The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1904-04-15
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John w. Gates, who owns 90.
600 acres of rice land plans I,
consolidate all the rice planta,
tions in Louisiana and Texas in.
to gigantic trust.
each wheat is strong and gain.
ing on the futures. The corn
bulls are more aggressive. &c
cent corn is gradually looming in
sight.
Agriculture in public schools
Is being strongly advocated and
it will only be 4 matter of time
until it will be generally taught.
Uncle Joe Harper, Ben G.
Hale aud others are putting sub
stantial iron fences around their
yards. Uncle Joe says that they
are expensive but will last life
time.
After a laborious week of pre-
pairing ground for aud setting out
fruit trees, vines, etc, we can
rest from the monotonous task
and advise farmers to plant fruit
trees for profit.
Miss Dora NJ. Smith, Superln
tendent of Public Schools, paid
Mrs. Jennie Mcclure a visit last
week.
The Plowmen of America is the
name of an organization among
the farmers of northern Oklaho-
ma, resembling the old time
Grange. This assembly was re-
Gently organized and an applica-
cation made for a charter. Its
object is to control as nearly as
possible the buying and selling
of gram. Thos. Smith, of New
kirk, Okla, and G. Z. Sweetman,
of Armstrong, Mo-, are the chief
organizers.
The Farmers Cooperative
Shipping Association, represent
ing about 1000 leading farmers
of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
and Oklahoma, at its last seIfsi-
annual meeting, held this year in
Kansas City, Mo-, declared a
dividend of eight per cent. The
association is incorporated under
the laws of Kansas, with an au-
thorized capital of 100000. It's
objects, similar to other such or
CARNATIONS, are to buy, sell and
handle grain and other farm pro-
ducts on consignment only, and
for the benefit of the stOckhold-
ers, thus wiping out the profits
of the middlemen, 1t is probable
that this and similar organiza-
tions will, in the course of few
years be united into one huge
farmers trust or co operative un-
ion,
HOW SHALL THE FARMER GET
GOOD HELP?
"How shall the farmer get goo
help? will divide $500 among
those who send in the best and
swer." The above is quoted
from the Farm and Home of re.
cent date. | will answer by ask
ing how Farm and Home gets
good help? How do corporations
get good help? How do trusts
get good help? Farm and Home
gets good help because, | take it,
their compositors and pressmen
have schedule of prices which
Farm and Home pays, and adver-
Using and other work is fixed in
accordance with these rates.
Farm and home fixes its own rate
on its product. Corporations get
good help becaTse skilled labor
has its schedule of prices brought
about by much suffering and loss
in the matter of strikes, which
corporations are bound to paw
their products are advanced To
meet these rates; so also trusts
of whatsoever name or nature,
whatever they pay in big wages
is charged up to the consumer.
the country is prosperous and nc
serious complaints are made, ex
cept where some standard article
is selected by trust, and prices
advanced to exorbitant rates,
These classes, specially alluded
to have prerogatives, where good
wages are demanded for good
help and paid, in this that they
make their own prices on ther'
own product or article of mer.
chandise. How shall the farmer
get 30 ID help? Just so soon as
he advances to that position in
! the business world that is held
by all other producers-by organ
ization, call this organization
what you please, but it must be
an organization formulated along
business lines and with one spe-