The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-04-17

alive, "you positively are headed
toward a remarkable distinction
Just stay in your shell, and soon
there will be no other farmer like
you in America"
cit is just such a farmer as you
who has placed upon agriculture
the chief handicap under which il
labors-the individual effort OF
each of some six and one-half mil
lion farmers to act independently
of any other of the six and one
half million"
You Can Help Build Intelligent
. Selling Machine
"The trouble with you, Mr.. Farm
Grand mean the whole six and
one-half millions of you," he said,
els that too many of you have been
waiting for somebody to hand you
relief in a nice bundle with a pref
ty ribbon around it. You've got to
go after it yourself, or you are go
ing to have a long, long job of
waiting. $685.
"You have been criticising CO.
operative management, and in a
good many cases, perhaps, with a
reason. But the thing to do is to
join the cooperative and help
not stay outside and throw mud
at it. ,.-.s - -
"After all, it is owned and con-
trolled by you; by the farmer MEM
bers. If it's management is bad,
you are responsible for it. If you
are not satisfied with the way it
is run, take a more active part in
It's management. The owners of any
other business take an interest in
everything it does.
Farmers fail as co-operators be-.
cause you start with enthusiasm
and then very often go away and
forget it. You do not follow thru.
If you make a bad selection in
and he is not handling
your business efficiently, don't
wait for him to wreck it.
cit is your responsibility to see
hat the management is right-if
lot, to make it right. 1t has been
effectively demonstrated beyond
he question of a doubt that CO.
operative management can be
light. There have been failures, of
curse, and there probably will be |
many more. When analysed, the |
allure is due to one of two things:
he unfortunate selection of a man.
ger, or the lack of judgment on
he part of members to see that it |
7as run as it should have BEEN"
Only Cooperation Can Win
eff I knew that every farmer in
he United States was with us, /
7ould bet on success, no matter
that, where or how powerful the
pposition.
"But you alone, Mr.. Farmer, can
lake cooperative marketing a sue
ess in your community. Collective
', with your neighbors, you can.
he Farm Board can go only as far
nd as fast as the people it is
rying to serve are willing to go.
{ they are happy and satisfied
nth present conditions, we have
O argument. If, as we are led to
elieve, they are not happy and
OF getting reasonable return-a
eturn comparable with what 9TH
: people get for the same labor
clearly is their job
) take hold and pull, not criticise.
You Can Keep Your Nerve
Zone more word Of advice. Don't
lake the mistake of throwing up
our hands if perchance you some
ay sit around the board and look
red-inked balance sheet. Di-
ectors Of every business have to
o that once in a while. The best
[ them are not always successful.
"There is much of a tendency on
ne part Of farmers to quit in dis
when the manage
tent breaks against them, or they
appen to have a bad showing for
month or a season. Don't con-
nue. to blame the management.
ear in mind that reverses have
efallen many, if not all, Of the
est industrial organizations that
merica has today. Don't lose all
he enthusiasm you had when you
ok at q red-inked balance.
Sometime disaster is caused by
ok Of management, and some
mes its cause is perhaps beyond
le control of any one. The farmer
ust get accustomed to unexplain-
Die reverses. He is not always go
g to be happy, rosy, contented,
and quiet, even under
le best of conditions. He might as
ell face facts casually, for he will
1T jolt now and then, even with
le best management available.
"There is no reason why he
lould quit. He does not quit be-
.use drought or hailstorm ruins
IS crop. He goes ahead and plants