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Show I Reply Is Made to Attack on Local II Farm Bureau Editor. The Ogden Standard H M Monson of ihe Ogdcn street railway, who recenttly sent a letter to your pa per in regard to the subject of profit eering, is fully answered by J. R. Howard, How-ard, president of the Iowa farm bureau lederatton. But I canuot resist the temptation to add a few words in an swer to his letter. The whole country today appears to be aniious to takp a fall out of the food producer, commonly known as tho farmer, who is declared to be the only profiteer in the country, President Wilson has most generously (7) paid; the farmer of the United Stales for; their zealous work during the war by felling them he has obtained all ho want i out of them. The farmers of , tho United Stales should return the compliment in November, 1920. Let ' him rely on (he manufacturer, if he; runs again. The thing for the farmer to do in i he coming seasou would be to go on strike from Maine to California. Tin should demand a price lor their prod- i acts that would give them at least 50 cents an hour for their labor and 8 per ! cent interest on their capital invested Have they not as much right to strike tor higher wages and shorter hours a;s any other laborer? Mr. Monson says "grow more.' Will Mr. Monson arrange with the weathei clerk so that there will be a sufficient water supply for the coming season? Does Mr Monson know that during the profiteering campaign ire wealth owners of the United States are th-ones th-ones that have received the lion'- share of the extra prices paid for life's commodities? Does he know that their selfishness is the r aviso for the present high prices of food and clothing and not the food producer the farmer. Mr. Monson refers to the late David Eccles and his '$1 a day" and censures others because they have not done tho same thfng. I wonder why Mr. Mon son does not go to the mines to wor: where he can earn $20 a day, and why I has he not followed in the footsteps of I the late David Kecks" Solomon says: "He that judgeth a man before he hearstb him is noli wise" I am wondering how much of! the farmer's side of the question that I Mr. Monson is aware of from experi-1 ence. It is surprising to me that Mr. Mon-I Mon-I SOD allows such a "selfish unpatriotlc' class of people to exist in the United! States. Efe is making a very gravel mistake by not having them reported ' We, Mr Monson. want a class of farmers in the L'nited States that are patriotic. And there is the weevil." The laz formers allow those thing to edt their alfalfa If they were not so lazy they 1 would -get into the fields with their! wives and children and pick them off the hay. So we hereby in Mr. Mon J son's name call upon the farm burcae j and other patriotic organizations to in-sill in-sill that the farmers go to work imme diately and advance the interest of the ctiy dweller and consumer (Signed) E. W. CLAYTON. Farmer. oo |