The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-29

you much better and you will have
a greater chance to help others,
which Cwhen all is said and done)
is the only truly satisfactory way
OF living"
In his discussion OF the begin
niUgs Of Socialism appears this
about Karl Marx, he was forced to
fee to London. where he lived a
poor and shabby life as the corre-
spondent OF the New York Tribune"
Perhaps some diligent psychoana-
lyst OF the future will prove that by
not having paid Marx enough as its
correspondent to live happily and
comfortably, the New York Tribune
Is indirectly responsible for "Capi-
tai" and for the effects that book
had on the Russian revolutionists.
THE Farm Bureau Movement" by
Orville Merton Kile. (The Mac
milan Coz
Farmers organizations are all
right as long as they confine them
selves to the encouragement OF
fairs. poultry shows and pIcnics, but
when they go into politics and at
tempt to bring about SocIalIstic leg
islation. 1t Is quite a different mat
ter. The farmer bloc in Congress-
has caused much anguish for a
great many who feel this way about
farmers organizations. They are
irritated because the farmers want
certain things and want them bad
enough to go after them Just as
other oceupational groups of the
community go after them-by DO
litical action. These critic. do not
understand the farmers point OF
view and do not attempt to under
stand IT. they merely deplore II.
This attitude on the part of his
critics does not, OF course, weaken
the agrarian movement, but on the
contrary gives II added strength by
forcing It to organize and meet its
opposition. This is Just what has
occurred. II those who ar. now
most painfully shocked by the tao
tics OF the farmer bloc knew or
TOOK the trouble to find out what
mas happened In the last year or
Two and what Is happening TODAY
IN the agrarian movement. thew would
no longer regard these present no.
htlcal manifestations as merely the
outward signs OF the farmers defa-
tlon pains. One very good wav to
acquire an understanding OF what It
Is IN the farmers minds that is
causing all this disturbance 4. talk
with few dirt farmers and ask them
what all the shootin's for. This, Of
course, isn't always possible, but II
Is possible to read Mr.. Kile's BOOK
on the Farm Bureau Movement. II
Is book which was very much need
co. and to one who makes no claim
20 VIDE knowledge OF agricultural af-
tSirs or agrarian history. It has all
the earmarks OF an excellent piece
OF work. 1t gives. for examnIs a
orier. clear outline OF the various
agricultural organizations which had
great influence at one time or anothe-
SUCH as the Grange, the Farmers AL
lance. the Farmers Union. and the
Agricultural Wheel. and explains vhv
these organizations have been nm
able to maintain themselves at the
height OF their influence. More i'm
portant is the description Of the new
est agricultural organization, an Or
SANITATION that gained a paid mem
oershtp OF more than a million In the
nrst year Of its existence and which
mas Its membership in forty states.
A movement OF this size Is obviously
one which merits the serious con-
slderaton OF everyone interested in
public affairs. There is nothing tech
nical or obscure about Mr.. Kile's
book. II can be easily Understood
by the man who thinks a silo is a
kind Of fertilizer and he Is the man
who ought to read It,
''The Go-Getter." by Peter B. Kyns
Cosmopolitan Book Corpora
tlon).
This Is the kind Of story that
sales managd-s and other in SINH
lar capacities are urged to buy for
distribution among their subordi-
mates 1t is the inspirational vari-
ETY. Of fiction and usually that sort
of thing Is not Of particular inter
est to the person seeking diversion
rather than inspiration. But Peter
e. Kyne is not in the same class
as the familiar fctionaI inspirer-
he is considerably above II, and
hence The Go-Getter" is entertain
ing as well as instruciiv. 1t is a
short story issued in book form, be-
cause Of the belief that its Inspira-
tional appeal Is such as to warrant
a wider circulation.