The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
COOPERATION IS
THE WATCHWORD
Great Conference to Be Held in
Richmond Next Month
for Farmers.
EXPERTS TO TELL THE STORY
Buying and Marketing md Bor-
rowing More Economically
Things to Be Taught.
EXPERTS TO TELL THE STORY
Ky T.. II. ,rcGow,N.

Especial TO The Times- - spatch.l
Washington. March S.--Ths value of
all farm products of the South amounts
10 two and Il half billions bf dollars
a Year TO the farmers. but they cost
the consumers iiYo billions
The farmers OF the South spend most
OF their TWO and half billions each
year largely for farm supplies food.
clothing. etc. aud one billion of this
goes each year into the hands Of all
classes OF nddiemcn
Southern farmers lose an additional
two and {. half billions each year be-
cause OF poor farming methpds. They
could double their Yield b. erop-dccr.
siication and other impro ycments II
Il were not for the advance system"
under which the creditor forces the
farmer TO planc cash crops" such as
cotton and corn. year In anu year out
Southern farmers borrow immense
amounts OF money or secure credit at
great loss The estimated loss TO them
because OF excessive interest rates
amounts 10 about one huidrcd and
siXty-thrco millions OF dollars (S1G3-
000.co0) q year.
SO. all told. the farmers aIe out six
billion one hundred and HXty-threc
million dollars a year. much OF whicn
they might get n they controlled their
own systems OF credit, marketing and
huying.
These are the hgures of Professor
John lee Coulter. expert special agent
for agriculture In the Census Bureau.
ia arrives at his CONCLUSION after
years OF study, which have made Him
Z, leading scientific authority IN farm
economies.
However, plans arc now matsred look
ing to ~ cut which from tho very first
VIII amount to millions or dollars In the
a hc. -,
prices The farmer receives foi his pro-
ducc and the prices which 1.-THE con
suner has TO pay
Widcsprcnd Bene8ts.
These plans are To be takenilp ut the
sixteenth conference for EQUATION in
the south. to be held in Richmond
April 1918, and so epoch mixing in
their results on Southern prosperity
arc they considered 10 be That thoGs
ands OF Southern farmers and business
men VIII unite in their confederation
with schoolmen. editors and ptblicists.
In brief, the common remqiy 10 be
proposed at tho conference for most
Of the tanners ills Is organization and
cooperation. II is proposed that he
market Ills crops comparatively. buy
II Is goods 81 the same name and Dor
row las money from cooperative cred
II societies such plan. IL Isl contend
eli. would harm no one. and njhc long
run would benefit all classes BY thus
adding II the farmers incomi he will
be- enabled to spend more on the pleas
ant ~ we'll as on the useful hings OF
lie 10 build better roads. to maintain
better schools ard TO make country liv
iaS more pleasant all-round.
rhis in turn would have tie effect
81 checking the exodus from farm 10
city and with the increase nlthe pro-
Lcr-tiou or country population, yin come
IN time an increase III the AMOUNT OF
food raised. together with n correspond
ing decrease in the cos: of living. IF
the farmer produces more an spends
moro. the railroads VIII havea larger
tonnage 10 haul, and consequently larg