Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1923-02-15
Payette, Idaho, Feb. 5, 1928

COitOt GAteIplioc
l ana going to record few OBJ
servatfons of a noncombatant ana
/, submit them to you either FOR pub
LEGATION or the waste basket, as seems
; to you most fitting. By the way of
introduction | will say am FARM
1R of forty years experience. Know
now to milk COWS, make butter, 1eed
hogs, pillow corn, make hay, stack
wheat, pillow a straight furrow, mend
the children's shoes, solder up hole
in the milk pail, repair wagon,
build a barn. mend the harness, per-
! form necessary surgical operations on
| domestic animals, make a fireless
cooker fire the hired girl, put clay
! back wall in the cook stove, shoe a
J horse and shoe hen. 1t can DO
/ anything on a farm but make liv-
I ing. l am what used to be called a
practical farmer; | guess it. is what
they call 'fDirt Farmer" now. l
am also Fruit Grower. l can do
anything in the fruit business but
make money Now 4 guess you will
know l am qualified to speak on the
subject which | am to discuss.
| attended the Farmer Meeting"
at the chamber of commerce room
N. i
all that was said / took it all in, e4-
cept the Hot Dog, and | enjoyed
every bit of 1t, even the chairmans
chestnuts. have had growing sus-
picions for a long time that there
was a slight misunderstanding be-
tween the Business men" and Mon
business men, My fears were con-
firmed. The business man speaks OF
-. hn fot Hnt
he does of giving aims to the poor.
But the farmer is not asking for
aims; all he wants is square deal'.
He would like to be protected from
the hand of the depoiler and he
thinks he has right to some protec-
ton without being classed as
pauper.
On the other hand the farmer is
inclined to look upon the business
nan as a parasite. He speaks of
the Middle man" much
Is he does of discriminating the lice
n the chicken house. While the r.
middle man thinks he is a workman
worthy OF his hire. Now it occurs to
ne that each of these fellows would 8
Re benefited by getting better &C
TAINTED with each other, What bet
er way than to get together in some
UGH organization as the chamber of
and discussing their pro- Sc
lens together. l would like to
e one of the fifty farmers to pay up
years dues and take membership Nv
,r a year and then attend the meet
lgs and participate in all the activi- =
es of the club for year and see -
DIV it would work out. r
AS farmers we would not only get i !.
etter acquainted with the business
en-, but we would get better ac- ~
tainted with each other, maybe, vi
on out some of our own differences N
Id learn to stick together. ~.
Come on in Fellows, we can't
Sc, we have nothing to lose. IT
l will admit that I have held the
iyette Commercial Club in rather
,ht esteem. 1 have been sore at 1
EN- several times. Once especially n,
hen ] tried ito line them up for
tie cooperative work in developing
e dairy industry here and they told =
e that was a problem for the farm
S and let the farmers solve it. Maybe
didn't make it plain enough. They +
ere slow to catch on but they are par
ting in line now. Sometimes I tbe
ink they are getting little over red
line now. sometimes doubt gre;
neither they know what cooperation tive
ally means. l heard one of them say Dai
ce that cooperation meant "You viii
ratch my back and then l will hos
ratcb yours. mo
If he was right, I am wrong. There inc
other questions would like to nres
'cuss with them. For instance, Use
len dog growls at one end and Fra
lgs his tail at the other, which end Sins
you believe? Or when your Cor
nix, in which you trust, advises you Hot
practice thrift and save, save, Nav
We, and turns the other end and bost
yises you to spend your war saw
IS to help business, how can you N
: : w WHO adVlce 10 act on? Eug
have heard much about cooper Dee
on but have seen but little of It afte
acticed. 1 am of the opinion that thei
~ 'nere can pe real co-operatlon very
.ween town and country people,
IRE must be a better understand "
:. No better way to become ac-i .ousl
ainted than to meet together fire.
emily to discuss matters of common V
crest. We certainly have many have
ngs in common. Markets, high sure
VS., credits. interest rates, freight catit
es, taxes, the distribution of school no 8
IDS, location and building of publfcf
dings and an endless list of minori VI
jects. as
1e's put our ringer IN the pie. Stor
e. Respectfully,