Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-03


men we have elected TO represen. a IN
government have treated our complaints
with about the same supercilious con-
tempt they would show to street brat
who was squalling because q gang Of
hoodlums had stolen his top. "Oh. shut
upi Here's lollypop; 60 OF and sncE
It and keep quiet
| Now, you and feel that the fsrrers
Of the country are not quite the same as
/ boo-hoo.ng street brats. We also feel
/ that an occasional pat On the head and
an infrequent lollypop are not sufficient
| consolation for everything. Especially
when the pats and the lollypcps arg
given by the very servants whom ws
have delegated to protect our ints-ests
and whom we pay for doing Just that.
We do not want sweet words roz
sticky candy. Not TO any apprectabls
extent What we DO want is very sirnpls
and very accessible. II is a fair show
and a square deal That's all
We don't get either one. Haven't for
fun generation. We have argued. and
We have petitioned and We have cajoled
and we have stormed about II. An TO
no purpose, beyond few pats and IDLY
pops az above mentioned Now thu
. wirepullers are wondering Il pats and
lollypops are played out
; They talk about the professional s,eiS-
J ttc!ans always having their carr 70 the
! ground. Faugh! Not even q casual
passer-by with ears OF merely normal
' length need have lowered them one inch
towards the soil TO have heard the rum
blings with which for thirty yesrs ~
I farm lands have been resonant. Il was
= long boast that these same politicians
I were experts At reading the political
Y weather-signs. Yet now they pretend
that they never saw the black clouds on
: the horizon and never heard tbs thunder
4 uuttering louder and louder a. TIE
" clouds slowly rose.
y II these creatures really are eraA
It humbugs IN their own chosen rneB r.
d there anything for Us farmers 20 weep
= over in their being discredited and
Is dumped into the discard7. There's no
y great loss In the smashing OF a BASKET
'e full Of bad eggs There may. possibly,
IT De better ones IN the henho1se. Certain
d iy there can't be any ~osse-
IF You and don't know WHAT. going to
e como out OF this new agrarianisn.
.. We're not politicians Of choice and
u mighty seldom politicians BY draft. BIZ.
II We simply haven't any cali 20 worry
about II There was once a certain man
y OF that Tx whose practice Il was "to pay
's Peter by robbing Paul" and who was
Us credited with expecting 90 catch larks
e when the heavens fall" The erst pro-
>. cedure mentioned pretty web describe.
lie present practices. Perhaps the second
w event may come to US outsiders we
eV keep our eyes open and our lark-cstch-
ne Ing nets In commission.
One thing IL coek-surei neither an AZ
rtcultural bloc" In congress nor an az.
a ricultural conference out OF congress I.
re going to plunge the country into any
n radical morass. To psraphase NJ. Lin.
SO coins famous saying. Il Is doubtless pos.
'i sible to fool most OF the farmers parr o.
&C. the time and some OF them all the time
on But not all Of them al the time. re-
cent experience out IN the Dako.zs ha.
al opened the eyes Of many even CT ~
he most radical
At. II may wei be that some q ne -
ne forms which are most needed win sesu
np subversive to the dweilers IN Gotham
oy skY-scrapers- But. despite the preva-
lent contrary opinion OF New Yors city
his that town Is not the whole show. II 4
h not the dog with forty-ssven states 4.
is tached as tail.
ier Ard long experience has led sems o
sal us to the knowledge that when NsT
! York city says "Geer the right thiai
On and unhesitstingly. What New Yo-.
he city wants. politically speaking. Is an sz
3 cellent thing for the resi- OF the c0unt,
ice to avoid. eschew steer very wids o.
ng What New YORK. city disapproves pos,
'e- ,cally spealing. Is prina fscie a prornis
VS. ing prospect.
OF course therc'S siwzys me dsnxrl
res m any new movement that the hummer
The will take charge and lead TO a aasco a
up they did in Dakota But as a whole. m
FOR farmers Of the United States ara m
ul- most conservative class Of the populs
to ton. They're more apt 10 go too sio-
we than too fast
nj Whatever they may 20 to me prsfe.
t'y sional politicians. should they ootss
cry control. they've not likely 20 Try any 30
shevistic idiocies on the plain people Fc
. that's Just what they are. themselves.
THE FARMER