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Show HOW SOME FARMERS ABUSE THEIR WIVES In tho October American Magazlno Stanloy Johnson writes anotnor nrtl-do nrtl-do in his series entitled, Youth Leads tho Way, in which ho shows tho progress pro-gress that is being mado on American Ameri-can farms by tens of thousands of boys nnd girls who nro organized In clubs under tho direction of tho Department De-partment of Agriculture, Tho need for regeneration on American farms is demonstrated by tho following letter let-ter which Mr. Johnson quotes It was written by a Now Eng'nnd worn an nnd is a moro sovcro Indictment of tho Amorican farmer than anything any-thing that oven our boys and girls havo brought against him: "Thero Is absolute monarchy on tho farm nnd if tho monarch happens hap-pens to bo foeble minded or degenerate, degen-erate, as it is tho enso on somo of tho farms nway hack in tho country places, tho subjects Ifuvo to suffer nccordlngly all the human beings un-dor un-dor his control, as well ns the animals. ani-mals. In many funning communities communi-ties in tho northern pnrt of Muino, Now Hampshlro nnd Vormont thero aro many living nlono after having worn out three or four whos, women wom-en who havo hnd to draw wnter from n well Into a bucket at tho end of n ropo, nnd to chop wood to keep from freezing in winter, and In mnny cases these women havo not had tho proper, food and clothing! l "The milk Is sold, so thero Is not . enough for their own use, and tho eggs are sold bo ns to got a little tea and sugar, or tobacco. Cream, butter nnd eggs on tho farm, Ib an old saying say-ing handed down from the good old timo. Thero is nothing very plentiful plenti-ful except tho good fresh nlr, nnd without it there would bo a grenter mortality. The wives of tho farmers farm-ers havo no conveniences compnred with what' their husbands havo to mako things easier, nnd thoy are as a rule, somo of tho best women in the world, patient nnd enduring nnd havo sent recruits to tho city for generations to supply strength and energy to keep tho city grinding. The wives of tho most prosperous farmers farm-ers nro not much better off in some respects, ns they linvo moro responsibility respon-sibility nnd more to work for and In many enses no nsslstnnce, unless they nra sick or nbout to dlo. This is partly Ihelr fault for enduring such conditions for generations." |