The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-12-01

will be III the throes OF such panic the
like OF which she has never dreamed. 1T
is Idle to talk OF returning of prosperity
with distributing costs so per cent above
producing prices. There is an old law of
economies printed in one of the oldest
textbooks dealing with human relation
ship but too much forgotten in our mod
ern lore and everyday business. 1t is the
Golden Rule of human relations. | de-
clare unto you that this Golden Rule il
today Just as sound economically, just as
essential morally, as when it was first
enunciated on the mountain-top.
There is a great deal more difference
OF opinion between the leaders of farmers
organizations than there is between thel
farmers who make up the rank and file.
Between John Smith on section SO and;
Frank Jones on section Is, there is only
line fence. One may belong to the
Farm Bureau and the other to sonlethingl
else, but both have the same needs. To-
make that line fence or that organizations
membership a barrier between neighborS
is wrong. We are all working for thet
same endS-eConomic and social Justice |
for agriculture. We may differ as to the
best means of securing these, but is that
any reason for not exchanging work an1i
living in fine spirit of neighborliness2
Not Class Legislation.
Much has been said OF late regarding
class legislation and the development oil
class consciousness. No organization has
been more pronounced in opposition to,
either than has the American Farm Bureau
Federation. Repeatedly have We said
that there is but one interest in this
country and that is the interest of the
whole American people.
Time and again have we, asserted our
interest and our dependence upon trans
portatioH lines and facilities, manufacture
ing establishments, distributive iHstitu-
tons, as we'll as the American laborer anal
the consumer in general. We have Called
the attention OF all classes Of our citiEenrYl
to the fact that no one of us can perma-i
nently prosper without all the others alsoI
prospering We have endeavored con.l
stantly to look across our own line fencesI
and to study the other mans problems.
Il want to assert plainly that the Amer
lean Farm Bureau. Federation has Reel
knowingly or Willingly advocated and
never shall advocate any policy which 10
not for the well-beinf OF all our various
intcsests.
Half Our Population.
THE farmer, with the dweIler in the
small town whose interest is rural rather
than industrial, constitutes, according tel
census reports, practically one-half of OUR
population. He produces that which sus.
tains the entire population. He is mott
now nor ever has been a hoarder of his
worlds goods. The money which he re-
ceives for his crops does not go into tin
cans to he buried in the backyard. III
goes directly into the channels of trade
for the payment of labor and the
necessaries OF life, for interest and for the
maintenance of our public institutions.
DO you want 20 know what will start
again the hum of the mills and the song
OF the laborer throughout the land? 4
prosperous agricultural 1t is the founda-
ton of all permanent prosperity and con-
tentment. 1t has been so in all nations
and ages. Delay in bringing about this
speedy re-adjustment is fraught with un5
told dangers. Your responsibilities and
mine must be squarely faced The in-i
terests of the men with their feet in thel
burrows are entrusted to us In this recon-I
struCtion effort. We carry no white haR.t
Fear and jealousy and pickering amongst,
classes Of our Citizenry must give way t0i
the forces of mutual helpfulness and CO
operation.
Much to Be Done. Il
Though much has been accomplishedj
there remains much more to be done. To-
reach these horizons, challenges the loyalty
and cooperation of every farmer in
America every one. Only by sincerity
of purpose and aggressive organization isi
the Job to be put over. The Farm Bureaul
is but an arch through which Americani
farmers are marching into fields of ever
widening endeavor, achievement and
progress. But when We have passed
through the arch We will look back andt
see it as an arch that will rival the tri-i
umphant arches of achievement of the
Romans, and will stand as tribute to-
progress in agriculture. "a
With full realization of the rcsponsi-
bilities of our citizenship-in full con-
seriousness of our just rights and priYi-
legcs, let us go forward"