Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-13

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rious articles b. has written
However. yhils did not hear from
Maine for neariy two years quite re-
Gently many letters have reached me
expressing fear that all was not to their
hiking but in no case did they paint 20
cny tangible evidence %, ons eouid
place his finger on the SIRE speG
I dspoted six years to the farmers Of
the State of Maine and during that
time / never noted any alarming degree
of unrest. The true principle of organi-
Re ton in lacking in q great majority
Of our farmer friends. OF course there
10 much about every organization that
II splendid.y efficient. but most all VIII
be found to be less sfhcisnt than they
ought to be. Many times the officers
are capable, Industrious and ambitious.
and the rank and ale equal to any or
ganixation, but sd,cisnt oflicers and Q
splendid membership does not make an
eficient WORKING organization. They
must be welded into one efficient whole
by unity Of action. organization and
purpose which will coordinate their
ward . common end Finally many are
lacking In efficient organization Of the
personnel.
To hold together large body Of men
one must have experience and be able
to read and understand the peculiar
workings of the minds of the rank and
file Of the organization. and even then
IL the leader 10 not actuated by the
highest principles his leadership wiz
be q failure.
From the time that the first local
business unit was started in Brunswick
to the day I severed my connections
with the UNION there was a princi.
pie involved ana that principle was
endowed with those peculiar quAlifica-
tons necessary to make them organi-
GERS of men is small indeed. but in a
large percentage of men is q well devel-
o1ed germ of destruction. Unfortunate
ly the nature Of the business Of farming
Is such that II develops a morbid mind.
and while such a mind absorbs the good
slowly it quickly grasps and magnihes
that which ia bad and makes him an
easy victim to the man who for per-
sonal reasons would be a wrecker of
that which is good. 1t Is this unfor-
tunate characteristic Of our farmer
friends that has driven his best organi-
cations upon the rocks and wrecked
his fondest ambitions. thus discourag-
ing those who would be true to the
farmers interests and bringing to
naught years of careful building.
49, g.
become a factor in the advancement of
the farmers interests have gradually
deteriorated through the neglect and
indifference Of the farmer himself and
finally fallen into the hands Of the poll
tician with whom tie germ of destruc-
tion is highly developed and the final
ceremony is rendered
Just how many years the farmer must
wander in the wilderness; just how
long his mind will persist in absorbing
the bad and disca-ding the good. and
just how long he win fail to learn br
bitter experience IS a problem which
time only will solve. It 10 all ques-
ton of education and the more quick;
the farmer learns that all lines OF trade.
must solve its own problems and WORK
Out OWu uCStAAiS AA1C AAsSAC H04Nh4F
will he reach the promised land.
The writer believes that In time this
great $4,000. ooo. coco industry viii be
recognized as the nations greatest
business force and the men who pro-
duce this great wealth win stand forth
clear and distinct as the notions fore
most men Of business. We look to the
Maine farmer to sustain the early ira
ditions Of the New England principle
Farming elsewhere 10 gradually and
surely falling into the hands of those
foreign to those traditions. Large COM
binations of capital now own thousands
Of acres and are fast encroaching upon
the small farmers domain. The prob
lem of the Maine farmer will never, be
solved by the colleges. the county
agent, the State or national depart
ments of agriculture or the Rockefeller
Foundation. or by any one individual.
but it will be solved by the intelligent
coming together Of the farmer element
in a federation Of farmers. for farmers,
and with none but farmers on guard
c. E. EMBREE,
- Pennington Ave, Hartford, Conn.