Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-05-19
WAR TO THE KNIFE.
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he % And there would be such cry
over it that the contractors soon learned
to pay the same price in the same zones
Officers and members of the Boston Co
operative Milk Producers company wer,
asked to meet at the American House al
10 a. m. yesterday to discuss the strike
and it was expected that the executive
committee of the State Grange would
meet with them.
Master OF the State Grange Tells the
Farmers 10 Stand Together"
To the Patrons and Farmers of Yer.
mont:
The report Of the Special Commission
on Country Life appointed by President
Roosevelt, gave as the first great need.
effective cooperation among farmers to
I put them on level with the organized
Interests with which they do business. -
! IL has been lack OF cooperation that
has deprived the farmer OF what rightful-
/ ly belongs to him as bis share of the
fruits OF his labor. The tillers of the soil
have allowed millions OF dollars of profits
to go TO middlemen; simply because Of a
lack OF organization and cooperation
they have been at the mercy OF hostile
forces.
Forbesranee has long "ceased to be a
virtue" In many parts of our country
are examples OF what has been accom-
plished when the producers awoke to the
situation.
The western "Fruit Growers Associa-
tious" have saved their industry and Civ
en- millions Of dollars Of 'uroft 10 the pro-
ducers rather than to the middIemen.
Are the eastern producers going to stand
together and eight for their rights
In The "milk war; now on in Boston
the contractors, or middlemen, are max
ing small discount from winter prices
TO their customers, and are asking the
farmers to make discount three or four
times as large. They have become mil.
liouaires while the producers are COM
PEELED to practice the greatest economy to
make expenses at the prices offered.
The Changers and farmers Of Massa-
ehusetts end New Hampshire are putting
M grand Eight for "Fair PLAY With
tue Boston contractors.
We would urge the milk producers OF
Vermont 10 be loyal, and cooperate with
orr brother farmers in other sections, in
their struggle for "Square Deal = Let
Us show to the world that we possess the
true spirit OF American Independence. -
The producers bold the key to the situa-
ton II they win only cooperate.
II is now learned thst outside COM
panies are cooperating with the Boston /
contractors to beat the farmers. We feel
sure that most OF the farmers and patrons
furnishing milk to these outside COM
panies, Sheffield Farms-slawson, Decker
Co., II they understood the situation. I
would refuse to be party to a scheme /
working against their ow n interests. Re
member this critical time is most vital to
the financial and social life Of the farmers
Of New England.
Again. il the farmers, who are selling
The milk of the farm, would stop and
igure carefully, they would see that with
he present prices OF butter, pork and
stock, there is more money to be made in
keeping The milk on the farm than In
selling 1t at the reduced price. Vermont
s tecoming "unstocked Good Yer
mont bred dairy snimals are in great de-
nand, both at hume and in other states
Keep the milk at home and improve
FOUR farm, your stock, help your neigh
Dor and make larger profit.
Yours fraternally,
c. +. SMITH.
Master Vermont State GRANGE norris