order which is
being ROUGH cast on the anvil of war
and is to be shaped and finished on
tho anvil of peace, the country peo-
pie of America must rise to new
position or sink back into the old.
It is for them to say which
For nearly half a century after the
var between the states the govern
ment of America was dominated, and
its laws were drawn and passed, in
the interest of the manufacturer and
the business man. The farmer. ex-
cept just before election, was left out.
More recently the domination of
business has begun to be disputed by
the organized wage earners, who,
representing but a small fraction of
our people as compared with the
farmer. draw their power from their
admirable organization. Organized
labor began to ask for and to get
what it wanted, but still the farmer
was left out
When the great war came on, it
was the manufacturer and business
man and the organized wage Garner
that lOOmed large in the eyes of the
government, and to whom the man
agement of the war was given in
charge The farmer continued to be
left out. Although, according to the
census OF the United States, one out
of every two Americans live in the
country; although every signboard
in America has carried the slogan
that Food will win the war" al
though government officials, metro
politan newspapers, and a swarm of
lesser fry have wasted tons of paper
and millions of words in advice and
eXhOrtations to the farmer. assuring
him that without his help the war
had to do with its conduct and direc-
ton, no partnership was offered, and
none was allowed when it was asked
for by the 10000, 900 country people
of America. The farmer was left
out, and he is left out yet.
Is the most honorable and neces-
sary of human industries to be left
out in the reconstruction after the
war? The farmers themselves must
decide If they elect to remain di-
Yided into little separate groups. if
they prefer to perpetuate the dis
organization and disunion which in
the past has brought them nothing
but weakness and neglect, it is with
in their power and their right. If
they choose to see policies adopted,
laws made, and great decisions i'm
posed upon them by minorities, they
have but to remain weak and divided
and these things will be repeated in
aboundant measure.
But if weakness and neglect are
not good enough for the farmers of
America, if. in the new civilization
which is daWning they want power
IN proportion to their numbers, a
fairer share in the wealth they Gre
ate, and the just recognition which
indispensable services should prop
erly command, then there is work to
be done and to be done now.
This is the third great task. There
is no time to lose. We know that
we shall win the war and we hope
that victory will come soon. But if
by Ill fortune it should be postponed
two years, or three, or four, still the
time is all too short for the farmers
Of America, while doing all they can
TO win the war, to prepare to put an
end to the present complete control
OF our country and our government
by the city man and the city mind.