Arizona republican., 1922-01-29
. -ARn BUREAl) HOTES
BY Bureau Publicity Committee

out and carry through the local pro-
! gram of work. And more than that:
They are worth cultivating and nour-
| ishing and growing so that they may
/ be qualified to sit in the councils Of
/ the state and national Organizations
and carry on the great work of the
state farm bureau and the American
farm bureau.
Register Your Voice
"The ideal farm bureau is organ
lied so as to give the people in it a
voice in all the things done which
affect them. That is as It should be,
care more about my vote on affairs
Of wide or nation wide effect.
SO does every one who is earnestly
interested in country life and rural
welfare. Let us all then put the en-
phasis on the county farm bureau,
which spends the lions share of our
fees. More than that, let us see to il
that our county farm bureau de-
velops a program of work which
reaches every township, every school
district, every community, every
farm in the county. And let the pro-
gram be kept strictly up-to-d date.
Too many of us are fearful Of chang
Ing our minds when they need to be
changed. Change is growth. We
must keep fresh to keep useful.
What are the chief sources of
income on the farms of the county?
What are the chief. farm home and
community activities? What are the
most important problems affecting
your sources Of income? What are
the most important problems affect
ing the farm home and community
orffxrfffnc9 UTha4
reau do to solve these problems and
increase these sources OF income? :?
Unless your county farm bureau can
ask and answer these questions 1t is
not functioning properly.
Farm Bureau Attitude
'The farm bureau should at all
times pursue constructive policy as
regards other interests. The farm
bureau should not attempt to gain
advantage by the policy of fighting
or opposing any legitimate organiza-
ton or business interest: rather 1t
should establish itself by straight
forward action and thoroughness. 1t
should apply the best business meth
DDS and by conference and arrange
ments with other interests require
and compel just dealing and equal
and fair methods and opportunities.
The farm bureau will mean no more
to a community or county than the
people themselves make Of it. It
must stand on record of service and
will render that service as you make
it efficient.
Together We Win! That is the
motto of the farmer today. Service
Is our motto BY that 1 mean that
the Farm Bureau must be so organ
lied that it can rene~r service not
only to its membership but to the
county. state and nation as a whole
How to Meet Opposition
"My friends, we are in for It. The
farm bureau has come into a posi-
ton Of great power and influence. It
has done this because it has believed
and practiced the precepts of the
Great Co-operator who said: Know
the Truth and the Truth shall make
you free In policies, in workman
ship, in publicity, we have not yet
departed from it. And that has
brought the Farm Bureau to influ-
ence and power. 1t made possible
concerted action on national agricul-
tural legislation. 1t made possible
the sane, constructive, practical pro-
gressivism which characterizes the
whole program. Unfortunately, it
arrays against us those who are
jealous, of power These are not few.
They have ceased fighting among
themselves and are now turning to
unite and fight us. But theirs is a
futile struggle. The farm bureau
will go straight down the middle Of
the road looking neither to the right
nor the left, no politics. no secrets,
no hallucination, getting somewhere.
Who Is the Bureau?
''Who is this Farm Bureau? 1t
is you, and you, and you. 1t is no
more and no less than what you make
it. You, as representatives of your
counties, have your local program to
put over The state farm bureau has
it's state program to put over. The
American Farm Bureau Federation
has its American program to put
over. All of them are you. It is
strictly up to you to see through to
complete success these things which
we have started and not yet finished.
Put over cooperative grain market
ing through the y S. Grain Grow
ers, Inc. Put over cooperative live
stock marketing through the Nation
al Live Stock Producers Association.
Put over cooperative dairy market
ing through the plan to be worked
out by the Farmers Dairy Marketing
Committee Of Eleven Put over CO.
operative fruit marketing through
the plan to be worked out by the
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