Arizona republican., 1922-01-24


er the chance to organize and help
himself"
He then referred to cooperative
marketing. 1t should be possible to
afford to the farmers, he said, ample
provision of law under which they
may carry on in cooperative fashion
those business operations which lend
themselves to that method, and which
thus handled would bring advan-
tages to both the farmer and his con-
suming public" The farmers, he
continued, must be responsible for
doing the rest and must themselves
learn organization and the practical
proceedings of cooperation.
Lack of essential information, Mr..
Harding asserts, was one of the most
serious obstacles to a proper bal
ancing of agricultural production. All
too frequently he said, such informa-
ton is gathered by private interests,
whose concern is private protlt
rather than the general good"
with proper financial support Tor
agriculture, and with instrumental
ities for the collection and dissent
ination of useful information" he
added, "a group of cooperative
marketing organizations would be
able to advise their members as to
the probable demand for staples, and
TO proper measures for proper limi-
tation OF acreages in particular
crops. The certainty that such
scientific distribution OF production
was to be observed, would strength
en- the credit of agriculture and in
crease the security on which lin
ancial advances could be made TO 1t.
The disastrous effects which arise
from over production are notorious.
Consumer Interested
"It is apparent that the interest
OF the consumer, quite equally with
that of the producer demands
measure to prevent these violent
fluctuations which result from un-
organized and hap-hazard produc-
ton. Indeed the statistics of this
entire subject clearly demonstrate
that the consumers concern for
better stabilized conditions IS quite
equal to that Of the producer. The
farmer does not demand special
consideration to the disadvantage
of any other class; he asks only for
that consideration which shall place
his vital industry on a parity OF
opportunity with others and enable
ii to serve the broadest interest"
Turning to the subject of trans
1 OOIIdLlO0
broad visioned statesmanship shall
establish fundamentally sound poll
cies toward transportation. the
present crisis will one day be re-
garded as a piece Of good fortune
to the nation"
ITO this time railroad construc-
| tion, financing and operation" he
added, "have been unscientific and
devoid of proper consideration for
the wider concerns of the commun-
| ity. To say this is simply to ad-
NIT a fact which applies to prac-
tically every railroad system in the
world"
Waterways have been too long
neglected in America" he declared
adding that I'VE need q practical
development of water resources FOL
! both transportation and power"
| "A large share of railway tonnage
| is coal for railway fuel" he said
"The experience of railway electri-
| fication demonstrated the possible
! ty of reducing this waste and in
| creasing efficiency. We may be.
gin very soon to consider plans Il
| electrify our railroads. If with q
suggestion seems to involve 1nor-
! dinate demands upon our financia.
| and industrial power it may be re-
piled that three generations ago thS
suggestion of building 100000 miles
| of railways in this country would
have been secuted as a financial
and industrial impossibility. Water
ways improvement represents not
only the possibility of expanding
our transportation system but also
of producing hydro electric power
for its operation and for the activ-
| tiles of widely diffused industry"
Encourage Waterways
"The surest and cheapest trans
portation facility" the president said,
"is presented by one OF the worlds
most attractive opportunities for ex-
tension of the seaways many hundred
miles inland"
1.-THE heart of the continent, with
its vast resources in both agriculture
and industry" he added, would be
brought into communication with all
the ocean routes by the execution OF
the St. Lawrence waterway project.
To enable ocean going vessels to have
access to all the ports of the Great
Lakes would have a most stimulating
effect upon the industrial life of the