Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-02
Commsrrisi Fertilizer and other
rhinos

So much interest las DeeL S-plSeG
by The bylsf Bevs -epo-t from Aroof-
took county thu. commercial 4er1IljZ-
ey had been cut IN price ABOUT 81 1s:
Cent, That We asked ihs A-oostooK
Federation II Farmers 20 explain for
The t.ensft Of other farmers. Tne
p.orup; reply from rbs president NJ
u. z. Griffin et CarlboU. IS gwen
Journal wishing u se- 81 touch WILL
tins federation sfpDld write - Nj.
Griffin o. =. George q Brown. ct
tntary, Caribou Mani
The iets.. J.Se4t needs No cur1r.en,
from If, 10, j. voices ths SAINT tac's
and presents Inc saTne naI'pn-urce
considerations 1fat We have pre-e3
many ,inss sUch conditions carnoZ
always contlnue WI! should they:
Why should farmers q hail.
day overtime" every "a! arc men
sci, their proopcf tur less than oo~t
ur let il TOT II bins ano siorshouSes
Why should farne:. raise potatoes
&. q COS, D. :l.jH d MukDei and thna
veil them 81 - & bushel. while she
retailers for handing Ills haro-wul
product oncs charge more 70: lh@ir
lEbc, than The farmer SetE TOY S's
product" And why should int farm
Fl take Ill the chances aod stand
al n. sr-inkagt"
To OIL consume readers. new
MUCH are you paying for poLato=--
nct lee. thar 81 E peek, We Tsn1D-s:
Probably 30 70 80, ano Ia osaS3
paid from - 10 q & pushel tor them
II o-hs! Wo,ck. he tarne, ls getting
- q PEEK and the dealer wTtnoG-
taking any ehsncet y STANDING aIy
LOSE, ex1c-s as muct Il mary uses
for h1s work o. measuring OF. oDcs
as the farme. gets 70, Ill his work
and Ill h1 outlay 70, preparing land,
ssed. spraying, hoslng. elggIng. s7or-
ING sorting. uaggIng sno luaoinc-
hauling ane handling. and slanojns
all the shrinkage is nat tsir"
And sbcy. ali 1hs dealer 10. GA.
filek The farmers -,lce puI has ovn
profit, arbitrarily. II tia far:
And organized laoo: ti1es ms num-
ter Of hoors tha1 L uian ,nay wu-k
for d farmer, bit me farmer and -
family mus, vor additional hours
enough 10 make up me difference t.+-
tween he p~rice-fxeo hour II nI,sd
labor and his p~rice-txed product. n
neither cass having & woro 20 Say
for himself. IL that fair
These things shoe uver ine con
sumer'e head h. dpssr cave. for u
ls NOT his problem he has Deen say
ing. But i IL. And consarnerf mast
awake and lake hold Of Ihts thing
= some Gay they are going hungry.
and then whose problem IS 80 W.
mean just THAI nation largely
hungry beca use II has o~yerrldden and
trampisd d ciass 70 death. Yes.
TRAMPLED II 10 death by union Ia
boz dictation and Domination on one
side and trade greco On he other.
Every year The averag. age o
farmers is oiasi and every wear 1he
Snrnces re- f.r,rtpv - +.erv F.p.,4-
cd by the best Lie IN it because
shorter hours. better pay and tso-
fold recreation 60 with a Gnsonized
job. Any fool Can see wher. he
thing mIs. enc, # LIZ tsaia toolt
happens 10 look that way.
Nov the job ahead q Us Hho SEE
and understand. and are no, farmers.
is 10 arouse public .'-ntineni 70 d
point that will fO .e business brains
and capital 10 take hold Of this Thing
and bring ORDER out Of chaos, bring
justice ano far play ~ Of injustice
and conditions that are SLOWLY fore
ing the great average # farmers 10
the wall
Read Nj. Criniu's letter sno :heo
read the letter that came Il Ne On
Tuesday morning from q prominsn,
Kennebec county farmer:
Caribou. Ne. March q, 1878.
Editor kennebec journal:
Your favor at hand and ] viii Try
70 explain about the price Of te-tili-
xen n you request. Yes, or organ
isatien h certainly responsible for
the fact that the Aroostook farmer
il able today TO buy chemicals 2.
Ereaty reduced prices. The extreme
~ high price OF fertilizers. coupled
with the high cost Of everything that
entered into the production Of rv-
tatoeE. and the low price at which
potatoes had been selling. with po
prospect Of any change in conditions
for the year ahead. led 70 the organ
ixaftea being formed
Tho farmer has gradually come 10
Q realization that the consumers Of
1oo0 products n q ruie have been
educated TO the point where they are
hostile toward him. The blame .or
The high price Of the food which they
must have to live was laid at she
door Of the producer. and meantime
the farmer VA producing food and
selling II at . very low margin Of
proit, 1t cost. and even mucn less
than cos In . great nan seA
Thu was not because OF the condi-
iions under which he was forced to