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Show THERE IS ROOM AND NECESSITY FOR 91 MOST ALL OF US. H There UHcd to be a time when it was considered an apt dcatenntlon to refer to n farmer as a J "reuben" or a "hayHced." Of course, the really sensible folks In villaKC, town and city look no stock in those terms. But sometimes one is jus- tificd in doubting whether most people arc scnsl- H ble. The village merchant and storekeeper used H to be allied a "moneygrnbbcr," with such other pet names as "grasping, selfish and unfair," be- ing added promiscuously. Of course, persons H knowing the facts never believed such charges H but a large proportion of tho population never had ncccss to tho facts and believed every quip and "witty remark" perpetrated by the pop m gabblers. H These misunderstandings and prejudices have a been worn away nowadays, however. The farmer H is looked upon as n dignified, rcspccUiblo citizen, and thousands of moneyed fathers In sending H their sons to college nro choosing ngrloultural H institutions, so that their sons may master a call-B call-B ing that year by year is developing into the most B technical profession we know of. And in the B future mnny moro thousands of young men arc going to become farmers, instead of lawyers, fl doctors and physicians. Tho reason is evident K to everyone who takes the troublo to look around. m Tho country merchant nowndays is looked up B on ns a benefactor of mankind. He isn't a HB "moneygrnbbcr" nt all. In fact, he seldom ac-B ac-B quires as comfortablcn competence ns the ma-PH ma-PH jority of his competitors. Few ever "retire" B and move to town. They have to stick to their B business until death ends their careers in the B majority of Instances. They nro the legitimate B inlermcdiates between the manufacturers of B' goods in the distant cities and the rural and B smalt town population, and nro always on their B EP8 t Hcrvu t'10'1 constituencies Instantly. B They arc respected, dignified citizens and are B deserving of tho friendship and conBidcration of B their rural natrons. B Let's not bo blindly prejudiced. There is room B and necessity for all, |