The Glenwood post., 1923-07-26
THE BURNETT PLAN FOB A
FARMERS NATIONAL
MARKETING ASSOCIATION

some outsider to come in and take
your money for the job. DO III
YOURSELVES.
GET BUSY AT ONCE. Fo2m your
selves into units Of about twenty
ADJOINING farmers each. That's
good workable number, and if you
have too many in your unit it Will
make it clumsy with too many differ
ing opinions to function as well az
with a smaller number of members
per unit. Elect your unit president,
secretary, and treasurer, good, reliable,
snappy men. Leave the business OF
your unit in their hands, except when
YOU are called upon to vote on some
proposition. Always abide by ma
iority vote of members present and
don It muss the meeting by chewing
the rag. That will disrupt any organ
ization.
When your original units have been
formed in sufficient numbers, have
your unit officers meet with the other
unit officers and select state officers.
Then let the state officers choose the
national officers. EVERYONE Of
YOU 20 after this matter seriously.
Make your organization spread like a
rotten potato in bin, until 1t per-
meates every corner of the. county,
and in six months the present middle
men will be trying very hard to get
along with you and keep your good
will.
All this talk Of cooperative market
ing, price fixing and control, in your
present unorganized condition Is
PURE POLITICAL BUNK. Before
you can control your price, you must
be able to control your commodity,
and before you can control your COM
modify you must have solid nation
al organization so that you can hold
or turn loose any commodity as the
demand will absorb it, without de-
press ;ng the market.
Your first necessity is a 100 per
cent complete nat t;onal organization.
Forget what you are going to do after
you are organized and get yourselves
organized. Then it will be time to
plan your future work, such as order
ly distribution, fair price dictation,
warehousing, financing, ETC., etc.
The main reason that farmers or
ganizations have heretofore been large
ly fizzle is because they have not
been carried forward along any defi-
mite plan. A few farmers from here
and there have Joined the Grange,
Farmers Union and other bodies, but
no effort has been made to create .
solid farm by farm, ranch by ranch
organization. This you must do in
order to be successful.
This Is Very Important.
of your neighbors, don't refuse to or
ganize and work with them. Forget
the little personal things and work
together earnestly for your common
good and the big success of the big
idea. Then you can fix your own
prices and get your just share of the
money the consumer pays for the pro-
duce you have raised.
Start talking and doing it TODAY
and TONIGHT. Don't rest until you
have put the machinery in motion in
your community. You are already
twenty-five to fifty years behind big
business combinations. That is the
reason your prices slumped so much
worse than theirs after the war.
Keep Your Organization
Out Of Politics.
You cannot maintain a successful
harmonious organization unless you
keep absolutely away from politici
and politicians. Your business is rails
ing and selling farm produce. See
that you stick to it.
Avoid Cooperative Stores.
This has been another stumbling
block to farmers and one which yor
should let strictly alone. As | sale
before, YOUR BUSINESS Is RAILS
ING AND SELLING FARM PRO
DUCE. Tell that to yourself sevsra
times and don It try to butt into tn.
buying end. When you attempt II
run store you are disorganizing tn,
regular channels of business and gain
ing the i'll will of all other business
houses in your town, thing which
you cannot afford to sacrifice. Yol
need the good will of the business
people to help you steer your own or
ganization. No business man is par
t'cularly fond of competitors ant
when you start a cooperative store II