Graham guardian., 1922-02-14
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT
BROWN AT CENTRAL
Continued From Page One)

tral warehouse. III you realize what
such an organization would mean
to you. am sure you would not wait
until morning to get one started.
want to call your. attention to
some of the things the Farm Bureau
has already done for you. | think
last year the Farm Bureau saved you
enough in the reduction in the price
of binder twine to pay your Farm
Bureau membership. The same was
true with the saving on sacks. We
feel that we helped the merchants to
buy more economically The Inter
national Harvester Company was con.
vinced that they could not arbitrarily
fix prices.
Maricopa county has saved for the
farmers of that county little more
than 100000 through the Farm
Bureau during the last season. That
money divided among the farmers of
that county would pay for their men,
bership a number of times The Co.
chise County Farm Bureau has done
$4,000 worth of business during the
last year and has saved for the farm.
ers Sc 900, and that distributed among
the members amounts to $500 each.
They know it is a good thing an!
are going to renew their membership.
Cochise mining men have tried o
abolish the Farm Bureau and the
County Agent But when the County
Board of Supervisors met to take ac.
tion on the matter every farmer in
the county was there to tell them not
to do so. You cannot get along very
we'll without County Agent. am
proud to state that your supervisors
are strongly in favor of County
Agent, The National organiza.
ton of the agricultural block in C)n-
gress which has been responsible
for more favorable from legislation
than has been passed by all previous
sessions of Congress.
Every farmer in the United
through the reduction in freight rates
which reductions can be attributed
lirectly to the efforts of the Farm
Bureau.
want to call your attention to
What constitutes a legitimate exist
'nce of the Farm Bureau. We sue
'eeded in passing through the last
session of the Legislature our Farm
Bureau Law which is known as Sen,
tie Bill 109. This law prescribes
hat before Farm Bureau can have
legal existence in any county, there
must be certain percentage of the
armers of the county belonging to |
he Farm Bureau. If we do not have |
his number the organization is au-.
omatically killed. Shall we look to |
ome one else to solve our problems
'hen we are not willing to do ony
hing for ourselves? ] know am
ooking into the faces of people who
re poor, and | realize your condi-
ion. If | only had enough money to
NY 90 pounds of -four, | would buy
5 pounds and pay the rest on my
arm Bureau membership. The first /
ime this law has come into exist
nee | know you people of Graham
ounty are not going to let il be a
allure, because of falurt to pay
our dues.
You all agree that we can get our
lst dues better through organization
han as individuals. Just to show
on that We are in bondage and need
D do something to get out, | want to
resent for your consideration a few
cures. Senator Capper is respon-
ible for these figures and they have
OF been disputed. According to Mr..
apper, 10 bushels of Kansas wheat
ought the farmer $8, the miller $12,
ne baker $57 and when Mr.. Capper
aw the wheat in the form of thin
Ices of bread on the table of a
ishionable hotel dining room in
Washington, it cost $570. This
Ounds extravagant but it is true.
art of this cost comes of course
'om service etc.. but there is too i
luch spread between he price re-
eived by the producers and that paid
the consumers. Mr.. Hoover mas
Omitted that it is an economic fact
me that we got cost of production
Many OF our leading economists
nd finanCiers are coming To reaI;ze