The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1923-07-20
BURNETT PLAN FOR A FARMER'S
NATIONAL MARKETING ASSOC.

Farmers organize yourselves like
this: You don't have to wait for some
outsider to come in and take your
money. DO THE JOB YOUR
SELVES.
GET BUSY AT ONCE Form your
selves into units Of about twenty AID
JOINING farmers each. That's a
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 as
with a smaller number of members
per unit Elect your unit President,
Secretary. and Treasurer, good. re-
hiable. scrappy men. Leave the bust
ness of your unit in their hands, ex-
cept when you are called upon to vote
on some proposition. Always abide
by majority vote of members pres
ent and don't muss the meeting by
chewing the rag. That will disrupt
any organization.
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 go after this matter seriously.
Make your organization spread like a
rotten potato in . bin, until 1t perm
Gates every corner of the country,
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 con-
troll your price. you must be able to
control your commodity. and before
you can control your commodity you
must have solid organization
SO that you can hold or turn loose
| any commodity as the demand will abb
sorb 1t. without depressing the mark
| ct.
Your first necessity Is 100 per cent
complete national organization. For
get what you are going to do after
you are organized. Then 1t will be
| time to plan your future work. such as
orderly distribution. fair price dicta-
tion. warehousing. financing. etc. etc.
The main reason that farmers or
ganization have heretofore been very
largely fizzle is because they have
not been carried forward along any
definite 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 10 Very Important.
Just because you do not like some
OF your neighbors, don't refuse to or
ganize and work with thetm. Forget
the little personal things and work to-
gether 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
produce 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 Dig
business combinations. That is the
reason your prices slumped SO much
than theirs after the war.
Keep Your Organization Out Of
| Politics.
You cannot maintain a successful
harmonious organization unless you
keep absolutely away from politics
and politicians. Your business Is
raising and selling farm produce. See
that you stick to It.
Avoid Cooperative Stores
This has been another stumbliss
block to the farmers and one which
you should let strictly alone. As
said before. YOUR BUSINESS is
RAISING AND SELLING FARM
PRODUCE. Tell that to yourself sew.
eral times and don't try to butt into