The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-08


70 political autocrscy, whether at
tempted by rural or by urban industry
For lack Of unite,. effort the farmers
a. q whole are stlll marketing tibet,
crops BY antlQuatei methods. or by ne
.rethOds at nll. but they are surrounded
~ . business warld that has beer
m0de-nlzed to the ;Rst minute and Il
,:relessly striving Tor efficiency This
efficiency IL due In large measure q
.tk business. to united business. to In
tegrated business. The farmers now
seek the benefits OF such largeness. un
lon and Indignation
The American farmer Ia modern Of
the moderns In the use Of labor saving
machinery. and he has made vast
strides In recent years In scientific
tillage and efficient farm mana. emen,
but a. a business in contact with other
businesses agriculture ls a zone horse
shay" In competition with high power
automobiles The American farmer Is
the greatest and most intrnctable OF
individualists. While Industrial pro
ductinn and all phases Of the huge com
mercial mechanism and Its myriad &C.
cessorles have articulated and co-ordi
mated themselves all the way from nat
ural raw materials to retail sales the
business Of agriculture has gone on II
much the one man fashion Of the back
woods Of the flrst part " the nine
tenth century, when the farmer wa
self sufficient and did not depend upon.
or care very much. what the great
world was doing The result Is that
the agricultural group is almost as
much at a disadvantage in dealing with
other economic groups as the jay farm
er IT the funny pn-es In the hands OF
sleek urban confidence men. who sell
him acreage IN Central Park or the
Chicago city hall The leaders of the
farmers thoroughly understand this
and they are inlelligently striving to
integrate their industry so that 1t will
be ON an equal footing with other bust
uesses
As an example Of Indignation, take
the steel industry, In which the model
ID the United States Steel Corporation.
with its iron mines its coal mines, its
lake and rail- transportation. Its ocean
vessels, Its by-product coke ovens. Its
blast furnaces. Its open hearth and
Bessemer furnaces. Its rolling mills, its
tube mills and other manufa turing
processes that are carried to the high
est degree Of finished production com
patible with the large trade 1t has
built up. All this Is generally conced-
ed to be to the advantage of the con
"A fhp ; ls,v~
inconsiderately Jump Its products on
the market. On the contrary, II so
acts that 1t Is frequently a stabllizing
influence. as Is often the case with 9TH
er large organizations 1t Is master Of
Its distribution as well as Of its pro-
ducti n. If prices are not satisfactory
the products are held back or prOduc-
ton Is reduced or suspended. II Is not
compelled to send years work to the
market at one time and take whatever
II can get under such circumstances
II has one selling policy and Its own
exp 1T department Neither are the
grades and qualities OF steel determin
ed nj the caprice Of the buyer, nor does
the latter hold the scales. In this sin.
gle Indignation Of the steel corporation
Is represented about 10 per cent Of the
steel production # America The rest
Is mostly In the hands Of few large
companies In ordinary times the
steel corporation. by example, stahilizes
all steel prices II this is permissible
III Is even desirable because stable
and fair prices are essential to solid
AMI cent inued prosperity why would
u be- wr ~ for the farmers to utilize
central agen'ies thai would have simi
In "Tp.'ts on agricultural prnducts?
Snni III ~ IKE thai Is whai they are
ni;r' -
flrn.srs favored ny regional
cor; ). = dnl unl 'g'iitv such as the
"i'riIS .ali ~ - Il California al
rtntY haae i''nd WI, legally to
mo, ana spli ttclr products inre-
.,;i's M in ace rdnrce with seasnn..
AMI m,nl demand thus improving
THEFT position and rrndering the ron
sumner n reliable service OF ensured
quality certain supply and reasonable
and relatively STEADY prices They
have ;0 found II ne. essnry to resort
10 any special pri, lese. or to claim
any exempt II under the antitrust
!egiSiai on ~ the Stale ur nation With
out reliin,lu" local control they have
built NJ n very efficient marketing
agency The grain cotton ard to
:ac,' farmers ans the producers II
hides and wool bc. a,'se of their mum
Dprs and the ,astni''ss OF their regians
and for other res llns have found
inieSrntian u mnre difficult task