The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-17
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Do013IIVS 01& AS&1A8 Ub80
. fhe farmer economic jus
s i Edgerton. Rock Island
lnsn advisor. told the farm
e. Princeton. Iowa, insti-
80 Wednesday afternoon.
naajrton made an impressive
- sid in part:
n - tell you that the farmer
!. 80 10 take over his own busi-
- 81 Is going to run it. There
. / nov, men who resent him
;.ss. this. You know who they
p, q veil ~ / do. They. produce
I ssshine They speculate ON the re-
sE n be farmers work and in
s,fnenf. but the time 10 At hand
~ vher the American farmer is
~ q take some drastic action.
- iii not become a radical l be-
- ut be is going to have his
saIIess put on q paying basis for
tlnSeli.
~ ne impress this upon You.
~ farmer is seeking economic
ir1fice. not economic advantage.
~ cooperative marketing plan
IN i've him this. feel certain
~ such . plan will be q complete
rfcess, We want nothing done In
! hufry. Let the committee, Of II
~ IL time and when 1t docs
reach IN agreement as to q course
7 action, let the American farmers
~ NJ and stand behind 1t as a
ran That is q safe and sane plan.
4 d Justice the farmer wants and
v vii have It.
Farmer Hit First.
.sThs farm products were hit first
yhea the readjustment period be-
N Five billions is the farmer $
cutr.bution to the program Of sat
tlIns hack into normal conditions.
n was not consulted about it, but
10 has to foot the bill Just the
SANE. The world wants cheap food
md Il makes the farmer give It up
rsgaIdless.
The farmer has come to realize
It lat that If the business man and
ths manufacturer can operate for
! profit, 80 shall he operate for a
Droft Farming is a basic indus
~. II It goes down, all goes down.
Tho time has come when the
aVner must put his business upon
business like basis. There is to be
10 more slipshod methods. We
have . long way to 60 in develop
ing the industry. We have merely
scratched the surface"
Must Organize.
Why produce what we cannot
Mll! We have heard nothing at
farmers meetings the past few
yssrs but ways and means Of in
fsasing production. II we cannot
ell our produce at profit. why
induce IT. Does the business man
N The manufacturer or the profess
soaal man 60 ahead with his WORK
The is not assured some kind OF
profit!
The problem which faces US
nov Is the plan Of marketing OIL
goods. We have reached the turn
Ing point in my way of thinking
There are those who resent oul
activities in the matter Of doing
or own marketing but we know
1sho they are. believe there ha:
been more real progress made to
ward marketing Of farm products
b the last six months than ther'
hH been in a generation before.
Why Fatten SpeculatOri
"We have been fattening thu
Ipsculator. The farmer does The
work. takes the risks, has the year:
Of toll and the Spectator with non
Of these, makes the rich profit of
The farm products. II we had .
plan for our marketing worked out
The committee of II which Is nov
struggling with the problem OF thu
farmer, would not be necessary
The present unfortunate situation
would not exist. And l want to tel
You that an unfortunate situation
% upon us. These problems were
years In forming and cannot b.
met in any overnight solution.
4. i have every faith in the honest,
o. the men selected to work on
these problems for US. We mus
have 1t for the prosperity of oul
country. Agriculture is basic ami
must be put upon a stabilized
hasia
Maybe we need a board Of trade
mayns We do not. Certainly we d.