The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-25

ser does start work here, II is re-
uuested that at least one Keokuk man
accompany him each day on his
rounds.
Before the dinner, an hour was
spent in the auditorium OF the church |
in conversation and getting better ac-
uuainted. G. ID. StreeeteT talked hogs,
Z. f. Renaud talked crops and silos.
E. A. French discussed farm loans, = il
\ .Matless talked of the shoe business
n r.. Bartholomew talked tractors,
and ]. NJ Fulton talked cooperation
between merchants and farmers All
these are old time active members OF
the farm bureau.
After the postprandial program OF
speeches, those present not members
signed the application membership
blanks and details of the Lee county
drive were gone over. II is expected
to get every farmer in the county on
the rolls by Friday evening, WORK
being done by township teams.
The address of J. +. Deems TO the
Lee county farmers at the Donneiison
meeting was frequently interrupted by
applause. He talked on the place OF
me farmer in the United States and
their need of organization. education
and soil fertilization. Without any
tricks of oratory, he proved to be
speaker upon whose words his audi
ence hangs, because of what he says
| in an easy, pleasant manner.
| Thank God, we are in period
! where the man who does not work Is
not a gentlemen" he said once. And
again:
IF the boy could see what l have
seen of farming and business, you
couldn't drive him from the farm
with shot gun-but make the home
so attractive the boy won't want 70
leave it."
work is not a curse but blessing,
and any doctrine that runs counter to
that is crime against God and man
my definition of education is IN
four letters-W-O-R-K.
New times are here; new world
is in the making, and in it a new
United States of America. Any
thoughtful man must appreciate this,
and it must change the minds ana
attitude of men as regards their duties
and especially it must cause change
in our social life"
Done TO Death With oratory.
Democracy is being done to death
with oratory," he said in the begin
ming. "and what is needed is straight
talk on the questions bearing down on
us-ouestions of the greatest import
ance of any ever presented to us.
poor Russia's pitiable plight was
preceded and accompanied by an at
! tack Of malignant oratory. and now
we want talk straight from the should
er. Economic and social discomfort
and turmoil are the chief character
istics of the era following the war.
Organizations innumerable and In
every walk of life are clamortng and
Threatening revolution unless they are
? granted their inane and impossible de-
.. mands.
THE farmers must organize to
stand between holshevikism and other
! forces destructive of our country and
! our firesides and business. Simply
I because the acute stage OF poisne-
! yism is on the other side of the At
e Ilantic is no sign it viii. stay there. We
e ,,ust organize and fight disloyalty
\ from without and from within. We
Z have reached the time when it is In
> Ic1rnbent on every man to do some
: thing in this situation. or we will gel
into il deeper than ever before. u
q this wild wave of radicalism is going
to be stopped, it will have to be done
lby Just such organizations as / see
before me here today" Mr.. Deems
Q compared conditions in the east ane
y in the west.
II What Real Education Is.
e In speaking of education, Mr.. Deem
:, ! praised the colleges and said he hope'
u to see the time when every Iowa DO.
= and girl will have at least higl
e ischool training. and one of the loudes
Is outbreaks of applause came at tni
= point.
! But he said that a college educs
ie ton does not give an education, Du
Imakes the mind more sensitive to n
iceive and correlate the million In
!. pressions coming from experienc
4 which comprise the real education OF
= man or woman. Speaking OF organ
Ia ization of the farmers, he said:
as 'If this wild wave of radicalism
ne going to be stayed 1t will be done.
rs lust such organizations as see befor
" nc hare today The organization {
ne the farm bureau means better da
er for agriculture In Iowa.
1g "The keystone of organization
IN must be confidence in the organic;
ition and in one another. The fat;
Ia flaw in the farmers organizations tbs
at have sprung up in the last twent
es wears has been lack of confidence
~, one another. ! hope you'll not sto
N until the state and the nation il tho
iouehly organized. The farmers shout
is have a man in Washington like othe
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