The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 43, Ed. 1, Friday, May 12, 1922 Page: 3 of 8
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FERGUSON GKTS BIG
AUDIENCE AT TAYLOR.
(Taylor Press.)
i .A nacked audience heard Ex-
Qovenior Fercuson who snoke
!in Taylor at the City Hall yea.
of his candidacy for U. S. Sen-
jter. from Texas.
' Mr. Ferguson was introduced
ivr Col. Howard Bland who was
' ihember of the Texas Legis-
lature at the time when Mr.
-Ferguson was Governor.
MFor some reason" began Mr.
Ferguson it has beeH circulated
dn your midst that Jim! Ferguson
lias' not paid his debts. In jus-
tice to myself I will say that I
'.have not been able to pay my
debts and I'll explain why."
"As a producer January 1921
found my cotton corn and hgs
cut in half and as a producer I
did not have any cash and I
cud not pay. Some folks thinks
ihia disqualifies me from hold-
office. It qualifies me better
than the others for my life has
been your life and your condition
mine. Every man who has been
of service to his country has
sacrificed and paid the price.
I can go back to the formation
of this country and the men who
have been of the greatest service
to their country have died in
poverty.
Parrellcl Cases Cited
"Robert Morriss who financed
the Revolution died in a debtors
prison. Thomas Jefforson had
to sell his library to pay his
debts. Robert E. Lee Henry
Clay Daniel Webster all died in
poverty. Sam Houston died
penniless and in want."
nMany think" continued the
i speaker that since I was acan-
didate for president on the Amer
ican Party Ticket that I should
not return to the Democratic
Party- Put yourself in my po-
sition and I don't think you
coud blame me for leaving or
roturning. It was the emocrats
that forced me to resign as Gov-
ernor of the State. It was the
Democrats that keeps my name
from being placed on the ballot
forelection to a State office. I
came to the conclusion that 1
was not wanted in the Demo
cratic party so I left the Demo-
cratic party and helped organize
the American Party on Demo-
cratic principles.
Why 1 Left Party
"Time makes many changes.
The Democratic legislature that
caused me to resign from the of-
fice as Governor came to the con
elusion that I had suffered
enough or that my punishment
had been to severe and appro-
priated money to have a paint-
ing made of myself and to ahng
this picture in the Hall of Fame
along with the other Governors
of this State. I then returned
to the House of my fathers to
battle for the Democratic prin-
ciples." Mr. Ferguson then drew a
parallel between his life and that
of Sam Houston and showed how
he was justified in leaving and
returning o the Democratic
party.
His Platform:
Mr. Ferguson said that he had
prepared a platform which will
meet the troubles which now
confront us.
The first plank was that of
the free ballot. Quoting Mr.
Ferguson "The free ballot make
all men equal. I believe it was
the intention of the Fathers that
all men should have an equal
voice in the government. Many
are deprived of the privilege of
voting because they have not the
mon" to pay their poll tax and
tht i.re prohibited to borrow
the money to pay it. Soldiers
an .killed the right to vote bo-
caup they have not the money
to pay their poll tax. They were
giu.d enough to fight in Flanders
fie'ds for you but you say they
are not good enough to vote. Oh
nv (Jod how long will this in-
far v remain
Mr. Ferguson illustrated his
t next point in the following man..
ner: "Mv conscience teaches
mo to go to church on Sunday
that is tho day of rest. Thous-
ands of good people think that
to go to a baseball game or the
picture show is the way to rest.
To tell the other man what he
. enn't dn is what the modern
kchurches want to do. After they
Men you where you can't go tney
nwill tell vnn whnrn von can cro.
Many will say now you are talk-
ling uguiiiBi uiu cnurcn nnu turn
ing like a sinner but no I want
to get away from fanaticism and
have the liberty that the fathers
intended we should have.
The Federal Reserve Bank.
"Money" said- Mr. Ferguson
"the world is straving for money
and yet we can't eat money.
Every day the question is asked
where business and money has
gone. We have been given
plenty of everything yet in Tex-
as there are people who do not
eat all the wheat bread they
need while the granaries of the
North are bursting with wheat.
On the other hand you will find
people in the North shivering
fromi the cold while Texas has
an abundance of cotton and wool
Lack of money is tho explanation
i the situation.
"Uncle Sam got crazy -on the
job and turned tho problem of
issuing money over to the Fed-
eral Reserve Bank and to the
greatest set of criminals that
over went unpunished." declared
Mr. Ferguson.
"This bank" continued Mr.
Ferguson has the power to say
how much money can be in cir-
culation how how much can be
loaned how much interest must
be paid for what length of time
it can be loaned what collateral
must be furnished and can make
you pay and pay now.
"When the farmer borrows
money from the Federal Reserve
Bank business picks up when
fanner pays the merchants the
merchants pays wholesaler and
business picks up. When finan-
ciers see that the people are pros
porous they become jealous.
Tho men from. Wall Street not
long ago went to Washington
and kept a fanner from being
placed on the Federal Reserve
Board. They do not want any
one on the board who knows
and understands the troubles of
the farmer.
"In 1920." said Mr .Ferguson
"the Federal Reserve Bank made
the people pay and pay now and
as a result all the products -of
tho people were thrown on the
market at tho same time and
the Federal Reserve Bank got
the money. If you want some
one who wants to perpetuate
such an institution vote lor
some one else for I am 'agin the
dern thing' and want to wipe it
out root and branch."
.Gives Plan for a Circulating
Medium.
Mr. Ferguson after telling of
a few of the building and lux
uries enjoyed by tho officials of
the Federal Reserve that were
paid for with the interest wrung
from the farmers ho explained
his plan for restoring a circulat-
ing medium.
"There is three billion dollars
in gold in tho Treasury. How
to get it out is the question. Here
is my plan said Mr. Ferguson.
"Take the power to issue money
out of the hands of the Federal
Reserve Board and place in the
hands of Congress the power to
do the business of the United
States. I would issue three bil
lion dollars in paper money.
Four million of this I would pay
to the soldier boys the other I
wuld pay to tho government em-
ployes. By this means within
four (months tho three billion
dollars would be in circulation."
Mr. Ferguson gave some inter
esting data on the Federal Re
serve Bank nnd on tho "interest
hog."
The Rent Hog.
"The rent hog is another one
I want to get rid of" said Mr.
Ferguson. You will remember
that when the bill regulating
rents was introduced m this
State that every one said it
could not pass and that it was
unconstitutional but it was pass
cd. New York later passed a law
even more drastic than tho Tex-
as law and when it was carried
before the Supremo Court it was
declared constitutional by that
I body. I want to pass a one-puar-
tor all around law.
"Another thing is the tenants
What are you doing to help tho
tenants?" asked Mr. Ferguson.
"You are not doing anything.
The houses are old the fences
are down and the barns are as
old as Noah's Ark. Another
thing is the country schools. A.
& M. College that educates me-
chanics that won't work and
fanners that won't work got
twice as much as the country
schools. Population makes land
values. Ten years ago more than
one-half of the people in Texas
lived in the country and now less
than onejialf live in the coun
try. If you don't support coun
BARTLETT WINS OVER
TEMPLE 10 TO 2.
The Bartlett Bulldogs thorough
ly ampd the heretofore uncle
feated Temple Wildcats here
Monday afternoon in one of the
fastest games of the season the
final score was 10 to 2. The
Bulldogs circling the bases till
they were exhausted and had
lost tho "scent" of the Wildcats.
Perhaps 1.000 fans sa wtho fast
game. '
It was either side's game until1
the las thalf of the fourth inn-
ing when a wild throw by Smith
started the rally which netted
the Bartlett club 5 scores before
they were finally retired by the
much heralded Temple Wildcats
of 1000 percent fame.
Stokes Pilches Good Ball.
Stokes for the local club
striking out eleven men pitched
wonderful ball going the entire
nine innings ad was as good in
the ninth as he whs in the first.
Wood who started for Temple
was replaced by Adrain who al-
so pitched good ball but in tho
eighth a fate similar to the one
which had been suffered by
Wood's earlier in the game be-
fell him and the Bulldogs scored
five more runs.
Tiie gam'o was very (poorly
played by both teams eac hclub
making more than its share of
errors and Temple making
"bonehcad" plays in rapid sue
cession causing the one-sided
score.
Rain Threatens.
Rain threatened to stop the
game in the last of the fourth
while the score was 5 to 0 but
only a light sprinkle fell and
the players continued in action
while the ardent fans of this
city leaned back and laughed at
the way the Bulldogs were
treating the famous Wildcats.
Bnrtlott will iro to Temple
next week to play a return en
gagement and the team and
the team and fans are confident
of another victory and it is ex-
pected that a large aggregation
will attend the forthcoming
game from the city that tamed
the Temple Wildcats.
Have your mattress made new
and the old ones too at the
Bartlett Mattress Factory. Tele
phone 330.
try roads and country schools
in five years from now your land
will not be worth fifty cents on
the dollar.
Labor Question
"The labor union" declared
Mr. Ferguson "is right" Has
labor been any more unfair
about the settling of her affairs
than any one else? Certainly
not. Bankers have a union
everything is formed by union
The union of the fanner and the
laborer has been kept apart by
prejudices. The laborer's fin-
ancial . success is the fanner's
success. If the farmer expects
a good price for his products
the laborer must get a good
wage. It is t the intrest of the
farmer to see that the laborer
gets high wages.
Liquor Question
"I am against bootleg liquor"
said Mr. Ferguson. "I want a
pure liquor that will bring a tax.
The saloon keeper was a respec-
table citizen beside the bootleg-
ger. You knew the name and
the place of the saloon keeper.
Neither tho name nor the loca-
tion of the bootlegger is known.
The bootleggers have sold more
poison since the first of the
year than all the saloon keepers
in tho United States ever sold-
Tax tho liquor and destroy the
monopoly of the botlegger by li-
censing light wines and beer.
Prohibition is inviting the people
to become morphine fiends and
drunkards. Get back to com-
mon sense. In a book written
by Tumulty Woodrow Wilson's
private secretary for twelve
years he said that Wodrow Wil-
son stated that he was in favor
of the repeal of the Volstead Act
and the licensing of light wines
and beer. The fact remains that
Woodrow Wilson is for light
wines and beer. So am I. Are
you going with Woodrow Wilson
and Jim' Ferguson or tho other
candidates and bootleggers?
Get back to the ' old-time de-
mocracy and restore business to
its normal condition."
Tho closing sentonce of Mr.
I've told you how and what 1
want to do for you and I'll find
what you will do for me in July."
Spend:-
C. W. STRAIN
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SAVING PINE TREES
FROM BLISTER RUST
'Wild Currant and Gooseberry
Bushes Must Be Removed.
iDlseaw It R.-pldly Increasing In
Northeastern State and Prompt
Action li Needed to Save'
Timber.
(Prfp.rM by lh. UntttA HUtft Department
of Agriculture..)
A delay of onu year In destroying
tlio wild currants nnd gooseberries ns
a protection iiKiiInst the blister niHt
will result In tlio loin of nt least 11
per cent of the trco.i In a yotinir white-
pine plantation nt North Hudson
'N. Y.
This planting of white pi no wns
inndo for tho purpose of producing
another timber crop on an nren pre-
viously denuded by lire. Threo-ycnr-told
trees were set out In the spring of
1010 but the wild currant nnd Koose-
berry bushes on the trnct worn not tle
strojod until 10'JO a year after the
'pluntliiR. Tho removal of the currant
nnd cooMelierry bushes Is necessnry to
Top of a 30-Foot Whlta Pino Broktn
Off ai Result of Girdling by tho
Blister Rust.
save pine trees from tho blister rust
beennse they are tho only menns by
which this disease can spread.
The pines In the plantation were
examined In the fall of 1021 by agents
of tho United States Department of
Agriculture. As a resuU of the trees
being exposed for a single year to the
blister rust on the currant and goose-
berry bushes It was found thut 8(1
trees showed Infection originating In
1010 107 were missing nnd -183 showed
no sign of Infection. Thus lfi.10 per
cent of the living trees or 11.20 per
cent of nil tho trees set out on tho
plat uvro Infected by tho blister runt
In n single year nnd will succumb
sooner or lator. If tho bushes hnd
been removed before the pines were
set out this loss would have been p re-
volted. Tlio dlsenso Is rapidly Incronslng on
white pines In tho northeastern states
nnd prompt action by plno owners In
destroying currant nnd gooseberry
bushes Is necessary to pnvent serious
dnmago mid loss to the plno crop.
Since wild gooseberry and currant
bushes are among tho llrst plants to
sprout and leaf out they can be dis-
tinguished very readily In the early
spring. This season Is therefore
most favorable for tho plno wood-lot1
owner to tlud nnd pull them out.
Those bushes should be destroyed In
tho plno stand nnd around It for a ills-
tnnco of t least 000 feet. It the
search for the bushes Is conducted
systematically and If cure 1b taken to
get all the main roots the pines will
be protected from tho blister rust for
at least tlvo years.
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 43, Ed. 1, Friday, May 12, 1922, newspaper, May 12, 1922; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81637/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.