The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-22

MILL O1S, iHQ., Jan. Zl.-beIler Ouoi-
! ness methods through better farm or
/ ganization were emphasized to Wash
1ngton township farmers by John G
Brown, president of the Indiana Farm
Federation, Friday night.
The Washington township associa-
ton made Mr.. Browns presence the
occasion of a special program with his
speech as the principal feature. A sax
aphone solo by Dwight Brown, with
Miss Naomi Spire at the piano, and a
song by Harry Doty, accompanied by
Mrs: Doty. provided the musical part
| OF the program.
Introduced by Crawford.
Mr.. Brown, introduced by Earl Craw-
ford. chairman of the township asso
citation and member of the legislative
committee OF the Indiana federation,
| showed himself familiar with farm
conditions and early hardships in a
rev minutes of photographed
| "reminiscences
Il remember the ox-team, and l
have seen the development of the air
plane" he said. when l was a boy,
we spun the wool, or at least, my
mother did, and it was woven and
! made up into clothing at home or at
nearby mills. Our grain also. was
ground at the mill down on the banks
of the river.
| Two-Thirds on Farms.
At that time two-thids of the popu-
! lation of the country was on the farms
and what immigrants we had settled
in isolated communities, which we call
ed Swened. Germany, or any other
name applicable to their nationality
| Later, as more immigrants came
NJ II
! oped and they settled in the cities
The farmers also began to get
jobs in the factories. Then the bust
nesses found it necessary to combine
In order to prevent selling below the
yond the demand. Then the laboring
classes did the same, and organized
to protect themselves
| Farmer Unorganzed.
| "All this time the farmer was I'M
organized and was leaving the farm
for the factories. Then the war came
on and caught us unprepared. The
, government went out to the factories
| and gave them "cost-plus" contracts
the cause of many of our present ills.
| me larger the cost, the more the
profit; and waste and extravaganza
were encouraged. Labor, also seeing
that capital was getting while the
getting was good" started out on the
same tactics and insisted on higher
wages and shorter hours as we'll
meanwhile the farmer sent more
to the army than any other class, and
yet was asked to produce as much or
more than he had done before, but he
buckled his belt tighter and did it.
Yet he got no special consideration in
the way of prices or legislation.
Value of Organization.
"1t is said that we did have guar
anteed price on wheat. That is true.
but we know that when the price
was fixed at 1926 bushel, it was
bringing over SO in the market.
happened to be advisor to the food
administration. and | believe an Incl
dent of that wheat price fixing taught
us more about the value of organi-
cation than anything since.
con the wheat price committee la
Dor insisted on flour being kept cheap
enough so that bread would sell for
five cents a loaf. They demanded
through their representative Mr.. Sui
Ivan, that the price be kept down to
s125 a bushel for wheat The farm
ers were asking for $3.50. Finally
Sullivan, asking permission to present
labors case, spoke for full two hours
and at least as he finished, said, Mr.
Chairman, l demand that you comply
, with our demands within 80 minutes
or I'll walk down to the telegraph sta
ton and send kilograms to the labor
union officials that will stop the
wheels of industry all over the whole
country"
Funk Speaks.
There was a dismayed silence, until
Eugene Funk, prominent farmer, oil
Illinois, at last rose and remarked
quietly. Mr. Chairman. l wish to be
, considered as having said the same
thing as Mr.. Sullivan, except that the
, words farm association officials and
agriculture should be substituted"
will reserve the right to walk down tC
the station, with Mr.. Sullivana, under
OUT OF THE RACE
When a person wakes up with stiff