Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-02-08
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without trying to catalogue the re-
medal measures that have been sug
gested in his behalf, the principal pro
posals that bear directly en- the i'm
provement of his distributing and mar.
ketng relations may be summarized as
follows -
First: storage warehouses for cot
ton, wool, and tobacco. and elevators
for grain, of sufficient capacity to meet
the maximum demand on them at the
peak Of the marketing period. The
farmer thinks that either private CAPT
tai must furnish these facilities. or the
state must erect and own the eleva
tors and warehouses.
Second: weighing and grading OF
agricultural products, and certitication
thereof. to be done by impartial and
disinterested public inspectors (this Is
already accomplished to some extent
by the federal licensing Of weishers
and graders). to eliminate underpay
ing, overcharging, and unfair grading
and TO facilitate the utilization Of the
stored products as the basis OF credit.
Third: a certainty Of credit sufficient
to enable the marketing OF products
in an orderly manner.
Fourth: the Department Of Agricul
ture should collect, tabuate, summa
rize, and regularly and Frequently pub
lsll'anG distribute to the farmers. full
information from all the markets OF
the world. so that they shall be as well
Informed OF their selling position a.
buyers now are Of their buying posi-
tion.
Fifth: freedom to integrate the bust
ness of agriculture by means OF con
soldated selling agencies. co-ordinat
ing and cooperating, in suc! way as to
put the farmer on an equal footing
with the large buyers OF his products
and with commercial relations In other
industries.
When a business requires specialized
talent, it has to buy it. SO will the
farmers; and perhaps the best way for
them to get it would be To utilize some
If the present machinery of the larg
est established agencies dealing In
farm products. OR course, If he wishes,
the farmer may go further and engage
in flour-miling and other manufactures
# food products. In NY opinion,
however. he would be wise to stop
short of that. Public interest may be
opposed to all great integrations; but
in Justice. should they he forbidden to
the farmer and permitted to Others?
The corporate form Of association can.
not now be wholly adapted to his oh
iects and conditions The looser co
operative form seems more generally
suitable. Therefore, he wishes to be
free, IL he finds it desirable and feas
lille, to resort to cooperation with his
fellows and neighbors. without run
ming afoul of the law. To urge that
the farmers should have the same lib
erty to consolidate and coordinate
their peculiar economic functions.
which other industries in their fields
enjoy, is not, however, to concede that
any business indignation should have
legislative sanction to exercise monop
oistic power. The American people
are as firmly opposed to industrial as
to political autocracy. whether at
tempted by rural or by urban industry
tOr lack OIL ullltcu tuoIL tie farmers
as a whole are still marketing theii
crops by Anticipated methods, or by no
methods at all, but they are surrounded
by a business world that has been
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self sufficient and did not depend upon.
or care very much, what tbs great
world was doing. The result is that
the agricultural group is almost rs
much ut Il disadvantage in dealing with
other economic groups as the jay farm
er Of the funny pages 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 intelligently striving to
integrate their industry so that 1t Will
be on an equal footing with other busi'
nesses.