The Raymer enterprise., 1913-09-18

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established testing stations for theil
eggs. poultry. butter. cheese and b
con. and placed men of high charactei
and great scientific attainments In
charge of these stations. They de
vised common trade mark. Tc
each local association was. given the
right to use this trade mark 30 long
as the standard Of its products were
maintained. In this way everything
came from the Danish farmers In
condition for the table OF the most
fastidious. To give an idea Of the
value Of such modern methods Of pro
duction and marketing. the Danish
farmers are today receiving IS and
so cents pound for butter. where the
farmers Of Ireland. England and Scot
land. who persist In the old methods.
receive about one-half that price. So
1t followed that when the Danish
products began to reach the markets
Of England and Scotland. Ireland lost
these markets rapidly. and as a re-
suit. Irish agriculture became stag
nant, the people discouraged, and the
country fell into utter poverty.
There was. at this time, at least
one man in Ireland who did not lose
courage. This man was Sir Horace
Plunkett Sir Horace had spent many
years in America ranching in Mon
tana. and had returned to Ireland to
try to redeem It He was shrewd and
patriotic, and he was also brave and
courageous. He has the courage to
tell the Irish people there was no re-
lief In politics for them. but that the
remedy lay in adopting modern meth
DDS. and 1t was he who waged cam
paign in Ireland for the slogan which
appears as the first sentence Of this
article. | visited Sir Horace at his
home near Dublin the other day and
had long talk with him. He told
me that he held and addressed 81
meetings among the Irish farmers be-
fore he received the least token OF
encouragement. But Sir Horace kept
pegging along. writing. speaking and
working. He had hit upon and work
ed out a plan-the right plan-for re-
deeming Ireland. and nothing could
stop him.
In 1896 he secured delegation to
visit Denmark and other European
countries and make q study Of the
agricultural methods and by this
means he was enabled to convince
the Irish farmers that they must or
ganize in order to produce better
grades Of goods and get to market
through their own agencies with the
standard Of products the world is now
demanding.
To organize the Irish farmers was
no easy task Sir Horace said that
It was then common saying that the
Irish could conspire. but could not or.
ganize.
He founded the Irish Agricultural
Organization society. This society
procured and trained men who went
out and organized farmers. They es.
tablished the same kind Of organiza.
tons as the Danes had employed
namely. cooperative dairies. cheese
factories. bacon factories. poultry and
egg societies. They did not organize
for an indefinite purpose. but with q
very definite and immediate end in
view. They organized for the pur.
pose OF reducing something better
and putting 1t In better condition for
market than they had ever done be.
fore and for the purpose Of marketing
that product in an upto-date business
manner
Two things tell whether the orga
nization Of the Irish farmers has been
success. So far as It has gone, one
is the very large and imposing build
Ing in Dublin. Ireland, known as the
Plunkett house. In which is conducted
the business OF the Irish Agricultural
Organization society. This building
which must have cost at least $3.50. 900
was erected by the agricultural socie
ties Of Ireland for Sir Horace to car
ry on the work Of further organizing
the farmers bf ireland. The Other
is. tho great number OF signs one sees
In the show windows and on thu
doors Of grocers and dealers In Glas
gov. Edinburgh. London and othel
cities Of England and Scotland. an
nouncing that the grocer or dealer
within carries in stock Irish bacon
Irish butter. Irish cheese. Irish egg.
and poultry" There are as many OF
more such signs announcing tn,
presence Of Irish agricultural products
as there are announcing Danish agri
cultural products for sale.
Both Irish and Danish agriculture
have succeeded In getting their prod
ucts directly to market without tn,
Intervention OF middlemen. by Assem-
bling. grading and packing them
selves. This they did by organizing
All classes have proflted by thes'
kind Of organizations and | must pro
nounce It good for the country.
In the experience Of these countries
we have our own lesson. We in Tex
as have no right to complain Of mar
keting conditions so long as Call
fornia fruits. Kansas City eggs. iii