Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-13
TO Farmers OF
BURLE|GH COUNTY

UUuLklOll UOUASII
URGENTLY REQUESTED TO At
TEND THE MEETING TO BE
HELD At PATTERsON's HAIL..
IN THE CITY OF BISMARCK, ON
MONDAY, JUNE %. At WHICH
TIME AND PLACE A BRANCH
or THE FARMERS EDUCATiON-
Al AND COOPERATIVE UNION
or AMERICA WILL BE ORGAN
IZEO.
There Is no more useful, more fas-
chatting occupation than that Of the
farmer. g.
No home is SO capable of giving TO
the world a race of intelligent, pa
triotic citizens as that Of the American
farmer.
Our high standards and ideals are
more nearly preserved in their sim.
pie dignity and purity by the jewellers
upon the farms than any other class
of citizens. This is due as much, per-
haps more, to environment and sur
r%oundings than to any other cause.
The charms of nature lend themselves
to the development in the hearts Of
those whose daily lives are touched
and Softened by their presence, a love
for the beautiful. the good. and the
true.
If these statements are true, and
we believe they are. what 4 be
more natural than the desire to per-
paiuate conditions than make Il hap
py, prosperous farm home possible:
or, if obstacles are impeding progress
toward a realization of that end, to
remove them forever?
A great fault with members of the
farming class is to become satisfied
| with. or Indifferent toward. existing
conditions, rather than to become &C.
tive for something better. TO reach
the highest degree Of efficiency rs a
citizen and an agent Of civilization,
the farmer must become an aggres.
sive worker. not only upon the farm,
but also in the channels Of com
merce.
| There are two great problems with
which the farmer is vitality concerned
' ~ piotuSN!Vu vi toiiliiIoVttiSS an"
their distribution. With the facili-
, ties now offered by the federal and
state governments, for teaching sci
entiiic agriculture. and the hearty
cooperation by farms themselves in
the demonstration work. the problem
of production is becoming less grave.
The public is so much concerned in
, ~ fnpt SpNnl. fhnt tho TO ymar Nnny
rest assured no effort will be lack
ing to help him secure an increased
production from his acres.
There is one problem, however, with
which the puDiic is not concerned
Il that rests with the farmer and
with him alone TO ~SOlve-and that is
the distribution OF his crops at a price
that Will remunerate him for the toll
and labor of production. That this
question can bet settled by the indi-
vidual to his own satisfaction is an
a%bsurdity. The solution a be worked
out only by a system OF cooperative
marketing.
Whatever may be the lesser needs
OF a great farmers organization, tn,
chief aim and the only one for which
ii can claim the support OF, all Ameri-
can asriculturistS is a determination
ITO work out the crop marketing prob
lem. The Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Cunioa OF America has
successfully worked out this problem,
and is therefore entitled TO your ear
nest consideration and support.
Farmers must become distributors
as We'll as producers. The report OF
the Secretary OF Agriculture shows
that the farmer receives but Is per
cent Of the price paid by the ultimate
consumer for his product. The Far
melS' Union is determined to Sc
cure for the producer 3 greater share
in the profits.
Ii YOU farmers OF Burleigh county
are interested in such a movement
if, in other words. You want all that
You are entitled io-be in Bismarck
on Monday. June %. and help organ
iZe the first Farmers Union 10 be
instituted in North Dakota. There is
big work ahead OF the farmers OF this
state, and it is highly appropriate that
the movement which is going 10 be
back OF this work should be started
at the state capitol.
Ii you are tired OF being robbed and
'plundered by big business YOU will
be here On June aS-and you'll bring
your friends with you.
vr.,< - a. I'LL