The labor world., 1922-09-23
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or CITY HELD IN
NAND OF FARMER
'2!ty Show Manager Urges
Continued Development
Of Agriculture

Duluth's future growth and pyos-
American city is inscparably linked
with the agricultural development
Of tn country tributary to it, W. e.
Skinner, st. Paul, general manager.
Of the National Dairy show, declared
in an address at the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday noon.
Mr.. skinner urged the business
men OF Duluth to continue to expand
their efforts toward the agricultural
development of northern Minnesota.
Diversified Farming Urged.
The speaker urged that the devel-
opmcnt of the country, starting with
the cow continue along diversified
farming lines. Experiences in other
ner said, that to develop the country
along any other lines is nothing
short of economic suicide.
AS evidence supporting his state
ment and the Importance of diversi-
fled farming and dairying, Mr.. Skin
ner exhibited copies Of the publica-
tions Of New York City and Chicago
banks showing, institutions vitality
Interested in the prosperity of the
farmer and the dairying industry of
which the products in Minnesota
alone sold for more than s202.OO0,000
last year, $7O.000.O00 more than all
the other agricultural products Of
the state sold for last year.
Assured Steady Income.
"It is only through diversified
farming. the COW, tho chicken and
the pig. that the farmer is assured
. of any degree of steady income"
Mr.. Skinner continued. 1.-The farmer
who has not diversified his lines,
is the greatest gambler in the world
and is usually the last person in
the world who can afford to take a
loss.
"Thc farmer who sows all wheat
or all corn and a drought or frost
hits him. is up against it. The sue
cessful merchant is ore that turns
over his :oohs-as often us possible and
this principal is the principal of di-
vcrsiIirl farming. 1t was only in sec
tions whore the farmer was receiving
his cream checks mdnthly that the
bank deposits increased during the
period Of depression. In other Sec
tions. the taxes went unpaid.
Icnr-Round Employment.
The speaker stressed the necessity
oC ycar-around employment for the
farmer and proposed diversified
farming as the only near of pro-
viding such employment. Returns in
farming must be made to equal those
in other industries if the country Is
to prosper, Mr.. Skinner said
It cannot be expected that the
farmer who has been working. for
approximately for less; than 81 day
during the last two years The coun-
try over, is going to buy binder for
which the mechanic received 81 an
hour. The speaker scored labor for
it's refusal to bear it's share Of the
readjustment following the war.
Precnrions Condition.
He pictured farming as in very
preCarious condition today and de-
clared that all the efforts of the
National Dairy show and other
agencies at work in increasing the
earnings of the farm, are lost, unless
the people in the cities were willing
to- meet the farmer half way and
that he should receive fair return
for his labor.
In conclusion, Mr.. Skinner extended
an invitation to the business men and
the farmers of the Head of the Lakes
to attend the National Dairy show at
st. Paul, Oct. 7 to IA.
Not Out for Profit.
''rhe show is educational in it's
purpose and is not run for profit"
Mr.. Skinner said. "Any money made
by the show is expended for educa-
tional works in the section from
whence it came.
"A new feature of the show this
year will be the sanitary exhibit
which will be put on by the Amer
lean Red Cross. United States Health
Service, and similar organizations
In line with the diversified farming
policies of the show, there will be a
chicken and hog exposition in con-
nectlon with the dairy show