Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-23

moon.
The thing man enjoys about
love affair is that he has found some
one at last that believes everything he
says.
The ideal man exists only in the
mind of woman before she marries
him.
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Americas power to-day is depend
ent on coal. end Wall Street owns the
great bulk of our Coal mines. This
ownership gives Wall Street a strangle-
hold on American industry and trans
portation. and they are using that pow
er with a ruthlessness that amazes me,
said Mr.. Ford, when asked if he had
anything to tell the people of the South
about the Muscle Shoals. Tell these
people that my great fight is to keen
Wall Street off in this fight for the
Shoals. They are afraid of what they
know can do there. If it is the last
thing | do, | shall exert all the power,
resource and influence to keep the rob-
Der barons away from that enterprise.
We must fight to the last ditch to keep
these vultures away and free Ameri-
can industry and agriculture from the
blight of the money power. To this
end | have consecrated my life. All |
want is a chance at Muscle Shoals.
j and when | get it will demonstrate
to them all that | will not only supply
our farms with more and better fertil-
izer than they ever obtained before,
but | shall enjoy the fact that | can
give work and a wage commensurate
with proper livelihood to perhaps 300
900 men" This work should be go
ing on at this very moment: every
davis delay will mean that the work
will have to be put off for another year.
But did you, or anyone else, ever know
Wall Street to give up a cinch on the
great American people without a fight?
This is but a part of what Henry
Ford gave out as information to the
American people. Better buy his pa
per, The Dearborn Independent, if you
are in sympathy with his work. This
paper is open to receive subscriptions
to both the Dearborn Independent, and
The Vernon Parish Democrat for only
$500 year. Where do you stand?
Are you willing to do your share?
This old world of ours is in terri
bic mess. Europe. Asia, and America
all seem to be circling in a meaIstrom
of mistakes. On the horizon of the fu-
ture there are no humans that show
promise of leadership. Chaos seems
to be the lot of every nation. Some
claim that because there is no gold in
sight, there can be no hope. We have
the gold of the world, and look at the
condition of our country! The four
power treaty is but an example of the
pitiable need we have for real states
men. Look around wherever we may,
and the names that come to our lips
are as dross. Harding, Hughes, Hoo
yer, Borah, Lodge, Reed, Brandegee,
Robinson, and Underwood, and host
of others now in the public eye are as
mere children playing with a mans
game of government, and our hearts
sink within us at the thought that in
all this vast country of ours there has
not appeared a single figure who has
promise of an intelligence that will
command the respect of the people.
Our country that was so rich, is now
so poor that we are unable to bring
forth Moses to save us from the
slough of despond into which we have
fallen.
The Federal Reserve bank with all
that it promised to the people, has
been totally unable to stem the tide
for which it was made. Banks are
breaking all over this fair land of ours
as never before in all its history. In
employment is again rearing its ugly
head about the masses. The soldiers
are crying out for bonus. The peo-
pie are crying out for some one to
save them from the ravages of more
taxes. The lands are lying idle. Bus !
mess is no more. Credit has gone with |
business, and we sit and wonder what
the coming day will bring. Men ask |
each other in passing What next?"
The morning papers are scanned for
some glimmer of hope for the future.
Crime runs rampant over the land.
The suicide harvest is increasing as
the days pass. immortality is on the
increase. Raw alcohol, under the tit
les of 'moonshine,' . Forest Juice"