The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-09-07

porters. The most Of them discouraged
me. but before got to ask the board
it was announced that the board had
| invited Shipstead and he had accepted;
ance SO that the Fair Board should not
be sorry for their action and soon
found it was a task.
In the first place I found everybody
discouraged; The farmers had light
crop, and prices on farm produce tumb-
ling, pastures dried up and stock
starving. and"My crop will not pay my
taxes, business men In the towns dis
couraged; no business, stores empty of
customers, shops idle and the pro-
prietor at their desks. trying to figure
out where to collect money enough to
pay pressing bills, trades men and
gone to North Dakota to work, and
among railroad men I talked to some
were out on strike, every one seemed to
be Of opinion that the companies were
trying to do them, and make slaves Of
them. What does it matter If we re-
ceive fair pay compared with former
times when we have to pay it all back
for living. and half Of the cost of all
freight? Got to fight it OUT In the
second place 1t appears that the people,
especially the farmers think the fair is
Sank Centre institution and all the
head of the fair. In my solicitation 1
got these and similar expressions.
About Grey Eagle and Osakis. why
Sank Centre has it's Gun and Rod Club
that ought to suffice" Along the lakes
near Sank Centre.
mo I will not go to Sank Centre. Sank
Centre ought to get along all right
without u.s." Hope enough Sank Centre
people will get out license for fish
houses next winter and catch enough
fish 50 fish in our lakes will not die
of old age and rot on our shores as in
former years. Among railroad men in
Melrose I'VE have Sank Centre men
here scabbing." In my attempt to get a
assistance Of the leaders of the forces
supporting Shipstead and met with
such statements as this Since the
Mayor of Sank Centre forbid the farm
done all my business elsewhere" II was
in parade four years ago and was
ordered to stay out of town" when
Sank Centre was wet I used to buy
booze there. now all have to do there
is to call doctor when l need one"
and the most Of them said that Sank
Centre would likely be glad to see a
good bunch of farmers pay their money
to the fair but it is q safe bet that the
people of Sank Centre will not be there
and if any are there it will be to cause
disturbance if they can did not know
they were prophets, One man stated
am for Shipsted but will never go near
any meeting in Sank Centre, for when
for Governor here last summer, 500 cir
culars advertising this meeting was
sent to Sank Centre and were placed
in every business place in town and
100 circulars were sent to the Farmers
Creamery but as far as known never
reached them, and I was in town two
days after these circulars were dis
tributed and as saw none, 1 went into
all business places in town, to see II
there was any. l found one in harness
n q
face down and one more in a restaur-
ant the night Of the meeting. After the
meeting was over, and not to exceed
ten people of the city was at the meet
ing No one knew any thing about it.
Under these circumstances I was sur
prised to see even as large an attend
ance as there was and it is plain to see
that the fault is lack of cooperation
between the City people and the far
mers. This better. than thou" posi-:
ton Of the city people will never help
to make a success of any thing. Had
the people Of the City attended the
fair Friday as they did Saturday it
would have helped to increase the at
tendance. and had those present shown
as much interest in the cause of the
farmers, as they did in the base bail
game there would have been more far
mers at the fair Saturday.
The farmers realize that they are
hard hit and so does organized labor,
and if no remedy is found the people
Of the small towns will soon suffer
worse than the farmers. Our interests
are identical.
Everybody has to admit that the con-
ditions in this country are deplorable,
but when we mention it some one is
ready to say Conditions are worse in
Europe, especially in Russia and Ger
many" Yes but what consolation is that
to the farmers when his farm is for
closed. or to the merchant when his
store is closed by the Sheriff?
1t was Governmental oppression that
drove our country to set up a COVER
ment of our own one hundred and forty
six years ago. it was Governmental tyr
any that caused the French Revolution
One hundrer and thirty years ago.
The tyranny Of the Government of the
The government Of the Kaiser brought
Germany to the brink Of ruination. But
who is to blame in this country where
the government is the people? We came
out of the World War with nearly all
the gold in the world within our bord-
ers. The manufacturer has his store
full of goods, the Merchant his shelves
full of Merchandise and the farmer has
his bins full of grain and vegetables.
and his barns full Of live stock. and
millions Of people idle, and suffering.
Can it be that some one in this country
is allowed to use this gold to further
Cypress Europe to make more profit at
the expense Of our people? In any event
~ - hiSh IllhO W OPCu UP d = duu6l
Hall and have some Adams tell us
what is up, or some Patrick Henry to
tell us what to do and if we find that
any of those we have hired to make
our laws is not doing his duty we can
do as the farmer does when his hired
man is not doing his duty Fire him"
or as the railroad companies do with
any OF their employers when negligent
Can him" or as the house wife does
with the hired girl, Let her CO."
The farmers and organized labor may
be wrong, may not have found the
right remedy for existing evils but it
Is worth while to try it out.
We do not claim that political action
will cure all economical evils, but as
far as these evils are caused by bad
legislation or want of legislation it fol-
lows that it can be cured by legislation.
But as long as those make profits by
existing conditions can use part of their
profits to buy seats in the Congress
and legislatures Of our country, by
means of agents whose very existence
they control, or by q subsidized press
can keep the farmers and city workers
divided $3.50 and play the small town
voter as q trump. politically and other
wise, they are safe.
The farmers in the vicinity Of Sank
Centre are determined to fire some of
| their public hired men this fall, and
| if the business men and other people
in, he - !,