The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-01-13
Educational Planks Feature
The Efforts OF Organiza-
tion Next Year
ANNUAL MEETING
HELD in THE CITY
Officers Are Elected Satur-
day; Every Farmer A
Member Is Slogan


the Mt. Vernon Chamber OF Com
merce Saturday afternoon, elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year:
observation-disclosures Hays.
Vice pres.-Leyland Castle
Secy. .-Treas.-.John Cunningham.
Executive ommittee-Charles l..
Clark, Charles Simms, j. +. Walker,
j. M Wilson, j. G. Marriott and l.. G.
Welsh
Owing TO the fact that the speaker
for the occasion, Harry Beale of Mt.
Sterling, did not appear and also be-
cause the bad condition of the roads
prevented the farmers from coming
to the meeting in anything like the
number that ordinarily should have
been present the work was limited to
the reading of the year reports and
the transaction of necessary business
of the annual meeting.
Action on the part of the local bn-
reau to support the Legislative pro-
gram of the state association of farm
bureaus was the most important
event OF this meeting Saturday. This
program covers a wide field, and It's
development will mean great things
for the farmers as well az the whole
citizenship of the state OF Ohio. A
brief outline OF the detectives OF this
%, t,
at this time.
In the first place 1t provides that
the association shall keep repre-.
sentative in the legislature at all its
sessions to keep before the legislat-
ors continually and persistently, the
problems OF the farmers OF Ohio, and
the ends which IL is their desire to
attain.
Next II provides that each county
organization shall have commission
OF five members whose chief duty Is
the PRONUNCIATION of the statewide
program among the county's farmers.
This commission of five shall come
from the far corners OF the county,
and each member shall In turn be the
head OF n committee OF between five
and ten men and women In his dis
trict whose duty il shall be, to at all
times keep the big things of the state
association before the minds of the
farmers, and be ready to lead in any
work that may need immediate at
tention.
The third task Of the state body Is
10 strive To abolish from the minds
or city people their erroneous con
+. ceptions about the farmers and their
enormous profits during the past few
years Of high prices, and about the
farm work In general II will en-.
deavor to show In every way possible
that the average farmer of the state
is for the best things for Ohio. weth-
er they apply to the rural districts or
10 the large cities.
The fourth task is to endeavor to
cover the state with the latest infor.
nation concerning cost of production
on the farms. An effort will be made
10 put Into every formers hands full
and detailed Information concerning
cost accounting as II applys to agri.
culture.
A valiant attempt Will be made ON
the part OF the association to relieve
the tension between the farmers
and the members OF the aboring
classes IN the cities, who are coming
into the belief that the average farm
er 70 fast growing into n bloodthirsty
money baker with no more social
idoalism than the far famed and
much written.up boss" on the mon.
ey markets. They are Two distinct
bodies, both working with their
hands, and they must not continue
In the present Misunderstanding.
The association viii spend great
deal OF time and effort In the develop.
ment OF farm marketing proposltiins
as they present themselves In each
community There Is room In this
field for n world of change, change
which viii result in money both for
the farmer and for the city consumer
Workers viii cover the state, organ
izing buying associations wherever
is possible. and will attempt to
make shipping organization out OF
the same body. so that each section
OF farmers will have the means oi
reaching quickly the best markets
when the season Is best.
Last but not least, membership
campaign will be on foot. and will be
paramount at all times. 1t will at