The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-11

have attended meeting OF the hup-
book County Farm Bureau at the
Courthouse Tuesday evening, as al
thnt meeting we had sn opportunity
10 look INTO the farming situation
from the farmers viewpoint, wnicn
will no doubt help as in our at
temrts 10 render our farmer friends
better service in our attempts 20 ad-
vance his cause in every manner
possible. which We have endeavored
~ do
MANY prominent speakers were on
The progrgm. not go prominent a.
sneakers. but rs successful men IN
he matters about which they spoke,
and from them we got first hand
information as 10 what, Is being done
% better the conditions cf our farm
rrs
The Lubbock County Farm Blu
reau is one of the most important
organizations in the county, ana
ve mean important in rs scope ana
possibilities Not because there are
. good many members in u NJ this
tirne. nor because those members re-
present great portion oi our
.cnlth-producing population, bni We
mean BY Is being important, - pc
cause Il more nearly affects me We'll
being Of every individual. industry
and business In the entire county
than any other organization Wthln
her borders. and anyone thinking
for A moment that that statement q
misleading. IS missing giess, tof
the farmers of Lubbock county arr
producing enormous wealth eafn
rear. and they are organizing ano
pooling their products 10 order thai
The most possible returns might De-
received for their work a. citizens
Of the community represented by the
Bureau. What We are after - The
cost II production. plus legitimate
profIt." Is the way one of the speak
err summarized the object Of the
YARN Bureau, and from reports
made on the accomplishments Of ne
Burenn last fall. We are n the opin-
ION tha, that is the very thing they
Nill ge'
Lnbbock County farmers are go
ing fo see o. 10 that they stick o.
rrther. aud are using the Farm Bu-
v.au ae an organization through
~hich to ACCOMPLISH that vurk. They
are tired of trying and rctryng 20
ACCOMPLISH their work through hap
hazard marketing systems, and nave
.creu,ed the Farm Bureau a. a med
iurn through whi h to rut their pro-
surts On the market IN a business
narner. and the .untrurt system ot
Farm Bureau marketing offers the
be~i business methods available
The fact that the Farm Bureau p
an orranigation 90 which farmer
in ksi..f fIfIl no
a member i rroof that the farmer
who belongs Will not be molcsted py
haphazard marketing OF his felio"
member crops, feature thAL
lacking in all other farm organika-
tionS, and We heartily endorse tns
Bureaus operations IN Lnopock
county. We are glad to know that
the officers Of the Bureau nave
worked out a systematic marketing
system. using lis great credit power
as a lever through which 10 relieve
lis members while their cotton Il
going through the process Of sale,
and that the returns OF the farmers
on the balance Of the money coming
to them after the initial payment on
the shipment Is sent al designated
tifnes. allowing him TO make ms
aotes al the bank Cf he should be
compelled 20 borrow money! pay
able on the date said balance is TO
Se received, which, according 70
reports made az the meeting, Is
agreeably received by local bank /
er~
The Farm Bureau Is business I
proposition. permitting our farmers
To conduct their cotton marketing /
on a business basis. and anyone fam |
liar with its methods viii see that 4
the local organization bids fair 10
become an asset 20 the development 1
OF this section, insomuch a. L VIII
enable farmers 70 make more mon /
ey from their crops /
President Overstreet, Of the local
organization, in an address to the
members, assured them that the
Farm Bureau did not hope 70 offer
the farmer inside the organization
q great deal mure than he could get
on open markets. but that the IN
ientions Of the Bureau is TO keep
prices Of cotton just as favorable
10 the producer as Il Is at all pos.
sibIe. and that outside buyers would
naturally be compelled TO pay high
er prices for what they bought than
thcy would pay II the Bureau was
DOT IN existence. which Il indeed
true.
Farmers need not expect 10 get
much more In the Bureau than IN
open markets, but the Bureau viii
b. Instrumental IN keeping prices
hirh. and i recognized an the great.
esf factor 10 that work In operation
today
trnots made hy the farm Bureau
memhers .houli read Sections ~,
HI and 90. ~ General Laws n fcx.
- on "Co-oporailye Marketing A..
noe,atlnns- providing organizations
al and dellnIng their rlghta. duties.