South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-25
Other Editors Than Ours
TO THE PATRIOTIC FARMERS OF INDIANA.
(Fort Mayne journal Gazette.l

Some day after the poisonous fumes of petty party
politics has cleared away will be recorded that
Of the most dastardy sinister acts politicians
OF the flesh pot during the their effort to
SOW the seed OF dissatisfaction with the government
among the of the country At hour when
every class Of Americans making its sacrifices with
OF fixed income along with the universal
ly higher prices without correspondingly higher pay,
with the in the factories draining themselves
gladly buy bonds and stamps. and with most kinds
OF business affected TO some extent these politicians
have gone ancng the farmers IN effort to make
them dissatisfied with their That this effort to
array the farmers upon whom so much depends IN
opposition the policies the policies of the
eminent will fail certain that the farmers
intelligent. The other day practical farmer, Ralph
w. Moss who did while in congress than any
other the benefit Of his fellow farmers,
out a statement which will probably with the
approval Americans the lands. Take this
and confute it if you can:
saw no effects of the republican propa-
ganda' he said. although it is talked indus
triously by republican workers. In reality the
farmers Of county, and of the state
orally, will receive larger incomes this year
than in any year in the history of the state
This is due to two causes, good crops and high
prices Farmers enjoying the highest prices
they have known In Clay county
giving special attention to dairy farming
moderate scale. 1 have recently placed a small
dairy my farm and getting 65
a pound for butter-fat My last truck load of
hogs sold u local shipper FOR $685. per 100
weighed my scales. and delivered at
the farm Good mich selling public
sale for 1925 to $3.50. Fat steers quoted at
Indianap oils $50 per hundred. Eggs bring
40 cents per dozen locally. I mention these
show that practically all farm pro
ducts very high. and all farmers know it
Referring to the fixing of the price of wheat this
farmer a statement which may stsrtle the
fessOnal politicians and parasites who live their
wits while posing as the special champions OF the
farmers concerning whose interest they little
He takes the position that the action of the
government IN fixing a minimum price for wheat is
the greatest favor granted the northern
er by the government and then proceeds expand
upon the theme:
You must remember that we are now in a
period o prices. which TO vanish
ends. Even the recent allied
victories have caused a large fall in all other
grain products Corn has dropped 20 in
the three weeks Cit has dropped again
since Mr. Moss spoke) account of war news
indicating the beginning Of the end Of the
OF all farmers the wheat raiser is alone
of a guaranteed high price year
and that is where the patriotic farmer who
responded the presidents call and put in
winter wheat, will his reward.
II proud of the record that indiana
! farmers have made. Last year, the request of
the national government the Indiana commits
sion OF production and conservation. of
which l chairman, asked the farmers of
Indiana increase their wheat acreage % per-
They the SO percent.
and the result was the largest surplus wheat
crop this year for Indiana OF any state in, the
Union except Kansas. This year / have in
| creased my acreage % percent last year.
and my neighbors in this country generally
doing as we'll Reports from the state.
published the Indiana Farmers Guide of
Sept u. indicate a general increase of p
percent over last year
This is such straight common sense that it may be
beyond the comprehension OF the Shiny politician wind
ing his serpentne like copperhead OF old out into
the farm lands hiss into the farmers that he
should rebel against the plans Of Hoover and Wilson
save democracy No class has responded the
speed-up call more Loyalty than the farmer; has
been fairly and know il better. The
nfamy the thing is that the public tolerates such
copperheadism Suppose these politicians the
flesh pot 10 the factories and whisper u
those The country must have your product
Don't work unless they pay YOU more. You get
il. Now : your chance"
The lamp post for that
there any difference between that sort OF
enemy propag anda and the uttering same sent
ments the farmers of America are waiting fol-