The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-08-19
B. +. Y0AkUM ON ORGANIZING
President Of the Frisco System While
in New York Tefls of Ad-
vantages to Farmers.

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length on the advantages of organize
ton among farmers. He said anon
other things:
'The east does not understand O
appreciate what the farmers of tn
west and middle west are doing tc
ward organization the better to protec
their interests in handling their prod
ucts. saw enough at the farmers
convention held in St. Louis the frs
week of this month to convince mt
that the farmers as producers arr
more enterprising than the consumers
In our large cities whom their products
must feed.
=. There were present at this confer
ence farmers from 40 different states
Their business talks dealt mainly with
commercial and agricultural questions
andnot politics. Formerly politicians
had good deal to say at such agri.
cultural meetings and took up much
of the time and attention Of the mem.
bers of such conventions discussing
politics rather than the Improvement
of their own industry.
The farmers are doing two things
OF Importance for themselves and the
whole country: They are increasing
their production per acre and they are
developing better methods of market.
ing their crops.
The agricultural awakening over
the country is general and genuine.
New methods, both for producing and
marketing, are being studied by the
farmers and the results are better pro.
ductlon and prices with less labor. The
farmers chief difficulty is the adoption
OF better business methods in market.
ing their crops, This is now being
overcome through organization. In
this they are working under disad.
vantages, some cases are crude and
awkward, but they are much in earn.
est and are making Roadway.
The farmers have in the different
states over $500 selling and buying
organizations. Some of these agencies
are handling large business. Some
have Just organized and are small, but
all are working with businesslike di.
rectness in the interest of the pro.
ducers.
IN some of the western states thew
are storing their grains and other non.
perlshable products in their Jointly.
owned elevators, warehouses and
5ranaries. They do their own banking
and wait for the prices that suit them
before they sell.
New methods are being adopted.
N the next few years much improve
nent will be made. These organiza,
ions are working with view of cut
Ing out waste between the grower
md the user. They are endeayoring
o keep their products out of the hands
u needless profit takers.
The farmers organization is helm.
ng the farmers, but the consumers
VIII continue to pay large tribute to
ne army Of profit takers which stand
'etween the farms and the consumers
ables so long as present conditions
make 1t possible for middlemen to
axe SO many unnecessary profits be.
ore the products reach the consumers. {
New York is in no position to call {
ne farmers slow and behind the times
ne people Of the greatest city Of
merlca are the ones who are not ia.
Ing advantage of their opportunities
nd are paying enormously for such
eglect.
While the farmers Of the west
I'd middle west are busy organizing c
icy are yet often forced to sell their o
otatoes at Is to 20 cents bushel or d
T them rot on their hands. There. \.
re to make this system success for o
'th the producer and the consumer G.
le movement from the field to tha b.
PIE must be as near direct as pos. fl
Bile. - ~ =,
Ihe farmers have learned that thew OF
mot sell to advantage through agen. b
es too far from their, homes and re. S,
I've proper protection, and to over. CT
me this they are establishing nearby to
ling agencies. These agencies are as
n with as good business sense as pa
y New York business may be run "a
New York has done almost moth. Sc
IN the way Of establishing cheap a
q convenient buying places for that
organized class which cannot pro. al
It ITSELF" sis