The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-05-24
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
THE FARMER

The following is submitted by F
| &. Hastings OF St. Johnsbury:
The American farmer is on the wal
+ path; he is waging a voorhees, cam
paign, silent fighter, he will be
aided later by an ally Of considerable
power, FAMINE! Nj. Banker, Mr.,
Daylight Saver, Mr.. Merchant, Mr..
Consumer, Mr.. Manufacturer, and
last, least and loveless, Judas Prof.
tecr you are irresponsible in differing
degrees. How do you propose to de-
feat him? Talk to him? Don't waste
your time, he's sick of talk. Prom
lses? Hes shingling his barns and
clothing his children with promises
now. FORCE him to work his land!
How? Brighten him? Try it.
Gent emen, by prompt and vigor-
Gus action you may soften the blow
but You are powerless to avert it.
Bankers can help by passing up a
few attractive securities and furnish
capital to those who require same for
seeds and fertilizers. Daylight Say
ers by repeating measure which IN
fiicts a. injustice and is as ridiculous
in It's claims as the "rooster' who
though. his crow made the sun rise.
The merchant who pays the farmer
As cents dozen for eggs and sells
them for IS cents, can do little hg-
urinr for himself. Manufacturers
should refuse to cmploye farmers and
farm orkers for six months. (Cho-
rus, of Mant.'s, ooh, we will, we viii
NOT"
Consumers can help bv doing lit
tie thinking for themselves, and by
not swallowing the barefaced hes o.
farmers rolling in wealth and by de-
mandiny to know the truth.
Proftcers-- what of them? What
language can be employed to describe
such dc, picable creatures who at
time when the nation is reeling from
social sickness, economic chaos ana
the pos ibilty of another war, dare
plunge their petty darts and larger
gouges into a huge ~ubiic body, al
ready infamcd, infuliatc1 and bleed
ing. | have respect ard vcneratlon
for. the American Eagle; nc strikes
down his prey in the cpcA. graceful
in fight he directs our thoUghts up
ward ara our fanccs onward Bat
find nothing to admire in the pro
ftccr,--t',e Great American Cootle,
half bro; her to the CRATER, first cou-
sin to the pickpockct; with one han1
he stealos from the producer and
robs the consumer with the other.
NJ. Nlnufacturer when you DROP
a high calaried bait in the midst o.
n farming community and entice q
producer of babies milk to forsakc
that task for the purpose OF swelling
your output Of pink pajamas or mas
sage Cream De La Polecat, you may
be a good business man, but, you re
a verv poor American. A fortune &C
1uired during this period Of the ma
ions life is a monument of shame,
not an achievement. You NAV be
some pumpkins in your little HERE.
,ut pretty small potatoes in the great |
HEREAFTER.
The writer has like Israel Putnam,
1ecn ploughinr a rocky field recently,
md prayinr like Putnam did before
Lexington" for war or any old thing |
o break out to end the task. Put
,a', was fortunate as warfare is |
,hild's play compared to farming,
nd the ominous part of this situa-
ion is that the farmer is now aware
,f the fact, and refuses to carry the
est Of you on his back any longer.
The farmer demands a profit.
VIII he get it? ? ?
A. . rough guess, I'LL SAY HE
DOES.
Guy HEDLUND.