St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-09-03
TRUCK FARMERS OF ST. TAM.
MANY PARISH.

Remember that on Saturday, Sep
tember 10, at p M, at the Abita
pavilion, the Truck Farmers Associa-
tion will meet to go into permanent
organization and elect officers for the
coming season.
Turn over in your own mind who
among those joining will make the
most representive president, man
ager, secretary, treasurer and board
of directors. Let no sentiment. poll
tical or any reason other than to elect
one you can rely on for honesty,
business principal and progressive
ness, SO that while you are making
the most of your time in the field
your business interests are not being
neglected. AS it has been pointed
out, it Is seldom you get the men,
bers together in sufficient numbers
to transact any business, and 1t is
hard for those that do attend to
have sacrificed their time for moth
ing. When you have board of seven,
four will constitute quorum. But be
sure that you elect the ones that will
do what they promise and IL they
feel they are elected ON their merits
and have the backing of the associa
tion they will do their best for all
concerned. One of the greatest
troubles of organizations of this kind
is the criminal manner of kicking
about the management" on the
street; II you have a kick, register
it at the proper time and place. There
Is always two sides to story and II
you think things are not right, say
so openly and insist on wrongs be-
ing righted. If placed in the position
of the men you are finding fault
with, you might not do as we'll;
and If they do not do exactly as you
would do, as long as they "get there"
let them alone. There are two ways
of circumnavigating the earth, one
by going east and the other going
west. each in opposite directions but
attaining same results. Only those
that have seen the results in other
places can realize the Importance of
the present movement. 1t will be the
salvation of the parish and one need
not hide ones head when asked" why
don't you cultivate the soil? Will
nothing grow here?"
No one is wanted in this organizae
tion unless they mean business" 1t
Is not the amount of land you culti-
vate, but the manner of doino it that
will count and the member that can
only plant one-fourth an acre this
year will certainly increase it next
year and these small amounts mount
up in a car load 1t will inspire that
man with the feeling that while he
is helping himself he is doing his
share to build up a substantial busi-
ness in the community in whl h he
lives. 1t is poor man that does not
work to leave the world little bet
ter than he founc Is can see in
my minds eye a lo> ..ne of farm
wagons loaded with truck with a fine
at the railroads expense and busy
scene inside, packers at work Grating
the produce brought in by the
WAGONS in bulk and transferred to
the waiting car on the track At the
end of the season to hear that the
banks deposits have been increased
by cool million of dollars. There
is no reason in the world why it
should not be so, and if you will all
act in unison, working for the COM
munity's good as we'll as for your
own individually, it will be no trick
of the inauguration but an accom-
plished fact. wish to impress ON
those that would wish to join that it
is not confined to Abita but is parish
wide in its scope. l have had many
offers from gentlemen who have no
axe to grind, nor land to till to join
the association and will be proud to
enroll them on the membership list
for their friendly feeling and secure
in the knowledge that we have added
a true friend and booster to St. Tam
many parish association. The meet
ing of the 10th of September, will
be purely a business one; only those
that wish to join and work with the
are expected to come.
G. E. MILLAR.