Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1919 — “TO THE MEN OF AMERICA” [ARTICLE]

“TO THE MEN OF AMERICA”

You talk of your breed of cattle And plan for a higher strain. You double the food of the pasture. You heap up the measure of grain; You draw on the credit of the nation. To better the barn and the pen. But what are you doing, my brothers. To better the breed of men? You boast of your Morgans and Herefords, Of the worth of a calf or a CQjlt, And scoff at the scrub and the mongrel As worthy a fool or a dolt; You mention the. points of your roadster. With many a “wherefore” and "when.” But, ah! are you conning, my brothers. The worth of the children of men? You talk of your roan-colored filly. Your heifer, $p shapely and sleek. No place shall be filled in your stanchions By stock that is unworthy or weak; But what of the stock in your household? Have they wandered beyond your ken? Oh, what is revealed in the round-up That brands the daughters of men? And what of your boy? Have you measured His needs for a growing year? Does your mark as his sire. In his features. Mean less than your brand on a steer? Thoroughbred—that is your watchword For stable and pasture and pen; But what is your word for the homestead.? Answer, you breeders of men. —Rose Trumbell, Scottsdale, Ariz.