The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-02-22
DIR. WOODS TO FARMERS
Shows How to Organize for Ben
eft of Agricultural Industry.

1t comes the food that sustains life,
the clothes that protect us, rope, wood,
alcohol, most of our medicines, and
countless other necessary direct and
by-products of the soil that we use in
some form every day.
When we consider the number of
Industries which handle agricultural
products and manufacture from them
the necessities of life, such as clothes,
rope and medicines, it easily is seen
how the success of the sheep indus
try in Maryland affects the wooden
mills of New England and further
affects all of us through the clothes
we are compelled to buy. Hence what
has almost come to be stock phrase
when agriculture suffers all indus
tries suffer
For several years the farmers of
Maryland. as well as of the rest Of
the nation, have been in the valley of
the shadow. Their troubles and SUI
Serings have directly or indirectly af-
fected all the rest Of the people, and
all the rest of the people are as de
termined as the farmers that agricul-
ture must be put on such a firm foun-
dalton that it shall not again be en-
dangered by even severe dedaton
period such as followed the great war.
Now is the time, while the needs are
80 apparent, to have everybody CO.
operate in safeguarding the future
Much already has been accom-
plished in favorable legislation. F/r
the first time we have a co-opera I've
"w in Maryland that permits faryhers
organize their business efiecively.
IS backed by Federal lawsfoi the
ture. Federal legislation that
the requirements q agricul
alters of credit isl certain to
ted. Other FEEDER measures
ave the united support Of our
agricultural orEa njzauou are
in to pass fl We stay on the job
-y look after them.
The farmers OF the nation are ask
Ing. not for special privilege hut for
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. That is all
that any of the legislative measures
propose. But when the decks are
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may Il" 80 0oII-DIHeu roId'o Ero"erS
Association, Garrett County a purely
county organization, and several other
counties the same. And when these
counties are organized as county, BIZ
county or tri-county units, as the case
may be, all should be joined together,
with state president, as the Mary
land Potato Growers Association.