Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-07
Some Features of New Scheme
For Regulating Market Price
of Farm Products
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EQUITY
Tho Organization Is Now One, In
Which Many Are Already Interested
Numbers Almost 100000 Members
and Is Still Growing = Farmers
Working Hours Too Long.
Special to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
Ackley, Dec. Z. - One OF the objec-
tionable features Of farm life as view
| ed by those engaged in other pursuits
is the long period Of daily labor which
Is the rule on nearly every farm from
| April to December.
Those who are accustomed to nine
or ten hour day In other occupations
hardly realize the different conditions
on the farm or understand the tempta-
ton to an ambitious young farmer to
stretch every working day to its great
est possible length.
| A week of unfavorable weather. a
| few days Of Illness, an accident to one
Of his horses, or the extra exertions OF
a neighbor are causes which tend to
keep many men on the run from spring
till winter. At the end OF the season
| they resolve to make allowance for
these things In laying out their work
for the next year, but this Is an easy
matter to forget.
One Of those who did not forget Is
a substantial farmer living near the
town of Abbott, Mr.. Don M. Leach
One Of the most comfortable looking
rooms in his fine residence is the one
which he has fitted up for his books
and papers. He believes that the hour
or two a day spent in that room are
fully as profitable to him as those de-
voted to physical labor.
Mr. Leach Is greatly interested in
the subject OF farmers organizations
and Is an active member of the AM
erican Society OF Equity, a new organ
ization for the regulation Of the mar
ket price of farm products.
The plan in brief is this. The head
quarters are at Indianapolis, Ind. 1t
Is Incorporated and headed with the
usual officers and board of directors.
This is called the National Union. The
only other parts are the members and
local unions. Their medium of COM
munication is semi monthly official
paper
When any crop Is grown members
report to the National Union on the
quantity and quality Of it. Then the
board of directors consider the reports
uIlu IcCoLlIliCIlA q iCdoVidUiy PlOiIttUAV
minimum price to members all over the
country. There Is no obligation to
hold for this price, but self Interest on
the part Of the producer is relied upon
to induce a large enough number to
withhold a sufficient quantity to pre-
vent the accumulation Of visible
supply" which is claimed to be largely
responsible for speculation on farm
products.
This plan 1t is argued would also BEN
eft those who are compelled to sell
for less than the price recommended
as the supply would be less and the
current price consequently better than
they would be If the others were will
ing to sell. The society is said to be
growing rapidly, numbering already
nearly 100000 members.
1t is not often that the thriftiness
and prosperity of community are the
means of depriving 1t Of the benefcent
effects of a public utility, which was
instituted for rich and poor alike. An
example Of this affects the inhabitants
of an area a few miles square in the
south part Of Floyd county. The farms
there are so large and the houses SO
few that only twenty or twenty-five
mail boxes can be placed on any TWEEN
ty-four mile route, that can be laid
out. So the people there, residing, said
to be very intelligent and progressive,
must be content with an every-other-
day delivery of mail, two routes having
been established with one carrier who
drives them on alternate days.
Here is paragraph for the young
er readers of the Times Republican,:
About three years ago, Mr.. w. r.
Klinck, who lives near GAINESVILLE, dis
covered and captured three young bad
gers on his place. Mrs. Klinck pro-
ceeded at once to make pets Of the lit
tie fellows and they have them yet.
One Of them weighs 35 pounds now,
the other two are trifle smaller. They
are very playful creatures and the lady
has taught them some interesting