Smyrna times., 1923-12-05
KENT COUNTY FARM BUREAU
MIDST OF MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
EFFORT BEING MADE TO MAKE
EVERY FARMER SEE NEED OF 1T
Hope of the Farmer to Come Into His
Own Lies in Combining, Cooper
ating and Fighting For Rights

ating and Fighting For Rights
The Kent County Farm Bureau is
making drive for new members and
are meeting with encouraging results.
There are already hundreds of pro-
gressive farmers interested in the Bu-
reau and with all farmers cooperating
with them, farmers of Kent no doubt
will be able to accomplish more than
they ever have by knocking" each
other. AS the leaders of the Farm
Bureaus in this State contend, farm
ers must as a class fight for their own
rights" When people tell you that
farmers will not stick together do you
dolefully shake your head and agree
with them or do you proudly and just
ly announce that you are a member
of the Farm Bureau or that you are
going to sign up and that your in
former does not know what he is talk
ing about? Organizations have been
fighting for twenty years without a
single stop for their principles and
they are still fighting for some of
them. Are they discouraged? Ask
them! Above all, friends stand up
for the organization that represents
you, and at all times give your whole
hearted support to the greatest farm
organization on earth, the Farm Bu-
reau! Become a member of your
County Farm Bureau, the State Farm
Bureau and the American Farm Bu-
reau Federation.
Combination and Cooperation Hope
Combination and cooperation are
the hope of the American Farmer, As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt of the
/ Navy Department declared in an ad-
| dress at the New York State Fair on
! September 11th. "The Government 5
part in aiding the agriculturist," he
said, SHOULD be confined to legaliz-
/ ing fullest cooperation and in extend
ing credit facilities where it serves
some practical purpose" In my opin-
ion," Mr.. Roosevelt said, "the farmer
has not kept step with the times. The
day of the small individual has passed
Economy and efficiency are vital to
success and it is automatic that either
in buying or selling if you deal in bulk
you can deal to your advantage
"There is one way and one way only
that the farmer can meet this condi-
tion. He must combine himself. II
he does not combine and cooperate
with his brother farmers, he will un-
questiOnably be forced under. The
proof of this is everywhere around
US. "New York State is one of the
leading states in cooperative move
ments, but even in New York the
farmers have only begun the journey
"Co-OperatiOn, the only salvation oi
the farmer, and the salvation of the
farmer is necessary for the salvation
of the general public"
Standardization of Products; Market,
One effect of cooperation in the
future may be expected in improved
warehOusing and standardizing o
products, the speaker predicted, witt
huge storage plants probably locatet
at strategic points in relation to mar
kets. These he believes should b,
owned by the farmers, cooperative
themselves for, besides being bette
managed industry politics could b.
kept out. Mr.. Roosevelt concluded
, with a word against "quack remedies.
GAIL over the country" he said
"there are sincere but mentally limit
ed fanatics and self-seeking polite
ians peddling false doctrines. Thes
comprise such things as government
price-fxing and unsound loans. Stee
clear of them. Remember that in tn
long run, anything which hurts tn
country hurts the farmers, just a
surely as anything which hurts tn
farmer hurts the country"