The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-01-27
Mr. c. O. DRAYTON
VISITS HARTFORD
National President of the
A.. S. of e.
WAS A GREAT DAY FOR EQUITY
Mastery Speech In Which He
Delineates Benefits of
Organization.

Saturday, January is, was greai
day for Hartford and the American
Society OF Equity. President c. o
Drayton, of the Society. delivered ~
address and TIE day was generally
observed In town In honor q thu
occasion. Placards benring the inscrtp-
tton Closed Until After the A s,
d E. Speaking" were much Tn evil
denee on store doors and the rule was
generally observed Notwithstanding
the incbemency Of the weather. q
hrge and enthusiastic audience beard
President Drayton deliver a master
" address. which was well received.
On account uf the lengttn u the
address we were unable 20 handle Il
last week, but below we present the
salient portions Of 1t. State Organizer
NJ. F. Sharp also made few excellent
and timely remarks. II WIS Mr. Drny-
ton's first visit here and his pres
ence was very much enjoyed
Mr.. Drzy+on spoke in part as fol-
lows:
Mr.. President and gentlemen; have
lived on a farm all my life, and do
not profess to have any special ah4n-
ty as a pubic speaker, but take
great pleasure N talking 20 tie farmer
upon this subject OF profitable prices,
tor al fam produce through org2n.-
zation, education and corporation.
Ny sympathies are entirely with the
farmers, it could not be otherwise
with me, because l was born on q
farm raised there and have farmed for
myself for twenty years. therefore
I know something about the business
OF which I shall speak 20 you this
afternoon. know what labor It
takes 20 run a big farm 1 know
what risk a man takes VIXEN he puts
out a big crop OF any kind The
farmer must stand the losses which
come from frost. freezes, floods bad
seasons and insects which prey upon
his crop as Re attempts % produce
It; and since the farmer must carry
the risk in the production OF the crop.
We are contending in this great move
ment that there ought not 20 BE- any
uncertainty in regard 10 his prices;
that the farmers can and ought to-
and will put theemseyes in a posi-
ton through a s-Org cooperative IA
tional union so that the farmer Will
know when he plants his crop as he
culivates II, that If he succeeds in
the production his price will not be
Dw and unjust.
Tie manufacturer never thinks Of
putting a machine together until be
knows what his price IS 20 be. Your
business man never thinks OF wrap
ping up a package Of goods OF any
kind, until be, TIE seller, has placed
upon TEN a profi-abl price. The
miller never thinks Of loading up a
car load Of flour, until lie has sold it
(. o. b. on his own contract. And it is
being shown on some farm crops that
the farmer can be educated 20 fol-
low The same sound business principles
through an organization. Before the
cotton men organized, they were in
the habit Of throwing their ten or
twelve million balls Of cotton onto the
market as soon as they could get 1t
bailed and get cars 10 haul IL The
result was the Spectators built big
warehouses n Galveston, New Orleans
Mobile, Charleston and other great
cotton centers and received their great
crops off their hands "a a low IN
lust price in many cases. But since
these cotton farmers have begun to
organize and meet together in their
home towns, County. State and Ma
tional meetings and to discuss intel-
gent and ooutrOied marketing they
are beginning 10 find better way of
selling their great and valuable crop.
I saw a gentleman IN southern Ms
SCUM n April 1905, WHO odd me
that Re put fine crop OF olC:on on
the market one y5sr and received On
ly four and Oae-caif csr-s Per pound
for the best grade. But since the
cotton men have Organized, he knows
as he plans his cotton, and cult
Yates &, that his price Will lot be
less than nine cents, from the fact
that more than a million cotton rails
ers in tie south are standing with
him for the price. am glad TO learn
that the Kentucky farmers Through on
" a partial organization, have raised
the average price Of tobacco from
$2.S5 per hundred TO IS. The Equity
Society, though only parcly organized
In the wheat states has spread the
idea so widely among the farmeres
that every wheat raiser knows he
can get one dollar a buShel for hds
wheat before the next crop is raised.
The potato men Of wisconsin are re-
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