Payette enterprise., 1924-01-17


F. NJ. MOSS, representing the can
merry, came up to the meeting and
explained the position Of the com-
pany in the matter. General regret
was expressed at the prospect OF
the loss to Payette and the vicinity.
and a willingness shown to get into
the traces and help pull the canning
business to success in Payette II
such a thing were possible. The
next meeting Of Pomona will be
held with Orchard Avenue grange
March 18th.
Several members Of the Payette
county Pomona grange are in at
tendance at the state grange at Cald-
well this week. 1t will be of in
terest to learn what position the
state grange will take on several of
the live issues Of the day. AS, for
instance, the continuance of the
policy OF running the farmers in
debt for new reclamation projects.
In view of the fact that agriculture
id already over-developed, It seems
as tho II would be a reasonable thing
to turn attention to some other line
of development until the world
catches up with the farmer. This
desert land will take no harm for a
few years and there are plenty of
enterprises waiting for development; !;
for instance, all the "Cut-over land,
north and south could be re-forested.
to great advantage to the country.
Thousands Of acres OF abandoned
farms" in the East, worn out land,
land SO poor that eggs won't hatch
on it any more, could be reforested
and become an asset to the country
again.
Highways and water ways of the
country need development; surely
our transportation facilities need
ottohSion, thcit ID AO tuu u OppOT-
tunity for enterprise and profitable
investment of labor and capital IN
this country of ours. am strong
for ''DIyERSIFICATION, but l
would specialize in diversification
I would not spread one man over the
entire field; that is too much like
the boy who set an old turkey on
sixty eggs, because, he said he Just
wanted to see the old bird spread
herself. Two or three lines of busi-
ness is just about all the average
man is capable of handling and to
thrust more upon him is to reduce
his efficiency to a minus quantity. !
would diversity industry but I would
train individuals for some special
work and then keep them at it. The
shoemaker should stick to his last
Then would not waste time, energy
and, patience trying to fit a round
peg into a square hole. No amount
Of training would ever make a mua-
clan OF me. There are men whom
you can never make into a success
full dairyman. Why spoft a good
fruit-grower to make a poor dairy
man,
There are two or three other pop
ular fallacies that 1 would like to
swat if 1 had time. One is that
supply and demand regula les the
price Of commodities, and that the
one and only cure for the present
depression among farmers, Is a re-
duction Of production or an in
crease OF consumption l hold that
the most vicious lie that the devil
ever invented is a lie that is half
truth; and this supply and de-
msnd' fallacy is a lie of that ma
ture. Some truths are automatic.
and this is a sample. production"
must exceed consumption or there
will be no accumulation of wealth.
Then what is the use of talking of
trying to balance production and
Why should the
wheat grower suffer because he hap
pened to produce few more bushels
of wheat this year than the people
heed; or why should the people be
asked to "Gormandize" in order to
consume all the wheat the grower be
asked to produce? AS a matter of
act is 1t not an injustice to the
Fheat grower to penalize him be-
'ause unusually favorable conditions
PREVAILED in 1923 for the production
II wheat7 The wheat grower ap-i
'ealed to his government for Justice. /
md his government replied "It ia /
our indispensable duty to be a
patriotic" citizen, but your govern
nent must not engage in auy
paternalism". What is Govern
nent instituted for? Primarily tol
justice and keep the
'eace.
What is it to keep the peace? To
'revent the strong from imposing
n the weak. The Money power"
r the Wall Street" organization js