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Show Farmer Makes an Attack on Letter By H. M. Monson Editor Ogden Standard' H. M. Mon-j son of the Ogden Street Railway coin- pany is fully answered by J R. How-1 ard, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Bu-reau federation The whole country today appear- to b anxious to tak- a fall out of the tood producer, commonly common-ly called the farmer, who is charcc 1 with being the only profiteerer in Ihel country President Wilson has most , cenerously (?) paid the farmers of Cie I'nited States for their zealous work during the war by telling them he has gotten all he wants out of them and now they can go to Halifax, or some other good place. The farmers of the Cnited Stat'-.s should return the compliment on No-' vember 4, 192", and lei Wilson rely on the manufacturers for his election, it . ho runs. The thing for the farmers of -h-United States to do in the coming son would be to go on strike from Maine to California, demand a price for their products, which will jive them 50 cents per hour lor their work and S per cent interest on their .i tal invested Have they not as much! right to strike lor higher wages and , shorter hou-s as 'he laborer and C j mechanic have? Don't take the prom- lise of any of the politicians. Their word is N. G. They are a bad lot, from top to bottom Mr Monson says, "Grow more hay.'' Certainly, Mr. Monson. Of course, Mr Monson, we will arrange with trw weather clerk so that there will be sufficient water for the coming season's sea-son's irrigation. Toes Mr Monson know that durin;; the trofiteerine campaign, the wealth., ownt rs in the United States have been the ones who have received the lion's share of the extra price paid for life's commodities? And then selfishness has been the cause of the present cod-dition cod-dition of food and clothing? Not h food producer the farmer. Mr Monson refers to the late David Bc lea and his $1 a day and censures others because they have not done the: same thing. I wonder why Mr. Mon-I son does not go to the mines where he 1 can earn $20 a. da instead of wh?re he is, for perhaps $10 a day; also, why has he not followed in the footsteps of the late David Ecclcs and cropped out as a millionaire? Solomon says, "He lhat judgeth another an-other before he heareth is not wise I am wondering how much of IV-farmer's IV-farmer's Bide he knows from expei-ience expei-ience The class of men Mr. Monson represents hae been noted for their lack of class (?) spirit. It is surprising that Mr. Monson al-j lows such a "selfish, unpatriotic" class of people to exist in the United States. HO Is making R very grave mistake in not having them deported Send thorn to the place they came from Mr. Monson wanU a class of farmers in, the United States who are patriotic, whose only thought should be to grow squash and pumpkins, ham and eggs I for the use of Mr Monson and nls class, if there are any more like him, and to produce them in such quan,j-ties quan,j-ties and at such a price as Mr. Iffcn-son Iffcn-son should indicate The idea of p. bunch of irrigators presuming to ha e a say in the amount of remuneration they shall receive for their labor! The thought Is very unnerving It i bad enough for the hod-carriers and chimney chim-ney sweeps to ask the price they do for their labors, but when the farmers farm-ers commence that game, what are re coming lo? And there Is the weevil. The laiy farmer allows these pesky things o eat the lucern. If he wasn't so da,n lazy he would cet out into the hay fields with his wife and children and pick them off the hay, carry them home and feed them to the pig? and fowls. This wasteful condition riinn it be allowed so, we herebv in Mr Mon son's name, call upon the farm bu-icau bu-icau and every other patriotic peTSOU and insist that the lazy farmers so to work immedlatel gathering weevils or any other work that will advance th interest of the city dweller, the consumer. (Signed) E. W. CLAYTON. Farmer. oo |