The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-14

4 ror,r 10 I,s dcvotocs as farmers. Otner ma
ions have other names for them Eu, 'ye,y,
where they AFRO fhc representatives, 81 the mos
uiportant Industry. measured iu dollars ana
.,nl8 us well us lu point ~ numbers 10 the WORN
Chc one and only vitality necessary industry !"
ho whole wide world.
The banker. the baker. the merchant tho pro
'essionnI man, the factory Whg" Garner, IN, VA
Ifficc boy and office pir,, The paraErapher anu
tho jokosmlth, the actors on the stage ana
Charley boys ~ idlcuoss and ease, hiEh Hocley
Of tho cities and low society ~ the provinces .
/ me and nlI tWIt the 'haysocds,' the 'Fubes'
and look with something akin 10 scorh on 'hs
habits. mental processes and social customs o.
I the man that wi"lds tho hoe and the woman lhat
THIS too f. amazing For It shows Iack
/ OF understanding concerning the fundamehtals
Of economy tn" statesmen nave ElV'u .."''
attention 20 the gcutlcmanly representatives oi
an other Industries, and do. Even ihe "aEo
| earning classes, dependent upon an aNo'a'Iu"
that the race could drop and sull exist nave
learned TO bend statesmen to their special pur-
poses.
/ ono ttcmbics with apprehension that some
day tho farmer may strike in retaliation. That
| IA, Wor,r Win AZ last turn and exact fun pay
/ FOR cvcry word Of scorn that has been heaped
upon him, take toll for every JOKE cracked 't
/ his expense, and exact from humanity AN a"ful
/ tribute for its injustice.
Tho gentIcmauly banker who holds your obli-
/ gallons is an object of deep solicitations You
carefully refrain from giving ot'nse, ana you
/ go out OF your way to accommodate youtsel 10
| what you anticipate Is his wishes, Tor rear he
/ may withdraw his favor.
N"t bis power is uaurht compared TO 'hc
/ farmer. the man who holds IA" very existence
~ the human race within the hollow of his
/ hand.
WHY Mcn Turn 10 the Land
Some have wondered why men who have at
/ tanned vast wealth almost invariably become
| farm owners. scarcely without exception possess
| themselves of acreage ana interest themselves IN
/ the production uf farm products
! It Is instinct one may very we'll wonder why
| boys and men Icnv" the farms Tor the c'tI's,
| but not at all why men having succeeded IN
+ other lines invariably turn TO the farm ana It's
/ business for relaxation. Such are but re1cting
J a "a natural instinct that they themselves may
| not bc conscious of.
! In no other avocation Is there possible that
| absolute independence that is rcali2ablc on the
! farm. tu no other form Of property is money
| 80 safe os In real property. Tho late war dem
. onstratcd this The land OF Belgium remains.
Every avocation and industry practiccd by
man is dependent upon the farm and the farmer.
The farm and the farmer is not. in the very ox-
| trcfuity Of human existence, absolutely depend
put on any other industry.
II an other industries in the world should
| suddenly stop FOR good the farmer would be cm-
harrasscd of course. IIh would find himself
forced 60 return to old customs. now all but for
| cotton. forced 10 mako sacrifices that would
touch him deeply But so far as living ano
moving ana having being is concerned he
/ would go on and on.
| world should suddenly stop, should the farmers
refuse to produce or permit others to use their
| begin dying Of hunger. and AZ the end of APP
! proxmately l6 months the human race would be
| extinct
Yet the men who, a class, or profession. or
industry. call it what YOU will, hold this awful
,T...F
power "No' 'l' ,eNt VI ",t'ni4N' az, "'N'''
ignored ana 'heir interests diSresarueu'
There II no longer the chase by whlch men
many earn sustcnance IN" agricultural indus
Try with its allied interest STOCK raising, Is the
one absolute 'ss'h'laI INDUSTRY OF the "orl"'
Ana IL is Ia" injustice imposed upon the C"uh',
try d"'u'is lt"r man must ilNe IN me iso'ate1
places OF tho enrth. distant from the .lues anu
us trNoIues To SncoeSSluly Ptactcc ii,EJ lHrihlIEJ' >
th' H'k or r''otu'i"h anu l"Sl 1pplco'',lu.'' s
lhht mas drl''h .h"uslh"S ol IFU"u''IH ''I"
! 'h' country ih'o the ',l's Nh''' 'h'E HlN' W.,
come consumers, 'uu ,'' i.',''l,'". 80 s''"
gong ON from pI't'''y I'VE '''' C'"'.a
Injustice TO Farming Glass.
soci,ty has rocopnizod that the investors In a
public utiIify are entitled 10 an earning Of 3
nor. cont ohovo r,pit,l dcprcciatiou "A strike Off
/ fnr ,r,rrrotries otc etc In addition to fabu-
Ions s,lartea for the administra,iyc officers
Eut the greatest Investment I'M America at
this moment, h"ih In point "I dollars represented
and stockholders IN point OF NUMBERS. mas NOT
from ITS inception To- me present moment 'ne
increase IN N'''r lEhnf''' PlI" per ,y"'.
And hrc'us' the Si''Nh".''IS il 'hlS cnW"r
nous going concern wear u'HHn 'I'r"HS,
calico aprons ana shoW lack OK adequate
schooling. we r'd''u'' 'h'ln'
COD Nn'l am l"uN''.. -.
Iui tho rnu # nero. As ON" "IIcI puts ~