Baxter Springs news., 1919-07-11
Equal Responsibility for Their
Support Rssts Upon the
Farmers and Merchants.
MUST ASST EACH OTHER
Prosperity q csmmuaIty pspsad,
Upon Gash q These Two ciassss
Duyins protueas and oeods
20 Hach Other. n

Inc urDg oL80uU4A ~ tno NoN~~eK
ment Of any busineas n the possession
Of 4 market. The manufactures must
have a market for his products OF he
cannot succeed. no matter how vnlp'
able those products may bo or how
e0lciently his plant may bo operated.
The Wholesale merchant and the 10
tan merchant may have the choicest
stocks Of goods. but they may as wen
no out Of business Il they have not z
market where they can dispose Of their
stocks. The farmer may produces
bumper crops. but they win rot upon
the ground II he cannot nnd maFk0l
for them. The wage earner's skin and
muscle bring him no returns unlesl
there 10 q market for his labor.
The question Of markets 10 the big
one IN every line Of business and in
every community the question y z
vital one. In each community, which
must be taken to include not only al
tho people who live IN the town but
the farmers who live IN the surround
ing country a. wen. there are two
sides 10 the market question. Tho bud
ness men Of the town must have 9
market for the things which they have
10 ssIl. Otherwise they eaH1Dt con
tinuo in businesA AZ the same ume
the farmers must have Q market nor
the things which they raise or ti1aZ
may ns wen 90 out Of business.
When gIthor talls Doth ouiFoh
The merchants Of the town can pro'
Vids q market for the products Of the
fnfmers and the turner's can provide
q market for the goods which the mer'
chants have 10 0ell. A. long a. eacn
class Of citizens provides Q market foF
the other class an u well and the goose
hanRU hlKh, but when either class fAils
10 provide O market for tho other the
goose b cooked. not only for the class
which % deprived of the market but
for the other % well
Tho farmeThas Q night b expect the
town which n his natural trading point
20 provide Q market for hS products,
ana the town q not performing its
ufoper function % TIE trading center
of its community u Il does not see
that such Q market % provided. 9he
responsibility Of looking after the ful-
NIlment Of this obligation rests largely
upon the merchants Of the town. The
farmer IL O producer and he must dis
pose Of his products before he can be-
come q consumer. Il e. therefore. not
only right but necessary from Q busi'
ness standpoint that the merchants
should aid the farmer IN turning his
products into money. OtherwiSe the
faEmer naturally win have no money
10 md in the stores Of tho town.
Obligation On Farmora
On the ether hand. me merchants 0t
the town have Q right to expect the
farmers to provide . market for the
merchandise which they have to sell
ana the farmers are not doing their
duty to their community n they do not
provide such q market In this case.
also. Il 10 not only night but II % nee
essary 10 the prosperity Of the farmers
that they should aid the merchants IN
turning their merchandise into cash.
Otherwise It d Obvious that the mer-
chants win have no money with which
20 bun the products q the farmerA.
This e q double -baEreled proposition
Hnd the Obligation rests equally upon
both the merchants and the farmers to
maintain the markets which are esDan'
tial 20 both cla1ses Of eitisenA Any
town which .wOuld import from points
hundreds Of miles distant the farm
products which it could buy ut home
would be pursuing very 6hort-dghted
policy. for & WOuld b making II I'M
possible for tho faFmerB In its terri'
tory to buy the goods Of its mer'
chants. Az matter Of fact no town
does this unless q q forced By unusual
conditions 10 % 90. A town may b
located IN q community which - not
productive enough 10 meet the local
demands, and in that case 4 70 forced
70 import farm products but the town
when d compelled b % this h ct
q disadvantage from Q eommereial
standpoint unless it % essentially Q
manufacturing town. b which case 10
products are sold b otheR comm1nl-
ties and bring ln enough eaah b onBst
that which e cent away 10 purchase
farm products.
Ilusl FiavS outsIdS ou1lnooa
In the average community. h0WUtGs
ths town = dependant fOr itD p1oe
psrity upOa the money received hun
TIE farmers IN th6 ordinary ehannelA
Of trade rather than upon that o.
talned from TIE Salb a its own Prod
uesa IN ~the aHsrlgo tQWn the ulor
ehanfS elnn0l uake money and en-
linus n business q Asy aFO oopon1'
snt solely upon tho people e Sho tgNn
Tor thslF bu1inoa
no business en- NJ long Win ~.
eEythlng song 0ut nn1 nothlng cnmlng
ln.s and & q oQu11lY lrno th1t ~ b1a'
noss en- q tpoIltsd q IL pEincipls
q ssgerythlng o1ulng q on1 1olhr
m r1ln1 onAP ~ b1lnluln 01 ~.
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