Arizona republican., 1921-12-16


 ! tinued to function not for the selfish benefit of farmers, but in realization ot the basic relationship of agricul- ture to the nation. It is for the pur- pose of protecting and developing na- tional life and prosperity by helping to bring about the agricultural inde- pendence of the United States so that in any event our citizens might be fed and clothed and so that the many millions of constructive workers might be prosperous, contented and in a position to enjoy that home life which is the foundation of stability in governments. Adoption of this policy by the Farm Bureau renders it basically for the benefit of the whole of the United States, and it's chief work is to put agriculture on a busi- ness like basis so that the rural dis tricts may be peopled with home owners: so that the man of judgment and energy. as the fruits of his labor, may own his farm home. The old English poet truthfully tells us, I'll fares the land, to hasting ills prey; 1 where wealth accumulates and men decay. Powers and lords may flour ish or may fade. A breath can make them as a breath has made, but noble peasantly, when Cnce destroyed can never be replaced" Constructive l relIOIlS are " necessary in Arizona for the genera tions to come will see agriculture as the very foundation of our state. A 1 glance at our sister state, Nevada, convinces Us that during the enor- nsous development of wealth by our mining industry, we should direct our attention toward proper develop ment of farming and stock raising so that when the last car of ore is re- ! . f7r1r | wards. During these times in which is created a Psychological condition we call depression, agriculture has gone ahead producing, though at a less. If your farmers and stockmen had closed down operations as have our factories and mines our present depression would have been serious indeed. Therefore I invite your sym pathetic interest in and your moral support for the big undertaking in which the Farm Bureau is engaged. The first function of the organized Farm Bureau was education and while it has been called on to engage in many other things it's educational business is not neglected. Arizona, with its peculiarities of soil and eli mate, with its enormous range of crops and with its many different ag- ricultural situations, is in the greatest reed for agricultural information and the Farm Bureau is the only organi- zation here which has as one of it's main functions utilization and dis semination of the results of our agri- cultural experiment stations. In Ari- zona the Farm Bureau is officially recognized as the medium to connect the research work of our federal and state governments with the agricul- tural producers
 4 vital problem. not only to the
 farmers but to every citizen of the
 United States, is marketing. The Farm Bureau is devoting much ener- gy to solution of the many angles to this problem. The disastrous break down of our present marketing sys-
 tenn during the past two years calls not for revolution but for installa ton of improvements which will
 make for greater efficiency. The farmer being forced to sell his wheat below the cost Of production, does not lessen but raises the cost of bread to the consumer. The stockman being forced to give his cattle hides away
 raises the cost of shoes to the con-
 sumer, for basically the cost of ar article is not determined by the
 money value placed upon it but by
 what that money value represents
 The population of agricultural people
 in the Us1ited States is so great that they must be prosperous if prosperity is to be found within our boundaries
 for, if the farmers buying power is cut off by his being forced to sell al less than production costs he is unable to buy his normal
 amount of clothing, while the mer-
 chant suffers from a slow turn
 over, lowering prices and conse- quently must lessen the number o1
 employees, who themselves are unable
 jcbber, broker and manufacturer O. , clothing find business dull and art
 forced to discontinue services of en- < ployes who still further reduce nor
 mai consumption. The farmer shor q of money. uses his old car 8. year O
 two longer and the automobile deal , CT finds his market sub normal Hence the automobile manufacture ' is forced to curtail production and hi : employees are without money to bu. ' normally. Thus, when the farmer i f working at loss it is impossible fo business to be good. The thing re i, acts in a vicious circle and all ar o affected I submit to you. gentle : men, that you, for the development o S your own private interests, whethe n agricultural or otherwise, are inter . ested in the solution of marketini e problems.
 One marketing problem the Farn Bureau is attempting to solve is vita e to Arizona. Arizona products ar o often times shipped out of the stat = while at the same time our loca l stores have on display similar pro y ducts shipped in from other states Somebody must needlessly pay tn c cost of frejpbt both ways SuCl ? glaring inefficiencies must be cor
 rected- and the Farm Bureau hope to be able to see the trade at hom
 idea practically and thoroughly ap
 piled. Three years ago most all c
 Coconino county's wheat was shippe
 out of the county, most of it Eoin r out of the state. Flour, at the sam time was shipped in. Today Coco ninos flour is made from Coconin wheat, and while the milling inter ests in that county are in privat hands the change was brought abou by the Farm Bureau and by the thing
 for which the Farm Bureau stands
 At the present time Maricopa count
 farmers are wondering what to
 with their sweet potatoes while tn
 market is loaded with sweet pota
 toes from without the state. Thes \ illustrations are not exceptions, bu \ can be duplicated many times owe | in greater or less degree, in ever E county in the state
 The Farm Bureau does not markC \ agricultural commodities but it hold \ as a major function formation
 cooperative marketing organization \ It believes thoroughly in co-operatiN \ marketing, not as a means for hold | ing Up the consumer. a thing impos N Slblp n00eY> the rrRSpnf condition