Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-01-20


of defective distribution of farm prod
ucts. Should it not occur to US that
we have a common Interest with the
farmer in his attempts to attain a de-
gree of efficiency in distribution cor
| responding to his efficiency In produc.
| tionF Do not the recent fluctuations
In the May wheat option, apparently
unrelated to normal nteraction Of
supply and demand, offer timely
proof of the need Of some such stahil-
ling agency as the grain growers have
In contemplation?
| II is cOntended that if their pro-
posed organizations he narfectad and
onarotod +ho e,r,,,,. I'm -, ;,
! thoir ho,,d. 49, -. -,
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gus "..uN' az
.''u ''''l - WIZ ne possiple 10 pefFert
It 10 afpItfaIY ana oppressive price
| hNlhg from its legitimate use Of order
Ing and stabilizing the flow If farm
products to the market. to the mutual
| benefit of nroducer and consumer
have ma onnrahoreio,s or this noi,,+
II r. c. 49,
ta, a,at p,,'.' y, -'''''l'''-
must no at host cannot ba co orhi-
trarily and promptlv controlled as
great corporation. The one is a lum-
bering democracy and the other an agile
| autocracy. In the second place, with
all possible power or org .nization, the
| farmers cannot succeed TO any great
extent, or Tor any considerable length
| or time, In liking prices. The great
law OF supply and demand works in
various and surprising ways, to the
undolng Of the best laid plans that
| attempt TO foll 1t, In the third place,
| thelf power Will avail the farmers
hothlhg II 1t De abused. In our time
ana country power Is or value to its
| possessor only so long as 1t is not
! abused. 1t IS fair to say that l have
seen no signs In responsible quarters
| OF a disposition to dictate prices.
There seems, on the contrary, to be a
commonly beneficial purpose to realize
stability that viii giv' an orderly
| ana abundant flow of farm products
to the consumer and ensure reasonable
| and dependable returns to the pro-
| Queer.
In view Of the supreme Importance
! to the national well-being Of nros-
nerons and conten+ed agricultural non.
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o'iier a''''i'ieS nave Ioilo"eu ior tii'
same purpose snoulu we not syhlp7
thetIealiS cohSluer tlle pea Tor the
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! own ehhS"teleu sen interest III 90.
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tarin prouuctS
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tlon win view 10 us Improvement