Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-25

en- The land, They cooperate With
th,m for this purpose,
This is what the Ozark Bankers De.
.yclopmont Committee says:
Resolution.
Whereas, the section of Missouri
known as the Ozarks comprises al,
mos one-half the area of the state,
and has a greater diversity of agri,
cultural possibilities and u to
Offer than any other section Of the
Central or Western States, and,
Whereas, they have not shared in
the immigration and development en-,
joyrd by other sections more remote
from markets and less adapted to all
lines Of agriculture, and,
Whereas. the present lack of de,
TtiIrmCmt has been iii 10 mailler due
to the absence of opportunities, but
rather the failure to place these adj
y~autages and opportunities before the
people Of the country by intelligent
cooperative development work, and.
Whereas, the Bankers of the O2arks
are interested in having the people OF
the country at large know of these
vast possibilities, varied resources
and the wide range of opportunities
available to the man who wants to
farm for profit, but to make these
facts known necessitates an organic
alton which shall conduct its work
along conservative lines for substan,
tial development, rather than follow
obsolete boom methods heretofore
employed in many sections, which
have resulted only in riotous specula-
ton and failure, and,
Whereas, the Bankers of the Ozarks
realize the possibilities yet undevel-
oped by the farmers already in the
! Ozarks, and know that the develop
ment of the Ozarks is dependent not
alone upon the location of the new
farmer but upon his success when he
is located, and,
Whereas, the Frisco Railroad thru
its Department of Development has
rendered its services to the Bankers
of the Ozarks in formulating and car
rying to a conclusion such plans and
Drl n- will r1c,Jt ~, tho 1ntyn1rp
ment of the OZarks, and knowing it
is only by cooperative methods and
accomplished:
Therefore be it resolved, hat this
body of Ozark Bankers enter into a
permanent organization to be known
as the Ozark Bankers Development
Committee, and hat the work of this
committee shall be:
Gst) immigration.
To place before the country in G
business-like way the advantages ant
the opportunities which the Ozarks
possess an dare offering to the bust
ness-like farmers of the country.
(2nd)-lmprovine Methods of Agri
culture.
To work in cooperation with the
farmers of u respective commun
tiles, and the Department of Devel
opment of the Frisco and it's agricultu
raj representatives, in bringing abou'
the most advanced and improved
methods of agriculture throughout
the Ozarks. One Of our foremost OBJ
jects being to have every farmer nov
in the Ozarks, and those that may
hereafter come, succeed on the farms
(3rd)-Marketing of Farm Products
To cooperate with the farmers 0
the Ozarks and the Marketing Bureau
of the Frisco Railroad in every man
ner that will result in securing for the
producers of the Ozarks the maximum
prices for their products. This will
mean immediate assistance to the live
stock men, fruit growers, poultry
r~aisers, dairy farmers, ETC., and,
Be it further resolved, that in ad
dition to the selection of a president
vice-president, secretary and treas
urer, an executive board-to be com
posed Of nine members, and a bureau
of publicity, a bureau Of immigration
a bureau of live stock, a bureau o
agriculture, and a bureau of market
ing--to be composed of seven mem
bers each--be selected to immediatel.
carry out the details Of this work.
The Agricultural Bureau of the De
partment Of Development maintained
by the st. Louis & San Francisco Raj
road, is cooperating with the Ozarl
Bankers Development Committee II
their work for farm development.
The agricultural representatives Q
the railroad are continuously on tn
ground and conduct demonstration
work on the farms. 100 Of thes
farms are In operation in various Il
~caiities this year. In addition to THU
the railroad has horticultural an
dairy experts In their employ who's
.services are given free to the farmers
Both the railroad and the banker
are Interested in the continuous SUI
cess OF the farmers after they settl
on the land. Neither the railroad 9
the bankers have any land to sell. b,