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1WW . 1 II? ? THE FARMER IS NOT A "RED." The American farmer is not a "red." The seeds of revolution do not thrive in his soil. Radical labor leaders, who at the eleventh hour, thought for the first time, to fawn upon the farmer by inviting him to share their grudges and divide the loot when . "divvy" time comes, demonstrated that they had misread the character of the American farmer and misjudged his tastes. We have read with peculiar interest of the plans of radical labor agitators to make a coalition with the men who own and operate the farms that feed the republic and help to feed the restjof the world. If organized labor could actually make common cause with the united farmers ol the country, the coalition could un* questionably effect any political end it agreed upon. It could revolutionize our whole system of government and establish in place of a represen tative democracy a soviet dictatorship such as Russia welters in, or an * hereditary monarchy. There are 4,000,000 men federated in the labor , unions (a majority of whom are not "reds" by any means) and there are 10,582,039 males and 1, 806,587 females in the United States engaged in . agricultural pursuits. , \ But the grand alliance, proposed by the labor leaders, is improbable. Small groups of farmers, such for instance as are federated under the name of Non-Partisan League, the Socialist-pacifist organization .^that now controls North Dakota, might be induced to come into the grand alliance and share the woes and triumphs of the whole; but that the farmers as a class will be found responding to the leadership of John L. Lewis, Wil nam i?. roster, nmotny anea ana John son .leader of the machinists is unthinkable. There are several reasons to support this conclusion. In the first place, the farmer is of the "propertied class." He either owns property or is in a fair way presently to acquire it,?or hopes to be. In the second place, the American farmer as a class, is more prosperous today than he ever was before, and is less likely to respond to violent and radical leadership than under other conditions. In the third place the farmer's sympathy is not with the restless and extreme elements of industrial labor. He does not concede that they have many practical interests in common that are not the interest of the1 whole nponlp Ho Vine a antipathy for these elements, which Mr. Lewis, Mr. Foster and the others v - / Jff \ CamoJoareooJdever I HIJ wherein scientific*! J Wj sealed packages of 1 I UU cigarettes or ten pad I n agea (200 cigarette I IS in a glaaainp'pape. I fj covered carton, n I vi atrongly recommet J%|f tbi* oar ton for tl \ yCvf homo or office supp \ W or when you travt /Vg^X I. J. RejBoldjToUcccC I Wmttw-Stlea, N. C. XW^8 v iMM : | will realize should they take the trouj ble to go out to the farms occasionally and talk with the men who own and cultivate the Boil. The farmer enjoys "Capital" now and then and he is touched - strongly with "class consciousness hut he believes in the institutions of his country, is a hot partisan of the American system of government and could never be congenial with "foreigners" such as infest the halls that Foster and Lewis speak in. The farmer takes naturally to the philosophy and impulses of Americanism, as the duck takes to water. The farmer gives less thought ; to Socialism or Syndicalism than perhaps any other class of citizens. He regards them as a detached onr looker does, looks upon them as something foreign to him and his, like i Asiatic cholera and leprosy will strike him and his neighbors down, although it may scourge foreign lands and even threaten a few of the port cities of America. WHITE SHIRTS AND BLUE. Louisville Courier-Journal. Sings a near-poet in the Boston Transcript: No mere highbrow professorship . Do parents for a son now plan: i With the present pay, if they have their way, He'll be a street car motorman. He will have to be a wage earner of one kind or anothet , if he is to I dress, as a gentleman should wish to ^ Hppss. nnrl pat. ns a man foolc nn nroa i (to eat. | Repr^lfentative Siegel, of New | York, tells the federal trade commission that collars will be 35 cents each next month and/afterward, per-, jhaps ever afterward, unless they are I raised to half a dollar. Representative Blanton of Texas tells his colleagues that the salary of the governor of Texas is $333.33 a month, while that of a freight engineer is $392. 35. The governor of Texas has the misj fortune to draw a salary. The enginieer works for wages. Mr. Webster ?the late Mr. Webster?says ["wages" mean "salary." The times have changed. If the governor of Texas were a wage earner he would demand "living wages." As he isn't, he must govern a state larger than the late German empire and live in non-echoing mansion as best he can upon less than many a. wage earner is paid. A salary is something accept ed by a breadwinner if he wishes to retain the position. "Wages" means pay demanded by the holder of a "job" who proposes to retain the "job" at satisfactory wages. There's m /^AMELS are the most refresl V> ever smoked! Put all your tj then buy some Camels, give thei fo for your own satisfaction that body and in many other deligh *1 class by themselves! Camels are an expert blend o je Domestic tobaccos. YouH not 01 Iy kind of tobacco smoked straigt u remarkable full-bodied-mildnes flavor it provides! Camels are Camels win you in so many i permit you to smoke liber taste but leave no unpleasant pleasant cigaretty odor! * Compare Camels wil in the world at any ] prefer Camel quality coupons or gifts! 8K?&s? :?*.. I a deal of difference. is The blue shirt was once upon a le time the familiar garb of the wage earner, the white shirt the convent- a ional garment of the office holder ti and the salaried man in industrial j<] life. The time is coming, and present- t< ly will have arrived, when the sal- d /.lncs including eovernors, will nr have to wear blue shirts or none. Any v, white shirt sold with the equivalent v, of the shoe guaranteed, "warranted n not 'to rip, tear or run down at the i< heel," is, nowadays, a luxury about a which a governor, a college professor, if a professional man, a clerk, must t think twice ' before buying. Both h times he thinks that when the pres- d ent supply comes to an end he will v Remarks by President: On acvount i< be embarrassed, financially and 1; otherwise. h Inasmuch as the "biled" shirt is getting out of the reach of the classes 0 which once affected its distinctive ^ elegance, it may be well for those 8: classes to consider, the possibility 81 that by adopting a style of dress ^ which has historically, won sympathy e they may rehabiliate themselves.'" When the 35 cent collars and white ' shirts are worn by none but wage i< earners and profiteering proprietors; n when the bank clerks, the educators, ti the salesmen in shops, the office hold- U ing class, salaried folk generally* si shall have been forced into the blue p shirt, because it is more economical, g not only in first price, but also in ai maintenance, perhaps a wave of sympathy for the wearers of the blue vi shirt will sweep through the land, vi Possibly it will be said, upon the n the honest college professor in his ? blue shirt and overalls, with his din- n ner pail upon his arm; the w honest ft physician in wholesome blue; the sur- n: geon with his blue shirt sleeves rolled ui up; the governor with the bright blue b: patches upon the faded blue elbows w of his proclaiming garment, ought to w have "living salaries" and ought to be n encouraged to aspire to the posses- T sion of at least enough "biled" shirts s< for Sunday wear. 01 WHAT THE PRESIDENT tl AND EVERY GOVERNOR c< SHOULD SAY. tl "Every man who is now willingly ? idle, every man who seeks to lessen I ^ his efficiencv or that of others, everv I fc man who is not now doing his utmost to increase production is a slacker in the greatest warfare of history; a war to save the world from anarchy poverty and starvation; a war to save civilization from barbarism. 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Moreover, when he seeks a maltreat othej^ who wish'to work e becomes more despicable than the eserter or traitor to his country, rhile the man who adds to his own lleness this other crime, is not meteor a traitor to his own country, but . e is a traitor to all civilization. "Therefore, we hereby reaffirm ur oath of office and will give proaction to every man who dfeires to work, and will suppress every ign of lawlessness, if it takes the enire army of the United States and trery volunteer who might be called lto service. ^ "No man shall by threats or intim lation be kept from work, and every lan who is guilty of such intimidaon will be tteated as a criminal and > this there will be no exception. No apposed political influence, no apeal to the Jabor spirit, will save the uil^y ones frota punishment; law nd order shall be maintained." If this word should go forth in igorous language that carried con* iction?and their oath of office demands the suppression of lawlessnes rthere would be no. trouble in runing our railroads and coal mines and ictories, for in America there are millions of men in unions and out of nions, who recognize their responsiility to this country and to the world ho, if assured of full protection, ould eagerly embrace the opportu!l? J A* mAwlrinf* icy IU WU1A OI1U Rccp VII TTViaiug. hey are to the ' idlers as the true >ldier is to the coward and slacker. Wil! the President and the Govern s and all municipal authorities, take ' lis stand? If so, they will save our ?untry from the troubles that ( ireaten.?Manufacturers Record. . , Get More for Youi Mon< i 3TYLEPLUS i ?U1U KUPPENHEIMEI CLOTHES \ are the answer. They you the utmost in v for your money. 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