The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-13
WHY STICK TO the cry?

John McCutcheon the Chicago cartoonIst
stands alone In his profession so far as abllit,
To go to tho heart OF great Issue with A sin,
gle drawing Is concerned, a.. has lust "turned
nut picture oaptioned The Producer" thai
not only breaches a sermon but aroisos A wild
almost uncomfortable longing In the heart OF tho
average city dweller who remembers other times
and customs
II Is "A barnyard scene on a well.regliatsd
farm. There are great cords of wood bnrrels OF
potatoes Kegs OF elder; fat hogs are about while
ohlekehS ana ducks are In an parts Of the pie
tnre' there are the fine cows aud horses; an
automobile Is In the background, while sun
further back is the country home In the center
stands the typical farmer IN fur overcoat a
cigar In his mouth ana boots deeply got IN the
henyy snow lie Is made to say ''Tbo city
folks seeur'to he having right smart o. trouble
with their fuel ana food prohlcms while
from the side OF tho picture tn. boy comes
romping IN. gun In ono hand ana n brace of
rabbits In the other
That picture could as well have been captioned
Peace and Plenty" Because 1t vpifies that
The average farm occupied by the owner
whether In Oklahoma or Georgia or California
or In the far moth or east. In at all times a
place OF peace ANA plenty, though It may not
be fashionable.
Fuel and food problems to he sure They are
immense problems to We city dweners They
are vital-even unto DEATH as some have dis
covered during the Eas shortage but even with
in sight of Tulsa there are country places where
II is utterly impossible to get the city dwelers
Viewpoint concerning such matters
Oh ,aIa
but he leaves us heartbroken That farmyard
scene-ah We know ~ II is the moment after
n steaming hot breakfast OF fresh eggs, sausage,
hot biscuit with brown gravy. fresh nut favored
butter and two or taree kinds OF prescryes-
all washed down with cup OF delicious coffee
oily with genuine cream
The old man has come out to look things
over. The morning chores were all done before
Teakfas,; hogs fed, cows milked horses fed and
Ifried, aud the Ice broken In the water tanks
stock Is all out for little exercise He
~ the heavens over holds up his hand to
'vor the direction ot the wind observes that
snow will fnll before night heaves "a sigh
lreme conteutment and recalling the con
Of his daily raper which he read at break
avs: The city folks seem to br having
rnart o. trouble with their fuel and food
/rns" Oh Lord
know what Is IN that barn. The NOV IL
hay. The young stock s standing at
anger munchnR contentcdy The hens
ing up into the NOW to make deposit.
ccaled nests while in the shed on tho
ido baby rorkchops are gruntlng at their
meal 4
IN the housc-'mother" has finished her Z
Gaming daughter has hung up tho dislt. ,
CO is nov sweeping the hfchrn the wood I
re cracking rh.rrfu.y and there ls {
everywhere. Tho cellar rs full OF gIorie, g
1nH hoyhood has ever known IN tho ,
'huuse there are rihs and ttckhoncs and ,
,erous pan of those will br on tho table for 4,
er. for dinner We shall have the Young
It's that Bill has just ril,eB-trlci and b,
ed with cream gravy; while ihc beams ar, o.
sing thick with hams and shoulders and a
es In process OF smoking Here and thcr, :,
e fowls, being put IN readiness for IA, ,.rI, o.,
ruip greens and dock salad vhen the ir. ip -,
le creek has began 10 grow nushy and youns d,
'ild onions are springiuE up along the banks oil
And in the cellar there are pumpkips and =.
squash, In the bins down the center so u,. -.
,ir circulate through them freely ,,.r.
are sweet potatoes and Irish po,atoa. an, .,
onions; along the walls are bins of ,p-,as ,rl y,
bafreh Of vinegar and sorghum molss.r. a,, .