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The Trouble Maker 
(Continued from page Jp.5) 
“ ‘Keep your milk home. Churn 
it, .get something out of it if you can; 
but anyway, keep it at home until 
you have word from us that we have 
sold it at a living price. 
“ ‘Sincerely yours, 
“ ‘Dairymen’s League, Inc., 
“ ‘Albert Manning, Secretary. ’ ” 
\\J HEN Bradley finished reading the 
» ' letter, there was a moment’s pause 
and then a big outburst of handclapping 
and stamping of feet; then quiet again, 
as the crowd waited expectantly for the 
speaker of the day to be introduced. Few 
or none had any knowledge of who the 
man was whom Mr. Manning had chosen 
to give them the facts. 
Bradley paused dramatically for a 
moment and then said: 
“I now have the pleasure of introducing 
a man who needs no introduction, a 
man whom you all know, a man who has 
grown up with you, and knows through 
his own bitter personal experience the 
trials and tribulations of this milk game 
from the producers’ end. 
“I take pleasure in presenting to you,” 
he paused and then said, “Mr. James 
Taylor.” 
Jim arose from his seat in the rear of 
the big hall, came down the center aisle, 
and turned to face his audience. 
Perfect silence greeted him. For a 
moment as he looked at the hundreds of 
upturned faces, seemingly strangely hos¬ 
tile, he had a sickening sensation. His 
heart pounded, and his knees trembled; 
he swallowed two or three times in an 
effort to get words, but none came. He 
knew instinctively that while they were 
interested in the subject, they were much 
disappointed in him as the speaker. 
Jost of them liked him, but he faced 
at age-old situation that “a prophet 
not without honor save in his own 
in try.” 
A 
kki 
STEAD of the words that he should 
have said, all that Jim could think of 
, re his friends that he saw in the 
iidience, who seemed, because of that 
eeuliar crowd psychology, to be more 
Interested in his embarrassment than they 
,vere in his success. 
Letting his gaze rove for a second over 
the audience to pick out a friendly face, 
they came to rest on a group of women¬ 
folks in one corner, among whom sat 
Dorothy looking straight ahead of her and 
paying not the least attention to the 
would-be speaker. 
All of this hesitation was but the matter 
of a minute. The knowledge that he 
W was there for a real purpose and had 
f* something worth while to say, even the 
q knowledge of his apparently hostile 
|1 audience, stiffened his backbone and 
-|lcoscned his tongue. 
«j He began in a plain, matter-of-fact 
vfvoiee, not different than in an ordinary 
^conversation, except that he spoke more 
fjilowly, in well chosen language. 
H “You folks are probably surprised and 
fio doubt disappointed that I am to speak 
to you today. For both your sake and 
mine, I am sorry that Mr. Manning could 
not come. 
“But my interest in the situation which 
we dairymen now face made it seem 
necessary for me to go to New York, and 
I spent some time yesterday with Mr. 
Manning, F. H. Thomson, R. D. 
Cooper and Frank Sherman, getting the 
facts about the coming milk strike. I 
tried to get Mr. Manning to come to 
this meeting, but there are literally 
hundreds of others all through the terri¬ 
tory, all asking for speakers. None of 
the officers of the League could do any 
speaking because of the necessity of stay¬ 
ing in New York to meet the dealers. 
H. J. Kershaw, of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee, who is the only man that they 
feel they can spare to speak at meet¬ 
ings, is busy today. Because I knew 
the facts, Mr. Manning said it was up 
me to give them to you. So here I 
American Agriculturist, December 13,1924 
qA Happy a tyw Year 
we 
i-LL, here’s the close of another year. It 
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Never was there a better time for the use of 
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interrupted. “What we want is facts, 
not speech-makin’.” 
“I have seen this trouble coming, folks, 
for a long time. As you know, I have 
talked about it with some of you and 
have been criticized for stirring up 
trouble. I love peace as well as any 
man, but there is no use shoutin ‘Peace, 
peace, when there is no peace’. 
“I think that the farmer has a right to 
be happy at least part of the time, and 
for the last twenty-five years there has 
been no happiness in this milk production 
business for any of us. We have been 
hoping and hoping, and talking and 
talking for something better, but those 
better times have never come, and I tell 
you folks they never will come until we 
ourselves bring them about!” 
o apologies necessary,” 1\ farmer 
B Y this time, Jim had forgotten him¬ 
self and his audience and was think¬ 
ing only of his Cause. The audience, 
on their part, had also forgotten that Jim 
was just one of their boys, and were 
leaning forward to get every word. 
They, too, were thinking of the Cause. 
“All of the progress in this old world of 
ours has been brought about by personal 
struggle. For a thousand years our 
ancestors sought for religious freedom. 
The Pilgrims left their homes and country 
and their friends to settle in a barren and 
hostile land to get religious freedom; but 
for a hundred years or more we struggled 
for political freedom on the principles of 
which we fought Great Britain and built 
this great nation. 
“The next great fight is now before us, 
and will start right fiere in Speedtown 
next Sunday, October 1st. This fight is 
not religious, nor yet political, but it is 
of just as far-reaching importance. It is 
a struggle for economic freedom, the right 
of every man who works, whether with 
his brain or with his hands, to a just 
share of what he earns.” 
Several started to clap, but ceased 
immediately in order to hear. 
“Yes,” continued Taylor. “We have 
heard a great deal of talk about the 
farmers’ problems—the problem of the 
abandoned farm, the small attendance 
at the rural church, the poorly trained 
teachers in the country schools, and the 
difficulty the farm people have in getting 
any real fun. But I’ll tell you,” and he 
raised his voice and shook his finger at his 
hearers, that all of these problems ai 
result of the economic situation. ] 
the farmer a decent price for the prodi 
he works from daylight to dark to ra 
and you 11 solve all the rest of y 
problems! He’ll put more tile dr* 
into his land, more paint on to 
buildings, better teachers into 
schools, and more folks into the chu 
on Sunday.” 
Watch the Oil Feed 
Many an engine or tractor is worn out Ions 
before its time, because of the lack of oil, 
In an automobile engine crank-case the oil 
should be replaced (the old oil taken out and 
new put in) at least every 1000 miles. 
The tractor engine should have fresh oil 
after every six days of work. It pays to keen 
a record of the time run. 
The stationary engine usually has a sight 
feed oil cup. Oil passes through the cylindea 
to the crankcase. Many persons feed toe 
much oil. Four to six drops per minute u 
enough for an engine with a 5-inch cjdindei 
at 500 R.P.M. For higher speeds more oil 
should be given. Directions usually accoi* 
pany the new engine. 
