The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1926 Page: 2 of 8
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1'uuhstied tvery
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he could tio longer chounh-v
R. H. Carraway, Manager
Entered at Postoffiee, Mineolr.
Taxas, as second-class mail matter
THE FARMERS
POLITICAL
ATTRACT
ATTENTION
of th<
io.i ol'
■ pio
topheavy economic structure ot
the country's industry without
reducing himself to virtual serf-
dom and endless un recompensed
toil.
It is to avoid this co-iditAvi
that the farmer is fighting to-
«iay. lie is dera.nding t\at the
government dc for him some ol
;,he things it has done for Dthe*
pr <i..ters TIi" 'ariff "i"'t heir
him, except in,isolated and un-
important instances, and almost
every other suggestion plan
seems to meet the opposition of
those who would "keep the gov-
ernment out of business," just
as if the government hadn't
been inextricably engaged in
providing an aritficial basis for
business ever cnice the first
tariff act was passed.
The farmer has labored undei
the further disadvantage of be-
ing weakly organized. He has
not been able to s^ct in unison,
and so has been at a disadvant-
age, even in markets which
could be considered his own.
With business organized in vir-
tually all its branches, with in-
dustry and industrial workers
organized to put economic force
behind their demands, the indi
vidual farmer has been virtual
ly s.t the mercy of the other
groups. He came to the bargain
counter to bargain, but he had
to take what the buyer offered,
for the buyers too often were
not bidding against each other
while a multitude of farmers
pressed by dire necessity were
ready to sell for the barest
profit, and often at no profit at
all.
The plight of the farmer is of j
importance 10 every American. tax.
The nation's prosperity will al- j
ways be bnse.l on its farms.,
consequently an understanding
cissses i of the farmer's problem is the 1
1 greatest political need at the
present time. He must be given
some of the benefits that the
tariff has .y.'iven other classes.
That does not mean necessarily
that the tariff must be torn
down. The economic foundation
can't be uprooted, even if it is
uneven and faulty, but attempt;
must be made to level up the
superstructure.
The people must not be mil-
led into the belief that efforts
to heip agriculture are paternal
istie, any more than the help
lit can'1. lteip O'Uv i-ii
Yv esc 'iexas is making a mistake
in going into cotton so strong
that "cheap labor" must be had
In the first place, there is ne
such thing as cheap labor.
Cheap labor means cheap, slov
only work. Cheap la<bor mean?
an illiteracy problem for people
among whom an illiterate is a
rarity. Cheap labor means a
lowered standard of living. It
means a lowered standard of
The growing win
Coolidge adi {nist'-;it:
tne apparent .lisa 1 '-f.
the nation's far.n -is \v
ent agricultural con iiV.- -re is
based on something more than
political fright. The fact is that
the farm problem is the chief
problem in America today, and
the republican party is going to
wake to the fact that sooner or
later it must offer a solution or
its power will wane.
The American farmer has
borne the burden of the nation.
The vast expanse of fertile
fields, his native intelligence and
the use of modern machinery
have given him the strength to
do it. Back in the day when in-
tensive farming in England was
producing 35 to 40 bushels of
wheat to the acre, the 13 to 15
bushel per acre production from
the Central Western States of
America drove the English
farmer to bankruptcy. America
had the native wealth of millions
of acres of virgin soil, and that
wealth was poured out lavishly
for the people as a whole. Tariff
watjj were erected, and the Am-
eri A manufacturer was given
andmrtificial profit, the industri
al Worker was given a higher
living standard than ever
known elsewhere, their prosperi
ty was handed 0:1 to the busi
ness and professional
that served them.
Higher and higher tariffs
were established: higher and
higher standards of living foi
large classes were made possible
with the lav,-m-kers b1:nd to tht
fact that 'io tariff and no eco-
nomic j wriggling ever produced
one bit of wealth, and deaf ;o all
appeals to investigate the sour-
ce of the wealth that was flow-
ing so freely to certain classes.
JFhewealt^ had to come from
rsome place, of course, and it
took no great mentality to trace
it to its source on the American ' already given other branches of
farms. The farmer had to pay ; production were paternalistic,
tariff-fixed prices for all that I The fact is the farmer has been
he bought. The merchants that | done a great injustice in our
he patronized, the railways that 1 national meddling with econo
hauled his products, their em- j mic laws, and the time has
come when, even for the sake
of other classes, he must be giv
en intelligent consideration —
Houston Chronicle.
citizenship.
Some say that cheap labor is
absolutely necessary for a farm
er to make money. The experi
ence of the Old Seuth does not
bear out this statement. It has
always had cheap labor and its
farmers have not made money
Instead of helping the Old South
cheap labor has been a burden
A crop made with cheap la,bo?
usually sells for a cheap price
Furthermore, the presence of ;
large mass of illiterate, shift
less people distributed amonp
educated, energetic people has
a tendency to drag down th
better to the level of the poorei
classes.
West Texas will make a huge
mistake if it grows cotton tc
the extent that it must
"cheap" labor to do its
work.—Progressive Farmer
TO THE VOTERS OF
WOOD COUNTY
) ija-iiiOks requires thfi.L-
you be trained. Business is in
a hurry— it cannot wait. Busi
ne^s .has neither the time nor :
the inclination to train you. It
expects you to be prepared from
the beginning. It requires, how-
ever, a very short time to pre-:
pare if you enrol! in the best i
commercial school. !
Second, business can get train I
ed workers. So, unless you an
trained, there is no chance for;
you. Business goes to a busi-
ness school to get its employees.
Third, an expert business
training pays you rich dividends I
It eliminates a long apprentice- [
ship at small pay. It puts you ;
in a position of trust and res- !
ponsibility immediately. This j
position pays a good salary.
And it offers unlimited opportuj
nities for advancement. This
training means five years' pro- j
gress in one.
So, if you would get ahead •
in business, you must be train j
ed. But you want to be safe and j
sure of your future; and yor j
want to get the best instruc- I
tions; you want to create the j
biggest market for your services j
therefore, write to Tyler Com
hav ; mercial College, America's big-
farrr i gest business training school,
Tyler, Texas, for a free copy of
their book "Achieving Success
in Business". The book will tell j
you of the services such as noj
other school anywhere can give j
you.
Just fill in and mail the cou-'
%
There has been a question in
my mind whether or not T
should ask the vote*** of Wood i pon printed below and receive
Co. to support me for a third j the FREE book.
term. Realizing as I do that thej (We have 110 branch schools
on'y w.i • to reduce our tax rate j anywhere. We lead; others foi-
ls by collecting all assessed tax j low.)
in
ployes and officials all had to
pay the artificially boosted pric-
es on virtually all their purchas
es. But the farmer had to gc
into the world market and sell
at the same price that the farm
er in Poland or Argentina 01
Africa got. He no* only ha' t
sell at their prices, but he had
to do it while paying, irreatl;*
higher costs of production than
they ever knew. As the virgin
richness of his land vanished, as
population increased, fn.-l as t.\
Uarfff-created Jiving standards
at home forced un his eons of
addition to the delinquent j
for the expei se-; of thej
county i 'e defrayed-o. tne tax!
es we fuHtet. At the begin n.ngi
of o:.i t'osi l.1 in . com ty j
could no'i 03.v the miere^t as it j
came <im: but now after codec! i
ing the a*' r( nt we have, oui ,
Couirv is <".1 a cas.lt basis. Dur!
ing the three years I have serv j
ed you as Tax Collector, WE j
have collected something over
$100,000.00 delinquent tax. At
this rate of collecting it >T ill-
take something like two more
years to straighten the tax re-
cords of Wood County.
Now with the figures before
you, it" you feel that T have
done my duty as Tax Collector
vote for me and if not and you
think some one elce can do the
work better, then vote for your
choice and I will be willing tc
abide by vour vote.
ERNEST J. McCRAKY.
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler, Texas
Name
Address
See the Editor of The Min
ola Monitor for scholarship.
YENIJS SPARKLES WITH
C RE A TEST RRIIJJANCE
OF YEAR IN WEST SKY
NO SECTION NEEDS
• CHEAP LABOR'
proaaeuo
evi table.
The
icvSifci*
tivnp
came when
As West Tejxas becom
more and more a cotton country Western
the increased demand for Negrr
labor will undoubtedly work a
change in its population. Even
now, a number of counties
which in the past have boasted
of their total absence of Negrr
inhabitants are quite anxious
for what they call cheap labor
TodayJ
Cookie Cutters for YOU!
How the children will love the cookies you'll
make with them! And they're easy to get...
the set of four will cost you nothing but the
packing andmriling cost— 15c. We'll gladly send
a Davis Cock Book, free, with the cutters, too.
This gift is to introduce to you some of the
many treats which can be made with Davis
Baking Powder. Davis makes baking lighter,
finer in texture end mere easily digestible. And
—most important—it is more economical be-
cause it cosrs you less and you use no more
than ot u iv other high grade baking powder.
lict'yt it BEST uith
AVIS
BAKING POWDER
Name
Address
Davi Baking Powder Co.
Dept. Hoboken, N. J.
Gentlemen: Please tend me the Cookie
Curttrs and theCaofc Book. 1 enclose 15'
in stamp* to cover postage and mallkm
451
Onty ar.c !ci of iht&e cookie cuucts to *
family. This offer expires Ajmi i,
Star-razors of Dallas are of-
fered free entertainment by the
planet Venus these crisp Janu-
ary nights as that sparkling j
luminary twinkles merrily in the i
sky as the evening |
star. The pleasure in the spec-;
taele is heightened for those I
who have read up on stars by |
the fact that Venus is just now I
passing through the annual j
period of her greatest brilliance j
her radiance having reached its'
climax on the evening of Jan 1
On Feb. 7, Venus in navigat-
ing her orbit will arrive ar a
point very nearly between the
earth and the sun, Dr. A. D.
Laugenour, Dallas amateur as-
tronomer, said. She will be in-
visible for a day of two prior tc
the that date and for several
subsequent evenings, but then
she will emerge from obscurity
to become the morning star.—
Dallas News.
BUSINESS IS THE RICH-
EST FIELD IN THE
WORLD FOR YOU
Rich or poor, young man or
young woman, business is easi-
ly the richest field for you.
Business offers you more and
bigger opportunities to get a-
head—to earn a big income—
than all the trades and profes-
sions combined. Young people
in business, with less than five
years' experience often earn
more than college professors,
lawyers, doctors, teachers and
skilled tradesmen with twenty
years' experience. And five
years is just a start.
It is in business where men
and women quickly rise to high
salaried executive positions.
Business is a game of highly
developed brains. It offers clean
healthy surroundings, dignified
employment.
There are three reasons why
you should train for business—
any one of which is sufficient,
PETIT JURORS
List of Persons drawn by the
Jury Commissioners of the co-
unty Court of Wood County
Texas, at the July Term, 1925
to serve as Petit Jurors during
the First week of the January
Term, 1926. beginning Jan. 4.
1026.
Grady Rape, Quitman.
T. A. Bexley, Winnsbora
J. H. Moore, Quitman.
Alf Morris, Winnsboro.
T. C. Plocher, Quitman.
J. F. Petty, Winnsboro.
R. A. Harbin, Quitman.
Barton Walker, Quitman.
B. A. Parrish. Mineola.
Dan Graham, Alba.
J. J. Blalock, Quitman.
T. W. Liles, Winnsboro.
•Jno. T. Robinson, Golden.
Grover Harris, Quitman.
Second Week, Beginning Jan, 11
E. Denman, Quitman.
D. F. Williams, Hawkins.
W. C. Jackson, Quitman.
Clyde English, Mineola.
J. D. Landers, Quitman.
J., H. English, Mineola.
A McWherter, Quitman.
Pink Engel, Mineola.
F. L. Roberts, Mineola.
A. E. Smiley, Mineola.
J. F. Haines, Mineola.
Clyde Jordan. Alba.
Albert Smith, Winnsboro.
Jumbo Collars
Harness and Saddles
There is no guesswork when
you buy the famous Jumbo
Brand. Wide draft, soft face
collars that neither gall or chafe.
Harness that holds its shape
year alter year and stands the
strain of any team. Saddles that
are built right—have a world of
class and do not hurt a horse's
back.
Let us show you famous jumbo Goods
WHITTEN HARDWARE COMPANY
F. A. Wright. Winnsboro.
A. L. Mason. Quitman.
Third Week, Beginning Jan.
A. S. Harris,Quitman.
E. Hambrick, Quitman.
C. A.Peacock, Hawkins.
Robt. Daniels, Winnsboro.
S. C. Davenport, Quitman.
R. E.Sage, Winnsboro.
D. A. Dollar, Yantis.
Will Ingram, Quitman.
J. S. McDade, Quitman.
J. G. Macoy, Mineola.
W. A. Mosley, Quitman.
J. L. Beckham. Mineola
B. Q. Lee, Alba.
H. G. Puckett, Mineoia
J. F. Smart
C. E. Cain
J. W. Brown,
Jury Commissioners
J. McIEOD, Count
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ling and has a pleasant odor,
j W.J. COLEMAN & SON
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Ff-nr foot wood off the car at
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Studebaker Suocial 6 motor
in good condition for sale at a
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A jiroiuimnit Xorth Louisiana Phy-
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While we <lo not feel that we
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9JKNBOLA, TEXAS
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1926, newspaper, January 14, 1926; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth285944/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.