Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-01
FARMERS SHOULD
SUPPORT EMBREE
SAYS SUP. BUCKLEY
Former Commissioner of Agri.
culture Vital Necessity for
Standing by the Captain of
Them AlI'-Need Of Loyalty
to ORGANIZATION Cause.

stroudwater, Maine, Oct. 80, 1916.
Editor Kennebec Journal:
1 was very much interested in the
report of Mr.. Chas. "A. Lyman of Madi-
son, Wisconsin, on the Farmers Union
of Maine in your issue of the 18th inst.
It Is splendid to be recognized by a
man who has had wide experience as
Mr.. Lyman has Coming from Wis
consin which IL the leading dairy state
of this country, the home of Prof. Bah
cock the inventor Of the Babcock test,
Prof. King whose system OF ventilation
is at the head Of all systems Of the
world, and ex-pure food and dairy
Commissioner H. c. Adams who has
visited this State many times and CIV
en- valuable instructions along pure
food and dairy lines. and who when U.
S. representative from his state sup
ported President Roosevelt in the en-
actment of the pure food law of the U.
S. Some of the best dairy laws OF this
State have been copied from Wisconsin
laws) and the excellent work of Mr. c.
e. Embree our general manager. re-
ceived special praise.
Mr.. Lyman states that I rowed my
best oar when I landed Mr.. Embree
safe in the harbor of cooperative work
in this State but my experience in
crew-rowing is that it is not always
the man who pulls the strongest oar
who wins but the man at the helm. and
that man was Mr.. Embree. He stood
at the helm through the terrific storm
of opposition and piloted the ship of
cooperation among our farmers. He
t. h. No <0S~ 49, all v,s1
ing and maintaining this grand work
for the most deserving of all people of
the world. those who till the soil. He
sowed the first seed of farmers CO.
operation in a county named after the
father of our country (Washington) in
the most easterly part of the United
States at Perry, Dec. 5, 1911, and it
has been steadily spreading all over
our State and across the whole coun-
try. This was the mission of this man,
and cannot help asking myself If the
farmers Of this State realize what he
has done for them. At recent meet
ing held in Albany, N. Y, while dis
cussing the question of cooperation, a
United States representative and real
farmer from Texas said, pointing to the
map of Maine which hung on the wall
with the Farmers Union in the differ
ent parts of the State designated by
red dots: You can't tell us anything
about the good work done among the
farmers of Maine: we in Texas know
all about it. It is the greatest work
ever accomplished among any farmers
in this country or any other"
John j. Dillon, commissioner of foods
nd MO ,sko fc Of NorHy VnrL cto fn q
in letter as far back as Dec. %, 1912,
on Mr.. Embree's work as follows: II
wish to congratulate you personally on
the splendid work you have done in
Maine along cooperative lines. be-
lieve the effect Of your work in this
line is of more va{Se to the farmers of
tute work that has been done in New
England since the foundation of the
system, and this in no way implies that
I am Indifferent to the previous work
of the institutes in this country. We
simply began at the wrong end and the
men who are taking the initiative to
get back to first principles are certain
ly doing good and needed work"
A prominent Springfield, Mass, man
said. IF Mr.. Embree should leave
Maine it would be setback to farm
ers' organizations of the whole country
for we are all looking to Maine to lead
(Dirigo)."
In closing I will state that Mr.. EN-
bree's work has been recognized all
over this country. We have 81 local
unions and State union made up of
one director from each local and they
should all pull together and take the
course mapped out by the captain or
they cannot win. with my partner In
double scull won ithe championship of
this country and Canada two years,
1898 and many other races, but I
never proved better race than that
with Mr.. Embree in the work of or
ganizing the farmers of this State.
This is worth more to me than the IS
races I have rowed in singles, doubles,
fours. skies and Fights. Every union
and every stockholded to a man should
stand firm and support our general
manager. the Captain of them ALL and
he will pilot the farmers of our State
to prosperity.
J. F.. BUCKLEY.