Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-15
MAINE PoMoLoGicAL SOCIETY,".
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political economy eliminate all phases
of trade except the dollar ;;"oblcm.
The habit If doing business III Il GER
tain place. the friendship of She buyer
and seller and also the confidence which
unrestricted trade demands are gone
You take the goods and pay your
money. You can get them nOWheT"
else Now in all fairness | want to say
what a Heaven this must be to the man
who has got absolute control Of the
source of supply. II we could control
the entire output of apples i'll this
country or as nearly control it as the
Standard Oil co. does the oil supply
| would call off several old scores.
which | have been trying 1" pay for
years.
"rhe fact is no one family uses rs
many dollars worth Of oil in 4 year as
they do of tl.. various kinds uf fruit .
Yet the Standard ON co. has made a
forum" oi immense size FOR dozens of
mcn al oil W':s no! \ commercial
articl" iAnrc t.lIr - or % vr:r.; ago.
But farms produce something besides
fruit and there certainly ought to be Il
dollar somewhere for III" producer or
Standard Oil CO., can pay Il S2o,000. 900
fire. tn" assessed amount of al the wild
lands oi Maine, and Rockefeller owns
M that he is worth $500 900. 900 made i'll
one generation on one staple IS it pos
Sble that staples rs little used as Oil
can lay the foundations o. such for
tunes as this. We car scarcely believ"
our ears. But if it is true what ought
to come of the proper handling of ;hc
big staples like corn or wheat on pota
toes or fruit?
You probably will ask IF il is our IN
tention 70 control the supply OF food
products and in reply | am obliged T."
asi; if there wnlld be anything Illegal
about doing such q thing. For - years
every conceivable kind of a combination
has continual 10 flourish and III" only
obstacles they have encountered hav~
been here and there Il pious 'vclaIna-
ti"n from some good man. No legal
obstacles have been raised. Md the
man who opens his eyes now upon
present business transactions after his
sleep Of 20 years in the CatSkillS Will
be more disturbed and undOne that was
poor old Rip by the events of the revo-
luton.
Let us not make the mistake OF
arologiZng for what has survived the
destructive criticism of Il quarter CEN
fury. 1t has been nruned back anil
pruned back until the root and top are
in the realthiest condition ana we may
as we'll face the fact that the business
problems of the future are the problems
Of controlling the supply.
I'VE have organized this company.
however, not on the gigantic scale.
Until recent days the king of every
farm was going to be the kingpn of
the whole country and there is 100 much
OF this spirit yet to be absolutely GER
tain that farmers will get down and
pull together. So we have begun small
and humble We want. we are bound to
win the farmers confidence. to have
him come to us for advice as to what
to do with his stuff and we arc bound
to give it. We are bound to have suffi-
ciont capital to carry through any trade
without loss to the man, who sells to us
or intrllStS us with his wares. We
hope with time thus to build up a con-
fidcnce and thereby enable us to form
q larger and more powerful company.
Mr.. Guptill explained that The pres
ent organization was only temporary
but said that Il permanent organization
would be formed at the next annual
meeting in connection with the State
Grange. He answered a number of
questions put to him in regard To menu
bership and the workings Of the society.
Prof. w. ID. IIurd spoke briefly voic-
ing the greetings of the state UNIVERSE
tv at Oron1 and assuring the members
Of the society that the University was
much Interested in agriculture AMI
seeking to do much to help tn" farmer.