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Pres. Barrett to the Union.
To the Officers a.id members of
the Farmers’ Union:
I conscientiously believe I am
in as good position to advise the
American farmer as nineteen
twentieths of the men addressing
him in any capacity to-day and J
that for the sole reason that I have
no political aspirations and never
expect to harbor any.
No man ever gets into politics
directly. His “friends” always
drag him ;n, to hear him tell it,
by the hair of the head but none
of iny “friends” with or without
the quotation marks will get me
within looking distance of apolit
ical offioe.
That tg why I feel free to tell
you the truth about yourselves
to abuse you, if that is necessary
for your soul’s welfare and the
progress of your family,
Farmers arn’t used to being
abused by politicians, or public
men —except when the same farm
ers swat one or the other out of
office.
Nobody so bland as the man out
for votes. He may be shrewd
enough to see where a word of
blunt truth-tellii.g would help the
farmer more than a ton of flat
tery—but he generally hasn’t the
spine. He jußt lays on sugar, rips
the fellows, the farmers dislike,
up the back, handshakes the farm
er and ambles the faster into
office.
I’ve heard some of them express
their true sentiments about you
when ycu licked them, however.
And they were not complimentary.
They sometimes hitched up the
word “D—n” with “fool. ’’
Therefore, the farmer stands in
sorost need of any creature on
earth of having the truth told him
the truth about hnself, about his
business, his own leaders, politics
and politicians. His need in this
direction is one of the most pa
thetic things in our day,
The politicians have too long
played with his passions, used
them as a cat’s paw and left him
worse off than they found him.
The time is here for a few' homely
truths. I havent spared them
heretofore, and I’m not going to
now.
In fact lam going to speak
more and more plainly as 1 get
older. And if more agricultural
leaders would do the same, the
so-called “redemption” of the ru
ral districts would come with a
rush. For while the farmer does
not relish being told the truth at
first, he soon cultivates a taste
for it —it’s so unusual you know.
After awhile he finds himself sud
denly able to discriminate between
the old hypocrite who would lie
himself into office and the honest
man. Then he ;ooks back to the
man who has kept his record clear,
and that man stands out in his
memory as the shadows of a great
rock in a weary land.
Just now I want to emphasize
the value to the farmer, the indi
epensability rather, of scientific
distribution of products.
A great many people are, with
honest motive striving to help the
farmer produce more goods at less
cost and labor. They really want
to help h ; m. And then, there are
a few who are urging him on to
production that prices may drop
and everybody get a lift except the
farmer.
Distribution is equally as im
portant as production.
I read in a current magazine
recently of home turkey-raisers in
Vermont, who thought they were
not getting enough for their pro
duction. they begun enclosing
little notes sewed up securely in
side each dressed turkey that read
‘ something like this: “Mr. Con
sumer, I got bo much a pound for
this turkey. Please write me what
you paid. ”
They followed the same plan in
other parts of the country with
other products. The answers show
ed such a tremendous difference
between the price the farmer re
ceived and that paid by the
consumers —many hundred per
cent in some cases —as to be
startling. As a result, in many
localities the farmers are
employing agents to handle tb« r
products direct and getting more
of what is coming to them.
High cost of living is frequent
ly as much influenced by faulty
distribution as under production.
This doesn’t mean that we’ve got
it in for the merchants, the stores
the bankers or that we’re going to
try to put the commercial world
out of commission. .
Itu 'ss we need the commercial ;
world in our business just about f
as badly as it needs us. Some ♦
weak minded bretheren among us 4
indulged in wild threats
about •’buffaloing” some special J
merchant or business. Don’t take j
them seriously. Every organiza- «!
tion has its cranks. ♦
But it is necessary for us and 4
for the consumer to simplify the
machinery of distribution, to cut
out a horde of superfluous and ;
parasitic gamblers and many in- $
termediaries between the pro- «j
ducts of the soil and their con-
sumers. J
No matter how complex the *
question is, you’ve got to learn it
sooner or later, if you expect to «j
get your just due, whether it’s in 4;
cotton or nutmegs. 4!
Look at thb Georgia peach
growers, just as au illustration.
Before they were organized,mar- f
kets were congested and prices so 4
|n\v many orchard men thought 4
of going out of the business. «
Today organization has redeem-
ed the industry, and the average
grower comes nearer getting a 4
square deal than ever before. 4
What they’ve done, we, must 4
do. 4
The farmer must make up his
mind to it. The business man *
must make up his mind to it. 4
To accomplish results we must 4
increase our present number of 4
competent and sacrificing leaders. <
But that is a subject worthy of
seperate treatment.
Chas. S. Barrett. <
A Warning.
To protect the people of this
county. Beware of those men who *
for the sake of gaining your confi- 4
dence, come to your towns claim- <
ing to be eye-sight, specialists per- ,
manently located in business in i
Savannah; such statements are
positively untrue. lam the only ’
one established in Savannah who 4
makes these towns, which you all
know by reading the papers of Sa
vannah .and also your county.
For any eye troubles or glasses
consult me as you all know my
work to be reliable. If you wish to
know of my next visit to your
town), drop me a postal, you will
get immediate reply.
Yours for good eye-sight,
Dr. J. E Masrow.
J. Pierpont Morgan, the other
day, bought an autograph of Mar
tin Luther for $25,000. Mr. Mor
gan paid for it with an autograph
of his own that might have been
drawn for a very great deal more.
Warning to Railroad Men.
E. S. Bacon, 11 Bast. St., Bath,
Me., sends out this warning to
railroad, my work caused a chronic
uiflamation of the kidneys, and 1
was miserable and all played out.
A friend advised Foley’s Kidney
Pills and from the day I commenc
ed taking them, I began to regain
my strength. The inflamation
cleared and I am far better than I
have been for twenty years. The
weakness and dizzy spells are a
thing of the past and I highly re
commend Foley’s Kidney Pills.” I.
E. Aaron Drug Co.
Within a few years Georgia will
be one of the leading stock raising
stateeof the South.
WE ARE IN THE
Real Estate
BUSINESS.
Ist. For the Benefit of Lyons.
2nd. For the benefit of Toombs
! County,
3rd. For the benefit of ourselves
If you wish to buy a nice Lot in
Lyons, either to improve or for
investment, call on us.
If you wish to sell your house
or your Lyons property, then come
to see us anyhow, because Mr.
wants to buy it.
If you wish to buy a farm in
Toombs County, let us show you
what we have.
We have newcomers in our office
1 every day, wishing to purchase
land in Toombs County. So if
you wish to sell your farm or
lands, then list it with us.
Williams Really Co.
, Toombs County Bank Bldg.,
Lyons, Ga.
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Money to Loan
Loans negotiated on first mortgage
on improved farms, payable in
annual installments. No commis
sion charged on loans. Seven per
cent. only. Thos J. Parrish,
Attorney,
McNatt Building, Lyons, Ga,
El COTDir THE BEST TOR
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BITTERS and kidneys.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
SCHEDULE.
Leave Lyons —6.2 Ba. m. £ '
5.40 p. m. \ For Savannah, Ga., and Points Beyond.
10.00 a m. ) For Helena, Gordele, Americns, Mont
-7.50 P. m. gomery, and points beyond.
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