Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-28

business We do not hang together.
II is AZ though there were only one
poultryman in America. Each one Of
us stands alone, unsupported by the
rest. The result Is. the forces that are
against us are greater than those that
are for US. We have not yet found
our proper place In the sun"
We poultrymen are compelled TO
| market our stuff at the whim and beck
and mandate Of this or that huckster or
vender We are forced to accept Just
what prices he, she, it or they may please
TO offer lis. We cant hold our product for
| better prices, and therefore, under present
conditions We are helpless After all,
what's the Use To cuss the mlddIeman2 We
may as well confess IN true sporting spint
that he is "onto his job" more efficiently
than we are onto ours. In fact he saves
| our day, for without him most Of us
could hardly sell our goods at all.
The man on the farm is conservative. II
II proverbial that the tiler of the ground
Is exceedingly coy about laying hold of
| new and modern methods Of business
| The man in the suburbs il less conservative
and vet far behind the city dweler in
taking advantage of the latest and most
| profitable economic methods.
VICTIMS OF ARCHAIC METHODS.
There 8 a reason The rural man lives n
| quiet life, largely cut off from the great on
rushing stream Of progress. The new forms
of economic procedure reach him late
When they do come to his attention hc IS
cautious and slow about adopting them
| His simple business operations make him
suspicious Of new departures He has
heard Of the gold brick schemes and
"a Ip fool hat he fa of no
small fish and Is afraid that the big ones
will get him
| / he result rs he IS vlctimzed by out~of
date methods Fearing 70 adept the new
systems, he is gouged defrauied often
| pauperi5ed by the antiquated systems
and by their not always scrupulous repre-
sentatives There are many among the
rural population who arc right up neck
and neck with the best and most down
| to-date economic forms Of business prog
ress; but the majority of us, from the
very nature of living conditions are slow
| to lay hold upon the new ways that are abb
| solntely necessary for the best results IN
these ncw times
Most poultrymen do business from
| hand 70 mouth We lack large scale sys-
tenn Our little home plant may be right
wcli organized, but these times require
more than Scientific management in
each Of our small and independent pur-
suits Clifford Plnchot, on rural subjects
| has the following to say: The farmer gets
| less than half Of every dollar that the
| consumer spends 1t IL the faulty system
| Of distribution that is 70 blame for the
| high cost Of living.
| Whatever il true of the farmer is true
| Of the poultryman Every farmer Is a
| poultryman, and every poultryrnan who
l. not a farmer must share the farmer s
| fate.
Co-oPgRATIvE COLD STORAGE.
Cooperation j. everywhere today. You
/ cant stumble amlss Of it-from the
gang spirit oI the boys on the streets TO
/ the League Of Nations that Is IN the max
ing Every nation IN the world is CO.
/ operative organization. and its success II
civil COVE eminent depends upon the same
sort OF team work that lies at the center
| Of the soul Of baseball game Without the
| cooperative principle, q railroad OF any
/ consequence would be an lmposslbIlIty
/ Most business Is done by this same organ
/ i1cl nttl Of Cur re Ii n.Ing i ouses
| are cooperative institutions. Look 81 the
] labor unions
/ Cold storage facilities are the supreme
need Of American poultrymen. How shall
We get them What shall be their char
acter2 Eggs are perlshable Il Is risky 70
| keep them even feu DAYS where the
| thermometer Is about 50 degrees. Dressed
| poultry IS equally perIshable. Without
cold storage the pomtryInan must sell his
/ product day after day st Just what prices
/ the man with cold storage may see ht
! Il offer him If We who produce the eggs
and poultry meat could hold our stuff 10
be disposed of at pleasure AZ the seasons Of
/ high prices, evidently the game would be
/ III our own hands
This means a cold storage plant III
every community where poultrymen pro-
pose 10 do things Ii s. profitable way. But
| it means, too, that this plant should be
| built and conducted on the cooperative
principle for there arc comparatively
few men who are sufficiently deep IN the
| poultry business 20 afford plant OF their
own. \ hundred men In one community,
however, each handling an average Of 200
fowls, could easily put up q splendid plant
for the accommodation Of the prodncts q
their total of 20, 900 fowls
The people could store their eggs IN
prime condition As fast rs they are hand.
! reservlng to then selves the privilege Of
holding them at 30 cents dozen during
the low price season aud selling them later
at twice that figure during the top price
season Fowls could be killed any day Of
the year that We may see lit 10 hold them
| up In the Improbable task of eating
| their heads off" In this way they could
be put in storage at ID cents a pound
during the slack time making it easy for
the poultry keeper himself 10 gather in the
profit that would otherwise go to his
friend the huckster, by selling at 45 cents
pound little later on.
Those Of us who can't see this point oi
advantage must not have studied very
hard aud long on this great modern sub
ject Of cooperation. Franklin saw the
force of this principle li0 years ago when
he said I'VE must all hang together, or VI
will each hang separately Fooh won the
war simply because the Allies are hang
ing together" This principle is fol
poultrymen and farmers aS well as fol
capitalists, warriors and politicians
INFORMATION AVAILABLE
The United States Department oi
Agriculture is boosting with all its might
this great movement toward cooperative
methods along all lines. 1t Is publishing
exhaustive information, free Of charge, for
the enlightenment of any who desire TO
make a study OF the matter.
Send for Farmers Bulletin Nc. Dot,
entitled The Community Egg Clrcle
| This is intended to show the possibilities
OF united community effort in the market
| ing OF eggs. Also ask for Bulletin No. 729
| on a4S1Iitabla Storapp Conditions for