The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-12-11
WAiSIDE OBSERVATIONS
Should Farmers Organize?

Should farmers sell their products
comparatively?
UNION LABOR does--at prices
undreamed OF until they were organ
ized.
when BUSINESS CAPITAL makes
"a demand II In accceded to regard
less OF consequences. II controls the
MONEY.
Through It's organizations when
UNION LABOR speaks II Ia heard. II
is supposed TO control the VOTES.
Under present conditions when the
FARMER speaks he is given the liza
Ha. lbe holds the SACK.
LatOr represents only about
EIGHT TER CENT OF tho voting
population with the average invest
l.eni IN business OF 5000.
Tho value OF tho Investment H.
farms In GREATER ny THIRTEEN
BILLION THREE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS
than all the manufacturing and its
products put together.
The average farmers Investment In
land and equipment In s2b,000.00 yet
the taxes are proportionate on the I'm
vcstment OF all classes. Isn't II time
to ACT,
The LABoRER pays from ONE To
FOUR PER CENT 10 the UNION to
protect HIS JOB. The BUSINESS
INTERESTS through a score OF
channels pay considerably more to
protect their CAPITAL.
The FARMER pays EVERYTHING
HE HAS for the privilege OF work
ing ~ hours a day In order that la
Dor may have CHEAPER FOOD and
work s hours--He works the shorter
hours--But In tho food cheaper!
on the face OF II YES but the la
borer says NO and In the majority
OF instances he Is right for you see
/ CAPITAL I'm the form OF score or
NO of middle men must be- maintained
In luxury by BOTH THE FARMER
AND LABORER.
Mr.. FARMER is your JOB worth
protecting-Is the CAPITAL you
have tied up In land. stock and ma
chinery worth protecting7 Should the
FARMER be heard when he speaks
or should he always be the GOAT.
or course you at once say yes BUT
THEN WHO Is GOING TO DO oT7
The man who names the price he
will pay for the product Of your farm
and ranch-or the man who works
hours a day and wants you To
work II In order that he may have
cheaper food?
The man TO do the job OF PRO
TECTING Is tho FARMER and tho
only way he can accomplish the woTh
is through ORGANIZATION. Some
OF us are already awake and are be-
ginning TO make ourselves HEARD
through the AMERICAN FARM
BUREAU FEDERATION. You the
farmer IN HARVEY COUNTY can
take your place In the councils OF
this great organization by Joining
your COUNTY FARM BUREAU.
Keep this In mind when the member
ship committee calls on you shortly
after the first OF the year as we ex-
pect Harney County to be 100 per
cent Farm Bureau by this time next
year.
Does the farmer need protecting
says the city man--SHADES OF
OUR FOREFATHERs Does the
FARMER need PROTECTION. Does
he need REPRESENTATION where
representation COUNTS? Only a fool
or worse would ask such'a question
with CANADIAN wheat being dump
ed into this country DUTY FREE
and therefore selling at LESS THAN
TO PRODUCE 1T. While the MILL
1T COSTS AN AMERICAN FARMER
ING INTERESTS are PROTECTED
against the Canadian FLOUR by a
HEAVY IMPORT DUTY, The
sHEEPMAN is facing the greatest
crises In the history OF the industry
since he business interests say no
money is available to tide him over
YET AUSTRALIAN AND NEW
ZEALAND WOOL is BEING DUMP
ED INTO THIS COUNTRY BY THE
SHIP LOAD DUTY FREE while the
WOOLEN MANUFACTURERS are
protected from the importation OF
cloth by a 33 Ia per cent TARIFF.
The same Nhing applies to The
CATTLEMAN with the importation
OF FROZEN MEATS. Our DAIRY In
terests are having the fight of their
life trying to COMPETE with NEW
ZEALAND BUTTER. while the
A ~ k.s In