Gunnison news-champion., 1924-05-09

! DO not care TO take your time TO
aiseass theee three fundamentals AZ
Sress d.si Of s VIII k.v. 20 % ssrs
know what 10 most practical.
Cooperative marketing. In spite Of
the wild ideas which have been started
along this line 10 fundamentally sound.
IA En-Governor Lowden OF Iil!aois. one of
the big minds OF America In an inter-
view In Denver the other day stated:
NY experiences In marketing cotton
has proved to me the common sense OF
duct ! have been convinced for ten
years that u n the only salvation OF
the American farmer"
The cooperative marketing Of live
cooperative marketing problems. You
county last fail anA ! expect the re-
suits were far from satisfactory. How
IN time we will work out some pract-
The question Of trsnsportation Is
truffic man for the National L. 8. Ex-
change stated that there was los per
cent increase In freight rates In six
ys.r: i,s. s,a.s ..ciass , pr cent inersa.e ,n
particularly to the Rio Grande rati-
road. but speaks from . national stand
point We need. however. better trans
Eight per cent and ten per cent on
nrst mortgage loans IL too much for
any industry to live under for . great
,snF'h s,,S nss Of time Especially !. this true
government At Warrington has seer
this and has endeavored to give US
long time loans at snail rates Of In
local banks which have almost always
0een fair and loyal to their customers
These agencies such A. the Federal
alton ard The Intermediste Credit
Banks while often hitting the high
places and missing the most necessary
arr trying. and 20 . certain extent are.
grower.
High taxes and low profit. do mo-,
20 ,ogether; Taxes murt come down or
RessrdIng the property tax. secre-
tary of Agriculture Wallace gives us
=. some interss.inG comparative figures.
ana. and Wisconsin the income aver
aged in 1919, el1l7.00 per farm. The
taxes at that time averaged S11z
@ ss or on sss. cent ssns Of ths is,. Income sSs
average income was S77i.00. Taxes
that year amounted to 3:s3oo per farm
or ss II per cent OF the income.
lerms in 1918 amounted TO ss per cent
OF the income as against - Is per
cent OF the income In 1891 This con-
uuoa az applies. ! think. eportionateiy
The tax situation Is a difficult one
70 handle. and we are often mis-leJ a.
70 how our money 10 spent. In making
county. the county commissIonery. a
couple OF years ago. got out pamphlet
whieh showed that ss per cent Of Dell
roads SIan'Ss ~ taxes "a, ,,s went FOR schcoh and
modern schools and tho best posnibi.,
lnstructors ana we all believe with the
anelent Romans that good roads are
! think we DO. upon these two princi-
pies the thing we must insist upon as
ssssspayers !. that for every dollar spent
snere must be dollar returned In
sible economy should be maintained.
Any transition period is hard and we
are certainly going thru one of those
range to 4 pasture proposition. II
means change In our way Of doing
business. You have made good
We are trying to follow. We must
raise better cattle--we can't raise them
any cheaper. think. for some time to
evme: therefore,. we must get more
lingH command premium today on
cause OF quality They will be worth
as they nd become better @ pnown Sss,sr prlSss Tss
three-fo
/: Too much liquidation. to clean up
cattle paper.
2. The desire OF a great many cat
tlemen TO sell on their breeding herds
with the Idea Of stocking up this
spring with steers.
8. Tho low price OF hogs.
This six-cent hog which was 30 pre-
valent last fall. due to a surplus Of
hogs, was too much competition for
consequence. ] do not believe we will
have this competition this fall and