Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-09-10
INTER DEPENDENCE OF
COUNTRY and CITY
No One Class Or Group Can Pros
per Independently Of The
Other Groups.

peIudIlce VI country anu clCy-Ol aF-
ritulture and industry--been SC far
oibly emphasized as during the ua..t
lew months" declares Ellis Garage,
local dealer for Samson Power Farm
ing Machinery.
"The present economic condition,
II quilting from postwar dehation
proves conclusively that the farmer is
just as dependent upon the city as the
city is dependent upon the farmer. In
tie highly specialized system of
American civilization mo one class or
group can prosper Independently of
the other groups.
"When the farmer refuses to buy,
or is unable to buy, factories close
down working men are thrown out of
employment, the consumption of food
drop lower and lower, banks refuse to
droplower and lower, banks refuse to
lend money and call in their outstand-
ing loans, and business is at a stand
still.
"Ihis is more than theory. Last
fall in small manufacturing town
in the Middle West a factory was
compelled to close because of lack
of demand for its products-many
men were thrown out of work-and
the consumption of meat in that one
town alone dropped off over $4,000
pcr ninth. When people are out OF
work, they simply cannot buy abun-
dainty of the farmers produce and
the financial predicament of the ag-
rcultural communities is further ag-
gravagated.
"The farmer is dependent upon the
city worker to buy what he raises
the manufacturer is largely depend
cnt upon the agricultural commune
ties to buy what he makes-and if
his goods are not sold, his employees
are thrown out Of work and their buy
ing power is crippled, which imme-
Giately effects the sale of farm pro-
duce-banks "tighten up" and the
condition becomes worse than before.
"Thus we have an endless circle
of dependencies-which explains our
recent business depression.
Fright row, everyone wants bust
ness to "open up"-but most OF us
wait for the other fellow to make the
first move.
mind you, / am not saying that
the fault is with the farmer, or the
manufacturer, or the banker, or the
dealer-or any other one class. IT.:
everybody's fault = It's everybody
problem-and if everyone will do his
Z full share without waiting to see what
9 the other fellow is going to % the
q problem will soon save itself.
"The farmer should buy what h;
I. rceds,thi is nothing more than com
4 mon sense-because if man really
4 needs ching he pays for it whether
3 he buys or not.
I Credit, as applied to so basic al
d industry as agriculture should be
8 stretched to the limit.
"The manufacturer should do ev.
q erything within his power t., kee
j the wheels Of industry moving, ever
though it may be necessary to tempo
7 rarily at loss. By so doing he is
Z keeping the city man employed
: thereby lnsuring his purchasing pow
s err and safeguarding the i,lrure of the
: manufacturers own interest
"Of course, when you com rigid
9 down to it. few of US are real phi.
8 lanthropsts at heart. We Alner..
cans, of the great middle class
Guiding farmers and implement deal
6 erR--are more interested in our owr
little problems than in the matter OF
Saving the country"
6 'But it isn't a question of phllan-
= thropy. It's a question of good Dusi.
ness-a question of doing a thing be.
cause it will pay-a question of con
structive selfshness and LIN not
trying to "pass the buck" to the other
fellow. Right now, l am lini'.; u
my little business in accordance with
this prescription am going ~ sell
farm operating equipment for consld-
erably less than the manufacturing
costs-with terms that take INTO con
sideration the financial condition OF
the farmers of this community. Hut
of course, that's subject for the adj
vertising pages instead of editorial
| columns"