Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-05
tNational crop Improvement
Service.D


The bankers. the railroads ana the
grain exchanges are three groat busl.
ness classes which have already an.
prcciatcd the spreading of count. or
ganization In rural and civic aeVsiop-
ment and are uniting their eusrgios
10 encourage "a community sptrit.
The manufacturers have also raah,sd
the possibilities, but. strange To say,
most Of them have thus far faile
70 recognize the value OF teamwork
and through Jealousy. or a mistaken
Idea OF selfish advertising, have each
been working on The "pnddie-y0ut-
own-canoe" principle. proferrinr the
temporary profit rather than the fas.
sighted policy Of uniting with an
other interests In the basic principle
OF county plan partaking of tho ma
turo Of an agricultural and CONNER
cial club IN each county. made up OF
"a federation of township clubs and
other existing organizations.
The time has come 60 fedeFate the
efforts OF all those honestly Interest.
ed In the development of commune.
life. Some 81 the propagandists will
always refuse 60 work with the 9TH
ers because their hides are not pure.
ture-proof and they are afraid that
those who are detorminedly In earn
est may show them up for what the
really are-fungus growing upon q
popular idea.
The new bureau OF rural urganlzn-
ton OF the United States Department
of agriculture should be n rover ia
corrclating an existing organizations,
testing each faction In itn crucihics.
skimmiug of the dr0ss and scum.
perfectiug a plan whereby each cub
sidinry organization shall know los
place and be made either Ia fish Or
cut bait There ave mot too many
workers; there is no, too much
money, nor Is there too much en-
thusiasm. In order to get the best
results the problems must be at
tackled from every angle. but by "a
correlation of effort va that any self
ish interest may not abroRate the
work of another
Nothing win ever be accomplished
by organization formed on prejudice
and hate, nor can state and national
associations be made successful along
special lines unless an collateral sub
jects are taken into consideration at
tho same time. An infinite number
uf overlapping associations are "a
waste of effort. II IN true that there
are certain hottle-nccked valleys
whose only means of ingress and
egrcss Is line Of railroad. This
naturally sequesters this community
and their Interests are identical re-
gardiess Of the geographical shape
of their county. II such divisions
cover more than one county. better
results can be made by the coEreln-
ton OF the different societies In each
county. This Is true in the state OF
Pennsyivania, whore the railroad
map looks like the stem to a bunch
ct grapes. but In the prairie counties
where the railroads cross and re-
cross ia every direction. the railroad
unit o. not feasible. The difficulty
with the bottle necked unit h that
national organizations are likely to-
become confused as TO It's where
ahouts and limits. whereas In an of
the states there is q county organic
alton. II the county ~ too large.
subdiyide Il hy townships. II Il isI
too small. federate II with the like
associations In adjoining counties.
Whatever there Is planned 60 do.
let IL be planned on county basis
In reference 90 an of the other things
planned In that county. Many 500
called national associations are not
national at an, hut factional Intel
ligent corporation means the protec-
ton of every interest, whether pro-
Queer, distributor, transporter or cone
sumner, and evolution rather than
revolution ls the answer when
every community learns that IL can
not he developed except by its own
action, the basic principle viii be
laid.