The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-28
Sounds Warning Note.

ma tional government
Sounds Warning Note.
In his afternoon discourse DR.. Carver
| took UP the co-opera tive marketing ques-
| ton and corporation In social problems
Of rural life. He sounded warning note
against overenthuslasm In cooperative
| buying and selling schemes In both his
morning and afternoon speeches. He de-
| clared that the niddeman had his def
| mite place and duty and that the only
| reason for cooperative marketing was TO
| check the mlddlsnan when he attempted
| TO extort too exorbitsnt profits. In his
| afternoon speech he laid down some we'll
| defined principles for cooperative mar
keting organza tlons. Within the last
| few years DR.. Carver has studied rural
problems in nearly every country in the
| world as a special investigator for the
! department OF agriculture and his dis
cussions bear the brand OF authority.
At the housekeepers' conference today
Or, Samuel G. Paul, health commissioner
of Salt Lake CITY. was the principal
speaker, delivering an instructive address
To q large audience OF women on the sub
ject o. 'Sanitation in RuruI Homes" Al
Benson OF the United States department
OF agriculture. gave an interesting dem
onstrs tion of home canning Miss Amy
Lyman told Of her work In home demon
stration throughout the state at the aft
ernoon meeting and her narrative OF her
experiences was heard with unusual in
forest The closing feature Of the house
keepers conference today was an open
discussion Of home problems. led by Miss
Ilene Bailey OF the United States de-
partment of agriculture.
The other speaker at the morning meot-
ing of the Roundup was Louis 2. Boyle.
consulting agriculturist of tho Agricul-
tursl college and one of the states lead
Ing potato growers Mr. Boyle. while
young man. IS thoroughly experienced on
both practical and theoretical knowl-
edge OF his subject and gave the 20c
farmers who henrd him some valuabls
pointers on what to do and what not to
do In growing potatoes.
Views of Specialist.
In his speech on rural orsa anisatlon
Professor Carver emphasized co-opera-
tion. the necessity of cooperative credit
organiza tIons making loans only for pro-
ductive purposes, and the necessity of
supervision and inspection OF accounts
by higher authority. state or national.
the latter measure to insure safety TO
the credit system
Professor Carver said In part;
It may seem like carrying Goals TO
Newcastle TO come TO Utah TO talk
about rural organization, because al
most the whole country might go 10
school In Utah 10 learn something
about rural organization Yet pro-
gressive community is one which IL
looking ahead at new tasks to be
accomplished.
Upon the organization OF rural In
terests depends the future OF asr-
cultural life, and upon The future OF
rural life depends American c!viliza-
ton. Rural NE may be permanent.
Urban life never is. The city never
replenishcs Itself bIologically or eco
nomicaiiy 1t can exist only so long
as II can draw on the country.
Imperative.
Organization Is the cure for the
impoverlshment of rural life. Or
ganiza ation Of rural population is cs-
sential. A man who Is austere in his
habits. but who Will not accommo-
date himself to others and help his
community. Is. I am inclined TO be-
love, n worse man than the one who