![]() ![]() We farmers have been the under dogs too long. But I am not pleased with a condition that makes it possible for other individuals and their children to enjoy ease and prosperity at the expense of my wife, my children, and myself. I am glad of it as far as it concerns them personally. My brother tells me that ‘railroad men are sitting on top of the world,’ while my school-teacher niece assures me that she has ’a snap.' carrier, work four and a half hours a day, get a vacation with pay, sick leave with pay, and a fat pension after twenty-five years of service. My nephew thinks it ‘pretty soft’ to be an R. I appreciate his kindness as much as I do that of my brother and niece. He replied that he and his wife would be pleased to have me as their guest for two months, after which they would charge only three dollars a week for as long a time as I cared to remain. carrier on the east coast of Florida, asking how cheaply he would board me. I did the best I could by writing to a nephew who is an R. Why should conditions be such that I who work fully three times as hard as they do, I who have thousands of dollars invested in my business while they have not a penny invested in theirs, I whose work is certainly as important as any in the world, should be placed in the humiliating position of having to accept help from my relations? Why should not the muchheralded ‘American standard of living’ apply to a farmer and his family as well as to a railroad engineer or schoolteacher?Īfter I had unsuccessfully sought to recover my health in Colorado, Texas, and Arizona, my doctor advised me to spend the summer in North Carolina. That was generous of them, and I greatly appreciate their kindness, but it was humiliating and annoying to feel that I had to accept such generosity. My brother offered to pay all my expenses from my home to the West and back, and my niece offered to pay the expenses of a hired man to take my place from October 1 to May 1. ![]() I have a brother who is a railroad engineer on the New York Central, and a niece who is a publicschool teacher in New York City. ![]() Spend a winter in Colorado or Arizona? You’ll be lucky if I have enough to spend to pay your bill.’īut the doctor insisted on the grav - ity of the crisis, and a family council was called. ‘Yes,’ I replied, ‘I am also thinking of buying a limousine, a steam yacht, and a house on Fifth Avenue. I got by, although it was a tight, squeeze, and the doctor said I had better spend the winter in Colorado or Arizona. A farmer may know how to milk and load hay and pitch manure he may know the difference between an Ayrshire heifer and a Yorkshire shote, between a Baldwin apple and an ear of King Philip corn but that a mere farmer should dare to express his opinion about financial or political conditions in this country is unbelievable.Ī year ago last fall I caught a severe cold while helping a neighbor with his threshing the cold later developed into pneumonia. The idea of my writing an article for a magazine is almost too ridiculous to believe. The Straits of Ardour Quests 5 will be available from August 14 to 21.I AM a farmer - just an ordinary dirt farmer, making my living (or what passes for a living) out of the soil. Here you will find the stage by stage tasks that you will need to complete. Mon ami, let’s get out of this pedantic palace. l’d rather spend time running down the luscious green meadows. Mission Objective: This grandeur and extravaganza is so boring in Farmville Katia’s Day Out. ![]()
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