The Devils Lake world., 1921-12-21

question or argument, that when |
properly organized and properly led,
such coop perative J. organizations can
and Do function properly and profit
ably, third, that I have been come
ed with farmers organizations and
with agricultural development work
for twelsa years, as organization
specialist for the Texas Agricultural
ExperimeRt Station and Extension
Service Consulting Specialist for
the Texas Farm Bureau Federation
and as lecturer on Agricultural Or
ganization,at.vario Agricultural Col
leges and tupiYersities.
IN Therefore, it stands to reason that |
Isbelievam Ia Organization for farmers.
How sifazl different kinds Of Or
ganizatiAas can the North Dakota |
farmer support? The trouble with
farmers, organizations, in North Da- |
kota and everywhere, is not with the
real dirt farmer, who has real griev-
ances With which to contend, but with
farm leadership, so-called. Why don't |
those leadei Get togethef7 How can
they expactstbe body polite to stay
cemented} hen they themselves (the |
!leaders) fight and quarrel and pick
tn plums while the picking is ripe
This is plain English, but / mean
IL for such. Look up the recent adj
Ivertsements il the Fargo Forum and
Fargo Courie News and consult the
kilograms and correspo pondence that
have passed to and fro, and you will |
see that. the III. s. Grain Growers are
fighting the Equity, and the Equity is
fighting the ~. 8. Growers and both
are fighting the National Wheat
Growers will have nothing to doSwithl
either, some: are for the Farm
:Bureaa Md some are against, and
some tha. arm Bureau backs. and
some itApesn't, ard aimost every one
Of them is fighting the rest Of them,
Is such 8 situation possible /? And on.
top Of! the fact that there are already
more farmers organizations in, the i
United States than one can count ac-
curately, because Of daily increase
and daily revival, here comes one more
brilliantly conceived. plan, as Il re:
ported in the Fargo dispatch, to which
1 refer.
There is one farm organization,
headed by honest and reliable men, BY
students Of rural organization, by
man who have studied farmers or
panizations all their lives, by men Of
experience and ability, which gives
erir-eat promise Of fulfilling 2 great
need e, Tor ! real farmers organiza-
ton. I refer to the Farm Bureau. "
has a program Of work. It lis sane,
No demagogues are connected with
it, It has no impossible utoplans
dreams. It is starting from the bot
tom and gradually working up toward
betterment of condi itions. AS last
as possible, this organization is put
ting into actual, concrete working, g
system Of marketing and farm mer--
chandising which will bring greater
returns to- the producer and at the
same time make commod odities cheaper
to the consumer. It wishes to elim-
mate waste and confusion in the dis.
tribution of farm commodities. y Y
|organizng marketing associations Tor
wheat ton, livestock, fruits, dairy
Iprpductsf : 1
Il Is high time that halt was called
TO these organization games, because
the poor, unsuspecting farmer NlIo
lcan least afford il, always isssHpght
and loses. These contempt lated organ
lizations aug lit % be placed under the,
Iblue-sky laws; With the same protec-..
tion offered 10 the public that is placed
on the peddling of bogus Texas oil
tstock here ought to Be 4 public
lsafety Sommis ssion in North Dakota
(which should be charged with the re:-5
lsponsibility OF inyestiga rating aA CON.
ltemplsted organiza lions; specially
those which are onered to the unsus-
lpecting farmer, and good organization
ought to be din erentiated from the:
had, and the bad ones black -listed nv
lpubHc md o6icial spro cla1nati0n
The farmersof North Dakpta should
lbeware This 81 d reconst p,
fin which nor plsns, for tn cor-.
/ IstSuction 81 one,s pocke t-book alld
lone,s soul, viii be % 6ers tian hssAy-.
1tSraSs dog has lsassss Don't sign any-
thing without reading over. And.
lg,esd Ss syesy s.a hing md snyt oyss,
Inofe onee. I'D &c tWiics M
khsss tine IN lnyesti olr. 4.