Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-02-04
COUNTY
NAN AIRS HIS VIEWS
ON ROTTEN CONDITIONS

IN NJ EN &0N6t
= n Nennam. Champaign county
farm eWaer. Is Disguised With thlnxs n
general. and takes occasion 10 say -
through = circular promisenonsy dis
trlhuted last week. This circular pre-
SCENTS facts Just about as they exist.
and ne print it verbatim
Farmers Marketing Plan.
Many writers are trying 70 stop
the loss on grain without forcing Il.
One writer said. The farmers are MOI
going 10 arbitrarily set prices anu
make a monopoly OF their products,
they cannot do IL. and they viii not
do IL. and the Farm Bureau people
are positively committed not TO do il.
Some Of the bought up writers and OF.
fieers may believe this. but % per
cent Of the farmers are willing 10
learn from one successful In other
business The only reason prodaets
from iron. wool. coal. cotton. and to-
baceo pay 200 per cent 10 1900 per
cent profit is because the manufacture
ers set the price arbitrarily and make
monopoly Of the business Homins
teorn costs &c per pound, sells for
1he per pound. heart and hull sells for
nlbiS AudH tHt NDfuf anu ttACi NttN@ts
about the same--ie00 per cent. They
are positively committed 10 do 1t
Before their product leaves the fac
tory or place where II Is produced,
the price is set.
Why can mechanics get S1.o0 to
si.S5 per hour in trade so easily
learned. Because they organized
put themselves in a position that We
n a.. h.. -. xxs4f sAatf
All business is based on taking nd.
vantage of other necessities. We
would not work or employ IL We did
not have To.
We command prices in accordance
with the power we may be able To
exercise.
down, they come down only as they
are compelled to. A few articles pay
Ing 100 per cent to 1900 per cent have
come down 20 per cent.
when we put ourselves in the exact
position of others. we can get their
profits but In no other way.
Few mines, factories, or laborers
learned the power of setting prices
and monopolizing' until within three
years, they are fools II they quit, the
IN u ioui tidt uOtS toi iottVN
their example. The farmer must play
their game, and the writer who init
mates that the farmer cannot or will
not protect himself In the same way
Is doing all he can 10 help rob him.
when we are ready to force the
price, we will get II. and not till then.
IL the farmers will employ three of
their number In every township to
,-trs> tn, a~A Ia a
market as imperatively demanded at
their price. instead OF dumping thou
sands of cars regardless of the do
mand, the loss will be stopped. Grain
can be held cheaper on the farm than
elsewhere. and the proper party stand
the shrink. Farmers sell by lot one.
third retained from the early seller
to pay the shrink and interest of the
late seller. Half the crop should be
held for safety. This monopoly
should extend TO other grain growing
countries, as Is done by all wise manu-
facturers.
whenever II ever. the profits of
others is reduced then. and not till
| then. should the farmer reduce his
price. Pay no attention to supply and
demand. History has proven that we
CduHOI pIDuuCc more tudu ID uttucu
to sustain life.
IF the Farm Bureau is committed
to keeping sweet, being good, holding
up our hands and being robbed. kill
the thing at once.
"One speaker said, Who ever heard
of the plumbers writing articles tell
ing the people of their fine organiza.
| ton They don't have to make 1t pub.
lic-there are not 100000 of them.
THE Board of Trade will die. The
farmer is dependent on the press.
Take the bull by the horns, go at II
in business way, and stop this loss.
Get the dogs out Of the manger who
are helping to rob the farmer.
The world will know the price paid
for grain In each zone. This brings
producer and consumer closer to-
gether. Let the consumer take care
of the city storage.
Carnegie sold his wares In South
America for 400 per cent less than in
Homestead, Pa. Singer Sewing Ma
chine Co. sold a machine abroad at
SIS, here $50.
Don't bother the senators for laws.
Go after the leaders of our farm or
CARNATIONS and editors. Get profit
enough from all other businesses,
making 100 per cent to 1900 per cent
to give the balance of our grain TO
save the starving abroad.
l"competition from Grain Growers In
Other Countries"
They like a profit and will quickly
join MS.
History has shown that all coun-
tries can not produce one bushel
more than is needed to sustain life.
Champaign, ILL.," "F. b. VENNUM.