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'ght in some things and bot
re wrong in some things.
;tlemen, the tension is gettin
too high. Something Nigh
q, and then the pent up food G
.suries sustained and wrongs, req
and iamgipT could easily inundat
the face country with riot
and mol civil war.
/ But, there is anothe
class 0. this country, VIII
are nett laires on the on
hand nor Twists on the other
refer to the vast majority of GU
people, the great middle class of ou
nation. Upon them rests the respon
sibility of keeping both the extreme
elements from going too far. They
must keep back the tyranny of fana
teal labor on the other. There is {
common and fair meeting ground fol
both parties, and it behoovers us t.
find and point out the way.
1.-THE farmers OF our country have
always been looked upon as the great
balance wheel in our machinery OF
government. They live out in the
open,-under the blue sky of heaven,
where the air is pure and where a
man may fill his lungs with the ozone
OF life and dwell as free American
citizen should, fearing no man and at
no mans beck and call. 1t is the
most independent life man can lead.
My friends, it is the ideal existence,
and the sooner the American boy real
ICES that there is a career open to him
on the farm, where he can make just
as much influence, as his brother in
own, then the farmers will again
come into their own, and take their
position in the affairs of our nation
which rightfully belongs to them.
And so say, that in these days of
unrest and discomfort, the man who
derives his sustenance from the soil,
should put his shoulder to the wheel
and help to move the load. He should
take hand in steadying the boat, and
in leading our people through this
period of transition which has come
upon us, as an aftermath of the great
worlds war.
And when we think of the farms of
Montana and the immense stretches
If fertile fields and productive valleys
n every section of our state, we are
,arried to the conclusion that things
re not SO bad as they sometimes |
eem. True, we have had the worst +
routh this year, which has ever been |
.nown in the state, this fact being
roven by the precipitation records
Thich have been constantly kept and |
reserved since 1865. Bozeman being
ne earliest point in the state where
UGH records were preserved
In spite, however, of this unprece-
ented dry spell, there are much less
ard times than we might have ex-
ected. Montana is a wonderful state /
nd when we are beginning to think
lat she is in bad way, and that
Verything is likely to go to wreck
nd ruin, she suddenly comes up
Milling, and before long, is more pro- {
,erouS than ever.
In the past, the commonwealth was {
COW country, in many sections.
here were vast areas of government I
nd on which the wild and succulent t
asses grew in the greatest profu-
on. A stock man had only to buy I
few head OF cattle, put his brand on a
EN-, and then on the calves when 2
ey came, and generally keep an eye q
the locality where the herd was Il
eding. He followed the plan of on Q
selling the steerse and of keeping a
e COWS as long as they were breed ]
g. In this comparatively easy way
st herds of cattle came to be Great |
AS result, most of our early l
y cattle men became wealthy, and e
e today-many Of them-spending N
cir winters in Southern California, N
in other sunny climates. le
But no longer are such conditions o
ssible for the big cattle men, The O
bile ranges have largely been taken n
by countless thousands of home
'dders, and only in few rare local o.
IS are such ideal conditions now to D.
found CT
But, gentlemen, the changed con- =
ions do not mean we shall not pro- =
ce more cattle than ever before
stead of a comparatively few cattle .
rons raising all the cattle, and milk =
!, none of the cows-even the butter
ich they used on their own tables
wing been brought from other states . 2
We now have tens of thousands OF :.
mers who have only few head OF =
tie each, but they milk their COWS, =
'duce the butter which they use,
in some cases they are beginning
realize something from the sale OF -
ry products. And, gentlemen, this =
animation OF dairying and cattle
sing is destined to prove one of