One Pharmacist’s View

The “Green Corn Revolution had, as its home, Allen, Oklahoma. Allen’s history never fails to amaze. Nor do the farmers of 1915. As usual they were living in hard times. Most were tenant farmers working tiny patches of land and, of course, they couldn’t make much money on those little tracts. The farmers were for all practical purposes “failed” capitalist but in the politics of the day had embraced socialism and come to believe that all their problems had been brought on them by outside forces — such as government and banks. These people wanted the government to open up free stuff to them, such as free land and other free stuff — like free money. The new president (Woodrow Wilson} hadn’t noticed.