Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-28
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Business Men In Plan.

raised by appropriation from the gov
eminent and a local taxi
Business Men In Plan.
Yes. 70 a certain extent. but ] b.
lieve vith Or GALLOWAY that Il Is not
suffcien, 70 obtain funds from govern
mental and taxation sources alone, but
that a. many persons Ia the county
az epossIbe should participate In the
wdB eho shall contribute a portion Of
thaE ocal fund so raised ,or county
Hs sfopmeut. a. In order 70 maintain
Ipe Interest and get the best results, u
a necessary that the business men.
land Gamers. bankers. as well as the
farmers OF each county. shall be- per
bOnally and financially interested 10
the plan
OF course. O. would be much cas-
Ter Tor the govern men, or the state az
lcgltgral college 10 have the entire
t.ndl,ag % the proposition the hiring
~ the man and the whole say-so Of the
whole thing. blf iu our estimation he
n6tneY the local people leave 90, In
'erestfylil die out We have no Oh
lections. howeyer but recommend that
he local association turn over the gen
-ral direction OF the county man 70 the
state and government. but We never
advocate anything which will handicap
him In aay way In cSrrying out his
own ideas In the work OF county de
velopment
No man has a monopoly on brains,
and the plans are 80 new that each
man is able 70 add valuable sugget
lions TO the work and II Is the bust
ness OF this committee when ne ind
/ good thing to multiply i BY a thou
isnd
How does the government favor the
county association plan where the
business men and farmers are expect
ID to cooperate with the paid mana
GER
Elimination OF Psternsiism.
"Dr Galloway. the chief OF the bu-
eau Of plant Industry, writes In my
ak with you at the Cosmos club when
'ou we're recently In Washington. | en-
ieaySyed TO set forth somewhat briefly
ny views with respect 70 the kind OF
ielp that should be given to farmers
Dur experience here has taught US that
Is just az dangerous TO give the
armer too much help as II Is 10 AT.
ompt 10 give him too little help. The
problem Is To teach Vim to help him
inlf aud to help him far enough so that
10 viii have realization OF the fact
hat he has the power 10 help himself
Farmer His Own Demoasttstor.
Ne accomplish tho best results by sys-
ematic studies OF what is taking place
within the farm itself and then by util.
ling these studies as 10 point the way
o the farmer In the matter Of reorgan
2ing his work and rcorgauizing his
arm 10 the end OF more economical
Ise Of labor and a more profitable pro
igCtion OF crops Demonstrations with
:rops or small plots Of crops. or dem
/ dded the entire management or a
drge part OF the management Is vest
/ ID outside the farmer. are likely not TO
o. successful In the early days OF
lu- work We attempted to bring the
armer 20 a realization OF his needs
nd his possibilities by conducting
Shat We called demonstration farms
/ Al various points In the south and
| lor'h These were not Successful.
/ aud We abandoned them for the plan
/ u making every man r farm practic-
J ally a demonstration farm, but the man
limself must be the demonstrator, and
must understand why and FOR what
reason he Is demonstrating A good
many plans for helping the farmer
/ have been and are being proposed
| Any.or all Of them. Ia our Judgment.
will fail II paternalism is made the
/ predominant factor
How does the retail merchant take
/ 70 The plans OF this committee"
Attitude OF Country Merchant
IAN right. when he understands
them. There are certain busybodies
Who have been trying to hamper the
work by miscellaneous about the coun-
~ plan. but whenever this is under
stood. the retail merchants become
our strongest allies This is no one
mans plan. but II Is the only plan
upon which eventually all can unite
We have prepared tentative con
Pact and form for a constitution. in
une with those adopted by some OF
our best counties. which We will send
- any person desiring to introduce
the plan into his own county
| tNote Bert Bal Serrefary's Address Doart
OF Trade ndg. ChicAgo)