Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-02-01

He speaks of the cost Of maintaining
the Farm Bureau and the taxes that
must be levied to keep it going and
pay the salary of the county agent,
and calls attention to the need of re-
trenchment in these hard times. 1t
is very we'll to knock extravaganza in
the expenditure Of public money,
wherever found, but why should any
farmer want to start curtailing and
hampering the work of the Farm Blu
Freau in the interest of economy? Why
should an organization that is sup
posed to benefit the farmers, be the
first one to suffer? 1t would seem
that there are other expenditures that
might be reduced or Topped off, in
stead Of the Farm Bureau, which is
an organization Of and for farmers
and whose sole aim is to promote the
interests of the farmers. Mr.. Berve
objects to business men belonging to
the Farm Bureau. We are Informed
by Bureau member that only real
dirt farmers are voting members of
the organization and that business
men who have been asked to join are
only sustaining members and not en-
titled to vote. All the privilege bust
ness men, who are members of the
Farm Bureau have, is to dig up when
called upon for money, yet they are
willing and glad to contribute to what
they believe is a good cause and for
the benefit Of agriculture, the basic
industry upon which we all depend.
If there are any citizens who have a
right to kick against taxation without
representation for Farm Bureau work,
it is the business men and jewellers
in the towns. They have no more
voice in the organization than farmers
who are not members.
The taxes to help support the Farm
Bureau will not exceed fifty or sixty
cents on quarter section, sum so
small that it is hardly worth mention
ing, and of all persons toward whose
salaries the county continues there is
none who comes in more direct touch
with the farmers and their work than
the county agent.
We believe we have always had
good men for county agents and that
they have been helpful to the farm
ers John HUSKY, our first agent, did
good work, and B. r. Houser is GER
tainly very capable man and a hard
worker. Mr.. Taylor in the eastern
part of the county is also said to De
an excellent man. They are the best
products of the agricultural colleges
and they are bringing the knowledge
of scientific methods Of farming to
the individual farmers and trying to
assist them in practical way. NO
county agent knows all about farming,
no man does, but he is work ing with
and for the farmers in solving the
hard problems that confront agrlcul-
ture Mr.. Houser is big, husky
whole souled young man, full OF en-
thusiasm and hard work. He is busy
both summer and winter attending
Farm Bureau meetings., assisting III
organizing shipping and marketing as
socaitions, potato growers associations,
calf clubs, pig clubs, etc. helps to IN
troduce better live stock, and in
thousand ways makes himself valuable
TO the farmers. He is an inspiration
and encouragement to the FARMER ooys
and girls and they do appreciate MS
work better, perhaps, than the older
folks.
Mr.. Berve complains that the Farm
Bureau has gone on record against
the government guaranteeing the price
of wheat. We believe the position
taken by the Buerau is sound. we
believe the farmers and not the gov
eminent should fix the price OF thelr
products and when the farmers get
fully organized according to the plan
Of the U. S. Grain Growers, lncor-
porated, they will be able to DO that:
If the government should fix the price
of wheat, why not then on cotton
corn, oats, barley, onions, CABBAGE
milk. eggs, fruit and other products
produ ced on the farm? Government
price fixing is delusion and q snare
economically unsound, and did mol
prove benefit during war, tlme'
In the above we have tried to an
swer Mr.. Berve's main objections to
the Farm Bureau Much more could
be said. We would advise Mr.: Berve
to join the Farm Bureau and help
make it more of power for good.