The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
National Officials Tel. Of
Purpose and Work Of
Organization. y

/ ~so0ee eAseS Ob0B4s
ecsas,assa ~. ~. osay
the total amount or farm psod,aoe q
the United States for the year 1915
amounted to 3l2.o00, oo0, 900. OF this
amount the middlemen rot se,so1. 600.
goo and the farmer received Ss,soGD0o..
ooo. leaving sl.ooo.ooo.ooo. Or a much
as the total income Of ali the railroads
OF the United States during the sams
period. IN the hands Of the dealers.
Take on your hat quick 70 the deaier.
you. fasmes4." said M. MosrisL :He
ct least knows how to orsahise ana
get the best Of you. want YOU 70
take the idea u @1.oooOoo.0oo loss
nome with you and think, Il over"
msrehants' ce.epstatisn.
The speaker then went on to shov
now the merchants organised In ina
Chamber Of commerce clubs ana man.
aged their business along productive
''nes by Cooperation. But the farm
ers are coming to the front, he said.
LOT there are at the present time
strong organizations Of the Narmefs'
Society Of Equity in 20 states Of IN.
Union and the society n growing
larger and stronger every day" In
.aano alone more than 100000. OF
business was transacted, by the no.
ciety during the past year.
In the closing moments OF his tall
MI. Norris dealt with the problem ~
direct marketing and told Of the vor,r
OF the society In helping its membera
get the most for their products. ro-
example. he told Of one town at which
ne stopped where hay was selling AZ
nom Ss to $3.50 a ton. He said that
there were about four dealers IN tho
market and that on one day one Of
them would bid $3.50 and ret iii .ha
nay ana the rest would bid In vhat
they could on the side for IS. on tho
next day another OF the dealers would
o'd the $3.50 price ana the rest would
lie low. Having his suspicious
aroused. Mr.. Morris wired the centr.,
market at Memphis and found that
the same kind Of hay was brinxinu
~ At that place. The freight was
but ~ ana the dealers were making
Dig profits on every ton. A little In
prevention by the society and the psice
immediately increased. In another In.
stance the dealer had made as much
as 500 ton on broom straw,
Appeal for co.opeestjen.
Mr.. Brockman. national manager OF
the society. made a sincere business.
like appeal to the farmers for %.
operation. He said that he had come
for the purpose of rcmedying the dir.
ficuities and the dissatisfaction WITH
the actions Of the higher offlcers that
was said to exist in the local branch.
ne asked the men Of the society TO
bring their troubles out at the meeting
and allow him to try his hand In
remedying what he could. Never BE-.
fore. said he. had the national orean.,
iatson been in better position to he,p
the members and. IL It. was necessary.
an expert would be sent to ,Mts,oula
TO help this branch market its produce
this fall. -
We are looking at this proposition
as OF today and in the future and not
IN the past. said the speaker. He
then went on to tell Of hayia. an.
pointed four men to investigate tho
markets of the United States with the
view Of arranging for the 1917 market
and getting in a position to get the
pest OF the price for the farmer at no
added hardship to the ultimate con.
sumner. -,
Farmer and Factory.
In his boost for cooperation he
spoke OF the relationship which should
exist between the farmer, and the
manufacturer. He said that there
were several district societies which
| would be able to handle the entire
output OF somo factory at an adyan.
tasc to both but for the distrust OF
the Individual members for each other
cngendered by the tradesmen. With
tho merchants forming combines to
cut out the wholesale houses and deal
direct with the manufacturers. he saw
no reason why the farmers should not
follow suit.
MI. Brockman denied that the or.
sanitation, Of the farmers to a high
dcgree would be detrimcnt to a town
ny eliminating the dealers. saying that
the only efficient means Of organizing
was to take tho dealers into the 20.
c'cty and work In harmony Tor a
common end. .@t
In his closing words OF the after.
noon. Mr.. Brockman spoke OF the
strife between the Farmcrs~Seciety OF
Equity and the Americas Society Of
Equity and expressed hope for tho
amalsamation Of the two factions In
the future. .i
WILL HURRY INQUIRY.