The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-17
RAISE MORE HOGS
is THE BEST REMEDY
MIR. Farmer Get Together and Build a
Packing House

At your request for the views of hog
submitting mine To get a rock bot
tom foundation for this discussion let
us briefly review industrial progress
in the United States by using the fol-
lowing illustration. Consider the pop
ulation roughly divided into three
classes-the producers, the consumers
and those engaged in buying and turn
ing raw materials into the finished pro-
duct, and the distribution of all these
products and other commodities nee
essary to the existence of civilized
man.
Between two large plains of land
lies bread, beautiful valley, on the
one side live the producers and on
the other the consumers, each of the
two classes dependent upon the other
and both working hard to provide the
necessities of life. Living in land
of plenty there is much discussion
about the high cost of living but lit
| tie said about the real cause and rem
edy But, before the commodities
may pass from producer to consumer
they must cross over the valley where
live the local buyers, the speculative
buyers, gamblers manufacturers, job
bers, wholesalers, travelling men and
retailers, then after each has added
to the cost or so-called market value
of the commodities. whether adding
to the intrinsic or true value or not,
they are passed on to the consumer.
The striking thing about the valley
is the wonderful transformation that
has taken place there since the birth
of our nation. In early days only
few factories and mills, and a simpl'
direct system of distribution was
found in the valley 1t is true that IN
those days industrial life was more
simple and that with the invention or |
machinery and the numerous discover
les by scientists, new industries came
into existence, which complicated the
situation, agriculture making rapid
progress on account OF labor saving
machinery being introduced attracted
more attention from the producers
than before. They became so busy
producing that they forgot what was
going on in the valley. AS matters
grew more complexed the men in the |
valley took advantage of this condi-
ton and made the situation more
complex The luxuries Of the valley |
together with the inducements there
of offered, led many from the plains
to join in the development OF what
is known today as the middleman
system. The greater the number add
ed to support this system the greater
its power
On the consumers side of the plain
in a mansion overlooking the valley,
lives Uncle Sam. From different
places in the valley are well beaten
paths leading to the mansion, and al
SO to the building called the public
press. The paths from the plain laid
out by our forefathers are outgrown
with grass and but few there are who
travel that way.
To prevent commodities from taking
shorter routes across the valley thus
leaving out one or more OF the memD-
srs of the system, strict rules and reg
1la tious are enforced Realizing that
he burden imposed about system is
lnnec essary and unjust, highway is
oeing built across the valley from one
md by or ganized labor and the other
)y the orga ,uized producer. Upon the
completion Of this highway OF coop
grafton it will be dedicated to the use
If the American people.
| think that anyone who has made
some study of the. market system IN
he northwest will agree with me that
he farmer as well as the laboring
nan is suffering from the greed OF
organized capitalists.
AS a remedy for the present hog
market situation writer in the Rural
spirit has suggested that we raise
My half as many hogs next year
eg to differ with him, however, and
lope that after giving the matter
nore thot he will consider my views
n akindly way. In the first place
yhat shall we raise to take the place
+ the other half of hogs raised this
ear that will not overstock this
orthwest M market Of ours? We can
OF let our land lie idle. Secondly
his suggestion is too much like the
ne given by the wheat grower who
roposed that in order to ma6e the