The Jasper news., 1902-09-11
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Cooperation for Farmers
Some Arguments Why Farmers Should
Cooperate and the Effect it Would Have
BY J. A. Everitt in Indiana State Sentinel
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past has always been guessing match
Guessing is good enough il it hits, but
a certainty is several thousand per cent
better. With profitable prices made OF
each crop, farmers can put up elevators
warehouses or granaries 10 hold theil
products, or build cooperative cold
storage plants TO hold their fruit, il
necessary. Did you ever think Of III
The farmer may be the greatest mon.
opolist Of them all. To illustrate. lie
can take the rawest kind Of material
(plant food, put it 10 his land and
manufacture though his plants and
animals the very highest finished pro-
ducts, such as meat, butter, eggs, fruit,
etc., aud sell them to the consumer at
the highest possible price. There necd
be no person TO share profits with him
IL be lives up to his privileges. The
present plan of the society, however, is
not to interfere with established bust.
ness methods as long as the other people
will conedc to the farmers their rights
Dut only tosput farming on safe,
profitable basis and secure for farmers
benefits equalling those realized in
other business undertakings.
The success. of this plan means steady
uninterrupted prosperity for farmers. 1t
means that they can make many impro-
v'ments that otherwise they can not.
1t means substantial buildings. With
many comforts for the farmers families
and stock that may never be enjoyed
under the old order Of things. Having
a certain profit from their products,
they will spend it freely, and every in
dustry Of the country will be bene-
fitted thus beneiiting every man,
woman and child. There can be no
mistake about this prediction.
The success of this plan also means
the control OF the markets of tho world
by the farmers; and they can be trusted
to feed the world at fair prices. But
should tho fair prices be refused they
can starve the wurlG by Withholding
their produce.
More than this. Remove the nncer-
tainties surround ing any business aud
you make better citizens Of those people.
They will be better morally, mentally
and physically. Remov, the uncertain
ties Of prices for agricultural products
aud you will lessen sickness, poverty,
crime aud taxation. Our schools and
colleges will fill up and our poor houses,
asylums, iails and penitentiaries will
have fewer inmates. Give us equity
and you will give US happiness. The
success of this plan will cause the far
mer TO love his business, to care for his
farm, to raise better crops and large
crops. He will be encl uraged TO irri.
gate and to do thousand things that
now he can not do.
The success Of this plan, whore
equity rules, will oblitorate that feeling
ado him or he will do me-" On the
contrary, WHEEL you get your just re
ward, you can love your neighbor as
yourself, The churches will be filled
because humanity will have much to be-
thankful for, and the sal oon will be
empty because OF no SORROWS to drown.
Uncertainty of price does not stimulate
demand and consumption. Remove the
uncertainty of pricss of farm products, +,
give the producer fair profit and the
middlemau fair margin and there will
be constant steam flowing to the con
sumer, causing greater consumption and
benehting every rerson.
The plan is simplicity itself, rs al
ready explained. Give US fair proper
ton of the formers willing to ask fair
price, based on production and the re-
suit will be accomplished. Give us un-
iIy in cooperation among the farmers,
il that is possible, in the carrying out Of
this plan. and no trust ever dreamed of
would represent such power OF capital