The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-07-14

closed with crab-gTass, sorghum and
late peas in September and October.
20 great has become the impor-
lance of Onr may products, and so
much has the process of hay Dlaking
improved within the past few years,
that there Is hardly town Of I'M
yOrtauce in northern and middle
Florida. where one or more ear loads
" moving machines is not sold each
wear. Beside the mower. however.
the rake is nearly the only other
having implement in frequent use
among our farmers. The general use
Of these marks great progress, and Il
at the same time certain evidence
that other improved tools must sooH
be found in our hay fields. The ted
der, loader. stacker and hOrse-fUrs
are on the way. The former j. al
most as Indispensable as Is tine rake,
and would greatly increase the eitec-
! tive labor. rendering the making "f
more hay possible, and at the same
( time increase the value Of the crop
by improving its quality, through
rendering damage from rain, and
slow curing less frequent
These facts render the present
G@Fd- IA ~ - aD- LAAA4 tlEAA--tl VI Ia
ing aad harvesting machinery being
conducted in the agricultural press
3 BY the International Harvester Co.
/ important. I h ese advertisements
take the form Of reading matter,
called Harvester Talks to Farm
ers." Their peculiar nature, and the
magnitude OF the ink distributing
work inaugurated. demand that the
attention uI farmers be directed to
certain facts. which may enable
them 70 weigh the statements made
in these advertisements iutelli-
gently
This Harvester Co. is none other
than the Harvester Trust, organized
for the purpose Of controlling the
having aud harvesting machine
trade OF the world. II consists Of
the combination Of what were for
merly six great Independent, compe
ting manufacturing concerns: The
Deering. Mccormick, Plano, Cham
yiOn. Milwaukee, and Osborn cOlnpa-
nies making the implements for
years favOrably known under these
different names The last named
company was maintained independ-
emily for some time after its pur-
chase by the combine. for the appar-
euC purpose Of keeping up ticticiOus
competition for its influence Oh the
purchaser.
This Harvester Trust was organ
lied BY J Pierpont Morgan and Co.
aud has a capitalization of Sl2U,OO0,-
90
with these facts in mind it is pos
sible to iutelligently consider a few
OF the statements it puts forth in
its present great advertising cam
paign. 1t admits that its reading
matter talks" with the farmer is
advertising. but makes the positive
assertion that every word is true.
The general principle OF trusts is
not the subject Of my present dis
cussiOn. ] only propose to call at
t-ntion TO a few statements made to
farmers. under the positive assertion
Of truth and show the real nature OF
such assertions. ! do this solely be-
cause Of the great Importance OF the
matter.
It is asserted that the corporation
with its enormous pitaliZatiOn, is
mere cooperative organization
the same as the plan whereby sey-
! eral farmers club together ohnport
good stallion. or to own good
boar
To complete the parallel it would
be necessary for the farmers thus
JoperatiIg to control every stallion
and boar. to exteTminate all others
that the laudable cooperative or
ganization might encounter no posi-
bic opposition, and absolutely con-
troll the reproduction of horses and
hogs.
In this same connection it is well
10 recall the fact that for years be.
fore this benevolent cooperation
came into existence the Deering Co.
fearing the sentiment among farm.
ers against great corporations, con.
stantly announced itself as "a co
partnership. not ii corporation.
Does the farmer now look with more
favor upon the trust than he former
ly entertained for the corporation
which the Deerings spent thousands
of dollars TO warn him against?
Great stress is laid on the advant.
ages TO the consumer of the owner.
ship Of all the vast industrial plants
= the products of which enter in to the
- production Of harvesting machinery
Mines. forests. steel mills, coke ovens
. and paint mills are among the indus.
, tries controlled by the combine, the
3 possession Of which is taken as the
: basis of the next important assertion
TO which attention should be direct
Z ed. The trust possesses such yast
advantages over all possible com.
netitOrs that it of necessity makes
. tine best machines" It boldly as.
: serts that: such harvesting ma.
, chimes as are produced To-Day in the
various plants Of The international
: Harvester Company, could not, by
= any possibility, be produced by any
= other condition.
This statement is in toto false and
4 an imposition. Implements OF all
. the kinds and grades made by the
I trust are for sale for less money
, made by independent concerns strug
; Cling agaiut the threatened mOnopO
!, lv of the combine. ANY farmer may
easily satisfy himself on this point
., The manufacturers of many Of
these independent implements, like
the Woods aud Buckeye, have repu
, tations fully equal to those borne by
the members of the Trust. The on.
! / ly alternative of the latter, there
! fore, is to fall back on the claim that
| competitors produce inferior prod
ucts.
, am advertising no manufacturer:
goods All / seek is fair dealing
/ with the farmer, protection against
T Misrepresentation 1t so happens
that / have had the actual expert
! ence of using for several years the
! machines of three members of the
combine side by side with the CORES
/ ponding implements of Independent
! manufacturers As the result OF this
experience ! assert unequivecally