Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-08
EDITION.

nv ..hr;lliantly' conceived plan, as
reported In the Fargo! dispatch, 70
Here Is some more plain English
and mi state this under oath. Or
ranizers for the U. s. Grain Growers,
the National Wheat Growers
EQUITY, and this new ORGANIZATION
have changed and sWapped n rom
one organization to the other SOFTEN,
thev don,t know now to save ~ their
lives. which side OF the argument they
are supposed to represent. Furtner-
more many of these so-called organ
izars and rural up-lifters have been
for the !. Nonpart san
league. and it doesn't make q par
| ticle Of difference to them, whether
one day they represent state socialism
the next day, capitalized sociansn
| the third day, economic rsahtEz1aatIi N'
or what not. 1t all SINNERS down
simply to a proposition Of "1ll line
up with anything that offers an"eass !,
job and easy picking
Here is something that Ill TESTIFY
under oath. An Ex-Nonpartlsan
! League, Ex-U. S. Grain. Grower, II
Ex-Everything else organizer tod nne
that he didn t care what ne organ
! lied as long as he got" job OF 'ol II
and kept the people stirred up ana
l EfILlcSS, ftS VI -
! farmer, to whom the job of FARMING
didn't appeal because it was too
hard. When l urged him to go back
to the farm and work and make good,
he declined with thanks,-because that,
meant hard work, while organizing.
was. soft and full of glory ana
sp~eech-making and publicity N
ready pay.
I know Mr.. Wicks. the General
r-, rho5rrno n ~ the DR.
ganization Committee of the newly
proposed relief organization Tor
the farmers, personally. He a been
in my Office several times. The last
time saw him he represented Inc
National Wheat Growers, and he was
so full Of the possibilities of that or.
ganization, that he couldn't even
think or dream of anything else. Be
fore going with the National Wheat
Growers he had beer the president OF
a large oil company, SO he told me, SO
large, in fact, as he said, that Rookie
Teller had to buy him out, to avoid
competition.
Now it may be that Mr.. Wicks is az
full of altruism as re. is OF Visions
Of organizations, but l doubt it,. This
is my personal opoinion. And why Is
it, may I ask. at this: point. that of all
those who bleed the farmer, those
VINO oXtEdCI LILO 1dA 6CoI oAlA0uAS "
blood are Ex-Farmers. who farm the
farmer. When a business man. or
banker trades with a farmer In a leg1-
innate sense of the word, the farmer
feels that he has beer robbed, al
though the transaction nay be NUT
ually profitable. But when a para
s:tical Ex-Farmer organizer extracts
blood-money to the tune of 100 per
cent, with absolutely no possible re-
g A---- T. R--A IA - ! ~G~t ~yvo vo ~
tee that there will be no returns, be-
cause of the impossible character Of
the organization, the giver feels that
he has donated to a magnificent
cause and will be rewarded many
times over. Why should this ycondi-
ton exist in this enlightened age?
Farm Bureau. e,tea
There is one farm organization.
headed by honest and reliable men,
by students of. rural organization, by
men who have studied farmers Or
g%anizatons all their lives, by men of
experience and ability, which gives
great promise OF fulfilling a great
need for a real farmers organiza-
ton. I refer to the Farm Bureau. It
has a program Of work. 1t is sane.
No demagogues are connected with
1t. 1t has nc impossible utopian
dreams. 1t is starting from the bot
TOM and gradually working up toward
a betterment Of conditions. AS. fast
as possible, this. organization Is put
ting into actual concrete working, a
system of marketing and farm, mer-
chandising- which will bring greater
returns to the producer and at the
same time, make commodities cheaper
to the consumer. 1t wishes to elm
mate waste and confusion in the dis
frihutioN of farm rom oddities r. ia