The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-08-05
Demonstration Agent
ANSWER to a CITIZEN

history teaches that not only the
Roman Senate but that the desposlic
aud autocratic.rulers, often imported of
France and many other Ancient En-
pires and kingdoms governed without
sympathy for the farmer and all other
so called common people. aud consider
ed that they should consider II great
privilege to pay tribute to the Ceasers.
This was not only so among the An-
cient monarchies but In more modern
times, even the present we fnd class
OF men who assume to do all the think
ing, believing, that the Ignorant
farmer, has no rightsexcept to labor.
vote to keep certain classes in efflce
and pay taxes to support them.
Those ancient despois bathed them
selves 10 magnificent splendor at the
expense of the oppressed taxpayers and
rode their silver shod horses mercilessly
tover the most commCn rights of the
people, until they arose. asserted the
rights and destroyed both ruler aud
government.
They proclaimed aud executed their
DEGREES as to taxation and .other op.
pressive laws. and heignorant farmers
had no right which those self exalted
autocrats felt under any obligation to
consider.
All of this has nothing to do with
conditions as we find them in Fayette
county except there appears to be a
more or less growing intolerance Of
individual opinion unless 1t happens to
coincide with the powers to be. There
10 also manifest dispositionon the part
of both state and county officials to
continue to increase our already heavy
burden of taxation.
We believe we are entitled to our
own opinion and under obligation to
constituents to carry out their constit
uents and do not believe they are all
Ignorant farmers"
Unfortunately we have been deprived
OF the advantages of an education,
which some northern writers seem to
possess, but we do not believe that be-
cause we are ignorant farmers and hap
pen to be q member of an ignorant
county court, that we should be maui
ed over the head by intellectual critics.
because we do not agree with him in
all things.
We are not opposed to progressive
farming nor county demonstration
agent; but there are so many good
things we would like to have and are
not able to pay for, We believe in call
| ing halt some where. not only in the
conduct of our own affairs but the
business of the county. and we believe
that the majority of the taxpayers Of
Fayette county will endorse our
positions.
Knowing that aided salaries to an
already too expensive county govern
ment means increased tsxstioss or an
increased deficit and In view OF the
recent long list of delinquent tax pay
ers and knowing the existing financial
condition of the farmers we have de-.
cided to watch our sep instead of let
ting others watch it for US for we
ignorant farmers have too often been
ed into the ditch by socalled intellectual
leaders.
We want to know where the next
ditch is and what 1t looks like before
we jump.
Fayette county recently borrnwed
$50. 600 and the most of l, has sl.
ready been spent. Taxpayers 10 my
district see no evidsnse In wsy Of good
roads crgood sny thing else as the re.
suit Of this large amount of borrowed
money. We have got to dig this money
Iup together with the interest and the
present out look for corn and hay crst s
and the low price of cotton does not
make fsimersvery enthusiastic over any
thing that Il going to cost money.
Il has not bsen long since the farm
srs were called together end advised to
reduce cotton acreage but ~hen cotton
went to forty cents ii was forgotten.
In 1920 paper farmers and 60 called
leaders advised Us to bold our cotton.
and we held and the result 10 we are all
broke,
We were then advised to raise live
stock and man does not have to be q
progressive farmer to know THAT there
Is no money today when cattle are sell.
ling from one and . half cents pound
to FIVE sud half for the best 90 the
Memphis market. and you must have
about ten good COW hides to buy one
pair Of good shoes even from q member
Of the chsmbsr Of Commerce, ell Of
which e0nvinees us that ESQ. IoAnson
the Big Noise" from "Besr Creek"