The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-02-12
WARTIME PRICES
ARE TEMPORARY
Pres. Frank Holt, of Milk
Producers Assn Tells Or
ganization Some Things
Which Are Beneficial.

eve need not always expect war
time prices,' said Frank Holt, Of Ke-
nosha. president of the Milk Producers
Association, in his annual address be-
fore that organization in Chicago this
week. Gin order to hold our own
among business men we should be IN
position to conform to the times
and apply present day principles. -
! President Holt, after reviewing the
history of the association for the year
1919, and giving a short account of the
seven weeks trial which he said "nighS
send eight Of our officials to prison and
possibility of disrupting what it had
taken years of hard work to put TO-
gether," said:
"Big businesses are well organized
and are continually Strengthening their
organizations. They are entrenched
behind laws of their own connection.
They place their own men into gov
ernmental positions Of trust and pow
er. They dictate terms of bargain
ing to individuals and less powerful
organizations. They pay as close at
tention to the selling end of their bust
ness as to the production. And why
shouldn't they' That is where they
get the money to carry on the business.
And why should not the farmers do all
these things and conduct their affairs
along similar lines? They can, they
must and they will
''This fact is being demonstrated by
the various Milk Pro iuccrs Associa-
tions in other sections and also by
other agricultural Industries At the
recent annual meeting Of the National
Federation of Milk Producers Associa-
tons more time was given to the lis
cussion of collective bargaining ana
the manner of handling surplus than
anything else and it is u noticeable fact
that nearly all the Milk Producers
Associations in the United States ale
now either working along lines similar
to those adopted by our Cooperative
Marketing Co., or are planning to do so
as soon as possible. One of the most
successful examples Of collective bar
gaining among farmers, having been in
operation now for several years and
doing volume Of business running
into the millions yearly is the Saskat
chawan Grain Growers of Canada. hand
ling the grain from the producer to the
millB for the seaport and purchasing
the supplies for the farmers and deal
ing them out from their own ware
houses. Other examples that might be
mentioned are the California and Flor
ida Fruit Growers, Potato Growers of
various sections, Live Stock Shipping
Associations, etc. A meeting was re-
Gently held in Denver, Colo, to or
ganiEe the National Beet Growers AS
ISOLATION. The statement goes on so
say that "National Sugar Bowl" is in
the clutches of few powerful cor
porations which are SO united and
organized as to form a most power
full trust.
The eyes of the world are and have
been upon us for the past two years
and it is remarkable how other sec
tions are following our example. Be-
cause we have been successful along
certain lines, let us not rest on our
laurels and think there is nothing more
to do. The reconstruction period
through which we are now passing, fol
lowing the world war, requires careful
thought and readjustment Of business.
The farmer Is not now looked upon by
the public in the same sense as in
former years, but instead, is being
classed among business men of other
lines.f It Is now not over four months
since agricultural organizations were
invited for the first time TO sit in a
convention with the manufacturing
and other interests.
- At this convention, known as "Our
County First conference matters Of
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