Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17
The ''OlD cow
BEST FACTORY
Said That This Community Has No
Claim ON Factories. But Has Neg
lected IT'S Greatest Opportunity
and That Is Dairying.

and That Is Dairying.
(Note: Following is the address
OF w. f. Pendleton at the 25-Expsn-
sion Club Booster Lunch last week
on the subject. "The Need OF Factor
iee." Mr.. Pendleton says, In b'ief.
that this section has no immediate
claim on Industrial factories. owing
to the lack of raw material and cheap
fuel, and asserts that our greatest
asset, and which we are permitting
to go undevelopod. is that greatest
Of all Industries in diversified farm
ing countries. Dairying. Mr. reudle-
ton IS not a theorist--on tho contra
ry. he Is one OF the most successful
of our practical dairymen. He owns
a fine dairy farm In Texas, and al
though he hires all the work done,
earns substantial profit on tue In
vestment):
Mr.. Toastmaster and Gentlemen:
The subject OF Factories in Du-
rant", which I understand WIS flI 81
assigned to me. was one upon which
could work up very little enthusiasm.
The first impression OF the word
Factory" brings to our minds. Is a
picture OF buildings full OF raw ma
terial and manufactured products.
smokestacks pouring forth steady
stream of black smoke aud hundreds
Of laborers with well-fllled dinner
pals. The picture is beautifrl one.
but in my Judgment 1t will be several
years yet before we. of Durant. will
be able to view II in our midst.
AS an economic business PROPOSE
tion. capital for building factories
goes to the raw material. and you
have no raw material heie which will
Justify wasting much energy on in the
promotion of factories as pictured.
shall discuss briefly only one
kind of factory now, for this section.
the promotion OF which will repay
you for all the energy you may ex-
pend, and that factory is just the
plain old COW. We have here an ag-
ricultural and stock-raising section.
unsurpassed anywhere. and IL the
proper energy were expended in the
education Of our farmers along these
lines. you would be astonished how
rapidly 1t could be developed. You
ask me whose duty 1t is to propagate
this campaign OF education. tell
you II is yours. II is the duty OF the
merchant. the banker. the manufac-
turer. the land owner. to start such a
campaign. under such methods as will
bring results. The details of such a
plan have no place here tonight, and
my only desire is to get you to think,
because there is always salvation for
men who think.
When a man requests loan from
one OF you bankers for the purpose
of buying a dairy herd. you let him
have 1t. II the present security looks
good. but without an yidea OF what
kind of cattle he is going toe buy.
what experience he has had. whether
or not the cows have been tested by
a Babcock tester to ascertain IL they
are to be hoarders or noney-makers.
Some of you land owners require
your tenants to plant all cotton. be-
cause you say 1t is your money-crop.
Others never advise with their ten
ants about division OF crop to be
planted. and In all. am compelled
to say, we have slipshod farming, a
poor example of stock-raislng, in one
Of the best farming and stock-raising
sections OF the South.
Recent statistics show that there
Is shipped into Texas four million, and
in Oklahoma one million dollars
worth of dairy products every year,
from Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska, Mis-
souri, and Illinois. Can the farmers
OF those states manufacture dairy
products cheaper than Oklahoma? /?
Let us see.
They buy your cotton seed meal.
the richest concentrated feed in the
world and the cheapest, pay the
freight. feed IL to their dairy COWS.
and sell you the product They are
compelled to house their herds from
eight to nine months In the year. and
Craze them three to four months. We
craze nine months and are compelled
to house not more than three
months. They have high-priced land,
we have cheap land--and yet the
farmers of those states hold mort
cages on lands in Oklahoma and
Texas. and will continue to own them
until by some means our people are
educated along the lines Of better
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