Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-06
SAYS FARMER
MUST BE PAID
FOR HIS SERVICES

Lincoln. Neb. Jan. 6-ff the farm
or Ii to continue to feed mankind. hs
must be paid for his services and We
must provide warehouses for the sur
pluses in bountifui years. Frank q.
Lowden. former Governor Of Illinois.
told the Nebraska Dairymen's Assoc
citation In convention here today.
1.-THE farmer believes In the value
of what he produces and knows cha,
II 10 indispensable 10 the world u CIV
ilixation In 10 70 on" be said
when he sees that the total value ~
an unusually large crop is less IN the
a small crop. he knows that some,hlns
Ii wrong In our methods ~ distrihua
ton. He does not need % 30 tamil
lar with higher mathematics % feel
sure that twelve million hates of cot
ton ought TO h. worth more than siN
million bales; for each of the twelve
million bales will be Ernuinrls HefN
iceable sooner or later Ia cluihinE ths
world.
HE has seen murh improved q.
nanciai conditions CEN" to one srrai
section of The country hsvausi ~ 81
abnormaily short crop ~ that staple.
lie can't persuade himself tina, ths
boil weeNA ~ q bcucnr,nt agent ui
mankind. and vet he ~ Compelied W
admit that the cotton states are W.
debted to Ant little insect Coz thsir
improved financial condition
1--WE know that no commodity wlh
be long produced below the sust ~
production ana therefore. " ouFb
never b. he necessary 90 market az,
farm commodity below such cos' fnr
| it that commodity can bs stored and
| held the world win have 10 pas ~"
cost some DAY.
These problems have been met
| and solved. In large measure. ~
Holland and Denmark and amone the
fruit growers Of California, hy The
organization ~ farmers CO. operative
societies. These societies do not ~.
tempt 10 arbitrarily nx prices They
| do study the probable demand ana
attempt Ia adjust production TO meet
that demand
Instead 90 throwing tho entire
seasons crop upon the market With
| In few short weeks, they prov ide
for orderly marketing 81 their prod
ucts The tendency ot this IL to sta
billie the market And s,ahiliglns the
market ~ any product - ~ the snd
best for the consumer ana the pro-
Queer alike. II IL never q good thing
| for anyone when any useful com
modify Is sold for less than the cost.
| for under the incXorahlc laws 80 &c
onomics curtailcd production viii FOL
low until prices ahnormally hiRh are
| the result Any commodity that u
produced profitably year after year
will in long series NJ years he pro
duced more cheaply than where there
are violent fluctuations.
when the price OF wheat on Wed
nesday OF one week IA ~ cents more
a bushei than 10 was on the Tuesday
| OF the week before. this law of sup
ply and demand NAV mean the ar
ference between n proni or loss upon
4 whole years work Of the farmer
! "whilc In every other Industry we
| are abreast OF the most advanced ma
| tions-in commerce. In manufacture.
In banking and merchandising there
| liz not nation IN the world
that cannot teach America something
about farming. This has been he
cause OF the great abundance of fer
tile lands In this country. 80 that va
could exhaust one field and then
move on West and take up virgin
land
"If our farm ~ worn out n II our
own fault. and " We do not restore ~
within n reasonable time n II not on
! ly our fault but u Is al act 81
positive trcachcry 10 the generations
that shall come after ms"