The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-02-20
HOUSTON MAN
DISCUSSES BIC
FARM PROBLEM
Prosperity Depends on
Farm ers Spending
Profits, but Lack Or
ganization Interferes.

Editor The Tribune:
am goirs TO make It plain. am
going 10 try to bring out some points
as a real dirt farmer" ! thank those
who offer to help solve our problem
that has put every legitimate business
out OF prosperity. Come down TO the
gold dollars. the prosperity OF our
country lies in the farmers spending
their profits. Whe are We. what have
we done. what can we do,
We see every other business has ar
ranged it so they pu, the price on all
they have to sell backed by their or
ganized power Who puts the prices
on our productss Now is the time Tor
the farmer to do his own business.
Now is the hrs; time in the history
that has come to the farmer TO thor
oughly organize. But that has been
too slow and expensive. Eighty per.
cent OF us are ready to JOIN an organ
iza,ion that will pay us to belong to
it.
Here is to the real dirt farmer just
what we are doing and wha,
we have done Take looking
glass OF an ovel shape and put
il square in front OF us and
iook s,riag, ahead The first we see
4 profitable price on it, What have
we done?
Another look just behind We see
arge signboard. Who put il up? The
directions read as follows: Sell or
consign through this individual or
that. We understand the marketing
system. We are in touch with all the
market. We can get the price il any
one can. They surely get it. we
don't.
Who is doing the business: 4 you
will go with me. | will show 1000
farmers who sold their products who
received checks from one cent 10 one
hundred cents for full carload OF
'rui, or vegetables. the rcsul, OF
vear's toll 1900 farmers who sod
1000 cars OF potatoes not getting
enough from them 10 pay the freight
lud thousands acres OF products rot
ting on the ground. When farmers
have to leave their producing farms
10 seek work in the woods or factor
es. to clothc and feed his family there
$ something wrong. And our chill
1ren going to school half clad. Our
brother farmer charged forty-onc per
cent interest Oh, This is only the
interest. Hoping to blot out the prin-
cipal But ask for national market
ng bureau. national crop report back
ed BY every farmer OF the Ulitcd
States. This mus, check soon or we
will have one OF the brightcs: set OF
slaves in the universe.
Another look in the glass on down
he line and | see another signbosrd
reads overproduction. who puts II up:
a national crop report who
'-nows how much is produced. An-
other look. buy purebred stock. Good
'dea Who prices them at both ends:
Another look. vote this way or that.
look. furnish the farmers
more money II he has the collateral
that he may produce more. How will
tha, help us. If we cannot sell what We
have already produced al a profit.
| can remember about forty-fivc
years ago. that saw a signboard
reading have confidence in your lead
ers. have driven logging teams up
20 eight yoke OF oxen and IT is fact
that you must have confidence in
your leaders. But you must have them
under your control. or YOU will loose
III your power.
We have the power TO 90 10 the
head OF the class and nothing to lose
Every legitimate business. eighty per
cen; OF the consumers and eighty per
cent OF the farmers are hoping to see
the farmers thoroughly organized
with marketing systems that this curse
may cease within less than ninety
days. II looks as ii every industry
was organized within themselves and
now it is up 10 the farmer 10 finish
the lob Ii looks simple National
msrke; system. national crop report
direct from every business agent IN
every producing locality on record al
National headquarters az 10 the
amount and when ready for market