Putnam patriot., 1920-05-07
CITY FOLKS ARE
RESPONSIBLE
High Wages Attract Men From
Farm and Reduce Pro-
duction
Interesting Meeting Ashford Welfare
Association

The May meeting Of the Ashford
Welfare Association was held Satur-
day afternoon at Bakers hall, War
renyille, and scored another success
for this new community organization.
In spite Of very stormy forenoon,
and the bad condition Of the roads,
there were ~ persons in attendance
for the afternoon meeting, represent
ing all parts Of the town
The program was under the auspi-
ces Of tire Hindham County Farm Blu
reau. The first speaker was Frank l..
/ Davis, the new county agent, and he
made a very favorable impression.
M Davis IS Of pleasing address and
talks in very practical, sensible way
about present day farm problems. He
described the work Of the Windham
| County Farm Bureau in several of the
towns, especially Woodstock and
! Pomfret, and pointed out the value Of
cooperative effort and interchange Of
experiences. He told how the farm
bureau brings practical suggestions to
! ach Of its members especially through
the monthly bulletin.
Miss NJ. f. Wooding, home demon
stration agent, described the work of
the bureau to help on the housekeep-
ing side, and said that she also was
ready to cooperate personally with the
home-makers of Windham county to
make the practical plans of the bu-
reau available to them.
As result of the meeting, 5 new
members of the bureau were secured
from Ashford.
Fred Warner of Providence, district
manager for the New England Milk
, Producers Association, gave an init
mate, heart-to-heart talk to the Ash
| ford farmers on the milk problem,
pointing out that the failure in these
days Of the milk producers to get back
their money, much less make fair liv-
ing, is resulting disastrously to every
body, and it is about time that the city
folks walked up to the fact that they
are undermining their own interests
by draining workers away from the
farms by big wages. He declared that
the farmers must organize to get liv-
ing prices for their products, and the
city folks must be willing to pay for
milk and other farm produce just as
willingly as they pay big prices for
city made products. He told the
farmers that they are themselves
,, largely te blame for selling milk and
other food at less than cost, driving
themselves out of business.
Mr.. Warmers straight-from- the
shoulder talk aroused lively interest,
and he WAS subjected to a rapid cross
fire of questions. which he answered
frankly and to the enlightenment of
those present.
Allen Il. Lincoln of Hartford, the
promoter of these monthly meetings,
announced that the plans for the or
ganization of the Ashford Welfare
Association. interrupted by the unusu-
ally severe winter, would now be
pushed forward by definite organiza-
ton at an early date, and the further
development of plans for the COM
munity house.
The Babcock Cornet band played at
intervals during the meeting, and
showed that its fall training under the
new leader was still having its good
effect. The band is now giving ex-
cellent satisfaction and viii add much
to community pleasure this summer.
There will be another meeting of
the welfare association early in June,
with further consideration of local
community problems.