Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-07-06
COMBINE BUREAUS
MRS. A. T.. BRIGDEN
TELLS FARMERS

\ snlIil of organization fef The
PURPOSE Of forcing the prices Of farm
products and d1.ng away With middle
men teek possession Il The farmers
At Their resent annual gathering at
Crystal lake park.
Mrs, A n Rrigden, national preAi
dent of the federation af Home lsn-
reaus advocated ieiuf unien Of the
heme Bureau with the Farm Bureau
for the purpose Of bringing a united
fonee q men and women = hear upon
their problems.
Mrs. RrIgdcn Would adapt the rHral
public school system - the training
af children who are 70 - the farmers
Of the coming generation.
The wide breach between the city
and the country has worked 10 the
disadvantage Of the farmer The
trend has been toward the city for the
past thirty years, until he farm has
become the most undesirable place IN
the world 10 live, and farming the
most undesirable occupation. This
Mr. Rngden would offset BY train.
ing children ef farmer pafentage Ia
have genuine reverence fer the
farm.
In the opinion of many who have
made study Of farm problems. Mrs,
Rrlgaen Il right The necessity OF
restoring the farm to its nghtful
status before genuine progress can be
made in solving The problems Of pro
duetion and distribution must be
recognized. And this must begin
with the farmer himself.
There is no reason Why farmer
should be singled out As an object Of
ridiculc merely because he Is a farm.
err said Mrs, bngden. The farmer
has been called "hick" until the
name has stuck, In the city he is
esteemed a. representative "
class who are OF necessity back NUM-
hered and out Of dato@ztuo slow to
move, toe easily hoodwinked and al
together tool shabby In personal APP
pearance 10 dine at anything but =
second class lunch counter.
All this Misunderstanding Of what
tho farmer really Il Is based upol,
traditional farm life Of which city
people know little and imagine a
great deal.
The farmer IN coming cut u OBJ
scurity will correct such false i'm.
presslona, and az he succeeds ~
changing the attitude of city people
he will come more and more IN a
position 10 command and obtain his
rights.
Farmers are beginning 10 think
that the Home and Farm Bureaus viii
ultimately be the means of reatenng
the farmer to hisl rightfui status,
flrat, by training him in thorough
business methods Of the most np-,o-
date character, and. second by
enabling him to bring the Impact OF
a mammoth organization 10 bear up
en- his enemies to the end that he may
obtain hi~ rights
The active farmer has been sup
pressed and exploited by la.d speeu
la.ofs, hankersfnmere AMI retired
membfs OF his oan class. Middle
rner n.sc mol Injured him hali as
badiss Tie CITY man wha takaa .nll,e
III swnilg u feN thousand aesea fhat
ne fever sees. IL dead weiHi. 70
rrogressive faf1inv. he II saturated
with theories " how farm work
should bs conducted and he ls con.
tlnually dipping liito a concern thai
with him can never be anything but
a novelty or side issue
He has been mis'ed by multitude
of farm journals advocating policies
that In the end suppress him instead
OF solving his Problems.
Ii the trend Of the state meeting
held last Friday IL Indicative Of any
thing II means that the active farmer
is through will his false friends and
intends hereafter 10 work ont his own
problems through organization, He
does not propose 20 talerae G inter-
feernce. He Is likely to make a great
many blundoss, but In the end he J.
sure TO succeed