The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-05-07

On the 10th inst. meeting WAS
called by our County Agent at the
Court House in Elkton that promises
to be memorable in the Annals OF
Cecil county if the objects and aims
of the meeting are nourished by the
organizations that were represented.
Members of at least thirteen organi-
cations were present, either dele
gated by the organizations or by re-
quest of those calling the meeting.
Besides these there were, influential
citizens from several districts or sec
lions that have no permanent organi-
zation
These formed County FEEDER
alton to be known as The Cecil Cohn-
ty Community Council, elected of
ficers and an executive committee
for one year or until others are elact-
ed. The first quarterly meeting OF
the Council is called by the execu-
tive committee for the first Tuesday
in June, when those organizations
endorsing the constitution will be
represented by accredited delegates
to this meeting.
The first official duty of those dele
gates will be to appoint county
representative on the council of the
Maryland Agricultural Society. This
Society in turn will be represented
on the National Farm Bureau Board.
Thus will be harnessed up all of the
| " ri 1of
the National Bureau, which in turn
is a member of the National Board OF
Farm Organizations.
Never before in the history OF
Cecil County has such a clear.
straight course beer laid out to bring
her into active cooperation with the
great national issues that are con-
fronting the tillers of the soil wher-
ever located in this great federation
of States.
If this organization, The Cecil
Farmers Club, ratifies the action of
it's members who were present, and
endorses the Constitution, copy OF
which will probably be presented at
our May meeting and appoints two
delegates to represent it at the June
meeting, it will be in a fair position
to help mould this great enterprise
for Cecil county.
No sane farmer longer questions
the need of federation but there are
still many who question whetnerI
such federation will find methods
to produce results.
/ will quote considerably from that
remarkable letter in the Saturday
Evening Post of April 10th written
by man against whom it is report
ed some farmers have a grudge be-
cause he stabilized food prices DUR
ing the critical period of the war.
These quotations may throw some
light on the real character of Her
bert Hoover, the author of this arti-
Gle, in reference to. his attitude to-
ward the farmer. In his analysis on
Agricultural REIMBURSEMENT ne says:
1.-The farmers prices are fixed by the
impact of the world wholesale prices;
that such prices bear only remote
relation to his cost of production"
Again 1.-THE character of the margin
between the farmer and the whole
saler will show that decreases in
price find immediate reflection on
the farmer, while increases in price
are absorbed by the trades between
and the farmer gets but a tagging
increase"
Again THE problem must be soiv-
ed if our agriculture is to be main
tanned, ETC."
Must be solved" That is the
point, and who is to solve it if the
American Farmer does not? And
who is the American Farmer but the
Federated and corporate capacity of
all American Farmers organizations
everywhere
Again he says, "It is really the
wholesale price that governs the
Farmer" and 'as these prices are
fixed by overseas trade at the At
lantic Seaboard or in Europe, then
if the margins between the whole