The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-01-31
WHERE JUSTICE IS
ONLY GRIM JOKE
JOHN T. RODDEY GIVES SOME
UNVARNlSHED TRUTFS
If scn,c Day tie Man of the Pow
Shall Decide Thai He N:n No
Longer Bear the Burdens CT Other
People, But Instead VIII Enjoy the
Products oe His Own Labor, There
VIII be Much Embarrassment.

Products oe His Own Labor, There
VIII be Much Embarrassment.
To the Editor Of The herald and
News:
Might it not be possible to so I'M
pose upon the farming class that they
might resent it? While unquestlon-
ably the most patient and long suffer
inc of all human beings might there
not be a limit? Was not the farmer
before the civil war considered a
Country Gentleman" and is he not
after the world war approaching Rus
sian peasantry? Is there any other
class doing business with him not
soaking" him for the limit? Does
not the doctor, the lawyer, the bank
er, the merchant-ir fact every class
make him pay them their prices, and
does he not have to take anything he
can get without any say so?
If he brings a COW to town for sale,
does he not get from three cents to
FIVE cents per pound, and if he wishes
TO buy piece of the same beef, does
he not have to pay from 25 cents to
40 cents per pound? If he brings a
COW hide he will probably get IS
cents or a dollar for it, but if he
wants pair of shoes, will he not have
to pay from S3 to SIS for them? If
he breaks his wagon and has to have
it repaired in town will it not prco-
ably cost him COW? Are not all
tools, machinery and his necessities
on the same basis, and is not every
thing he produces practically carried
on in the same manner? Taking Rock
Hill for a comparison, cannot man
hire farmer and his family to work
from daylight till dark, and later if
necessary, for less money than is paid
hotel waiter, janitor, . 15-year-old
clerk, or any employe- Of any descrip-
ton of railroad, o. any one en-
gagged in any other business?
Have the politicians been worth a
rivkcl to him? Have not most Of the
schemes, gotten up supposedly for his
benefit, been means for creating a
lot Of useless jobs? Hasn't most Of
the speaking and raating on different
things been rather with q view Of
holding or getting job either for
the speaker or for some Of his friends
who could so admire Sly FL the posi-
ton provided salary was sufficient?
Would not the politician telling him
about his poor wife and children
cooking, milking and working in the
fields, be more Of friend, # he were
to tell him, they are doing so, but If
you were not a fool, they would not
be? Is not the advice and persuasion
usually given the farmer for the real
benefit of the man giving the advice,
and is not the farmer the same old
sucker" who falls for it. Is not ev-
cry other class organized for protec-
ton? Is not equal rights to al spe-
cial privileges to none" a farce when
combinations Of every description are
allowed against particular class? Is
there not price fixing on almost every
thing he must buy? Have you heard
such conversation lately between a
farmer and fertilizer man: What are
fertilizers worth this year?" Il don t
know, the prices haven't beer fixed
yet Why allow professional say
in New York or Chicago to sell the
labor of every farmer, man, woman
ard child and force the farmer %
take the fictitious prices created?
Does the professional know that as a
rule the farmer is poor and ignorant
and must su'omit, his nerve, his money
and his ambition gone and his family
coming on to live the same life Of
slavery? Has the professional got a
pull" OF is he Of more benefit to the
world? Without these conditions
could they play this game? Would
It not be broken up if they did not
have ;hp farmer 10 nlav Ono Could