Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-06-11
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& HAn0GERBHUK TALKS FOR
FARMERS CLUBS At HEAR I
ING ON LAKE NAVIGATION 81

6amuel dammerDeck OF TINS city was
at Duluth last week for the hearing
before the International Joint Water
ways Commission, on the proposed
deepening Of the channel of the ST.
Lawrence river to make the Great
Lakes navigable to ocean going vessels.
Mr.. Hammerbeck represented the Min
nesota Federation Of Farmers Clubs at
the meeting and he presented some very
good arguments for this project on be-
half Of the club. ,-.:
Following is q synopsis Of Mr.. Ham.
merbeck's talk: :. Z
Below is synopsis CT MIR. Ham
merbeck's argument before the com
mission:
In coming before your deliberate
body. the question naturally ana
rightfully arises in your minds, '4Who
do we represent?
Since both the pro and con in this
great argument should be presented,
we feel that it is very important to
emphasize the question of who we
are representing.
The people who now lnhab1t the
middle west have earned the honor
of being possessed with a more pro-
gressive spirit than those who lefs.
urely remained in the old home. This
progressive spirit is still gripping
these people and as result we are
building up a great commonwealth, a
bread basket for the United States,
veritable land Of milk and honey.
come here representing the farm
ers' clubs Of this. great agricultural
state. We have some 1900 clubs, rep
resenting 100000 of the best farmers.
What is the purpose and function
of those farmers clubs? The reply
to. this question is just one word
cooperation. In the settling OF
this territory we did not build villag-
es where we could enjoy the even
ings In groups. but were separated
perhaps by miles. We were in dan
ger Of becoming individualistic. How
ever, we became aware that OUT
problems were common and that in
oder to solve these problems, we
must act in unison.
Our 1900 farmers clubs were organ
lied as non+political therefore we
are free and ready to help boost any
! economic measure of real benefit to
our state and nation. These clubs
| are affiliated into a state wide organ
ization called the minnesota FEEDER
alton of Farmers Clubs" and it is
with the greatest pride that am here
today as the president of said state
federation, speaking for this great
and Industrious group Of people.
Our motto and slogan is olive and
help to live" We felt that to "Live
and let Live" would mean that ev-
erybody help himself and let the
devil take the balance Therefore we
adopted the Live and help to live
slogan as being more appropriate and
kind. We felt the demand for being
our '1brother's keeper"
- It is this idea Of cooperation and
Live and help. to live that wish Co
convey to your conference this morn
ing.
Our argument here is Of profound
our nation. We have arrived at the
fork of the road. No longer can we
be expected to compete with South
America. NO longer should we be ex-
pected to ship our products over cum
bersome and illogical railroad routes,
crossing the continent.
We are an exporting state, and we
expect to remain so, especially if our
brothers in the east will cooperate
with us.
One of the functions CT our club
work is to help in the finding Of log
ical positions for farm buildings. In
doing this work, we found a farmer
who had placed his buildings in SUCH
a position that his wife travelled $50
Tor%:nuol An Do~o