Mountain advocate., 1920-10-22
A SPIRIT OF ENTHUSIASM
To Get the Farmers Out Of. Bond
age.
(By Garfield Gilliam)


am proud to know the operator !
and the laborer are united. Both are
members of n union which brings sue
cess to millions Of homes in America. |
To understand it clearly. we will
toke m both sides of the X. II. opera
tors and laborers.
The operator knows per ton JUST
what he will get for hauling freight
before he loads his car. Also he
knows what he gets for passengers
riding his train and will get his pay
before the passenger gets ON with his
ticket, therefore the state l.. i. and
G. of L. S. protects his union.
Then we consider the labor union for
the railroads. which is very much the
same. He knows what he is going to
make on trip from one terminal TO
another round trip. Protected IA
little, therefore he can say he is II
littlefree. The railroad company
knows what it has made on the trip
and so does the laborer. Most all the
business Of this United States is tran
sacted in this manner.
The coal operator knows just what
ton of coal will bring befor he gets
1t out of the hill So the digger knows
lust what his pay Is per ton before
he digs a ton.
The railroad operators and labor
ers are in harmony with each other
and in a push of business. Coal oper-
ators and laborers are in harmony
with each other and in Il push Of bus
mess. All are getting rich. Millions
of business in the United States, or
different occupations are running on
the same scale. Factories of several
descriptions are in this line.
Now. brother farmer. the railroad,
the railroad labOrer coal operator.
coal digger, factory operators and Ia
borers for factories have knocked AMI
1t has been opened unto them to ac-
cumulate the biggest majority of the
money in this government, and who
is suffering from the effects of it?
The farmer. of course. Why? BE-
cause is not organized like these other
occupations. and can not get for his
| "a, vlnf hn Ia
have. Poor farmer! You undertake
to buy something and see if yot
don't have to pay for it. You will pa,
what they ask for it, and you viii
take what the other fellow says III
viii give. not what you will ask fOI
your stuff. | always have seen This
and always will unless we set ouI
price on our stuff and fix il high
enough till we can stay on the farm
Now. the union has proven good
for other occupations and no kick by
the government; and l know il viii
prove good for us. If those other fel
lows have made good by their union
it will prove good for us. We mus
start this union Ifail To know when
if ever. IgOt for anything | Otfere
to sell Off of my farm what | asked
for it always have to take the 9th
or fellows figures and they are so low
/ am almost bound To go to public
works. where exists protection.
TO raise my cattle costs me $50 PEI
hundred. My hogs cost me $50 pei
hundred to raise them. My chickens
cost me $1.O0 per pOhnd to raise them
MY corn costs me $500 per bushel t.
, make it. considering all expenses
clearing up. fencing. the board of my
self, feed of my stock, the work t.
make il and take care of ii. And thu
? high price of the union factories
. charge me for tools, the high price
the union boys want for their work
the high prices the union clothing fac
, tories charge me for my clothes an'
) shoe factories charge M for shoes an'
: have it to pay and il generally take
D the last dollar.
Now, farmers, all we lack is get
ting Just what we ought TO have ro
4 our stun. Let's &c together and fl
4 1t so we can get what we ask for on
d stun. Now. generally, we get $50
: per hundred for cattle, a loss of 81
pr hundred. We generally get 5000
,,o,. h,,ndrad for ON. nat hogs A los