Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-23
COMMENT

There are MANY men of many |
minds and "Many beasts of many |
kinds.''
A friend of mine sends me copy
of his home paper every once IN a
while. He generally has several arti-
cles marked, articles which he con-
siders of Importance from a stand
point of humor, politics or national
affairs In looking through his paper
I invariably find articles and informa-
ton which / consider of much more
Importance than the articles which
have been marked. Our minds do
not run in the same channel.
Likewise there are men who be-
lieve that President Wilson will be
recognized in future history as one of
the greatest presidents this nation has
ever had, while there are plenty OF
othefs who think that future genera
tions will consider him the same as
many of the present One of the poor
est presidents of the United States.
All of which reminds US OF the old
story about the deacon who said 1t IS
a good thing we do not all think alike
| Suppose we did all think alike.
| This would be one of the most monot-
onous worlds to live in that was ever
| known. Moreover, it would not last
long. In a day or two some fellow
| would get tired of the monotony and
would get contrary for the sake of
diversion if for no other reason
| Again I notice that the Grain Crow
| ers' convention recently held in Chi
cago passed a resolution condemning
the custom of grain dealers in sell
ing grain which they do not have IN
| their possession. This means con
tract grain or in market terms, "sell-
ing Short The convention consid.
cred it detrimental to the interests OF
the farmer Yet by this same method
one of the local grain dealers ha:
been enabled during the last TIVE
or three months to pay many hun
dreds of dollars more to the farmer
of this vicinity for their wheat thai
4 they would have been able to receiv
had he sold on the daily market an
4 not have <ssold short
Ill Taking the whole system Of tn
1 grain market into consideration, tn
bulls and bears, the long and tn
short, it may be detrimental to tn
interests of the grain grower but t
an outside observer, like myself,
looks a good deal like an even brea
l for the year
n By reading some of the farm paper
4 an observing person would conclue
b that the farmer is the most oppresse
81 producer in the land, that his bushes
g is decidedly uninviting; that everybod
81 Is agaist him and that from year
Sd year he is losing money and his ban
g account and property holdings
8 gradually getting smaller, but do yo
81 think it is so? If it is why do NJ
81 the farmers quite the business?
they are losing money how does
uaIIy adding new Improvemen |
their farms, paying off the mortgas
81 on the farm are buying more Ian
b Thrift is the thing that counts ar
g there is not a thrifty farmer in tn
county who is not in much better /
b nanciaI condition now than he va
b hive or ten years ago. The farmer
81 are not losing money. They may n.
81 be making it as fast as some OF Il
b they can build new homes, new barn
b new granaries, buy new autos, ne
81 tractors and new trucks, put in ne
B electric light plants, furnaces N
81 water and bath systems, own bett
ho<ses and better cattle and buying =
otAeE IN k6ey 40 not lnhin6e rus5rz !