Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-12-03
THE MAN WITH THE HOE.
In the Great Grab Game He Also Had
Better Be Considered.

While Mr. IONpt!S - ''eh''e -
stand Of "not cent Or minute less
for the clgar makers. the BARRIERS, the
sod. fountain operators, the bcl!hops.
The. elevator operators. the restaurant
waters. the barlcEfvrs' union. the
train butchers. the pants pressers lhe
cash register thumpers. anu man! o'H-
..r ueople who have been helping 10
win the war in town. let US turn our
attention 10 the man with the hoe.
Th.. !nc"ssant appeal Of the world
now is for more food and clothing.
ONLY the armies have been getting real
Is enough 10 cat for some four years
back.
The i2U,VVV.VV@ people Of Europe
are not the only hungry people IN inc
world. There are hungry people IN the
United States, many Of them. There is
no such thing as plenty 10 eat when
food commands such prices as 1t does
in the United States.
Tn. shortag" Of clothing Is likewise
marked. All Europe is shivering for
want Of warm clothing. and there is
shlvering IN the United states. too.
The man with the hoe is the only
pcrson who can relieve this painful Sit
u,tion. He must bend To the task ana
produce more food. NOR" cotton. more
wool. more OF everything that VIII sus-
tuIn life and give mankind those com
forts which are usually called the
ncCcSSaricS of life.
And another thing. the man with the
hoe must remember. In putting forth
extraordinary eXcrtions 10 feed and
clothc tn" world. he must exact less
money for it. He must take less for
his abundance than hc might get for
much smaller production.
So far as money is concerned. the
man with the hoe need have no doubt
,buut it--hc could get far more money
10y reducing production - per cent. He
could organize his unions. coniinc his
work 10 eight hours Il day and. by re-
duriuy his cotton. corn, wheat ana
vegetables and fruits by 80 per cent,
make the rest of the world hand over
its money. But that plan would not
make him happy. II would starve MIL
lions of pcuplc to death and ruin the
world.
So the man with the hoe must real
iZc his responsibility and the great
vital place he occupies in the worlds
affairs. He must put forth his maxi
mum effort TO feed the world and ac-
ccpt smaller money pay for 1t.
Th" various tnlcrE do not expect to
ray the man with the hoe any more
money. but they want the man with
the hoe To givc them more bread. more
meat. more eggs. more butter. more
shirts. more Of everything of that Kind
for less money than they are paying
now. and the man with the hoe must
rise To- the worlds emergency and do
II. as nc has always done when hun
cry world appealed to him.
Now it may be that these people VINO
are appealing TO the man with the hoe
are not III Il reciprocal frame of mind.
II may be that they want 10 get all this
good from the man with the hoe and
not give him single reciprocal advan-
tagc.
The barber now requires the man
with the hoe to exchange the cquiva-
lent OF SIX cggs for shave, but under
Il dispcnsatiOn of plenty the barber
will demand the equivalent of two doz-
en- eggs for u shave, according to Mr..
Gompers's idea. This is trivial in
stance All along the line, there is
hoe to produce more and reduce the
price so that the worlds hunger may
be appcascd.
That's what people mean when they
talk about reconstruction" and read
justmrnt" They mean that there must
be more food for less money. They
are talking right at the man with the
hoe.
Perhaps the man with the hoe thinks
there ought TO be reciprocity. Perhaps
he thinks that he endures some hard
ships that ought TO be mitigatcd If he
consents TO supply the worlds tables
and wardrobcS. II he gives the added
quantity that is asked, then he thinks
that those who serve him might like
wise give him added quantity. either
in service or finished product.
The man with the hoe may be right
about this: indeed. he may insist upon
ii. 1t is all well enough for us town
boys to hold the offices, to organize
our little unions and fratcrnities, to
have our luxurics and dictate to presi- |
dents. congress and states. hut the