The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-26
CAP PTA|NS OF
COOPERATION
The Successful Organizer and
Leader of Cooperative 49,
riculture, Will Surpass All
Other Captains of Industry
BY G.. II. BARNS.

by 4. IL. bAhNS.
II, the men who, by virtue Of their
e..npljonal ability to discern the con
..ii,n3 Of success in various large un
DIR. lhings backed by genius for
o:4tnization and the influence which
csu..s from commanding powers
h.. become leaders IN the various
ln.a OF production and tranSpOrta
tipa tae american people are fond
0i applying the name captains of
Iftastry." And that to such men,
rl.hpr than TO knights and warriors
az If old We are prone 10 award the
highest social status, is not the small
c@, ~ the many Indications OF the
growing ascendency of ideals which
n.<- for peaceful progress, over
thpSe Of q receding barbarlSm.
l;lIt il is significant that, while Agrl-
culture is the foremost OF American
Industries and the basis Of all others.
So w of the aforesaid Captains OF
Industry are to be found among our
{lG,uers We hear, now and then, Of
81 Peach King" IN the East. Of a
corn King" in Missouri; of d Cotton
hing" in some Southern State. He is
usN3liy entitled to a place among the
Captains, it at all, only from the fact
that le has acquired, and shown him
tseit 15je TO manage with unusual sue
cess "a exceptionally large acreage
OF Iiai devoted to the crop from
which he takes his royal title. 1t
MIGHT seem from this that, if Asricul
turA :s ever 10 show its due proper
ton II Captains of Industry, it must
b. through the building up Of great
estates, TO the sacrifice of the demo-
crazy whose best exponent is the
small fIrm.
i;ut the steady growth OF the princi-
Il" IT cooperation among farmers.
ani It's application in an increasing g
variety of forms, would appear to
open before able and aspiring men
such opportunities for conspicuous
leadership as make those offered by
t'ir ownership and skillful manage
W"ut Of single big estate seem insig-
nlatAnt by comparison. The man
" - can take the lead in encouraging
o'r"'u uns and organizing the forces
WI Il make for cooperation in an
aSr iitural community, will not only
br pt the head of larger affairs thar
ans - the aforesaid kings. but he
WI perform more beneficient work
J" "f Nhile-as one Of the cO-operatOr!
2" may we'll share in the individual
gana Of cooperation, the main in
spiiations for his endeavors must ever
oe = iofty public spirit, which kindle:
eFery where among his fellows q desire
10 help one another" as the sures
"aE OF advancing ones self.
'rior to 1882, Denmark was a com
parttTely poor country: its farmer
IN ignorant peasa ntry: its agriculture
resources undeveloped In that yea
'Srlcuitural cooperation had its be
sihnlngst and, in the thirty year
"nich have since interviewed, it ha
wrought Z complete social and econ
oiilc revolution. Not only has Den
nlark now become. next to Englan
population considered) the riches
country In Europe, but the whole pop
u'alon has experienced an education
:, ana social uplift. Hardly anywher
u'S cooperation been developed i
" hiny phases. In it has been fOun
''ie key TO universal prosperity
Wilat has been done in Denmark
80 De done, under efficient leader
cup IN Minnesota, Texas California
i1iile ana every other State in tn
Hon, American life, it is true,
afeady on a far higher plane tina
n't Oh Denmark thirty years ago: bu
"9 upiut which comes from the de
,T'opnaent of cooperation shoul
therefore, be srander in a relativel
hs period. And the honor Whic
rhai come to the Captains Of CO
1ptration. who take the lead in sue
uo'eiopment, shall far outshine ths
"nNh Is bestowed today on the Car
,a'"S 81 industry; who, after all, al
,s S tne best representatives Of tn
bu'Sit indiyidualiSm we once glorife,
~, ~, "nich is now recognized as inin
49, - % the best interests Of America
democracy. -