Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-02-08
III

Now that the farmers are stirring.
thinking. and uniting as never before
n eradicate these Inequalities. they
are subjected % stern economic lee
tures. and are met with the accusation
thar they are demanding and are the
recipients q. special privileges. Let
rs see what privileges the government
has conferred CD the farmers Much
has been made 90 Section 9 o. the
Clayton Antitrust Act. Which pur-
ported % permit them 10 combine With
Immunity. under certain conditions
Admitting that. nominally. this ex-
emptIan was In the nature % a special
prlvIle-e.-thouEh think Il was 50 In
nruaarnnre rather than On fact.-we
rnd that the courts have nuliihcd Il
81 judicial Interpretation. Why should
not the farmers be permitted 20 &C
compIIsh BY cooperative methods what
other businesses are already doing by
cooperation IN the form ~ incorpora.
tiong n q be proper FOR men a. form,
~ fusion - existing corporations o.
otherwise. a corp sration that controls
the entire production q a commodity.
Or = large part % u. why Is Il not
proper Tor q group q farmers % unite
for the marketing - their common
products. either In one or In several
selling arencicsT why should Il be
right far a hundred thousand corporate
shareholders 90 direct = or 30 or 40
Der cent ~ an industry. and wrong Tor
a hundred thousand cooperative
farmers 60 control a no larger proper
ton n the wheat crop. or cotton. or
any other productf
The Department ~ Agriculture Is
often spoken ~ as a special concession
20 the farmers. but in It's commerclai
results. Il Is % as much benefit 10 the
buvrrs and consumers ~ agricultural
products as % the producers. or even
more. I d. not suppose that anyone
oDposcs the benefits that the farmers
derive from the educational and re-
search work % the department, or the
helm thar Il gives them In working out
improved cultural methods and prac-
tees. In developing better yielding Va
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In introducing new varieties from re-
mote parts ~ the world and adapting
them 10 our climate and economic con
dIfIon. and Co devising practical meas
nres FOR the elimination or control o.
dangerous and destructive animal and
plant diseases. insect pests. and the
Ike. All these things manifestly tend
% stimulate aud enlarge production,
and their general beneficial effects ar
vl0us
II Is complained that. whereas the
law restricts Federal Reserve banks
20 three months time Tor commercial
paper. the farmer Is allowed six
months on his notes This Is not a
special privilege. hut merely such
recognition ~ business conditions as
makes L possible for country banks
10 d. business with country people.
The crop farmer has only one turn
over a year. while the merchant and
manufacturer have many. Incidental
liz. note that the Federal Reserve
Board has just a:-thorized the Fed
eral Reserve banks 20 discount export
paper Tor a period q six months. 70
conform 70 the nature ~ the bust
ness
The Farm Loan hanks are pointed
20 as an Instance ~ special govern
meuf favor Tor farmers. Are they not
rather the outcome ~ laudable efforts
10 eaualIze rural and urban condl-
tIonsF And about ali the government
does there 4 20 help set up an ad-
illustrative organization and lend q