The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-10

idea. In your hands rests great OPP
portunity. Innumerable instances can
De shown where bankers have de-
veloped their communities-gotten
their farmers to be producers instead
Of consumers-deposito instead of
borrowers. Then we also can point
the way in cooperative marketing,
Tor today the farmer gets too little
zor his labor-we have too many mid
dlemen, sapping the life's blood from
the farmers labor without adding
anything to it. Now remember, that
am not opposed to the middlemanl
that is essential to the distribution of
q product. we must have them-but |
when in the United States the farmer
gets 81 per cent and the middlemani |
IS per cent while in Denmark the
farmers get n per cent and the mid
die man % per cent maintain that |
there is an injustice that should be
corrected. How much I don't know, |
the United States is a large country |
it is impossible to deliver products |
from producer to consumer in day |
or a week-furthermore our produc-
ton is so large, conditions are change
able, markets so distant it is hard to
know how many middlemen we should
have, but he should not speculate
no center should establish the price
| Of butter for the whole nation.
Harmony and Cooperation
The bankers interest and direction
is needed by the farmer and when l
noted our glorious motto, zone for
ali and all for one," / was greatly
amazed at the bignes sof such motto.
It grew and grew upon me as | realized
in our modern life there is no sue
cess without the most perfect har-
mony and cooperation. We have
organizations for everything, gears
within gears, up to the great Union
of States whose glorious flag bids
to the nations of the world, a land
where harmony, justice and co-opera-
ton work together.
You are mindful of the ancient
Roman who was about to divide his
vast estate among his sons. He dir
ected the oldest to get bundle Of
sticks and to take one and to break
the did it easily. He then directed
/ him to take the bundle and tie it to-
gcther and try it then. He used all
his strength and failed to break same.
BY this lesson the father taught his
sons of the advantages of united eff
| fort in going against the difficulties of
daily life in the world problems. It
was Napoleon who gained his battles
by a united front. 1t was Foch who
only won the World War by a CO.
ordination and perfect working to-
gether of every battalion. every army
under his command.
Bankers of Georgia, the degree of
harmony and cooperation with which
you meet the problem of diversified
farming and dairying will be the
measure of your success. Whether or
not my coming to you has been in
vain, | feel will depend much upon
the action. cooperation and assist
ance you bankers will give the farm
ers of Georgia in leadership and
money to encourage diversified farm
: ng and banking.
} Valuable Information on Marketing
Farsighted farmers get more money
for their live stock and crops by fol-
lowing the law of average prices in
: the marketing of their products than
do those who ignore the seasonal price
fluctuations. In the past one of the
chief difficulties confronting those
, who wished to profit by such informa-
= zion was that reliable figures which
: showed the monthly trend of prices
: for crops and live stock were not
t. readily available. For that reason
: Market Statistics" a $50 page bull
t. !letin published by the United States
7 Department of Agriculture, should
} prove especially valuable. 1t was
} prepared by the Bureau of Markets
: and Crop Estimates.
IN the case of hogs, for example,
4 actual average prices are given for
2 each of the last II years, month by
: month, for several of the more i'm
pOrtant market centers. Tables show
! he average monthly prices for the
/ II years combined. The man who
= ships hogs to Chicago can find out
from a table in this bulletin that the
= average December price is per cent
5 lower than the 11-year average. When
: comparing September, the highest
: month. it is seen that the September
? price for the II years is 10 per cent
! above the December price. With such
; Incarnation available one can often
= adjust his farm operations so as to
: get his stock ready for market dur
: ing the months of average high prices.
= He may also see where it would be
profitable to hold his crops for mar
letting in months of higher than aver
age prices.
The bulletin gives such information
. for all classes of live stock, including
: nogs, cattle, calves, sheep and their
manufactured products. There are
: statistics of similar nature pertain
ng to practically all crops which the