The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-24
Louisa County Men Issue Statement
Calling Upon Farmers to Rally
to Support Of
Sen tor.
BROOKHART Is SCORED
Declare Contest is Between the Farm
ers and Radical Labor Union
Leaders in Coming
Primaries.

test between Senator Cummins and
Colonel Brookhart is really contest
: between. the level-headed farmers of
Iowa and the radical labor union
leaders. 1t is a contest between or
der and disorder. = Colonel Brook
hart would be a good representative
of union labor, but a mighty bad rep
resentative of the farmers and the
general public"
This declaration is made in a state
ment signed by thirty-five of the
most prominent Louisa county farm
ers, many of them members of the
! Farmers union and directors of
| farmers elevators. The paper. was
hurriedly circulated by William Rog-
ers and J. F. Helms, and brought to
town. 1t is said that but two Of the
! farmers seen declined to subscribe to
| the paper, one because he is opposed
! to woman's suffrage, the other be
cause, although he will not vote
against Cummins, declared he agreed
some time ago not to work for the
/ senator. .,.-..-..
Tell Farmers to Get Busy.
Farmers are urged to take off
their coats and get busy" There is
no doubt how the farmer of Iowa will
vote when he understands the issues,
it is claimed. Therefore the task be-
| fore those who do understand, &C
cording to the Louisa county farm
ers, is to do missionary work between
now and the June primary
Government ownership is also at
| tackled in the manifesto of the Louisa
county farmers as extravagant and
conducive Of bad management, and
| the Plumb plan is denounced as
government ownership, but man
agement by the railroad workmen.'
Colonel Brookhart is declared to be
in favor of government ownership
and, they say, "he is also in favor OF
the Plumb plan or any other plan
that the railroad workmen want"
Cumins and the Farmer.
Speaking of Senator Cummins, the
statement says, che has been the best
and most useful friend the farmers
thave ever had i'll the United States
senate" Attention is called to how
he helped bust the barbed wire
trust" and, it is added, che has
helped us especially in our fight for
! a square deal at the hands of the
railroads. If we do not stand by Sena-
tor Cummins, who has stood by us
all these years, how can we expect
other men in public office to stand
! true to our interests"
The farmers also point out the
millions they have lost because of
inability to move grain and live
stock.
This thing Of tying up the rail,
nd ri
every time, small group of work,
men think they ought to have more
pay has got to stop; the time
has come to stop radical labor lead
ers from bringing about strikes on
railroads and in other necessary in
dustries until the rights of the mat
ter have been determined.
Senator Cummins is right when he
proposes to arbitrate before striking
instead of afterward," say the farm
ers.
Text Of Statement
The full text of the statement Of
the Louisa county farmers follows:
The undersigned farmers believe
that the farmers of Iowa should moi
only vote for the denomination Of
Senator Cummins, but should take of
their coats anu WOTR LOT ulLu, all
for the following reasons:
% Senator Cumins has been 8
true friend to the Iowa farmer from
way back in the eighties, when he
helped burst the barbed wire trust
I'D to the present time. He has
helped us especially in our fight fol
a square deal, at the hands of the
railroads.. He has been the best and
most useful friend we ever had in
the United States senate. If we dc
not stand by Senator Cummins, who
has stood by us through all these
years. how can we expect other mer
in public offices to stand true to oul
interests?
(2) The question most important tc
farmers now is the rebuilding of oul
railroad systems. We have lost mil
lions on millions Of dollars because
of lack of cars and engines to move
our grain and livestock when it ought
to be moved. We are sick of theoriz
| ing on this matter. 1t is a business
proposition, and we think it is time
to get down to business. Senator
Cummins has a better understanding
of what must be done than any othe,
man in Iowa. He has studied the
railroad question for fifteen years
His record shows that he can be
| trusted to protect our interests. We
believe he will see to 1t that the
| farmers get a square deal and al
| tho Same time helm work out some