Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-12

war and Henry Ford being blamable.
/. This year the farm products. includ-
b.! ing live stock In Virginia arc valued
/ Al S3:5.651.no0 as compared with $780,
! SG4.5o4 in 1899.
/ "our commercial activity has kept
/ pace with our agricultural development.
I Taking few OF the larger industries.
Z ind that our production OF lime
! and cement has about doubled. going
. from 81 100000 to 100000. The same
! proportion OF increase is shown I'm the
manufacture OF sash. doors and blinds.
from s. 500. 600 to SS.000.OoD. In 1909
VIC manufactured cigars. cigarettes and
cheroots 10 the value Of ST.S00.500: In
1913. to the value Of si3.9s5.0o0. Our
cotton goods production has grown
from sS.oo00Oo 10 sl2.0oo.oO0. a graft
tying increase. though. OF course. much
below the figures shown in the cotton
states
our iron Industry shows great
increase. In 1909 We produced a value
OF Sli.94S.l5o.21: in 1913, s43.51j.305.o9.
our paper aud pulp factories have
grown from 100000 TO s. 100000. In
the production OF ovcral!s and of fur
niiure. the increase is striking. Tan
ueries show a gain OF from s.. 900. 900
to si+.50Q. 600.
MANY SERIOUS PROBLEMS
MUST He SOLVED
II ain no; unaware that growing ag-
ricuitu.al aud Industrial activity bring
new and serious problems. Ills a far
cry from the day when our popula tion
was widely scattered, when land was
plentiful. when each family produced
most O; what IL consumed. and when
there was little need for commerce in
its wider sense. When cities were built
ana .he ase Of specialization began
and machinery came into use. and great
factories produced more OF given
article ia = day than could 100. 900 fam
lilies. u I'll spelled the need OF orcan;-
cation. The looms ~ our Erandmoth-
.rs axe curiosities OF antiquity. mighty
machines take the place Of slow. hand
labor--tne demand OF civilization IT.
self Mas for ORGANIZATIONS 1t had to
come: il Is her" 10 stay.
"Eut there is Organization and o.
sanitation. Such union Of, effort as
stimulated efficiency. thereby increas-
inE the earning both OF capita! and
aoor. made for the public good such
orSa niza:io:' as brought together large
amounts Of capital for tho sole pur-
pose of exploiting alike the producer
and ihe consumer so tina; the few
might ta;ten Oh great profits. was for
tie pubic ILL y gigantic factory. or
eaain Of factories linked by The ties
~ ss!i-in:erest grinding the producer
10 garth by limiting his marie, 10 that
made and controlled by the oombina
ton. aud holding UP the consumer at
the same ;!:le for any price set by the
combination. means organization of a
sind which. II not check ed. Inevitably
must result III ruin 10 the business OF
tie nation and. in the end in revolu-
ton
This question more than any purely
domestic question nov engages the
public mind. The complaint comes now
chieHy from tho consumer. but the
question IS ono in which the producer
also has vital interest. in that I'm
necessarily high prices are curtailins
consumption and therefore curtail!ng
demand. thereby limiting ana narrow
ing the outlet for all products II is
high time that ihe ihouEhtful people
OF the country. both producers AMI con
s"inors. should hc cousidcrinG what
their relationship 10 each other j. 20
Dc. not only In 1916. bu, in those days
which a'c !" come when domestic and
International reconstruction must fol-
!"w thc ending % tho European war.
POINTS To Cooperation
* THE ONLY REMEDY
TIE remedy is not destruction of OF
ca"iEatiom. W. can nevc, 90 back to
Individual!sn Corporation IS me
remedy. The average men Of the coui.-
trE must get together and solve the
problem ~ distribution solution
made easier year hv wear rs means OF
communication by rail and wire null
:iply.
We mus; lid ourselves Of the feel
ms 81 rivalry that vas natural i'm tn.
DAYS Of NOR" primitive business W"
must learn 30 hc fellow workers
We must Cooperate IN marketiuc
som" localities do it now. u z rather
limited extent. Localized associations
cannot work succe.sfuily as ncrma-
ncnt proposition. FOR Tho overhead c..;
pete with enormous aegreSations o.
capital. Then. 700. We arc still such
children OF human nature thai loca!
llehIousicS creep in ami mar tho task
DIVISIONS must be oyean!zcd. and mus,
oc IN charge Of mon who will hav. a.:
interest ma will make them work
~ th"E would IL their pwn business
We can cooperate in production. so
MAJ or+r large areas the products @;
'ne sou ana the factory may 70, adapt
Gu 10 ihc public need. As "a rule. man
niactu'erS and dealers figure III th.
amount Of capital Invested I'm business
INC cost OF production including all
costs of dong hns iness then add wha,
'heN themselves fix az their reasonable
P'o"| ana SOL ~ Il practically uniform
pice /" thu trade. the nan on til.
sou produces crop, ana instead @, fix
ing PIC" which kill represent = res-
soma be .return. asks the custol!., yh.,
ne Viii give, ~ most times In Tho
m" % the farmer the price Of his
pr"HG'' : fixed not By himself but hy
MS customer ami without dircc, regard
l" cost OF production OF, even 70 III.
la" "t supply and demand. but from
CONSIDERATIONS OF hos much he shoDId
t"hti ihuie along with the ul,i!na,. con-
s"'":i !" a. !!Iordiaar- prof, gO!ng 40
continuation standing between holm
"Eit'HboRHoOD CENTERs
REGARDED >S NErESSAR,
w" must have uc!pkhorhuod cen.
'"'F where all the people ma, Sathe..
"hc DISCUSS TIA" problems o. Ike ana OF
business ana of education. Tina. make.
i"' ro-opecaiior. \ co-op.ra;jy.
rieai""ry ia a community VIII do far
NOR" f"i /" community spirit than ans
pf"hi- i' money II may bring in
one " he most striking signs of
ih" 'im"s j. found iu IA. enactment
~ the !aw for ,h. establishment ~.
farm loan banks ~" very foundation
81 th"s" prOp"s-d institutions is in
local c"-opcration
'"-"p"ralio: III" muscle. VIII
gro" Win VS." T. viii no, work ,I
- user II must have iuotiy. pow.r
u IHH"' have leai.rship In an d