The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-01-05

never IN milk prO0ucCS not only as the
greatest of all foods for nutrition
purposes but also for the bringing in
If some ready money at a time when
ne crops are a failure. The pros
,ects are that during the coming year
many car loads of cows will be ship
ped into Barnes county by the farm
ers.
In few days a meeting Of the d.
rectors of the Commercial Club will be
held to determine whether or not the
city wants to go on with the club or
not. 1t is vital question for the
business men of the town to consider.
Under the existing conditions the club
has been a costly luxury for the city
in the past year and personally we
can see of no good which has come
from it, while on the other hand it
has been heavy pull on the business
men. There has only been one or
two meetings of the club in the past
wear and when those meetings have
been called only very few have at
tended and taken part in its activities
To make the matter plain--it has
been a dead issue. The reasons for
this are numerous and we need not 60
into them. There has been lot OF
dissatisfaction and lack of unity that
should not exist and these have all
helped to make the club a sad failure
in the past year. It has been our
contention under these conditions that
the club be "scrapped" for the time
being and then let the city feel the
real need of such an organization, thus
creating a strong demand for it and
finally reorganizing along unified
and solidified line with the business
men of the town back of 1t. A real
live commercial club can be big fac
tor in the progress Of any town and
is to be desired, but dead one like
the present organization: is more OF
detriment than anything else. The
fact Of the matter is that the city is
being over stocked with too many
clubs and organizations If we had
one real community club or CONNER
cial club and all pull together in that
organization much good might be &C
eomplished. The secretary OF the
club has recently sent out bunch OF
ouestionaires asking for expressions
Of opinions as to whether or not the
club should be continued or what Is
best to be done to make 1t more ef-
fective in the coming year ne
claims to have received only three an
swers calling for the scrapping. OF the
club. one of whom was from the edi-
tor Of this paper. We most gladly
answer guilty to that charge. We
answered the way we felt about 1t and
we are never charged with going be-
hind anyone's back to say what we
have to say. He also claims that ne
has received many answers Favorable
to continuing the club. This may all
be so. But there are great majority
of the business men who have not sent
in any answer and who feel like we
do about it but do not seem to want to
go on record. We are in no mood to
hand out anybody any sugar coated
pills over the proposition but rather
feel that every business man who mas
an interest in his city to come out IN
the open and in plain and straight
forward manner have his say IN
meeting Of the club instead Of doing
his talking on the outside. The city
needs live organization. 1t IS up
to the business men to make it one
What are you going to do about 1T!
There is great deal of agitation
regarding the so-called farmer bloc
in congress and many of the leaders
of the political parties are taking a
stand against the formation of such
a bloc. We can understand their at
titude as the formation Of a congress
sional bloc of this kind would inter-
fere to some extent with the propos-
ed legislative program of the Repub-
lican party, but we cannot agree with
some Of the leaders Of this party IN
this particular case. While the policy
of the republican party regarding
needed legislation has our endorse
ment, as a whole, we think that the
greatest fundamental need of the
country at this time is the enactment
of legislation which will result in
placing the agricultural industry Of
the country on sound financial ba-
sis. The wealth of any country lies
in the products Of the land and the
natural resources of that country. The
largest natural wealth Of this coun-
try comes from the soil and the larg-
err part of the country is engaged IN
agricultural pursuits. About half the
population is rural. Under these con-
dtions the financial soundness Of the
farmer is one Of the prime requisites
for the financial soundness of the ma
ton. The past two years has placed
the farm interests of the nation in a
position which is far from being
sound and the effect of this condition
is being felt by all businesses in the
country. Any legislation which will
relieve the situation and give the far
mer the necessary confidence to 60
ahead in his operations: knowing that
he will receive a fair return for his
labor, will be reflected in the general
prosperity of the nation, and will be
of more benefit to the nation than the
solidarity Of any political party. The
congressman who are leading the for
nation of the farm bloc are holding
the whip hand in that they know that
they have the unanimous support OF