Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-09-28

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conclusion is then arrived at that
there is an over production Of all COM
modities.
The remedy suggested by Senator
Borah seems to be the most logical
of any suggested and wherever tried
out has proven very beneficial one.
He says that the farmers bankrupt
condition is due to the fact that they
are individualists, where, on the other
hand, the balance Of society is organ
lied, who take advantage of his un-
organized conditions. The Senators
advice is to organize-sell direct to
the consumer thru his cooperative So
ciety. The farmers should study the
senator's suggestions, follow them and
they will profit as labor has profited
thru its organizations. Senator Boz
rah says:
"The farmer is an individualist.
Physical environments and tradition
of production he will likely remain
an individualist, to a marked degree
at least. But in the matter of mar
keting his products he must necessa-
riiy, and l believe he will, speedily
accept the great lesson of the time
cooperation. AS a producer he will
not likely succeed to any great ex-
tent in a cooperative movement-and
it is not essential to his prosperity
and success that he do so. But when
it comes to disposing of his crops he
must accept in the fullest and most
practical way the principle of CO.
operative marketing. II he does not
do so he will continue to be the over
worked and underpaid victim in the
economic life of our country.
Must Organize.
1.-THE farmer is in the midst of a
thoroughly organized and highly train
ed business world. Labor is organic
ed and is advancing with its policies
of organization and avails itself of the
benefits of 1t every day. 1t is by
reason of organization that labor holds
its commanding position in the indus
trial world. Every line of industry
and every line of business is organ
ized-the farmer also must organize
and accept the principle of coopera-
ton and put it in practice. He should
organize, not for politics but for bust
ness. do not mean that he should
not be deeply and always interested
in politics, but business organization,
designed to get his products on the
markets at the right time and in a
business way, should be as free from
politics as bank. The politics of the
farmer can be taken care of in a
different way and upon that subject
we are not now expressing views.
But business, downright business,
should be the slogan with reference
to the question of disposing of his
products. His commanding position
in the political affairs of the nation
will come along when his economic
power is put beyond the control of
sinister and selfish interests. What
the farmer should do first of all is
to loosen the clutch of those who live
off of his toll and take advantage
of his unorganized situation to exact
tolls and commissions and interests
beyond reason or conscience"
The only places where the above
suggestions have failed to help the
farmers is where the farmers or
CARNATIONS are controlled by those
who now exploit them. For as labor
has always to be on guard lest their
organizations fall into the hands Of
those who would use those organiza-
tions against them, SO the farmers
will have to guard the organizations
of farmers. A labor organization con-
trolled by the employer is Of no bene-
fit to labor-a cooperative marketing
organization Of farmers controlled by
the buyers will not benefit the farm
ers. The farmers themselves must
guard their interests.