The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-04-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Friday, April II, 1908
PauIhamus Speaks to Farmers.

Extracts from his Sunnysile speech
"How to Market Farm Produce.
This is III age Of specialists. The
man who can make q better machine
than anyone else; the man who can
drive q horse faster than any other
man can drive that horse; the man or
community who can grow a bigger
or a better ear of corn or a better
apple than any other man or cOmmn-
nifty, will get the big salary for what
he can do or the highest price for
WHAT he produces
"Stick to a speciality. Produce only
that which you can grow most per-
fectly. Better do one thing well
than several things poorly. Sell that
which people want. DO not sell a
man Spitzenburg apples when lie
wants Ben Davis. Pay attention TO
appearances. The looks of an article
will Oftener sell it than all other
qualities combined. Farming il not
reduced to n science. For this reason
it does not appeal to many men OF
ability. They quit the farm and go
to the city. The unsuccessfully city
people go to the farms. One objec-
ton people have to farming il the
number of hours required to make Il
success OF it. They have not learned
that no business Is a success unless a
man makes himself Il slave to it. The
farmers are the bone and sinew Of
the nation. The best men are pro-
luced on the farm.
lit il better farming to which we
must look for increased profits. One
lcre properly cared for will net more
the owner than 100 acres improp-
'rly titled. From 81 acres at Sumner
produce more than did from
200 acres of wheat land in Dakota.
There should he no waste on the
arm. The fertilizer OF the barn
should all he saved. The liquid Of
the stables contain Is per cent Of
he fertilizing element. No farm will
Weld profit where fertilizers aIenot
lsed.
But the success of all depends up
IN marketing the produce. One vital
question to fruit growers Ia how to
'ide over the period of growing the
orchard.
"Washington should not only pro-
luce the most and best fresh fruit but
it should also furnish the canned
goods. Washington apricOts ON
account of their superior texture re-.
lnire only 20 per cent of the cooking
TO properly can that California april
.Ots do. The same would probably
lold true with other Washington
fruits. The demand fer canned fruits
the last decade has increased ten
iOld. The northwest ia consuming
TAR more canned goods than 1t IL
producing. am a republican pro
tectiOnist. l believe we ought to
furnish the canned goods that We
consume and keep the money at
home instead of sending it to the
east or California.
ut is disgrace to ship poor stuff.
bought some hay ut Sunnyside that
is a disgrace to the place. Label
everything and guarantee the quail
ity. Washington has the best mar
kets of the world for her produce.
The cities OF the Sound. Alaska. Can
ada and North Dakota all want it.
Yakima county can never he n man.
ufacturing county. 1t is ada, ted
only to agricultural and horticul-
tural development. transportation
and long distance communication
are OF great st Importance. l sent
three kilograms to H. NJ. Lichty here.
Each cost me Is cents. That ia too
much. You are Or have been charged
special tariff on your Sunnys;ie
branch, railroad making hay cost
sixty cents more per ton from Sun
nyside than from North Yakima
lyon should organize to sell your
produce. Every man is not capable
of managing the business of com
munity. Usually the first men 81
lected for such places are friends OF
the directors or are good fellows.
The manager should confer daily
with the cashiers of the banks. This
might not be necessary but it il safe
to do so.
You should have a cannery. Al
six horse power boiler IL all YOU
would need to start with. We get
one cent per pound at the cannrry
for apples at Pryallup whereas the
same men buy apples at North Yak
ina at $500 per ton. You must not
let the farmer pass on his own stuff
Ii you do he will not grade it .prop-
erly. The climatic and soil condi-
tions of the state are so differen,
that ultimately we can form one
large corporation for handling all !
our produce"
New Executive Mansion.