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THE HENDERSON VUXE NEWS, HfiNDERSONVILLE, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922 PAGE 2 !: I. H ?4 I Farm And County News 1 II. , .. .. -- " ' " -- Some Aspects Farmers of the Problems By BERNARD M. BARUCH (Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly) The whole rural world Is in a fer ment of unrest, and there is an un paralleled volume and intensity of de termined, if not angry, protest, and an ominous swarming of occupational con ferences, interest groupings, political movements and propaganda. Such a turmoil cannot but arrest our atten tion. Indeed, it demands our careful study and examination. It is not like ly that six million aloof and ruggedly independent men have come together and banded themselves into active unions, societies, farm bureaus, and so forth, for no sufficient cause. Investigation of the subject conclu sively proves that, while there is much overstatement of grievances and mis conception of remedies, the farmers are right in complaining of wrongs iong endured, and right in holding that it is feasible to relieve their ills with benefit to the rest of the community. This being the case of an industry that contributes, in the raw material form alone, about one-third of the na tional annual wealth production and is the means of livelihood of about 49 per cent of the population, it is ob vious that the subject is one of grave concern. Not only do the farmers make up one-half of the nation, but the well-being of the other half de pends upon them. So long as we have nations, a wise politcial economy will aim at a large degree of national self-sufficiency and self-eontainmeut. Home fell when the food supply was too far removed from the belly. Like her, we shall destroy our own agriculture and extend our - sources of food distantly and precari ously, if we do not see to it that our farmers are well and fairly paid for f their services. The farm gives the v nation men as well as food. Cities darive their vitality and are forever renewed from the country, but an im poverished countryside exports intelli gence and retains unintelligence. Only the lower grades of mentality and character will remain on, or seek, the farm, unless agriculture Is capable of being pursued with contentment and adequate compensation. Hence, to em bitter and impoverish the farmer is to dry up and contaminate the vital sources of the nation. The war showed convincingly how dependent the nation is on the full productivity of the farms. Despite herculean efforts, agricultural produc tion kept only a few weeks or months ahead of consumption, and that only by increasing the acreage of certain staple crops at the cost of reducing that of others. We ought not to for get that lesson when we ponder on the farmer's problems. They are truly common problems, and there should be no attempt to deal with them as if they were purely selfish demands of a clear-cut group, antagonistic to the rest of the community. Rather should we consider agriculture in the light of broad national policy, just as we consider oil, coal, steel, dye stuffs, and so forth, as sinews of na tional strength. Our growing popula tion and a higher standard of living demand increasing food supplies, and more wool, cotton, hides, and the rest. With the disappearance of free or cheap fertile land, additional acreage and increased yields can come only from costly effort. This we need not expect from an impoverished or un happy rural population. It will not do to take a narrow view of the rural discontent or to appraise it from the standpoint of yesterday. This is peculiarly an age of flux and change and new deals. Because a thing always has been so no longer means that it is" righteous, or always shall be so. More, perhaps, than ever before, there is a widespread feeling that all human relations can be im proved by taking thought, and that It is not becoming for the reasoning ani mal to leave his destiny largely to chance and natural incidence. Prudent and orderly adjustment of ' production and distribution in accord- 1 ance with consumption is recognized as wise management In every business but that of farming. Yet, I venture to say, there is no other industry in which it is so important to the pub lic to the city-dweller that produc tion should be sure, steady, and in creasing, and that distribution should be in proportion to the need. The un organized farmers naturally act blind ly and impulsively and, in conse quence, surfeit and dearth, accompa nied by disconcerting price-variations, harass the consumer. One year pota toes rot in the fields because of excess production, and there is a scarcity of the things that have been displaced to make way for tbe expansion of the potato acreage; next year the punish ed, farmers mass their fields on some other crop, and potatoes enter the class of luxuries; and so on. Agriculture is the greatest andfun damentally the most important of our American Industries. The cities are but the branches of the tree of na tional life, the roots of which go deep ly into the land. We all flourish or decline with the farmer. So, when we of the cities read of the present uni rersai distress of the farmers, of a slump of six billion dollars in the farm valoe of their crops in a single year, of their inability to meet mortgages or to pay current bills, and how, seeking relief from their ills, they are plan ning to form poois, inaugurate farm ers' strikes, and demand legislation abolishing grain exchanges, private cattle markets, and the like, we ought not hastily to brand them as economic heretics and highwaymen, and hurl at them the charge of being seekers of special privilege. Ilather, we should ask if their trouble is not ours, and see what can be done to improve the situation. Purely from self-interest, if for no higher motive, we should help them. All of us want to get back permanently to "normalcy ;" but is it reasonable to hope for that condition unless our greatest and most basic in dustry can be put on a sound and solid permanent foundation? The farmers are not entitled to special privileges; but are they not right in demanding that they be placed on an equal foot ing with the buyers of their products and with other industries? MILLS RIVER VALLEY. II Let us, then, consider some of the farmer's grievances, and see how far they are real. In doing so, we should remember that, while there have been, and still are, instances of purposeful abuse, the subject should not be ap proached with any general imputation to existing distributive agencies of de liberately intentional oppression, but rather with the conception that the marketing of farm products has not been modernized. An ancient evil, and a persistent At the 11 o'clock service last Sab bath at the Methodist church, Rev. Holloway's text was taken from Ex odus 14:15, "Speak Unto the Children of Israel that They Forward." Frank Burgin and his bride from South Carolina have been visiting rel atives in this and the Brevard sec tion for the past two weeks. Roy Wright has returned from Kansas again, and is with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Wright. J. T. Davenport and family at tended the funeral of Clifford Daven port, son of the late Otis Davenport, who died a month ago. The funeral of the son was on Tuesday of this week in Asheville. Mrs. B. M. Jones, after spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Fred McDowell at Asheville, has returned home. C. L. Dillard and family have re turned to their home here, after hav ing spent over a year at Pisgah For est. Mark McCall and wife of Asheville are visiting at the home of his father, W. P. McCall. There has been quite a lot of ploughing done in this section dur ing the fall and winter months, more than has been noticeable in several years. Miss Lucile Warlick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wariick, under went an operation for appendicitis Sunday. Miss Reed, a nurse from Roanoke, Ya., has been the guest of her sis ter, Mrs. E. R. Bright, for the past two weeks. Miss Belle Nichols, from Dallas, Texas, spent a few weeks recently with her mother, Mrs. Tom Nichols. Mrs. Nan Johnson is with her daughter, Mrs. T. V. Carland, near Holly Springs school house. X. Miss Charlotte Drake, who has been spending the winter in Green ville, has returned home. Oscar Orr of Kanuga Lake motor ed to Hendersonville Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Painter, who have been visiting friends and rela tives at this place, have returned home. . Quite a number of the Pleasant Hill people attended the funeral and buYial of George Sentell Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jamison of Hen dersonville attended services at Pleas ant Hill Sunday afternoon. FLAT BOCK SECTION. WEST HENDERSONVILLE. FLAT ROCK. Carl M. Jones, who has been ill with pneumonia, is improving nicely. Miss Jervey Thompson, who has been spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Thomp son, at Flat Rock, left Monday for Charlotte where she is attending school. PLEASANT HILL. Homer Hefner had the misfortune of falling while cleaning out a well last Wednesday and broke one of his Mrs. Mingus Shipman of Greenville. S. C, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. McCall. H. G. Jackson and family of Ashe ville have moved to West Henderson ville. Mrs. J. H. Beck entertained last Thursday with a birthday dinner giv en in honor of her husband. The de licious dinner was served to a num ber of friends and relatives. Norman and Louis Reid of Flat Rock spent Sunday with Eugene Saltz. J. Li. Newman has purchased a fine Jersey cow. The little infant of Mr. and Mrs. Singletary Sentell is very sick with pneumonia. D. W. Jones spent Thursday in Bre vard on business. Johnny. FLETCHER. Our Sunday School at this place is progressing nicely under the man agement of our new superintendent, Mr. Sinclair. Rev. Mr. Dotson preached an in teresting sermon at Pleasant Hill o . i , - f-w.m -c-ir.i;i 00.-11 Mrs. Martha Sentell visited her daughter, Mrs. Leroy Wilkie, Mon day. Mrs. Alexander Barber is very ill one, is the undergrading of farm prod- j with pneumonia fever. .urs. James uraite 01 .tsianiyre, wno ' has been visiting her sister, has re turned home. Mrs. J. W. Brown, who has been Miss Sue Livingstone of Hender sonville spent the week-end with her parents here. George Lance has entered Fruitland Institute for the spring term of school. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Evans of Asheville spent Sunday with the bat ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Seals. Prof, and Mrs. W. V. Cope spent Saturday in Hendersonville, and pur chased a new Ford car. J. N. Russell visited his daughter, Mrs. W. S. Scott, in Asheville who was sick last week. The friends of Elisha Garren will regret to learn that he is very ill. J. E. Long, who has been working in Spartanburg, S. C, for several months, has returned home. W. D, Bagwell is hiving a hand some residence built on his farm near Good Luck. E. A. Livingstone of Hendersonville spent Sunday at his home here. ucts, with the result that what the j farmers sell as of one quality is re sold as of a higher. That this sort of chicanery should persist on any im portant scale in these days of busi ness integrity would seem almost in credible, but there is much evidence that it does so persist. Even as I (Continued on Page 7) on the sick list, is able to be out again. Miss Sallie Drake of Henderson ville spent Sunday with her parents. Mrs. William Fletcher of Pleasant Grove is spending a few days with her sisters, Mrs. Rachel and Mrs. Nancy Shepherd. ONLY Cents a year for The Southern mm ia A.a M M li I iPsfxiVN 033-iNVttVno li ravs To Please Your Cows The best feed in the world won't produce milk if your cows turn their nose away from it. Cows munch the last morsel of Ce-re-a-lia Sweets, not because of its "high protein" or its "guaranteed analysis", but because it tastes good. We could make up a ration with ex actly the same percentages of protein, carbo hydrates and fat ixjithout such a large pleasing variety of ingredients, njuithout including ap petizing molasses, but your cows would digest less, tire of its sameness, give less milk. Ce-re-a-lia won't lump or cake. Easy to handle. If you're feeding home-grown ground com this year, feed Ce-re-a-lla Sweets along with it. Use the usual roughage. Four Weeks' Trial At Our Risk Feed one cow 4 weeks on Ce-re-a-lia Sweets and make us prove these two points: First, that you will get more milk or better milk. Second, that your actual profit will be great er j if Ce-re-a-lia costs more than you're pay ing now, the improvement in flow or test must more than make it up. Money back if either test fails, Ask us for details. BYERS BROTHERS St ncuicun r a 50 cent farm paper This price to - e MEWS subscribers only Th Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Surratt and chil dren of Hendersonville, who - have been visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Surratt, have returned home. Miss Jervy Thompson, who spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Thompson, return ed to school at Charlotte Monday. A number of young people from this section attended church at East Flat Rock Sunday night. Rev. W. A. Morris of Henderson ville attended church at Oak Grove Sunday. Ernest Hyder is very ill with pneu monia at hi3 home on Route 1. The singing at Refuge Sunday was well attended by people from this section. Mr. and Mrs. Pink Thompson visit ed in Tuxedo Sunday. Ella Fay CRAB CREEK. The Crab Creek Sunday School set Sunday, January 22, for the purpose of re-organizing and electing officers' for the Sunday school for the ensu ing year. . A number of young, folks from this vicinity have been attending the sing ings at Craganolia, being conducted every Saturday night by Elliott Ward. Miss Bessie Levi of this place has (Continued on page 7) 6 one eleven cigarettes nil Qhree Friendly-Gentlemen Made 't SsastYoitrTaste We have for years catered to the cigarette smokers of America. With this experience, we created One Eleven "1 11" "Made to Suit Your Taste," of the world's three greatest cigarette tobaccos 1 TURKISH, for Aroma 1 VIRGINIA, for Mildness I BURLEY, for Mellowness We named them One Eleven the address of our home office. We are proud of their success. Have You Tried Them ? I Guaranteed by FIFTH AVE. MEW YORK CITY - H WAV Hlf!? ft peciai wa&osn uiricer From Jan. 20 to Feb. 20 In order to show the farmer that they are willing to help him shoulder his losses, we are authorized by the Geo. E. 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