Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-27


is in a good state of preservation and
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farmers and farming methods pretty
severely, do not establish some dem
onstration farms, manage them and
handle them in such a way as TO
show the farmer what a first-class
up-to-date man can do, They do,
occasionally, and sometimes are sue
cossful. | have noticed this, a bust
ness man Of the right type, If he
attempts farming and knows very
little, If anything, about farming, If
he sticks to the proposition, Will Of
ten beat the farmers who have spent
a lifetime at II, even though he makes
lots Of blunders at the beginning. For
that reason ! am glad TO see that here
in oklahoma II has been pretty much
the policy Of the organizations which
are coming into existence to induce
the farmer to take more interest in
his own business, and that they are
organized for general work, rather
than specific things SO much They
are not attempting to dictate just
what farmers must do, but are show
ing the farmers they are Interested
in them. They are admitting II Is
for their own benefit, and | believe
IT the right thing to admit in the be-
ginning just what your purpose is in
anything we attempt to do. The
farmers win have much more conf
dence and will be more willing to
follow your suggestions If you Will
be absolutely fair and open with
them in the beginning and that spirit
see evidenced here in oklahoma.
notice Mr.. llockaday this morning,
in talking about railroad work, said
frankly just what you know to be
true, and | rather fear if he had not
mentioned it that many Of you might
have felt that he was trying to run
something over you, but he admit
ted that railroad interests have a sell
fish desire I'm doing work such as
this, just as business men have in
taking the interest they are manifest
ing. If the business man in the be
for him he would not do very much
with IT, if the railroads did not hope
for some material gain they would
not enter the field, and if the farmer
did not hope for gain he would not
be made to cooperate in any phase
Of the work Most railroads are run
through purely agricultural cOmmu-
n ho a
tircly through agricultural country
throughout its entire system, and
few years like the last two or three
shows them that the success Of the
farmer of this country means their
life, and it Is matter of as vital
importance to them as it is to the
farmer himself. Where the farmer
succeeds, they succeed, and where
the farmer does not, they are not
successful. 90 in the end, organiza-
tions must get right back to the po-
sition of the individual farmer, and
certainly, If there is anything in CO.
operation, it will bring greater results
than can be secured in any other
way. That theory is thing that Is
spreading all over this country, and
no matter what is done by it, 1t is
going to result in an enormous
amount of good in a very short time.
II Is useless to hope that everything
done will be for the best but the
movement as whole is for the best,
and We are going to make the Inter
national Farming Congress meet
ing a greater success, and the state
organization a much greater success
than would be possible OF accom-
plishment alone IT is not altogether
question of financial aida mat
ter of getting money 1t is a ques-
ton Of enthusiastic interest and
moral support Of the people, and a
pledge to devote some time, thought
and intelligence to making it a sue
cess, far more than financial aid A
worthy cause can get about all the
money needed but 1t Is the hardest
thing in the world to get people to
donate their time and attention in
order to make it a success-One thing
that is wanted here. 1t takes money,
too, but when you get people behind
II to make IL a success, the money
part Of it usually takes care OF Itself.
No matter how much money Is eX-
pended, without cooperation you
cannot hope for success in any de-
gree whatsoever.