The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-05
T farmers SHOULD
SAVE IN FAT YEARS
Former Governor LOWden
Advocates Stability
of Prices. l.,
WAREHOUSES; FOR r.
STORING SURPLUS

Large Crops Should Not Bring Farmer
Tess Tban Small 0nes-Cites Expert
eftce OF Other countries I'm Stabilizihg
Agriculture.
IfNCOj " Neb.. Jan. o. Ii the farmer
Is 10 continue to feed mankind, lie must
be paid Pr his services and we must pro
vide warehouses for the surplusses in
bauntiful years, Frank @. Lowden, for
mer governor of Illinois. told the Nebras-
ka Dairymcns association in convention
here today.
Tile farmer believes in the value of
what he produces and knows that it Is
Indispensable t. the world if civilization
is to go on he said. Whom he secs that
the total value of an unusually large ct1p
i less in the markets of the world than
the value of small crop. he knows that
something is wrong in our methods of dis
tribution. He does not need t. be fa=
miliar with higher mathematics to feel
sure that 12.000000 bales Of cotton ought
To be worth more than 6.000O00 bales
for each of the 12.00O,0n0 bales viii be
genuinely serviceable sooner or. later in
clothing the world
'IIe has seen much improved financial
conditions come to one great section of
the country Because Of an ahnarmaly
Short crop 10 that staple. lie can't per
slndc himself that the boil wfevil is .
bcmaiicipnt agent of mankind. and YET
lie IS compelled to admit that the cotton
states are indebted to that little insect for
their improved financial condition.
Must Pay Cost OF Production
We know that TO commodity VII. he
long produced below the cost of produc-
ton. and therefore it ought never be nee
as f.4 tfFftIf q
below such cost; for ii that commodity
can be stored and held the world viii
have to pay the cost some day
These problems have been met and
solved. in large measure, in Holland and
Denmark and among the frGit-.grawers of
California. by TIE organization of farm
-rr~' cooperative ~urIcticS. These zsurlr-
lies do not attempt to arbitrarily fix
prices. They du study the probable de
Haud aud attempt "a adjust production
to meet that demand. ..=-.
INSTEAD of throwing the entire sea
: @nUS crop upon he market within a few
short weeks, they provide for orderly
marketing their products. The tmd,Wcy
If this is to stabilize the srUarNet And
stabiizirg the market Of any product i
i'm the end best for che consumer and the
producer alike. Il il never good tIarg
for anyone when amy useful commodity
is sold for Jess than the cost, for ugdar
tailed -rraductiausTvi toHoE ntil prices
abngumallv EigA .are the result, \ com
Itodff[ that II Traa8Cef" itrahtdHlT- zaf
a1re wear ,li'pen y l5iiss sHf r. IL et4iiE ~
prgduced more ei8ally- than.Vvhere ttiera
are NiGlput tiuiuatiens. -.. ... .....
america Rebiad IN Farming
while in EVERY other industry we are
abreast 81 tire IuaSt advanced nations
in commerce. iu manufacture. ia. banking
and mer, uau3ieiug-th il not a nation
ian the world that cannot teach America
something about farming This has been
EecasSe of the great abundance of fertil,
lands IN this country, 50 that we could
exhaust one field and then move Ola west
and take up virgin land.
If our farm is worn ont it is our own
i fault, aud il Eve do not restore it within
4 reasonable time it us not only our fault
but il is an act of positive trcachery t.
the generations that Shall come after as