The Wolf Point herald., 1927-12-02
MACNUS JOHNSON, ]. ]. 0'SHEA
ASK COOPERATION BY FARMERS


to a representative of The Heral
this afternoon, he said that nun
Der of the counties in the souther
and southwestern part of the stat
have strong local unions, and tha
this cooperating in marketing o
their products is assisting them t,
realize greater profits from thei
farms. The Union has a large
membership in Carbon, Saltwater
Yellowstone, Big Horn, Golden Val
ley, Musselshell, Gallatin, Broad
water, Blaine and Judith Basin
there the organization has beer
operating for many years.
"By collective selling" says Mr.
| O'Shea, "the best growers of my
section of the country are able to
get $3.50 for sugar beets, or $15O
more a ton than do the growers in
the Chinook and Fairview sections,
where the growers are not organ
lied
Protein Wheat
Montana has some of the finest
milling wheat in the world, wheat
which demands a big premium on
the market because of its high
protein test. If we were able to
market 40 or so per cent of the
high test protein wheat through
our organization we would be in
position to tell the millers what
to pay for this wheat. AS it is
very little of it is marketed ac-
cording to the protein test. If it
is marketed this way in Wolf
Point it is one of the few places
in the state where it is so mark
eted.
Carload Shipments
Direct carload shipments,
whether of hogs, wool, poultry,
cattle or grain will enable the pro-
ducer to realize the most from his
products. We must concentrate |
our selling in order to be able to |
fix the price for our products.
10 not believe in fixing high prices,
out the farmers should get little
more than the bare cost of produc-
ion for his efforts. Intelligent
will bring this about.
More money in the farmers pock
It's will mean that they will be
,etter purchasers, be able to pay
heir bills on time which will be
good thing for all classes of busi-
less.
"The Carbon and Saltwater coun-
Y wool growers pool their wool
nd this year had the second lar ,
est shipment in the world-930,- {
90 pounds. Ponderay turkeys are
nown all over the United States
Or their excellence, and it is due s
} intelligent cooperative market
lg that the turkey growers are e
BILE to command top price for
leir birds.
All Working For Same Thing {
"People must come to an un- I
of the fact that the '
lterests of the farmer and the L
usiness men are the same. The
asses are interdependent, and
lerefore should not be antagonis-
C one to the other, but should
ork together The farmers should
0wever become more class con-
,ious than they are today. They
lould expect to support the agen-
es that are bringing about bet
+ conditions for them, and should G
IT look to members of other O
asses of society to do SO. They +,
ust help themselves. The inter a
ts of town and country people II
e so intermixed and interdepen- h
mt that there should be no room m
r hard feelings or occasion for
in their dealings with II
ch other. fl
''The Farmers Union is not n.
rtisan in politics. When it comes w
elections all we do is to try r.
distinguish between our friends n
d our enemies" concluded Mr.. th
Shea. pC
Meeting Delayed al
The meeting was to nave been oil
Id at 1870 but the storm de- Al
yed the speakers arrival An tn
ening meeting was arranged on 81
ort notice. Preparations had tn
en- made to broadcast the
eeches through KGCX at Vida, ia
t the telephone line to Vida
S working so poorly that the =
N had to be abandoned. Com l.,
SO late, after The Herald
)uld be out, the meeting can
be as fully reported as was de
ed
Commentary
Both speakers, but Mr.. Johnson ne
re especially, said great deal Sc
re than is set forth or suggest he
in this brief outline, in the way tel
interesting facts, witty COM lie
nts and close-ups on business, int
iticians and political methods.
O'Shea is a native of Ireland, sci
) a farmer and worked in the sic
mond mines in South Africa by
many years and fought in the ha
n war. He is not only nat sht
leader but a successful farm col