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Letter to Editor
August 5, 1918
The Nonpartisan Leader
Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota
What is this article about?
H. O. Gearhart writes to the Editor of the Nonpartisan Leader about the growing farmers' league in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, with 619 members. He reports his nomination for the state legislature by local farmers on June 22, advocates for co-operative organization among farmers, and notes poor crop prospects due to drought.
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A FUTURE LEAGUER
Editor Nonpartisan Leader:
As I have not seen anything in your columns from this section of "God's moral vineyard" and as we are coming along some, having attained members to the number of 619, with more to follow, I thought I would send you just a line or two as a random shot.
On June 22, many farmers of Kiowa county met at Hobart and nominated the writer as a member of the next legislature, subject to the Democratic primary, August 6. I make no claim of being a League candidate, because our organization is not perfected; but those who nominated me are mostly members and we expect to do things in the future. If the farmers can only organize and come into their own, my election, at this time, is of small moment. I am looking forward to the time when every farmer has joined a sound co-operative society and we can stand and chant the refrain:
"It matters not how straight the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll;
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul."
League organizers in this county are not meeting with as much abuse as elsewhere. Personally, I know of but one case of the kind. Our crop prospects in the vicinity are not flattering. Wheat is almost a failure, cotton must have rain soon, and our forage crop can stand up under the present drouth for but a few days more.
H. O. GEARHART.
Editor Nonpartisan Leader:
As I have not seen anything in your columns from this section of "God's moral vineyard" and as we are coming along some, having attained members to the number of 619, with more to follow, I thought I would send you just a line or two as a random shot.
On June 22, many farmers of Kiowa county met at Hobart and nominated the writer as a member of the next legislature, subject to the Democratic primary, August 6. I make no claim of being a League candidate, because our organization is not perfected; but those who nominated me are mostly members and we expect to do things in the future. If the farmers can only organize and come into their own, my election, at this time, is of small moment. I am looking forward to the time when every farmer has joined a sound co-operative society and we can stand and chant the refrain:
"It matters not how straight the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll;
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul."
League organizers in this county are not meeting with as much abuse as elsewhere. Personally, I know of but one case of the kind. Our crop prospects in the vicinity are not flattering. Wheat is almost a failure, cotton must have rain soon, and our forage crop can stand up under the present drouth for but a few days more.
H. O. GEARHART.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Persuasive
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Agriculture
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Farmers League
Kiowa County
Democratic Primary
Co Operative Society
Crop Drought
Hobart Nomination
What entities or persons were involved?
H. O. Gearhart
Editor Nonpartisan Leader
Letter to Editor Details
Author
H. O. Gearhart
Recipient
Editor Nonpartisan Leader
Main Argument
farmers should organize into co-operative societies to gain control over their destiny, regardless of individual elections like the writer's nomination for the legislature.
Notable Details
Quotes Poem 'Invictus' By William Ernest Henley
Mentions Farmers' League With 619 Members
Reports Nomination On June 22 In Hobart, Kiowa County
Describes Poor Crop Prospects Due To Drought