Show I The Greatest Gamblers The g greatest most consistent and most persistent mIj gamblers amblers are not found in Las Vegas or other Nevada gambling gambling gam gam- bling centers centers' neither are they found in the Florida resorts or in N New ew York or Chicago The greatest most persistent gamblers in America are found on the farms in the arid rid west and perhaps Sanpete County has the tops tops of the clan In Nevada Florida and other gambling centers men may gamble with their money and try to get something for nothing try to make a cleaning of the suckers who come into the casinos and joints Here in Sanpete men gamble their skill their work their finances against the elements in an effort to wrest a ai ai i i living from the soil for themselves the their r families and others who have so-called so secure jobs lobs but who in truth must depend on g gamblers like these these in Sanpete for food clothing and other necessities v A farmer is a positive a constructive gambler not the negative predatory kind found in the resorts He gambles i. i J that people might live and live more abundantly but he is in truth one of the greatest gamblers in the world When he plants he never knows if the seeds will r grow or if adverse weather will keep them from germinating ing or cause them to rot in the ground If the plants come up he is never sure they will not be choked out by weeds I destroyed by insect pests withered away by drouth or cut cutto to pieces by hail storms Yes the farmer fanner and and vand especially the farmer here in Sanpete is a great gambler but without his gambling his consistent persistent gambling social security would be more meaningless than it now is and all kinds of security would be most insecure Pity America and the world if the greatest gamblers t the positive constructive insistent consistent gamblers ever stop wag ring their all against the wiles of nature and start depending on guaranteed government outs hand-outs for fora r a living Come that dark day and there will vill be no security not even a living for anyone So Uncle Samuel dont don't discourage these gambling farmers too much with your city-born city controls or y you u and all alli i your children are sure to reap catastrophe and and sorrow I |