The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-09-29
'Orical city, State and County Newspaper
Getting Down TO Facts

i" g. II. nges Il is frequently made
be ,h"i the Am, rican farmer is inefficient II" points
va te fact that per Of the farmers and farm
tina ab0.ers found in America. hut that the Amer
IN lean farmc.5 produce nearly 20 per cent Of tn"
~, wC"d'S 60 per OF the worlds cotton, 80
per cent thc worlds tobacco, % per of the
Wo ID as and hay, 30 per Of the worlds
whea' onG .aXseed, II per cent Of the worlds bar
me- ley ~ cent OF the worlds potatoes
are Tho. Imposing figures and utterly reiutc III"
uht &tlt,". often made that American agricultuI"
lie, is and ineffective. is shown
c.usiyc& government figures that America
va az, production cereals per person
Isl sagod and for the of the world it is
american farmer has been able do
tina Ill rvelous record in face OF the 1andicaps
t ,ha e is confronted Statistics show that
even III ii best years OF agriculture the American
ing farmer earned net capital invested but G.l per
bcf L., less than he paid upon capital
po, borrowed N the form Of mortgage and other in
for dcbtedne#".
IAN Mr.. l." ''cn emphasizes fact peculiar to modern
cay agricultu.t.
hr To-day all is changed" he writes. THE farmer
is business man bound by the laws which operate
in other Isness fields. His cash expenditures are
lon large l. is to prodce enough of food and coth'
ie ing for t. ccming millions in the industrial cen
;,rn ters he, 10 must employ industrial in pro
wit ducton. li' is producer longer for himself
mo mainly, Dat to supply the needs of this industrial
COZ age. The surplus which he produces is now the
fro imports ing"
~ Spe2lil upon the future Of cooperative market
att ing '.a:
we or - ton Of the farmers for the purpose Of
~ mark" their crops collectively is progressing
cou bel, 1t some day it will the entire field
fl" DENIM IS shown how, under the most adverse
clrcu' I l. "3. it can transform the agriculture OF
or a pcoir. Wherever cooperative marketing is far
rel thet ai'"n d. either in the United States abroad
81, - r.! nd agriculture in its best estate; violent
ri fr", - " in the markets climinated; bette!
-u..c 70 hH producers without increase in cost
az; 49, iN mes with an actual decrease to the con-
by sun " pproach to standardization Of product;
~ i'lligent effort to adjust production to
a. lr.' 1enand; a.fner and more satisfying COM
ire mari "..
the, =" vii, BE many years, however, before the
Ial VI of the staple farm products sufi-
dec IN 91nized to take of this present
nm ;. aurpus. And this is a situation which,
ba.- l. e T. self, tends constantly grow
car fs lessor Ely points out, when
ed ."clusc f'G' that he cannot market his product
de 'ot %" o: production, he stop reduce pro-
~. "n ii y at the time reduce expenses The
nj, rn1 net do this. His expenses largely 90
rG het his acreage planted is somewhat smaller
' q n ng to meet these expenses anyway, the
te' lowe" T." oice the larger his acreage be to
LIZ accom- his"
phi Tn MT effective means relieve agriculture,
vi rs L. on "es it, is to take from the back Of the
Amc:icin E>rmer the burden of his surplus"
:h'- He ~: - the following pertinent query:
a. "lSn t}' some way by which the SURPRISES Of
ja, 'I"n roiu, be mobilized and thus be made
pr u serve the future?' If could accomplish in
T. p3nt OF time for the farm SURPRISES what have
r accomplished in point Of place for the credit
~ sources OF the country would have largely
I come troubles"