Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-18
STATE HOUSE.
AnIaierestipg Agricultural
Meeting at WinsIow.
Names eunnsrs Ale In Lead
OF Other States Of Union.
Rumors Of Ordering End Resl.
siisnt to Mexico Cnfounded.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meetips of Governor and
Council, Friday, Aug. 22, 1918, 10 A. M.

An interesting meeting in the inter-
est. of cooperation among farmers
was held at Winslow Grange hall, on
Thursday evening, Aug. IA. w. c.
Stetson. president of the Waterville
Farmers Exchange presiding.
The first speaker was j. A. Roberts.
commissioner of agriculture. In par
he said: ITO Cooperate, to unite in
organized effort is difficult. 1t costs
something. money, : time and the
smothering of personal bias and petty
jealousy. Organized effort has failed
al times among farming people, but
not less than other business projects.
Many of the great railroad systems
have passed into receivers hands be-
fore completion, yet under difficulties
the constructive work went On until
in most cases financial success has
bsen secured. In most cases the men,
who have backed the great business
ventures in organized effort have
stood to lose bat when they faithfully
and Loyalty stood by their leaders, in
most cases the final results have been
of pleasing nature.
Wherever we find a we'll planned
and carefully organized business ven
ture that has gone TO the wall it has
been the result of business misman-
agement, lack of efficient leaders, or
disloyalty among its supporters.
Success. then, will be most surely
achieved by means of carfully
planned, well organized, serupulous
business methods. efficient leaders and
hearty loyal support by the members
at large of such an organization
Great emphasis must be laid upon the
last, the loyalty of support, as no or
ganization even possessing the first
two REQUESTS of success can continue
long TO live without the active finan-
cial loyalty of all its members.
The Farmers Union and the local
Farmers Exchanges of Maine require
and demand the assistance of their
members earnest. Jealous officials,
and efficient well-planned business
management. Granted these, there
can be no failure with a plan so care
fully worked out and so thoroughly
organized as these associations are in
this State.
Let us establish trade mark, grade
our farm products to superior stand
ard, pack that production in neat
attractive package and put in upon
the market upon the merits of the ar
.ticle. Such an article will find its
own market. The trade mark will be
a guarantee that the article under it
shall be of uniform standard of ex-
cellence. We have an example of
this before us. The Oxford Bears, an
apple growers association have by
this method established such a repu-
tation for the~ fruit packed under the
oxford Bears" trade mark that the
past year their fruit has sold in the
markets of England without pack
age being opened for examination.
Their fruit reaches the consumers in
the English cities in unopened pack
ages at an advance in price of one
fourth to one-half over the frui.
packed by the ordinary shippers.
In summary, let me repeat: The
essentials of success are honest eff
cient business management, loyalty
and cooperation by the members and
strong earnest leaders. With these
requisites of success before us and
adhered to by us, the Farmers Union
and the Farmers Exchanges will
never. jiii III ULTIMATE success.
Eek commissioner of agriculture, ].
p. Buckley, spoke briefly, expressing
his great interest in the work and his
desire to be OF all assistance within
his power.
Assistant state dairy instructor, G.
r. Leland, spoke of the great success
of organization among the farmers in
the matter of Dairy Test Associations.
He is often questioned concerning the
work of the Farmers Union and be-
lieves from the interest manifested by
men in all parts Of the State that the
Farmers Union and its allied organi-
cations will have a much more pros
porous year in 1913 than in the pasT.
F.. S. Crosby, president Of the Farm
ers' Union of Maine spoke on the work
of the Union and what it has accom-.
plishad. Over 200 carloads of pota-
toes. amounting to more than 100000
bushels Of potatoes, were sold at
saving to the grower of fruit of SIS