The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-11-27

frequently visited the factory and saw
tbs work going on. The next season,
when they tried to can beans, the
beans wouldn't can. For some reason,
they were too wet. The factory took
al the beans brought to it as lang as
it money lasted. 1t shipped and sold
some of them, because that was the
only thing it could do to bring any
money in. You don't seem to know
the factory was on expense all the
time. When the managers had no
more money they stopped-of course.
And when they had a chance TO go
elsewhere to make some money, they
went. Why not? At least one farmer
who they furnished with seed and
promised to take his beans land he
promised to sell them all his beans)
shipped his beans as fast as he could
pick them. You had no right to lug
the canning factory into this debate,
but if you did you should acquainC
yourself with the facts. Talk about
pulling wool over our eyes, you had
better push your wool hat over on the
back of your head and look facts up
instead of looking them down. 1t Is
tue that there is a lot about our
town we don't know. but put us both
/ OF civil service examination, and you
viii probably find TO your surprise
that we know a lot more about both
town and county than you do. We
don't like your use of the word
"Rube;" we were brought up in the
country, and when we go out in the
country we feel like we were going
back home.-Editor).
There is one point in the matter of
taxation which has not been touched
Upon. Hundreds of acres of land have
gone to the state for non-payment of
taxes and the state pays no taxes. If
bonds are issued, thousands of acres
of cut-over and other lands will revert
to the state. The amount of taxes on
forfeited lands would be placed on
property holders and the deficit will
be made good "by a stroke of the
rem" which Mr.. Clyatt refers to in
his article.
eve are here obliged to cut out
some of Mr.. Haycraft's article, partly
because it is a repetition of what
others have said, partly because it is
Irrelevant and principally because we
are nearing the point where our time
ard space will give out. We agree with
Inn, however, that farmers should or
ganize, whether bonds carry or not
Our readers know we have always adj
! vocated that policy.-Ed.)
: If the county is bonded the farmers
a nar-tyy fold mo 20
. icCntly that all bushes was organized
| cut the farmers. eve have heard that
, remark quite regularly for forty
Editor. Prices were set by
| others on farmers products and what
the farmer bought the price was SET
by others. The farmer has no saysC
, on the price setting on his own pro,
duce. This party said thru organiza.
ton several thousand dollars could be
! saved to the Marion county farmers
: on salt alone. An organization OF
= farmers having marketing and pur.
? chasing bureaus, to sell our produce
, at the highest market price and buy
: the goods we need at the lowest price
: This might enable US to pay our ex
: lcessive taxes on bonded indebtedness!
: land enable us to live.
l Chas. p. Haycraft.
/ (There is a good deal of truth il
! what you say, Mr.. Haycraft, and alst
2 a great deal of speculation. What lie:
e III the future we do not know; neither
{ do you. We only know that hundreds
' of cities and counties in the UniteC
j States, no better off than we are
D many not so we'll off-are going aheaC
= with improvements. and wherever i'm
4 lplovements are made, there goes bus
Y iuess and with it money. You and US
' riend Haycraft, are not SO young a
VIC were twenty-five years ago, and i
: we wait few years longer we will d.
: little riding over good roads excep
y IL our coffins.-Editor).