Uncle Tobey’s Lecture
4* On Cbe 'Farmer 4*
Once more your Uncle Tobey
has come up to the little white
school house to have a heart-to
heart talk with you. The sun is
shining brightly, the soft south
wind is whispering among the
leaves, and the swaying branches
are nodding their sweet content
ment. The summer has been a
strenuous one for the farmer, but
taken altogether, it has not been
unfruitful. The hot, busy season
is drawing to a close, and the katy
did sings the near approach of au
tumn. Great ears of corn are
bending upon the stalks, and the j
pumkin is putting on its yellow
dress to be ready to receive the
kiss of Jack Frost. Along the
roadside, and nestled down in the
crab grass in the fields, Bob White
and his family of little Bob
Whites reminds the farmer that
the State protects the birds even
if it is a little careless of his own
interests.
Looking back over the season's
experience, your Uncle Tobey de-:
sires to say that he has had sever
al tussles with that fellow they call
Bad Luck. Your Uncle has come
out of the conflict with some
scratches and bumps, but you
ought to see Bad Luck, lie looks
like a William after the ice j
man has collected his monthly bill, i
The rain ruined some of our hay, j
but the corn took part in the tussle,
grabbed up the moisture, and now
the big ears laugh every time they
hear it thunder. And your Uncle
Tobey has plenty of company.
Corn is the king crop of this coun
try, taken as a whole. Think of
it! This year it will chase a billion
dollars into the pockets of the far
mers. And don't you be alarmed
over the cotton situation. Don’t
worry about the position the spin
ners are taking. They may put
otf buying for awhile, but sooner
or later they will have to take the
cotton. It is to their interest, as
well as ours, to eliminate the cot
ton speculator. lie has got to he
altogether too frisky. The way to
squeeze him out is for the farmers
to hold their cotton and let it on
the market gradually instead of
rushing it all in as soon as picked.
The farmer and the spinner should
get into closer relations. This
would stop the abnormal fluctua
tions in the market.
i lie iai mer ims me situation m
hand if he will use it. He is tlie
autocrat of commerce it he so
wills. lie should not fret and
worry; no one should, for that
matter. If things don't go just to
suit you don’t get mad and kick
the dashboard off the bobsled and
upset the load in the ditch. What
do you want with a yacht or an
automobile' What you need is a
Jersey cow, or a goose beck hoe.
The farmer feeds and clothes the
world. Isn't that glory enough'
And if he feeds and clothes the
world why should he worry about
himslf ( Let the other fellow who
is being fed do the worrying. The
farmer can get the first fruits ol
the land if he wants them. He is
entitled to them. He ought t(
have them. When the farmer 1
mean all the farmers- puts his fool
down he is “It.” And some ol
these days he is going to put his
foot down. He is doing it now tc
Home extent. He is organizing
himself into a union. He has de
creased his acreage in cotton. He
has sent the price of cotton up tc
its normal value, ne has chased
the “bears” into their caves.
What the farmer wants to do is tc
<iuit being a lamb; to repudiate the
idea that whenever he sees a well
dressed man with a pair of shears
that it is his duty to lie down and
submit to the operation of being
fleeced. lie must watch the mer
chant, the lawyer, the grain deal
er, the railroad companies, and
last, but not least, the politician.
All of these both watch and prey.
If they carry a pair of shears let
them alone. Watch for the shears.
Pay no attention to the brand.
They are all made to cut, and to 1
cut into the farmers’ fleece.
Agriculture is king, and it ought |
to occupy the throne. We defy1
commercialism, yet commercialism
rests for the most part on agricul
ture. But the farmer labors! Yes,
he labors, because he is honest and
dont want to force some one else
to support him. (rod has placed
the stamp of approval on his la
bors. lie eats his own bread, not
that of others; in the sweat of his
own brow, not in the sweat of his
brother’s brow. Last year he cre
ated five thousand millions of dol-1
iars’ worth of wealth, and this
year he will beat that, dust think
of it. What a stupendous sum!'
More than the cost of construction !
of all the railroads in the United
States! Nearly twice the value of
all the money in tne United States
Enough to feed and clothe them
selves for three years!
Why should not the farmer be
contented f Because he is taxed
on everything lie buys and every
thing he sells. He doesn’t need to
be. He has simply fallen into the
habit of “laying down” whenever
he sees a pair of shears. He is
like the chickens of a man your
Uncle Tobey once knew in South
ern Illinois. This man moved so
often that whenever his chickens
saw a covered wagon they would
lie down and cross their legs to lx1
tied. The farmer got s tin* chick
ens one better. He ties his own
leg-—with his vote. That is, he
divides his vote and thus neutril
i/.es it. Like the chickens he has
fallen into a habit. When the
glib-tongued politician comes
along and makes a lot of nice
promises for the farmer's vote he
j is getting his shears ready, and the
farmer is expected to contribute
j the fleece.
Tin* farmer is master of the sit
FOLEYSIfONEMASt
stops tba cou^h and heslslun^'s
nation -if lie wills to l>e. fie is in
the majority, and he is intelligent
enough, but someone told his
grandfather that one half of the
farmers ought to make fleece of
the other half, and then go to the
ballot-box and kill each other’s
votes. Their grandfather believed
it, just as they believed in the old
wooden mould-board plow, and
their children have been doing it
ever since.
The farmers onylit to be con
tented, not with the errors he is
committing, but with his vocation.
The soil is God’s foot stool and is
nearer the throne than anything
else in this world, and the farmer
lives close to the soil. He breathes ;
its freshness and has the first fruits j
of its products. If all the rail
roads were destroyed, the tall sky- j
scrapers levelled to the ground, ;
the factories closed, and every
wheel of commerce blocked, the
farmer could go right on living. :
No other class could do it. The
farmer is independent, self-sup- 1
porting. He has raised his own |
food and made his own clothes,
•and he eon Id do it again if neces
sary. He is “'It” if he would he.
It is of no use for the farmer to;
worry. He should not worry ov
er the past, for he can’t help that. !
He should not despair of the tu
ture, for he knows not what it will
bring. Sow today, and you’ll reap
tomorrow, Contentment goes not
with riches. When wealth comes:
in at the door happiness usually
dies out at the window. It is not
what we have that makes us hup
py, but that with which we are
contented. We look out at the
window and see the trees bending I
with big red apples. It was our
hand that planted them. It was
our care that nurtured their
growth. We formed a partner
ship with nature and nature’s God.
and here is tin* fruit of our efforts.
What a sublime thought! To help
create! To work hand in hand
with nature down through the sea
sons, plowing, sowing, reaping,
and now comes the liar vest-, and
Winter’s har.-li tdements w ill find
us buttressed behind peace ai.d
plenty. We are monarchs of the
j soil!
Incredible Brutality.
It would have been incredible
brutality if Cna-. F. Lemberger.
of Syraetw . N. \ .. led not done
the best h<* enulu for hi- suffer
ing -on. ‘’My bov.” tie says. ”eut
a fearful ga.-h over his. and I ap
plied Buck leu > Arniea SmIa, which
|<|uiekly healed il and saved Ins
eve.” Good for bun*.- and uleers
!
! too. Onh LGe it Sturdivants.
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