Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
STF|NbARCFR new PRESIDENT
Of GROUP 5, STATE BANKERS
John Ouickenden Tells Afternoon Session of
. Farm Problems; Dorsey Hager Cites Wayo of
Aiding Oil Development.

cease and become our obligations to
each other and TO society.
"Of these things there can be nc
question.
you. the consumer, and society,
have q right to demand of me. a farmer
that l work, that ] eliminate all un-
necessary expense, that ! avoid all
risks possible by Investigation and
better methods Of farming. that I pro-
duce as much and as economically as
| can, for in economical production
only. is wealth and advancement made,
We feel we must have q right to de-
mand of You much the I'M That
you work. that you eliminate all un-
necessary expense, cut your overhead
that you avoid too big risks. that at
the earliest possible date you pass on
to me cheaper money. We cannot for
ever successfully compete with our
eastern ~neighbor who have cheaper
money and also the advantage of a
short freight charge.
For our mutual benefit / ask that
you cooperate with us to a larger ex-
tent in marketing our wares, You 90
the limit with us in productions Go
a step farther and help us market it
instead of dumping it. Possibly some
way could be found t. make part of
our notes due other than on harvest
day.
The Freight Situation
you owe it to yourselves and to
your community to see that we have
a competitive market for our product
and not a dumping ground.
Il mentioned freight. You well know
that Is one of our important problems.
We are at the end of a long haul in
for our supplies and a long haul out
for our products. | am not prepared
to say organized railroad labor is over
paid, but l am here to tell the world.
when any organized labor ceases to be
organized labor and becomes organized
loafing. then | pay too much freight.
With your cooperation, we can to
some extent relieve the freight situation
by reducing much of our heavy raw
products into the finished article of
less weight, and with a local or Mon
tana market, we can turn some waste
and grain into poultry and eggs and
stop the present practice of shipping
them out and shipping them in again.
Lost Motion In Production
NO flour should be shipped into
Montana. With the best Of mills. the
finest Of wheat. why do we ship wheat
out and ship flour in? With our good
alfalfa, nutritious grass. cool days and
pure sparkling water Of our mountain
streams. we might well produce an
abundance of milk, cream and butter
for our own state and to spare. In the
production of hardy vegetables and root
crops we excel, but continue to ship
them out and then in. With everything
at hand for the production of pork and
its by.products. with at least three
Strengthening and packing houses with
in our state. why do train loads Of
hogs, sheep and cattle go out and come
back later. doubled in price? There
seems to be no reason for the long
expensive joy ride we give these things.
These are all problems in the solu-
ton of which we need your co-opera-
tion. ] am not advocating your assist
ing all farmers to 60 into dairying.
Some men are not inclined that way,
and some farms are not suited TO it.
You can encourage growing into these
things and not going into them"
The Oil Industry
Aid of the bankers when the oil
development reaches the stage of an
actual industry was urged by Dorsey
Hager. He showed what the oil industry
had done for other towns and what
could be expected Of it in Great Falls
should the Sweetgrass arch meet the
expectations of operators.
Oil men are sitting into Great Falls.
one, two and three at a time said
Mr.. Hager. BY that | mean real oil
men. not the promoters of the wild
type. The ol industry needs promoters
but they are Of a solid type, men who