Graham guardian., 1915-08-27
COOPERATION FOR
VALLEY INDUSTRIES
Continued on Page Three

of the great continental
railroad. He was a director. Presi-
dent Layton was associated with
him IN all these moves for the up
of a state. | am trying to
follow the example of my leaders
and am fearless in advising you,
my brothers and sisters, to stand
by these principles.
Now as to figures. We averaged
AZ bushels of wheat to the acre.
Reduced to pounds, would be $500
pounds, and at $l.85 per hundred,
makes $46.G2 pei acre. While in
Kansas they raisa IA bushels, $40
pounds, and get no more for their
wheat. When we buy Kansas and
Kan Zona flour, we are building up
the manufacturers of Kansas, en-
riching the farmers of another state
and paying for the transportation.
In using imported flour, or Kan
Zona made of imported wheat, it
costs US IA per cent more to live.
Say we use 1900 pounds Of flour to
the family in a year and that it
costs US $4,000; Ia per cent would
be at least $14.00; quite a nice little
sum to buy shoes for the babies.
The idea that the home article
does not make good bread is not
followed out by good argument.
One woman declares that she cap
not make good bread of Belle -four,
while the next door neighbor makes
the lightest and most beautiful
article from the same -four.
This reminds me of some Of my
experience in Utah when | was in
PRODUCING homemade articles about
the intermOuntain region. PrcSi
dent Smith is a great advocate of
home industry, Never buys an i'm,
ported article of any kind when he
can get that which is made at home
He has had more to do with cstab.
fishing home enterprises than any
other man in the west.
A member of his family was max
| ing preserves. The good lady of
the house said: well, just cant
make good preserves with this beet
sugarl Please get me sack OF
cane sugar" All right" he said
So he had a sack of beet sugar put
into a cane sugar sack. Later he
called and the happy woman glee
fully said: 'Look! here is some OF
the preserves made with the cane
sugar" Later, the same good WON
an was using the last bar of home
made soap. She said; Il just CAM
make things clean with this hOrrid
old Utah soap" "All right. my
dear; I'll get you a box that will
do the work" He had box Of
Utah-made soap wrapped in the
papers that came off a box of Kirk''
soap. Later, when he called, she
said triumphantIy; See the results
of the splendid Kinks soap"
SO it goes, all in your mind. Belle
flour is good enough for anyone
and | shall be very much surprised
if now, that your minds have beer
called to the situation, you eve
have another sack of imported flour
in your bins.
If AZ bushels per acre is the aver
age, there must have been som
farmers who raised GO or 65 bushels
and some even less than 40 bushels
then why cannot we all raise tn
larger amounts? Our grain wa
somewhat smutty this year. 0
course, we had lots Of rain; but W
sowed it too thick and watered i
too much. With this splendid in
dustry within our county, the manu-
facture of good -four, we ought t
make a speciality Of raising graf
and do it right.
In June of this year, | had occas
ion to buy chicken feed. | had t
pay as high as $3.50 and Sonor
wheat at that. The mill at Saffor
had to import wheat from CaIiforni
to keep their mill going and thi
wheat cost them $265 laid dowr
We need not fear OVERRIDING it.
From San Jose to Geronimo
about so per cent of valley mad
flour is used. Where does the othe
come from? Below and among I'll
Indians all the flour that is used
made here and of our wheat. Q
course, the Indians are not so ciVi
;; ized as we, but they have the natiV
good sense to make their bread Of
: wholesome article. The Indian get
the genuine germ, while we, VIII
: should know better, demand tn
finer flour which has lost much c
: the vital force of food stuff.
What are we doing in this vale
: in the line of vocational induStr
for our young men and womer
: Scarcely a home industry or en-
ployment for our children. Whe
there is nothing to do on the farm