Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-07-20
COOPERATION IS KEYNOTE

Madison, Wis, July 16-That the
farmers of the state need a dose Of or
ganization; that cooperation is as
necessary among men on the farms
as it is IN industrial centers is the
statement of Solomon Levitan, pres
ident of the Commercial National
Bank of Madison in an address TO the
farmers of Dane county.
What is the chief thing that the
farmers need today 2" asked Mr.. Le-
vitan. Il will tell you. A big dose
of organization Each farmer should
not be q competitor of every other
farmer. You should be eo-workers.
not competitors. Your interests, your
problems, your aims, your ambitions,
are all alike. You need, not a series
of societies fighting each other, not
variety of leaders hurting maledic-
tons at each other, but one strong
organization led by leaders who work
in harmony, who have no petty self
ish interest at stake, but who are high
~ capable and sincerely earnest, who
devote all their strength and effort to
the noble task of bringing about unity
! 81 spirit and action among all the
farmers.
Don't think that your farm is a
private world all your own; and don't
let your neighbor have any such idea
in regard to his farm. You have VI
tai interest in your neighbor's farm,
and he has vital interest in yours
1t is the duty of every farmer to see
that all the land in his community
| is producing to capacity. In helping
each other, you help yourself, for the
more prosperous your community, the
/ mara r,7anc I, a,so1ac will Won no
Remember, too, that you have an
interest in building up your villages
and towns. Stick to your home mer-
chant Patronize your village butch
er. Get friendly with your town
banker-he's always glad to help and
advise Buy your furniture, your gro
ceries, your implements In your near
est town. Don't let your village bar
Der starve. Every cent you spend in
town remains in town. The value of
your land, the ease with which you Sc
cure help, the happiness of your fam
| ily. the likelihood of the boys staying
on the farm, these all depend not on
the farm so much as on the nearby
village. BY Increasing the prosperity
of the village, you make your farm
more valuable and your life more
pleasant.
1.-The really successful farmer now
adays is not the one who has the
most contented cows; it's the one who
has the happiest wife. When a wo-
man is willing to stand shoulder to
shoulder with the man of her choice in
his relentless struggle to subdue the
soil until it yields its golden harvest,
when she is willing to forego the com
forts and pleasures of the cities, there
is nothing too good for her.
"There is no reason why farmer
boys should flock to the cities. 1t is
no easy task to milk the cows or NOW
the fields. but who ever heard of a
| farmer-lad who feared hard work 1t
isn't the work, it's the monotony, that
drives them away. Make your homes
as attractive as possible, make your
villages live and bustling and energet-
ic, and you'll find the young people
staying at home.
Get togetherl Play together!
Therein lies the solution of your prob
lens. Your neighbours success is your
success. Build up your villages. At
tend their lectures, send your children
to their schools, patronize their mer-
chants. Support your farm organiza-
ton so that the price of your pro-
ducts may be determined by your cost
of production, not by the whims of
gamblers. The day will then be has
tened when farm life will have the
pleasures and rewards that so justly
belong to the most essential workers
| in the community"