The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-06-06

light to the editorial department
for whenever they read something
interesting they invariably pass it
on to the editor. The article or
clipping may not always be such
that this newspaper can use 1t but
we are always glad to get this ma
terial.
This week we found in our mail
clipping sent to us by Sam A.
Rask which gives side Of the
farm situation which is sometimes
missed entirely by writers and
speakers. THE man who has a
farm, out Of debt, and who is able
to wiring his living from the soil
is probably the freest soul on
earth. The Illinois farmer who
penned the prayer below must
have belonged to this class. We re-
produce his prayer in the interest
Of an independent agriculture and
in hopes that this class of freemen
will continue to grow in the fu-
ture:
"Oh. Lord: I am thankful I am
not Ike other folks; and vet, 1 am
no pharisee. I am thankful that l
own no stocks and bonds which l
had bought at peak prices. 1 am
grateful for guidance that kept me
out of the speculative grain mar
kets. I have not drilled an oil well
and I am thankful for that. 1t Is
good not to have to read the stock
quotations each morning before
PRAYER and breakfast to learn how
much poorer I am than I was the
day before. I am pleased that / am
not in retail merchandising with
bullying ledger of unpaid bills. |
thank thee, o Lord, that am
not laboring man without a JOB
or in danger of losing it. 1 wear
no white collar to the office, Won
dering whether I am to remain I'M
til night. I surely am fortunate
that I am not a coal operator nor
steel manufacturer nor a railroad
official hunting trade where there
is no trade.
IT am only a poor farmer with
100 acres of gumbo, all paid for.
Once it was worth more but l DID
not sell it, and thank thee, I did
not buy more at that price.
GIVE me, o Lord, my pigs and
cows and chickens, my health and
nv strength and my faith. am
not making money but I am MOI
losing so much that I face disaster
and hunger. I live on three boun'
teous meals a day. These, thou mas
provided me, whatsoever happens.
"Once i looked with envy upon
these, my fellow citizens. thought
they lived in luxury and peace
This morning, o Lord, bless them
and comfort them and give them
divine grace to face their plight
Nav the day of upturn and better
things come for all of us. am
grateful to thee for the smaIl
blessings that fall upon me ano
mine and my land. Forgive my
sins and overlook my hypocrisy
and shortcomings and believe me
o Lord, I am content that am
not as others are.'-Bloomlne
Prairie Times.
Another Bonus March?
II is hard to imagine anything
that could be more injurious &c
the cause of the veterans In tne
country than another march OF
washington by bonus-demandine
ex-souldiers, as had been proposed
by a man in Los Angeles who was
one of the leaders of the 193i
march which was a complete
failure.
With leaders at Washington ad
hitting that the bonus issue !:
dead until next January, when
new session of congress will
assemble, it is hard to see hov
anyone advocating another marcel
on Washington can be both sin
cere and well-informed.
Marches on Washington for thi
or that purpose have been pro
posed and carried out since tn
days of General Coxey and Their
is nothing in the record to en-
courage any additions to the list
This is a representative govern
ment, and thousand voter
parading about Washington meal
no more to a sensible representa-
tive than a thousand at home
communicating their desires in a,
orderly manner and refrainin
from embarrassing their govern
ment at difficult time. - Dulut
Weekly Herald.