The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-07-05
Government to Study Credit
Needs Of Farmers.
TO TEACH COOPERATION.
Department Of Agriculture BeSih
Movement Financed by Education
Board. Rockefeller PhiIahropy-It
Is Expected That Campaign as Plan
ned Will Reduce Cost of Living.

The broadcast investigation yet IN
dertaken by Uncle Sans department
OF agriculture, designed ultimately to
solve some OF the great problems OF
farm life. is being planned for the
rural organization service. which has
lust been established by Secretary
Houston. The secretary and DIR. Il. n
Carver OF Harvard. who is at the head
OF the new work, are confident OF
splendid results.
The rural organization service will
work In closest cooperation with the
newly created division OF markets,
which will devote its energies pri-
marily 10 problems connected with the
marketing OF farm products at profit,
In many instances IL is not the lackx
OF market that prevents the farmer
from turning over a profit, but inabil-
ity 20 utilize the means for reaching
the market.
Secretary Houston. DR. Carver and
students OF farm economics in general
long have felt that the weakness or
agriculture was DISCRIMINATION. This
ten necessary result OF the vast mum
Der OF farm units, each one a separate
business enterprise. Also IL is the
result OF the isolation OF farm life ana
the fact that the farmer has learned
TO cooperate with nature better than
with men.
Intelligent Organization.
"The first great problem" said Or.
Carver, "is intelligent organization.
There are enormous difficulties in the
way OF effective organization. Mere
organization for organizations sake
amounts TO nothing On the other
hand. intelligent organization has done
wonders I'm many Industries. The
citrus fruit industry OF the Pacific
coast furnishes wonderful example.
Unorganized. the orange growers OF
California could not market their crops
at a profit With their present effec-
tive organization the difficulties I'm the
way OF reaching the right markets are
reduced 10 a minimum.
Take another illustration. The beet
sugar manufacturers are organized As !.
result they pay the farmers who(
rakse sugar beets only enough TO keep
them at the work III the farmers were
organized and the sugar manufactur-
ers unoESanizcd the farmers would
make the manufacturers pay at least
a fair profit. unorganized. they can
only accept what the manufactures is
willing 10 pay"
Plenty Of Funds.
The rural organization service will
be financed by the general education
board. one OF the philanthropies OF
John ID. Rockefeller. While backed by
practically unlimited funds. however,
the work will not be done ON an ex-
trnyagant scale The general educa-
ton board SO far has appropriated only
enough money 90 make beginning
and a. effect an organization OF thor
oughly competent men.
The southern education board
branch OF the general board. for sev-
eraI years past has been cooperating
with the department I'm its farmers
cooperative demonstration work In
the southern states. This work has
met with phenomenal success and has
solved many farm problems for the
south.
Effective organization In marketing
crops will ultimately bring the farmer
much larger return for his work and
also reduce the cost OF living TO the
consumer by removing the middleman
wherever practicable.