The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-01-03
you and The
FARMERS UNION

| A scientist at one time conducted
an experiment with ants to see how
long it would take them to react to
and take advantage Of new and unex.
pected conditions. He dropped honey
in the path they took when out forag-
ing for food TO prove that they would
go around the honey for many trips to
get a grass sap because they were in
the habit of doing so. After they
started to eat the honey they pre-
ferred it and would not take anything
but honey as long as there was any
to be had. 1t seems queer that they
should go out of the way to get
around it first but how many humans
are there that go around the thing
that they want for weeks, months and
even years. Do you think that you
are that slow to take advantage of
conditions that present themselves to
you? Let's take look. How salts
fled are you with yourself? With your
finances? With your lot in life? With
life as a whole? When you sum it
all up its not so hot is it? 1t is easy
to look back at lost opportunities that
you did not recognize when they were
in sight. Just like the ants you were
not expecting the thing where 1t was
and so did not take advantage of it.
How could you have known or
rather how can you know in the fu-
ture what is honey in the path? How
does scientist find all the many new
methods they tell of? Almost always
they are found and recognized as the
result of study and research. Have
you ever taken the time to really
study the reason why you are not bet
ter off than you are? | mean thor
oughly study the problem in syste-
matte manner under able teachers
willing to fearlessly and impartially
leach facts as they effect you every
lay of your life in this present eco
nomic system of ours. Nave you ever
lone just that? The answer is so
nearly always no that we may as well
say that no one has or is doing this
lnless they belong to some organiza-
ion formed for that purpose. Do you
belong to any such organization? If
not why not? There are such organi-
sations now everywhere. If you are
armer, the Farmers Union through
heir local meetings and discussion
groups are teaching the facts that you
10 not know If you do not belong and
what is more they are now about the |
,nIy source of this information. This |
T mill hn O1od m
,rove the statement If you doubt 1t |
enough to write and challenge it. II |
,ou are a labd9, you must live in
city or town where study classes
re conducted by the schools or |
through the WPA. Join one or If
here is none now form one and study
he principles of present day econom-
cs as they directly affect you every
ay. The welfare of individuals, COM
nunities, districts and even whole
ountries have been changed greatly
or the better by just simply doing
s l have just suggested. If it has
cen done, can you not do so also?
looks too simple does it not? So did
he honey to the ant and so did many
f the opportunities that you passed
y and can now remember.
There isn't any Santa Claus. There
ever was one. Perhaps il you had
cen taught that from the time you
ould hear you would have by now
eveloped the habit of doing for your
elf what you now do much wishing
or, and very seldom get. II this con-
ition that we find ourselves in is
yer to be changed for our betterment
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