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Show Hi. -. . , i .' , ON STRIKE BACK AT THE FARM a.- j One of. the truths, which- the ... country .? might as well look squarely in -the face is '- ' the present position and 'temper of the It j American farmer. He has; been bre'akiffjr ' f ' his back under his burden of national pro 1 duction while his own employee rijjht It alongside of him has been holding him un I' . for inordinate wages, eating ;his head off" ! ; ' at the farmer's cost and loafing through I ; , his part of the work and production. J . . t i The farmer has been plugging at full . capacity to make two blades of grass IT. ' ,.' " grow where one grew so as to give "an $:.' abundance of food for the nation. 'But 31 d just like.his own "hired man' millions of M?. . the nations workers have refused to put MM, i ' in a solid day. to earn the bread and meat b Jk . which the farmer raises for them. it , ' The" American' farmer' is sick and tired i a. . 1 of the enoroustribje which reports for on-jL on-jL v ' ; ,1 ly a few hours a' day on the job and which j. : does mighty little work during those m I ' . hours- The American farmer is mad clean m ; ' through over the fact that he puts in r ' ' twelve and fourteen hours when organ-Is organ-Is l I i iaed labor the country ovei puts in from f ' ' '40 to 60 per cent less time and about 80 '('. i uer cent fewer licks. Herhas made up 4 i his mind that he will not w,ork himself to ' i a standstill to feed and clothe millions of wage earners who spend a good portion ', , ... ' ' 't t "of their timeatrikingifor higher pay; apd then.when they getic Will not.earn it With their owri-arms the farmer and his family can raise more than enough food products to nourish themselves. With the prices which. would follow a a diminished supply, of food they can. .get enough cash to buy what other necessities' they require. They can even put by soma savings. So by the tens oft hpusands the American f arniers evdemandingrbf pr-ganized' pr-ganized' labor a:aiJwdown is to whether they. are goingf:ttf: do i 'all .the. .werk or whether everybody else is going to do; his share of the work. t . If the organized non-workers of this couritiy expect to go on living on the fat of the land they will have to meet the American Am-erican farmer on his proposal that the high production record shall not be scored scor-ed only back at the farm. The Sun and NewYoric.Hera.a. JPfefe' ft ft avSfc '- $& J the PLninppl, p ? ' OveraBs! Wearing &M' test against hiRhdcbiiig'coiifaJpa;, ing fad that may hav'eT ducing preseritjatoorncbth' , factors enter intb;lEmprmanhj:rieC Production must be stimuateilvmi3f the first effects, of the fad wasjtojiiiite; the price of. overalls, and this meajprpi hardship for thoserwho wear thiin'as' part of their equipment for' work-'What' the Ajmerican pubic needs, is sometingto check extravagant living. Extravagance is one of the evil effects of the war." Britain's Bri-tain's budget' for 1920 is six times that" of 1914. FVance will spend more this year than, in any year of the war. Our own national expenditures exceed thdse of any. pre war year. A day, of reckoning is ahead for nations or individuals spending faster than they produce. Leslie's Week- ly ia ft ft Just a little tip: Advertising is the secret to success- Advertise in .The Republican Re-publican and inrease your business. |