St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-06-23

w va pt'N '''''N't ~ -oii'' WHY Ni'''
+ ! ROW dcsn J., to take few minutes
a. Your time in reviewing. the growth
o. Your organization. Ii is almo>;
FIVE years ago when was hired h.,
YOU Executive Committee. They
suggested tina, | begin my duties =,
the State Far. At tina: time knew
very little Of the Fam bureau work
J in the STATE of Vermont. Imagine
nav tcclin"S Vncn | was mct by the
Director Of Extension Service who
toll ne thar | have not been APP
, proved by him. Anyhow il was no:
! lrh" before my appointments wa
temporarily approved and finally Pc
mancntly. do Lot take any credit
for securing thi4 approval tccousr
the Executive Committee wnrN To-
SpCnsiblc for ii. Wen finally WIS
l,cated at 2G Eastern Avenue Pros
poets wrro not very bright. There
{ wa, very little money in the tlcar-
ulV. The Office furniture consisted
o. Il small book rack. Il desk and
old typewriter and Il stand which
v;H "ftcrwIld claimed by someone.
! The outside tackle consisted Of y
roadst az car i'll the garage for repairs
The treasury was almost dcfunct.
The membership consisted of about
200 men who had given up hope. An
cNt tutivc committee meeting was
soon called. Imarnc my feelings the
next morning when read in the
VIC, KY paper that unless; some money
way raised at oAcc the Farmers As
!, eociation would go out Of being.
However some money was raised and
the grim htmn. Of It is that your
organization outlivcd tie particular
crrinany tina. Owned that paper.
i The crow of the organization
IN; been steady. ii not rapid. Al
tie close of GU year Feb. !, Io1G.
W. bad 293 members. Feb. |, 1917,
W. had l2t members. Feb. !, 1913 we
han 5Gl members, Feb. /, 1919 ""
had CG7 r,cmh,r, and Jan. /, 1920
we had 70 mcmb2rs.
Now we have one Of the best
equipped Offices in New England; II
, en- that cannot be called junk ant
, altlCuyh We have very h,.lr money
in the treasury we have some dues,
and we have not GU stanling note.
| ! do not dcsir" for orc minute 10
, take credit for this growth. 1t has
; beer duo to th" broad Policies held
+ on, BIZ your directors, your own
loyal support and by tho principle
involved OF rendering an actual scr
) vice. xiv" """ri ago when farmer
was asked if he belonged to ,hc
| Farmer, Association, he would
-, she pi@hly answer vcs Or snlilir%ly
answer 10. Now hc Smlingly ans
vcr, yes. or ;hcrpiahly no.
IL addition yGu now have u Home
t,Uonst ri ion Department with adr-
uuatclv Gnancod and capablv mnA-
: aged to take care of your purchasing
needs. Thi., Exchange has been the
greatest factor IN saving money for
; you mcn Of any single agency. Five
years ago The retail dealer regularly
Charged $500 Il ton above the whole
sale price. As Other margins have
! raised il would hn fair to assume
liz" if You hal no organization
wLI liking Tor Your interest that the
mHI%in would be c"ht CT ten dol
lars. However, if the dealer COM
ntlc; with the Eyrhan%c he must do
!. i on q marcia OF 500 per ton plus
| what l." can ;lalc by speculation.
: And Il; an Exchange doing business
on Il 'icd margin we cannot sDocu-
late althourh We have no objection
t. the individual farmer specializing
to his hcori content. DO you icali2c
tn, irNno"sc amount Of money this
organization has saved you? Your
, cNchun"c has huA to buck against
c.clythiN~. When il was started Il
certain large Grm Of dealers gave us
a year to go out OF business How
rvcr, you t."chunrc viii never go
= ou, Of business 30 long as it renders
, anywhere near the service it has
beer rendering. This firm has done
everything. They even started le-
, pa! proceedings because we develop
cd . ration and called it Farmers
Zeal Dairr Ration and had it regis
tcrcd according to the good laws of
the State Of Vermont. They were
, rot even manufacturing a ration
, wien We started but subsequently
did. In an autocratic way they
/ seq med to object too ur doing bust
ness believing evidently that they
were dceiCncd by some great power
t. do al the business in this section.
New moo ne is particularly dc.:i@-
I.tlttl W UO Nolt! l|uNlIitSN uIiCSS WV
so desire, add it is rot necessary for
each one Of YOU to contribute a GER
tain percentage Of what YOU make by
hard work to support in luxury Il
snail group of men for doing IL ser
vice when that service can be rem
dorcd by All organization of your
own.
Give this organization your hearty
support. DO not force it into a spec
ulativc career. DO your own specu-
lating. want to tell you that Mr.
Hallctt is working extremely hard
t) develop the Exchange. Give him
your support.
SO much for tho past. Now what
of the future. You must either go
ahead or backward. You cannot
Si,nd still.
EAST RYEGATE
DR.. and Mrs. LcalV and DAUGHTERS