The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-08-03

INNlAh HNNaAN
GXAA the agricultural
mind OF America
You cannot End such wonderfully
inspired thoughts a. that emanating from
the crowded. congcsicd districts Of tcne-
nent quarters This is the Inspiration
and the dream a. the man who lived out
doors who oo-orcratcd with his neishbor.
Vho vas not elbowed about and embar-
rassed hy people iostIins him about lie
thought along the lines Of the posterity
and the farmers Of America-ninety-hNe
| per cent OF the people living IN America
at that time were farmers. They made
possible this Republic q the United States
| OF America
The Farmers Part.
They fought th, VARS The monu-
ments IN Lexington and Concord. deii-
| Gated 10 the mcmor, OF those Who fought,
| are statues Of sialVart, husky farm boys.
! Washington, Monroc jefferson and John
| Hancock lived on the farm John Han.
! cock lived on the farm and was the head
/ Of the supreme tourt he vas truly
| farmer Our Constitution IL purely the
| contribution Of the farmers mind
After launching the ship of State. one
| thing happened which possibly changed
| the entire trend and thought OF the
| United States-thc discovery of the steam
| engine, which made possible central FAC
/ torres IN central points. and then there
! came the controversies OF the man who
/ owned the machine and the man who
| operated the machine. and the contro-
/ ver.y has continued between the man
/ who owned the machine and the man who
I operated the machine until the problems
/ al capital and labor have been solved far
in advance OF those Of agriculture.
We have had the problems Of agricul-
I tur, facing us since the Revolutionary
War. but instead OF solving them and
| fighting them out and occupying the cen
! ter of the stage as has labor and capital
agriculture has gradually retreated from
those problems II the agriculturist has
N had an acute problem in Kentucky he .
rrtrcated 10 Ohio, and the expansive ter
utuD offered 20 the people OF America
/ has Afforded relici 20 the agriCulturist IN
| these economic problems and has delayed
the solution OF these problems possibly q
years. The capita. invested IN agricul-
turc Is 20 strong that II the farmers should
sell out they could buy with that money
in hand an OF the railroads Of the United
states. all OF the manufacturing plants.
and then the neat s biggest industries OF
the United State. That i merely repre-
senting the capital invested
"A Warrington conference.
We had conference last April in
Washington our Executive Commit
tee of the American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton and We invited 90 this conference
representatives from every state m the
Jnion, leading asriouiturists. hnanciers.
and Wc asked them Quts ti0ns What l.
the difheuity with agriculture IN your part
ct tn country Md the, brought IN va
rious answers a. 20 their difficulties that
were affecting agriculture IN that part Of
the country. and We, after a careful analy-
SIS. were able 20 group them under pTac-
trlly four heads transportation dim
Guilty. a financial difficulty. a marketing
dinCut,. and a tax or tariff dihoulty.
Allied then and closely idcntihcd with
those we're the various groups under
which YOU could suhdivide those heads.
but those were the chisl pro. lrms.
hat do you consider is necessary IN
a legislative Nay 20 correct these diihcul-
ties They outlined a program then to
he presented AZ Congress IN this last
session The Agricultural RloC came
into being.
The Distribution Cost
In dining With Secretary Wallace and
MIR Hoover. and two OF three more mem
hers OF that like standing. this point vas
brought up for discussion Under our
present method. OF transportation today,
the center Of production Of the United
States Is about az u Louis. Missouri the
center OF consumption Is near Philadcl-
phia in Pennsylvania Under our pres
n snt methods Of distribution IL costs more
10 take food assembled at II ouis to
Philadelphia than Il do-s 20 20 down to
Argentine Republic or New Zealand and
deliver that same amount Of fool to
Philadelphia
There are tremendous responsibilities
I placed upon the people of the United
I States not agficultuTists alone. but every
body dentihcd With agriculture Is inter
ested in the correct solution OF these
problems and there never Was a time IN
the civilization OF society where there we're
more pcopir looking towards the United
States for the standard by which they
shall standardiEc their typc Of CiNilixa-
ton a tins time. When ! look over this
whole country with that view. Il seems
10 me there never VAS call 80 great As
that upoa the people Of America today
\ 10 al IN a cooperative. friendly, patn-
OF, spirit 20 solve some OF these problem-
he Farm Bureau has undertaken tu
solve these problems for farmers - q
\ class. Il Is the farmer organized. An
organized. he can do through his organ
\ ization. the arm Bureau. Nhat. Il he az.
tempted singly, would result in mi-,r.
able failure.
\ pair OF mems shoes ~eighs three
\ pounds and Is priced al Si0S0. A coz.
hide weighs hfty i've pounds and he
price to-day is seven cents per pound 4
i.smeT hauls hides TO town and offer &c