The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-31

About the Farmers.

Editor WOrld-l have Just IlilSnru ltdulnE
an editorial in the Tulsa World by Mr.. w NJ,
Rooi OF Thomas okla. in which have taken
great deal of interest. Mr.. Thomas complains
about the same existing conditions that thou
sands of other farmers and other producers ot
the necessnries Of life are complaining OF today,
The farmers are the burden bearers" OF all
nations. without them progress would come
to an end, The best men and the best women
OF all nations are produced upon the farm.
Men and women are as much iarin
product as wheat, oats, corn and potatoes are
farm products. when the old Napoleon wanted
to raise army, he always went to the farm
crs OF FRANCE to find his soldiers The Hon
orable William Jennings Bryan said In his
Gross OF gold speech in Chicago:
"Thc farmer IL as much a business man as
the man who sits at the board of trade and
gambles on the price Of grain" In opposing the
gold standard he said; You shall not press
down this crown of thorns upon the brow of
labor. You snail not cruelty mankind upon a
of gold" The farmer has been kept In
the back ground while the man who sits at
the board OF trade and gambes on the price oi
the farmers grain and other farm products. is
the farmers boss politically aud otherwise.
The crown of thorns Is pressed down upon the
. brow of each and every working man and work
ing woman, The whole nation has been cruel
lied upon "a cross OF gold and 1t has been done
under democratic administration In my
travels during the past five months. have
been among the farmers OF Kansas and Missouri
In particular In Missouri the farmers are or
panizcd do not know so much about the
farmers OF Kansas However, / do not think
they are as well organized in Kansas as they are
in Missouri Hut my observations revealed the
mat the MISSOURI farmers hdN'
gained little, II any thing by organizing. They
! handicapped by the ''middemen" there as
much as they are in Oklahoma or any other
state In the union. They have carried this cross
Of gold upon their backs to the place of cruel
iixlon-that liz to Washington, ID. &. The crown
of thorns is still being pressed down upon tho
brow OF labor. our big wages do not begin to
| correspond with the big prices We are compelled
| to pay for the uecessariCs ot life. The farmers
! of Missouri cannot sell their wool 1t is packed
! away on their farms in bags. They are waiting
! Tor price that viii justify them to sell it. Dld
! YOU ever stop to think or consider how much
! wool there Is in suit OF clothes? Weigh your
/ coat vest and pants and see how much they
viii weigh. Wil they weigh five pounds II
! they do and they are all wool and yard wide
how much did the farmer get for that wool
at toc a pound beliexe that would he two
| dollars, Then the manufacturer makes the suit
/ at cost of perhaps five dollars. Then tho
/ farmer and other honest workers goes into a
! rctai store ana pays about "forty-IiNc' dollar
! Tor that same "tiyc pounds" of wool Who gets
! the "rak. off," What protection have We
/ against these gamblers that are eating out the
heart Of the nation? they are still sitting at the
board of trade and gambling on the price oi
! grain They stuck in every hole In the
WALL in cities aud towns. They are tn,
| mon producers" and they are our "dlctators'
! and our "hosscn' Tn" truth must prevail
The people are asking; To whom must We
| look Tor the truth" The newspaper that tc!h
I it, will bc the one that Will ho the most widely
/ read i'm the Tuturc.
We look tu the newspapers Tor our ipforma
tion regarding the welfare of the people. Th
public at large Is asking for III" truth W.
/
| must not deceive us. Labor, both ON the farm
/ and in the factory furnished the soldiers to figh
| the great world war. And they furnished TN
/ money to finance the war Now, our bones ar
stiu being picked by the beasts of prey who arr
Keeping "war prices" up on everything we "a
and wear Il costs about three cents pound L
produce sugar. The consumers pay about twclN
AID a hall cents pound tor it, We pay iron
fifteen TO twenty-five dollars month rent for
house that would not sell on tho market io
ffty dollars cash. who pays these bills? Labor
| who pays the rent for the big business house
in our cities? Labor. Upon whose brow Is TIA
! crown OF thorns pressed down Who il cruel
/ fled upou the cross OF gold! II Is labor every
/ where. The farmer is mot as much bust
/ ness man as the "sCoundrcd' that sits at th
! board of trade and gamblos on the price of hi
| grain The farmer feeds and clothes the uatior
| Without him could not exist, lie has bee
| robbed aud plundcrcd hy the gamblers AT tn
, board of trade until hr has dWindlcd down" t
. "A renter. Eighty-tiye pcr cent of the farmer
/ Of the nation are renters while the gambler
! sitting at these boards Of trade eyeryWhor,
have become the owners of the farms and TIA
bosses" OF tho farmers. II the farmers vi
I make a study OF these conditions, they viii a
| unite for one purpose and that will be tu chang
these conditions.
The newspapers that Will culightcu ana pro
tcct the farmers and other lihorcrs, win hav
I a long and a happy future. Those that refuse
do SO, cannot expect the support Of an inqurin
public. -
MES MAIFIElD.