The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-28

But most anybody hin underssand that
when tho farmer kiss 10 the poi1t where
no sImply can't afford TO grow stuff the
cost Of fiIlIn' famIly's s,omachs IL soIn'
UP instld OF down. Here's Aow II works
out. You look at the prloes On ths market
pagc IN tho papcr--on hay an straw. for
instance. The booilkecper In fourth story
hack IN Harlem don't think them prices
has anything to do with what no pays for
potatoes an milk an bread an butter.
hut dig sn,o u.
A few years ago II hay was 5r:nEIn' So
q ton--whlch meant that tho farmer that
raised Il Melted about tit II fs vas lucky
rye straw was rangn' around ten or
Tcvcn. Lately rye or wheat straw has been
about as hIsh az good timothy what'it
means Ia that the price a farmer alta for
tho grain n 40 DANCED low he can't faIss
II except at loss an he's doin' what any
other buslncss man would do--hc's passln'
II up. The farmers g simply sccdin down
tho land TO hay an ictiin' II 20 nt that.
The result OF that. ag'n. Is tina. the bottom
has dropped out OF tho hay market. an
there's upwards of four thoussn' farms
In New York state alonc whers the farm
crs has sold tho stool. an tools hoarded
up the wlndcrs. turned tho key an gone
to town TO cit Job an make morr mouths
TO feed. An the farmr has got TO feed EN-.
Now do you cit what mean? New York
city Is full OF farmers u.at ooultn't mako
a ilvin' on tho farm. But they've all gos to
eat.
So. says the statesmen. let's help tho
farmer--ycs. wo got to hurry up an help
tho farmer.
But most Of the hclpIn' the farmer really
ncede IL TO have bankin privileges as good
as any other fcllcr that's got an equal
amount OF money invested in his business.
an then TO have tho food system that's
been chokin' him 10 death an robbIn' the
city consumer with the other hand taken
OF his back. hut as near as ] kin dis.
cover. there amt never been no great
steps In that direction. The press agents
says; "oh. yes. We got TO help the farmer
Only II we let him have the money. wo
got TO take It away from you other fel-
lcrs that need II In your business" There
you go ng'ir II the farmer ever quit cold
tho other fclicr would have time 10 30 an
play golf.
"Just look" they say. ,"cvery farmer
now has his automobile" He has. IL he
kin manage II. an here's why. when I
crack bolt IN n mowin' machine In the
middle Of haydn. ar I'm seven miles from
a hardware store. got 20 hook up n team
that ougnta be mowin' az send man
that costs me fifty n month an board. al
the way TO Bascom's Bridge. II kills
workin' day fer man an team to git TINT
bolt. secon' handed flivvcr--which IL
the kinj OF automobile that's 90 per coat
prevalent on the firms M whero crme
from--l DO IL ia thsec.quarters OF On
hour. allowln' 20 cents for gas an 40 csnts
man time. Yc sec. we're lcginnin' 10 nyger
like a steel company. II comes hard but
we're lcarnin. 20.
Now kin take that team right dowe 10
the state road an hire out the outfit for
from seven TO ten dollars n day; bit
don't. an on'y God knows why. except thar
my folks was always farmers an suppcs,
It's n hereditary disease. But there's m01t
an moro farmers that is doln' II, ony layin
off to cut their hay, an git in nth
piece OF oats to grain their teams.
An why not? You tell NO. Just al,
these figgcfs: The average size OF farmf
In this land of the nobel free is around zoe
acres. an the average cash income OF q
farm. over an above expenses an what
the family kin eat off n t, has been abou,
1913 year. Last year it shrunk to q little
over s970, an them figgcrs is official. Tho
farmer Is the owner. an he's the enter
priser, an he's the manager an he's the
laborer. an for all four Jobs that's what
be gifts paid. There is still good many
farmers that never eat hot house grapes
nor Cape peaches at two dollars apiece
In the winter time.
"Then for heavens sake" says the city
man who's havin' the tail cut off his old
shirts to make new cuffs for 'em, where
does all the money go, that we pay for
grub enough to keep our collars from out
growin' us?" AL
That's the question they was afraid he
would ask Thprefore ,o's hnin tho fa ruar