The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1922-10-06
HOUSING THE CROP

For the industrious farmer no sea-
son Is without its certain phase and
character Of work. Probably is there
no time Of the year, however. in which
the nature of the work should be more
pleasant than in this beautiful one Of
Fall Ia which he houses a large pro-
portion Of the products of the soil.
With mows already filled with sweet
smelling hay, harvested in heat and
toll, he now engages under pleasant
weather conditions in gathering for
his stock that great American crop,
com and for himself stores away the
products Of garden and orchard for
Winter use.
Ordinarily this season Of housing
hhould, as we said before, bring pleas
ure t. the farmer as he looks upon
the concrete results of his seasons
efforts. but what of his state Of mind
this year? With wheat at a dollar a
bushel or less, corn about three and
one half dollars barrel and hay If
teen dollars a ton can he be cheerful
As be reads that the clothing workers,
or the miners, or the railroad or for
sooth any one Of the other thousand
and one labor unions have demanded
aud probably been granted fresh
lalse in wages based on fictitious the
ories rs to 1.-THE proper scale of living"
srthe American Standard and other
AIch bunk?
u Daily the price of manufactured pro-
ducts is climbing skyward again, with
fresh impetus given this movement by
Fthe vicious tariff bill recently enacted
10 further enrichen the already rich,
and pauperize the already poor. Ne
elected and alone in this upward trend,
the farmer is left to think and conten,-
plate on his own situation.
Over year ago he rebelled in the
South, the result being the formation
q a cooperative marketing associa-
tloA for the cotton of that fair section
and similar organization to market
tobacco. The latter Is functioning
splendidly now and there is every rea-
son to believe cotton will be even bet
terahandled when the crop is ginned.
IN our own immediate locality the style
Of fnfming il more diversified no that
the marketing Of farm products is
Just that much more involved, but alb
kolute necessity and self preservation
demand that in some manner the farm
er protect himself
Generation after generation have
seen him honeyed with smooth words
by politicians, exploited by financial
interests and used as cats paw by all
who were able to do 1t. Better trans
portation facilities, more general edu.
cation and closer contact with the out
side world through rural delivery, tele-
phone and other like advantages en-
able the farmer now to keep abreast
OF the times, and we believe he will
not long endure the present situation,
Whit n he strikes and refuses to pro.
duce In excess Of his own family
needs The story of what happened
In Russia when this very thing occur
red 10 resent history; let us not repeat
the situation In America.
The agricultural resources Of this
country are marvellous and constitute
q large part of our national wealth.
The tillers of the soil are men of intel
ligenee entitled % IA remuneration
for then labor a. well as liberal al
lowance for interest on investment,
hxed charges such MS insurance, rent
ard depreciation, together with rea-
sonable profit on the cost of produc-
ton. Az they house this seasons crop
they are fully conscious this reward is
not open to them. Can We expect the
farmer 10 carry on" under these con-
ditions