The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-10-05

SIT occurs to me that the mer-
chants and business men through
ont the State of Montana and the
United States are thoroughly sold
on the results to be obtained by
organized effort, and this being
the case we should render assist
ance to the organization OF any
class of business or any class OF
men which will aid us in our busI-
ness relations. / also believe that
we are so familiar with conditions
as they exist today that we realize
the necessity and Importance of
helping the farmer In every way
possible to obtain for himself the
highest price for his products, or
more properly speaking, to aid him
In saving for himself the small
amount of money which he re-
ceives as a net profit for his en-
deavors,'' says o. F. Tate, presi-
dent of the Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION.
"It is a very important factor be-
fore endorsing a movement to thor
oughly familiarize yourself with the
subject to be dealt with and il found
cient Importance, we should then be
ready with the courage of our con-
victions to back it up and tell the
public that we think it is a good
thing, also to enter into an educa-
tional campaign on behalf of those
affected.
Work in Montana
For the past two years the Mon
tana Wheat Growers together with
their National association, ably as
sisted by their officers and directors,
have been conducting campaign
throughout the state of Montana and
the United States (and much to their
credit without the usual fireworks
accompanying such organization) to
enlist the farmer in movement to
protect him in the marketing of his
products, more particularly wheat,
because it is his principal crop in
the state. Their efforts have been
rewarded with remarkable success
and the benefits derived by the farm
ers have materially added to the |
profits of their business. Just now
a new and revived campaign is being |
put ON to enlarge their scope of work |
and give to them the prestige to |
which they are entitled in the world |
markets. So great is the relation of |
the farmer and business man and so |
mutual are the benefits to be derived |
I believe that it is highly important
that every business man in the state /
of Montana lend assistance to the
problem and take upon himself the
burden of informing his customers
and farmer friends that they now
have an opportunity to band them
selves together in an organized way
for their future protection.
If this movement embodied the ra-
dical ideas that have been apparent
in former organizations it could not
expect to receive the endorsement
which it must have to insure its sue
cess. The majority of business men
and bankers have recommended to
their customers the Importance of
Joining in the movement, and if it is
supported by public sentiment it
should have no trouble in reaching a
termination.
In all my investigations l have
found no injustice to the buyers of
grain nor to the millers who grind it
into flour and feed, nor have found
any one else connected with the grain
trade who has any reason for COM
plant unless it be someone along the
line of operations as they have exist
ed for many years who finds himself 1
a job as a result of the new I
system. If it is fact that this is the s
case and the expense of marketing I
has been reduced then additional pro- f
fit reverts to the farmer from the I
saving and the system now used by t
the Montana Wheat Growers must {
be better than the one used hereto '