Arizona republican., 1921-12-19

Thrift IS the foundation Of success 70 business, Of conte1atnee,,t % the home, of stondi1ag in society.
 Russell Sage.
Co-Operative Marketina

Co-OperatiVe Marketing
 Word Washington that the "asrcul- turaI bloc" intends immediately the holiday re- for the enactment Capper-volstead bin providing for cooperative marketing and distr- button by agricultural organizations products This is the most important item in the program of the agricultural group the one which has in- spired all the opposition to the agricultural and all the attempts belittle it. Compared with this work the for the regulation of the grain exchanges and the packing industry were of minor importance
 The Capper-VoIstead bill aims the whole army of middlemen who have lived alike off producer and the consumer, taking from the but what necessary for his sustenance and wrnging the last cent from the oher It is therefore but ed that the hatred of very large element of our business life should be aroused against the group which is trying put the business of the former on a sound basis.
 The bill does not, of course, attempt the mpossi- bility of bringing the producer the consumer into actual contact. but it proposes reduction the number of intermediates and the elimination of their exacions from producer and consumer. Broad ly. it be said it reduces the present spread"
 Senator Capper, speaking of the proposed legis- Iation, said:
 .-The cooperative marketing idea is the great development in agriculture years. has been tried out in Britain and in Denmark been found especially successful in both countries for both the who produces the food and the luyer who consumes it. Operations under this system actually have shown that the ceives a reasonable profit what he grows than under existing conditions. and that the con buys his foodstuffs very considerable duction in This shows that the system works distinct benefit for all parties and is not designed solely to farmer.
 Farming as at present conducted is a business that cannot become successful profitable. and unless it Is reasonably profitable it is useless urge to get back to the land-' The farmer sells what he raises and buys what he needs as an individual whereas every other business conducted through highly organized body that looks out for the common welfare of it's members
 sThe task of the agricultural group made easier by President Harding who in his message ported the cooperative marketing movement and urged upon congress that it be given every proper encouragement. And certainly any reduction of the number of products passing from the farmer the be regarded worthy of encouragement
 It should not be supposed though that the Capper- Se,stead bill proposes to establish cooperative mar keting. that with the enactment a law miracle would have been wrought, wiping out all middlemen and toi-takers. and that the farmer should once receive just profit his products and that the would enjoy them at a reasonable price The law will only clear the way for cooperative marketing; will the middIeman will enable farmers organizations accomplish the reduction
 Already farmers organizations have made head way, notably California, where conditions wer, favorable that the crops proposed to be handled through the organization within a com parativeiy limited and by a comparativel2 limited number of producers Though these organ izations have been successful they have found them selves often handicapped by existing legislation O the need of legislation.
 Then again thing cooperate for tn handling of raisins citrus fruits within smal another to organize the Of potatoes grains and cabbages, which produced through out the whole country.
 The latter. though is being made possible b the spirit of cooperation which is being diffuse by the American Farm Bureau first organiza ton that ever manifested grasp of the needs the farmer and of ways meet them.
 The part the Farm Bureau is playing is well de scribed by Gustavus Myers in "The Organized Farme Steps Forth" in the November Century. The Farr Bureau is preparing the field for the operation farmers by acquainting the of the country wit -as farmers their problems
 II Is also keeping of politics: that is, it not seeking to make the farmers a political fore It has been warned by failure earlier attempt to do that and of the failure of organized labor accomplish a political revolution
 The agricultural bloc is not seeking any speci privilege for the farmer. but is seeking only u privilege for him of helping himself by organizatio
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