Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-01
AGGRESSIVENESS
IN LEGISLATION
MUST BE SHOWN
SPEAKER SAYS FARMER MUST ACT
FOR HIMSELF IN ADVOCATING
NEW ECONOMIC MACHINERY.
AMERICAN DELEGATE TO INSTITUTE
OF AGRICULTURE SAYS FARMERS
MUST ACT FOR THEMSELVES.

Chicago. Dec. David Luhin. Am
crican delegate 10 he international In
%Stitltr nf Agriculture MT Rome Iial,.
>nc King toda1 before the national CON
ference ou marketing ami farm credits
in chi ago. said that better markciin.
conditions and -dcuuntc credit facilities
for agricultural operations viii come
I'm this country unl, when the American
farmer acts for himself in advocating
LEGISLATION to foster ana provide new
economic ma>hinery. Mr.. Lubin said Dol
part:
German farmers. originally. were not
brighter than the American farmers: in
flri. they were not nearly ~ bright. j;
Ky unia when they are operating under
hclr effective economic systems that The
ti-rrrfH farmers have become brighter
than ihc americans. ~ fact. they have
l.nHr ilr brightest Farmers ~ Iho
Norlr
"But it wr~ NOT the German farmers
ul. fuNcufof' "ui devised these effective
,s-,nnwic SYSTEMS ar,l obtained their
icel~iatioU enactment They were 10
vi -i nnu Given Legislative enactment N,
She Government WIN J., the govern
rtrut9 Because III i> " v.l' Known rlrt
mat farmers aS 4 result nf their cnvj
ruumcnt. arc iuu conservative lH r.nUt+r
the w1v for chanocS IN modc ~ 'srti i
The farmers tho world over arr thr lf~.
60 make changes IN their Strlr 81
mcnt~ their mode uf speech nr their
opinions.
The rulers ~ German, furc~aw the
tendency 10 which the riSin" tide of mr..
ban socialism promised ~ lead the 20
cialiSm that threatened the destruction
Of their political status puo. TIE,
thought a method for the control or criJ
icltion ~ this socialism could y" f"rr 4
in the strengthening &c he conservative
element the farmiHg roprlatinn.
Under the belief thai with sufficient
reinforcement Inc conservative farmers
would prove more than \ match for the
~rriali>tir radical of the cities. i.. rnl
ing power 80 GERMANY devised AL W.
acted into law the economic ,,>trl~ NJ
rural credits ana marketing mov rpcrli.
ing there. ENncrirncc has proven hat
The rulers of GERMANY were ri.i!: inr
not alone does thr present uI, outrageous
economic status If he German Farmer.
under these systems hold il check the
socialism and radicali>m of the German
cities. but il has also % strengthened
Germany ~ to render her almost invul-
nrrnhl" aud invincihlc.
III il nigh time for farmers 4, look
about them and see what changes in eco.
! monte methods have taken place since
the ln~t half 81 the nineteenth century
! There ~ the telephone and the telegraph.
There arc the trncwritrr~ the card IN
dcX. The board NJ trade. NJ, chamber of
commerce. thu clearing house. the mcr-
camille agency and the thousand and OF
other devices and methods for the eco.
monte transaction of modern business.
DO the farmers use these ~ the extent
that other business men do? But above
all does the farmer realize that sine
these inventions came along there has
been 4 complete change in the method Of
employing capital and III The method If
employing mental energy. Before this
business was transacted Nv individuals
or firms. but in our dav business il
transacted through corporations"
Mr.. Lnbin then explained how many