Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-02-09
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] Delaware Co. Farm Bureau

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FARM BUREAU MEETINGS WELL
XII ATTENDED,.
The seven farmers meetings held in
i the county last week, at which Peder
Peterson talked, were well attended.
having an average meeting attendance
OF ,12v, and average daily attendance
of 246, and on Saturday 345 people
heard him talk. Delaware County
broke the State record for average
township attendance. This shows that
the farmers are interested in what
the Farm Bureau is doing, and what
Y 1T plans to do.
We think that the men who heard
him talk thought it worth while. for
he did not beat about the bush. He
Is a plain common farmer and told
things in just that kind Of q way,
with humor enough to make 1t interest
Il ing and bring out his points. The
only regret is that We do not have
more men like Peterson to come In
the county and explain the real bene-
fits Of organization.
Peterson is a Dane and was one OF
the Central Committee OF seven in
Denmark that laid the plans that or
gained the Danish farmers in ma
tional way. The farmers and small
town-dealers organized and stuck to-
gether in their organization and got
what was right and just, but 1t took
them six years to do it. Today there
isn't farmer In Denmark who doesn't
belong to the farmers organization.
The result is that every dollars worth
OF goods the consumer buys, the farm
er gets 80 per cent Of it and capltal
and labor get 10 per cent. In TINS
country every dollars worth OF goods
the consumer buys the farmer gets
4s per cent. and capital and labor
get 81 per cent. Farmers organizations
do not propose to put anybody, be-
cause we need all classes Of people
EXCEPT the buns and thiefs, and every
one is entitled to good profit and no
one ought ito sell below the cost OF
production. Eyerone ought to have
lust profit, but il there is any skin
ming done we are entitled to know
how much of our hide they want.
therefore cost Of production law
help out. Farmers realize that the
small town merchants in country
Town suffers as the farmer does, pc
cause they get their prices and nave
ia nav what the manufacturer anu
wholesale dealer asks. Their profit IS
not large, on an average, because we
know of none who is getting rich very
fast The farmers and merchants Is
an agricultural community must WORK
together and give each other SQUARE
deal for neither can get along without
the other.
The Farm Bureau Federation
Paterson said, has accomplished more
sn,its first year Of existence than tna'
/. q Denmark did in four years, because
a has gained strength enough IN tnat
time to have laws passed for the pen
eat Of the farmers which took them
four years to accomplish in Denmark.
what are some Of the things that
tba Farm Bureau Federation has done
the nast year, some Of the things OF
,,rnortance? 1t had the Plumb ran
road bin defeated. Why? Because. we
.bad To choose between two bills, the
plumb hill and the Cummins- Esch Dill.
(. WA did not like either one, but OF the
Two evils we chose the least LOT y
we landed in the deep sea there might
ne a chance to paddle to snore, as
I'VE are doing now. The next tnins
that came up was the selling OF the
stock ward scale. The Federation nau
. law passed to prohibit that and gave
.ha railroad company until December
40. 1921 to buy back what they nau
already sold. II 1t had not peen lot
4 s+hat We should have had to pay scare
,waipht The next thing we had 10 XII
/. tha notwithstanding law again. as W.
Ala the year before. The next thing .tne
Federation did was to equalize tne
rail and water rate between Cnleaso
and Buffalo, so that cars could De un-
1ooaad at Chicago and returned N
stead Of going clear through TO tne
Atlantic coast not to be heard OF again
the same season. This eased the car
shortage from September on. Inc neA'
.h,nr that came up was the Nolan DILL
hitch YOU have all heard about anu
witch. IL 1t had been passed, wouia
have cost the average farmer on q
1sr, acre farm from 5000 to $500 tax
beside your other taxes. the next tnihs
WAS the i per cent. sale tax which
,vnyld have been paid by the farmer
for when he bought it would nave
heen added and when he sold ne Wouiu
have had to pay 1t.
The next thing that came up wnicl'
4he Farm Bureau was Responsible ior
ara which was passed over the Presl-
Iant,s veto. was the restoring OF the
war Finance Corporation which elves
other countries credit but keeps tne
money here. u7
what are we working on now
rarst the Emergency tariff bill II
"a. nassed the Senate, because we ID
+ha middle and western states nave
- many senators as the eastern STATES
MT when 1t comes to representatives
"a haven't as many and they are fignt-
sne a because they do not want us
- have It In an agricultural country
9Shav want the farmer to raise more
md sell cheaper, pay more and BUY
1ot Then we are all good Sports.
me- want a direct water way opened
- from chicago to the Atlantic coast
~ ~, ,ro,,la mean 10 cents bushei