The Cimarron News. (Boise City, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1915 Page: 4 of 6
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umes urged ia
GO-OPERATE WITH
n
§Ot L MATERIAL HA# ENTERED
THL BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
Th# Barn a Financial Power HtuM
to the Community.
{RATION OF
THE COUNTY FAIR
By Peter Radford.
When yon enter the agricultural de- |
port inert of the county fair, you feel (
your acil uplifted and your life takes
on a new power—that la the inaplra-
tloo of the soil. You are overpowered i
by the grandeur and magniflc«ice of |
the aceoe—that Is the spirit of the '
harvest You can hear the voice of i
nature calling you back to the soil—
that la opportunity knocking at your
door. It ia a good chance to spend a |
quiet hoar in contact with the purity
and perfection of nature and to sweet-
en your life with ita fragrance, elevate
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
FREE PORIS
l—lntroductory
Through the Press Service of AgrV-1 oove4 od two-wheeled carta < rtven.
culture and Commerce, the master and oftttmee drawn, by slaves, while
mtcdi of this canon win be invited j her artists were painting divine
to the puMJc forum and asked to d* \ creams on canvas, the streets of
liver a message to civilization Mei proud Athens were lighted by Are-
who achieve seldom talk, and men brands dipped In tallow
who talk seldom achieve There is The genius of past ag*s sought to
no such thinj a* a noisy thinker, and 1 irouse the Intellect and stir the soul
brevity Is always a close companion
By Peter Radford.
One of the greatest opportunities fh
the business life of the nation lies
In practical co-operation of the coun-
try basks with the farmer In building your Imagination with its power
agriculture and the adventure Is laden
with greater possibilities than any
forward movement now before the
American public.
A few bankers have loaned money
to farmer.- at a low rale of Interest.
and ofttlmes without compensation, to
buy blocked livestock, build silos.
fertilize the land, secure better seed.
to truth.
It will be a great privilege to stand
by the side of men who can roll in
place the comerstcne of Industry; to
associate writla men who can look
at the world and see to the bo t to si
of it; to commune with men who can
hear the roar of civilization s few
centuries away.
Too often we listen to the rabble
element of our day that cries out
. . against every man who achieves,
your Ideals with its beauty and expand . *nlc,fy hlm .. Mlnklnd Dever has
bat the master minds of today are
seeking to serve. Civilization has as-
t.trned to America the greatest task
of the greatest age, and the greatest
men that ever trod the greatest planet
are solving it. Their achievements
have astounded the whole world and
we challenge every age and nation
to name men or producta that can
approach In creative genius or mas-
terful skill In organization, the mar-
velous achievements of the tremend-
ous men of the present day. Edison
' National Farmers' Union Renders U f
CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE ®f|fish Service to Agriculture }
PREFERENCE IN APPRO-
PRIATIONS.
— _ . — .
By Peter Radford.
This nation is now entering upon
an era of marine development. Th«
wreckage of European commerce has
drifted to our shores and the world
- is making unprecedented de-
These products as food are fit for
the gods, and as an article of com-
merce they ought to bring tip-top
prices on any market In the world.
The products of the soil are teachers
and preachers as well. Their beauty
gives human l'.fe its first entertaln-
and probably never will produce a
generation that appreciates the genius
of Its day There never will be a
crown without a cross, progress with-
out sacrifice or an achievement with-
out a challenge
This Is an age of service, and that
man Is greatest who serves the larg-
ment. their perfection stirs the genius I
■ l has done more to improve the oon-
hold their products for a betetr mar- In artists; their purity furnishes mod- of than soy civillzar
ket price, etc. The banker in con- [ els for growth of character and their J . — .v„i.
of IJvesto- St the quality of the seed
and the fertility of the soil, plants In
the agricultural life of the community
a fountain of profit, that, like Tenny-
son ' brook, runs on and on forever.
Communi*./ Progress a Bank Asset.
trlbutlng toward Improving the grade marvelous achievements excite our
curiosity and we Inquire Into the won-
derful process of nature.
Before leaving the parlor of agricul-
ture where nature is parading In her
most graceful attire and science Is
climbing the giddy heights of perfee-
Tbe time was" when money loaned j tlon, let us pause and take a retro-
on such a basis would severely test I spective view. How many of you
the sanity of the banker; such trans- ! know that after these wonderful prod-
actions would i ain the directors like ucts are raised, they can seldom be
s blow in the face. A cashier who , marketed at a profit? Take the blush-
would dare to cast bread upon waters ing Elberta, for example—they were
that did not return buttered side up , fed to the hogs by the carload last
In time for annual dividends would year. The onion-the nation s favorite
tlon since human motives began their
upward flight.. The Greeks gave human
life inspiration, but while her orators
were speaking with the tongues of
angels, her farmers were plowing
with forked sticks; while her phil-
osophers were emancipating human
thought from bondage, her traffic
can press a button and turn s light J mauds for the products of farm an
on multiplied millions of homes; Vail factory In transportation facility
can take down the receiver and talk cn land we lead the world but our port
with fifty millions of people; Mc- t facilities are Inadequate, and our
t ormlck s reaper can harvest the ls seldom seen in foreign ports, if
world's crop, and Pulton s steam en- ! <:;Ur government would only divert the
<lne moves the commerce of land energy we have displayed in conquer-
and sea ing the railroads to mastering the
The greatest thing a human being commerce of the sea, a foreign hot-
can do is to serve his fellow men, tom would be unknown on the ocean s
Christ did It. Kings decree It, and highways.
wise men teach it It is the glory of This article will be confined to a
this practical age that Edison could discussion of our ports for the pro-
find no higher calling than to become I ducts of the farm must pass over our
the Janitor to civilization; Vail the i,arts before reaching the water. We
wll*
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messenger to mankind, McCormick
the hired hand to agriculture, and
Fulton the teamster to Industry, and
Messed is the age that has such
masters for its servants.
vegetable—every year rots by the
acre In the 8outhwest for want of s
market and as a result hundreds of
farmers have lost their homes. Cot-
ton—nature's capitalist—often goes
begging on the market at less than
cost of production.
It is great to wander through the
exhibits while the band is playing
"Dixie" and boast of the marvelous
fertility of the soil and pride ourselves
on our ability to master science, but
It ls also well to remember that there
Is a market side to agriculture that
I does not reflect Its hardships in the
i exhibits at a county fair.
have to give way to a more capable
man. This does not necessarily mean
that the bankers are getting any better
or that the milk of human kindnesss is
being imbibed more freely by our finan-
ciers. It indicates that the bankers are
getting wiser, becoming more able fin-
anciers and the banking Industry more
competent. The vision of the builder is
crowding out the spirit of the pawn-
broker. A light has been turned on
a new world of Investment and no
usurer ever received as large returns
on the investment as these progres-
sive bankers, who made loans to
uplift Industry. The bankers have
always been liberal city builders, but
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With a Soul.
It is refreshing in this strenuous
commercial life lo find so many dol-
lars with souls. When a doljsr is ap-
proached to perform a task tnat does , .
not directly yield the highest rate of This nation is now In the midst *
Interest, we usually hear the rustle | a controversy as to howbesttopro-
of the eagles wings as It soars up-
UNIVERSAL PEACE
ward, when a dollar is requested to |
citizen within
Many leading politicians and ofttimes
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
mote universal peace. That question
leave for diplomats . to dis-
i '• heart* b"en
when a dollar is asked to expand In | JUtT^
volume to suit the requirements of : our
industry, it usually talks £ j poUUcai platforms have declared war
its redeemer, but seal twterWbw ^ (Jiness and no cabinet crisis
entered into the vaults of^ >-nks ^ Many men have stood
and rare, time and volume have a ^ ^ ^ ..^g bombg„
new basis of reckoning to I at industry thrust bayonets Into bus-
the ability of some of e ; jnegg enterprises and bombarded ag-
permit them to cooperate to promot ricalWre ,uh lndifference. Party
ing the i o? farming. leaders have many times broken dip-
God Almighty's Noblemen. ; |otaatlc relations with Industry; sent
These bankers are God Almighty s political aviators spying through the
nobiemen Heaven lent earth the ,flairs cf business, and political sub-
spirit of these men and the angels • marjnea have sent torpedoes crashing
into the destiny of commerce. Dur-
ing the past quarter of a century we
have fought many a duel with prog-
ress, permitted many politicians to
carry on a guerrilla warfare against
civilization and point a pistol at the
heart of honest enterprise.
No man should be permitted to cry
out for universal peace until hts rec-
ord has been searched for explosives,
for no vessel armed or laden wifc
munitions of war should be given a
clearance to sail for the port of Uni-
versal Peace Let us by all means
have peace, but peace, like charity,
should begin at home.
will help them roll in place the |
corners* d of empires. They are
not philanthropists: they are wise
bankers. The spirit of the builder
has given them a new vision, and
wisdom has visited upon them busi-
ness foresight
The cackle of the hen, the low
of kine and the rustle of growing
crops echo In every bank vault in the
nation tnd the shrewd banker knows
that he can more effectively increase
his deposits by putting blue blood to
the veins of livestock; quality in
the yield of the soil and value Into
agricultural products, than by busi-
ness handshakes, overdrafts and
gaudy calendars.
Taking the community into part-
nership v ith the bank, opening up a
ledger account with progress, making
thrift and enterprise stockholders and
the prosperity of the country an
asset to the bank, put behind it
stability far more desirable than a
letterhead bearing the names of all
the distinguished citizens of the com-
munity. The bank is the financial
power ho'ise of the community and
blessed is the locality that has an
up-to-date banker.
POLITICAL P^VER MEETINGS
It is a sad day for Christianity when
the church bells call the communicants
together for a political prayer meet-
ing. Such gatherings mark the high
tide of reigious political fanaticism,
put bitterness into the lives of men;
fan the flames of class hatred and de-
stroy Christian influence in the com-
munity. The spirit actuating such
meetings is anarchistic, un-Christlike
and dangerous to both church and
state.
Some of the
states have a two cent passenger rate
and whatever loss is incurred is recov-
ered through freight revenue. The jus-
tice of such a procedure w as recently
passed upon by the Supreme Court
of West Virginia and the decision Is
so far-reaching that we have asked
L. E Johnson, president of the Nor-
folk and Western Railway whose road
contested the case to briefly review
the suit Mr. Johnson said to part:
"Some ten years ago, passenger
fares were fixed by the legislatures
of a large number of states at two
cents a mile As a basis for such
economic legislation, no examination
was made of the cost of doing the
business so regulated, nor was any
attention given to the fact whether
such a rate wodd yield to the rail-
way companies an adequate or any
net return upon the capital invested
in conducting this class of business.
"Such a law was passed in West
Virginia in 1907 The Norfolk and
Western Railway Company put the
rate into effect and maintained it for
two years Its accounting during
these two years showed that two
cents a mile per passenger barely
paid the out-of-pocket cost and noth-
ing was left to pay any return on
capital invested It sought relief from
the courts. Expert accountants for
II—L. E. Johnson
On Two-Cent Passenger Rates
The farmers of i both the State and the Railway Com-
this nation are pany testified that the claims of the
vitally interested railroad were sustained by the facts.
In railroad rates Two cents did not pay the cost of
and equity be- carrying a passenger a mile. The •
tween passenger State, however, contended that the
and freight rates i railroad was earning enough surplus
is especially im- 1 on Its state freight business to give a
pcrtant to the fair return upon the capital used in
man who follows its passenger as well as its freight
the plow for the business Fcr the purposes of the ,
farmer travels case, the railroad did not deny this, ,
very little but he but held to its contention that the
ls a heavy con- State could not segregate its pas-
tributor to the senger business for rate fixing with-
freight revenues out allowing a rate that would be
sufficient tc^pay the cost of doing
business and enough to give some
return upon the capital invested in
doing the business regulated This
was the Issue presented to the Sa
preme Court. Its decision responds
to the judgment of the fair-minded
sentiment of the country. The Su-
preme Ccurt says that, even though
a railroad earns a surplus on a par
ticular commodity by charging rea-
sonable rates, that affords no reason
for compelling it to haul another e
person or property for less than cost.
The surplus from a reasonable rate
properly bsiongs to the railway com-
pany If the surplus is earned from
an unreasonable rate then that rate
should be reduced. The State ma>-
not even up by requiring the railroad
to carry ether traffic for nothing or
for less than cost
The decision Is a wholesome one
and demonstrates that the ordinary
rules of fair dealing apply to rail" ay
have to this nation ol ports, of which
41 are on the Atlantic and 10 are oa
the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second
Congress appropriated over $51,000,-
M.i for improving our Rivers and
Harbors and private enterprise levies
a toll of approximately $50.000,000
annually in wharfage and charges for
which no tangible service is rendered.
The latter item should be lifted off
the backs of1 the farmer of this na-
tion and this can be done by Congress
directing its appropriations to ports
that are free where vessels can tie up
to a wharf and discharge her cargJ
free of any fee or charge.
A free port is progress. It take^
out the unnecessary link to the chain
o: transactions in commerce which
has fcr centuries laid a heavy han~
upon commerce. No movement is s.
heavily laden with results cr will
i..,re widely and equally distribute
i'.- benefits as that of a free port
and none can be more easily and ef
fectively secured.
THE VITAL FillLEl W
By Peter Radford.
The National Farmeri' Union
hold its annual convention in Uncoil
Nebraska, on September seventh,
will round out the eleventh year
Hs activities in the interest of
American plowman. When that eoa
veution Is called to order every 'arm*
er in America should pause and bow
his bead to honor of the men
ered there to render a patriotic
unselfish aervi e to agriculture. '
organization, born In the cotton fleMa
of Texas, has grown until geograpfc
Ically It covers almost the whole ol
the United States and economical^
it deals with every question In which
the welfare of the men who bare
their backs to the summer sun ar«
Involved. It has battled for a bette*
marketing system, rural credits, che
money, diversification, scientific pro
ductlon, agricultural legislation and
has carried on its work of education#
and co-operation In season and ouL
The Farmers' Educational and 0®*«j
dl>eratlve Union of America bringflr
thy question of organization squareln
before every fanner in this nation^
Without organization the farmers
neither help themselves nor be helped!
by others and through organization
ao.-I systematic effort all things ar^
possible.
The farmers of the United StaU
contribute more and get less fr
government than any other class
business They hlfc? tetter securitk
and pay a higher rate of iuteres^
than any other line of industry. They,
market more products and have les
to say in fixing the price thaa anyf
other business and they get morsj
political buncombe ancl less construe*
tive legislation than any other class
of people. The farmers can only ao*
quire such influence in business, lal
government and In economics n s wii#
enable them to share equitably th
fruits of their labor through coniza-
tion and every farmer on American
soil who desires to help himself an<J.
his fellow plowmen should raJljf
around the Union. •
front
>s «d|
•itie
By Peter Radford.
There is no escaping the marke.
problem and the highest development
of agriculture will not be attained
until it is solved, for a marke?
i= as necessary for the producer
as land on which to grow his crop
Governmental and educational insti
tutions have spent $180,000,000 in til"
United States during-the past te
years for improving soil production
and improving seeds and plants, t>v
ery little attenticB and less rcon
lias been given to the marketing side
or agriculture.
The problem is a monumental on
aud one which will never be solve i
until it gets within the grasp of a
gigantic organization where master
n ; litis can concentrate the combined
POLITICAL GOSSIPS
companies The fact that one mak^s . f.
a surplus on his wheat crop wouid i perience and wisdom of A3®
never be urged as a reason for com-
pelling him to sell his cotton at lees
3
than cost It wculd not satisfy the
man who wanted bread to be told
that its high price enabled the cotton
manufacturer to get his raw product
for less than cost. In this ca*e tb*-
court reaffirmed the homely maxim
that each tub must stand upon Its
ovrn bottom."
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
GRASPING AT THE SHADOW
ThQ success of the nation is to the
hands of the farmer.
Work fcr the best and the best will
rise up and reward you.
Tenant farming is just one thing
safter another without a pay day.
No man—especially if he is mar-
ried—would deny woman any right
she demands. Take the earth and
give us peace, but why does woman
long for the ballot?
When all is said and done, is not
the selection of the butcher more im-
portant to the home than the election
of a mayor , Is not the employment of
the dairyman a far more important
event to the life of the children than
the appointment of a postmaster; is
not the selection of books for the
family library more important than
voting bonds for jail and court house?
Why does woman lay aside the im-
portant things in life? Why leave tlis
substance and grasp at the shadow?
Be it said to the credit of woman-
hood that it Is not. as a rule, the
woman who rocks the cradle that
wants to cast the ballot; it is not
the mother who teaches her children
to say "Now I lay me dc wn to sleep"
that harangues the populace; It Is not
the daughter who hopes to reign as
queen over a happy home that longs
for the uniform of the suffragette. It
is, as a rule, the woman who despises
her home, neglects her children and
•corns motherhood that leads parades
and smashes windows.
have to sa>
III—Julius Kruttschnitt
On Financing Railroads
The farmers of —the Legislators and the Comffils-
this nation need sioners . „ JtJ,
to become belter "Managing a railroad is quite diffrr-
accuainted with , ent from managing a government
the railroad men j where the money is raised by taxa-
and their prob-1 "on. When the expenditures, tor
lems. It is only
those who know j
that can give us
information and
the farmers of
America should
listen attentively
to what the men
who manage rail-
road property
Kruttschnitt exec-
utive head of the Southern Pacific,
has written an article dealing with
the financing of railroads. He said
in part:
"The financing of a railroad is a
function which the people, through
their servants, the Railroad Commis-
sioners and the Legislators, have
never attempted, but it is a most im-
portant problem, especially to sec-
tions of a State where new railroads
are needed. The placing of securities
has been left entirely with the pro-
moter and owner of railroads.
"The immediate determination of
what samlngs the railroad shall be
permitted to receive and what bur-
When
good reasons or otherwise, increase,
taxes can be equally increased The
railruads, while servants of the pub-
lic, cannot raise money with su« ti
ease and facility The railroad' must
keep their ex penditures within th^ r
incomes because while they have
sozne ccntrcl over their expenditures
up: n it. It is a problem which the
farmers, merchants, bankers, editors
and statesmen must unite in solvits.
The Farmers" Union stands ior ?
tb^e is in farming from the mc.;'
scientific methods cf seed selection to
the most systematic and profitaM'
plans of marketing, but does uot b>
lie-e in promoting one to the neglecJ
of the other. We consider the wor'
of farm demonstrators valuable an
we ask that governmental and cou,
mcrcial agencies seeking to help us
continue to give us their assistant
and advice, but we believe that thei
icfl ience should be extended to tV
marketing side of our farm problem:.
also
We cannot hope to develop mam;
facturing by over-production of th<
factory: we cannot build up inercan
ftle enterprises by the merchants load
ing their shelves with surplu.; goed^ ...
and no more can we develop uuricui- ^ ^
ko y.ith - : >f information betw
ture by glutting the markti
surplus of products.
When one class of people has anj
thing to say, it has become largely
tlie custom to make'a political issue
out of it instead of a friendly d!scu %
sion, to print it in a law book instead^
ot' a newspaper and to argue it be-
fore a jury instead cf to settle it iiiy
tho higher courts cf Common Sense.
Ai a result, political agitators, polity
leal lawyers, political preachers an<4
masculine women are powerful i^
politics and dissension, selfishness, In-
tolerance and hysterics run rampant
in public affairs, for when the low,j
damp, murky atmosphere of misun-
dorstandlng envelops public though^
It breeds political reptiles, vermin*
bugs and lice which the pure air of
truth and the sunshine of understand-
ing will choke to death.
We have too many self-appointed
interpreters of industry who are in-
capable of grasping .the fundamental*
principles of business aud who at beet
can only translate gossip and addj,
color to sensational stories. No b«Hl-
ness can staud upon error and might*
rul^s—right or wronc. No Inriustryf
can thrive upon mlsutidPrslnndlngi
for public opinion Is more powerful?
than a Kiug's Sword.
When prejudice, suspicion au<l|
etass hatred prevail, power Riavltatesj;
Into the hands of the weak, for deum-a
gogues thrive upon dissension an<ll
statesmen sicken upon strife.
The remedy lies in eliminating the^.
middleman—tho political gossip—an<*
this result can be accomplished by
tho manager* of business sitting^
around tho tnbl^ of industry and talk-
people. Inter-
etn indtis-
DARIUS
The neigh of a horse made Dariti
thev ba\t alwst no^ntrc! over ibt-'.r : Ki,=g of Persia, the six contend:,
incomes, their rates: bring fixed by powers for the throne agreeing amo-u
public authorities.
! tries and the peoi.le i hs necessary
j to success in hii\lii >ss a* interchange
! in commodities, for the peoi'te can
only rule when the public under-
stands Away with political interpret-
. ' ers who summon evil spirits from
1 their prison ceils i<iid loose tlitin to
prey upon the uelMre of the people-
in tho name of "My Country."
themselves that the one whose hors-
should neigh first should possess the j
kingdom Thil ancient method of
settling disputes among politician.- |
could be revived with profit today |
If our partisan factions and petty poi I
Iticians could only settle their '.is j
putes by the neigh of a horse, the j
bark of a dug or the bray of a dotu. ^y j
it v?ould be a great blessing and vol'c
give our citizens a better opporiuui'
PHILIP
l
Philip, the Macedonian king, while
drowsy with wine wes trying a case
| and the prisoner after sentence was
j pronounced, exclaimed, "l appeal.'
| And to whom do you appeal?" in-
quired the astonished monarch. 'I
dens It shall have put on It is in the earnings that will enable them to
hands of other servants of the public t meet the increased capital charges
"There is not a railway manager in
the country today W is t fearful
that under the ?ress ef increas.ng
mands the transportation systems f
the country will, in a few years, break
down, unless the railroads are allowed
to earn larger funds; wherewith to
build it up There ^re vast sections
of the country, especially in the West.
where more railroads are needed and
they cannot be built unless the rail-
ways raise new capital. to pursue the vocations of industr. j — ^ ph; drupk to phiU
"People invest money in order to , iree from political strife. sober
Let those who pick political plums 1
by raising rows and who flash swords
dripping in the blood of industry an
derstand that they cannot turn tie
public forum into a political arena and
by a clash of personal aspiration-
still the hammer aEd stop the plow
and that their quarrels .'.ust be settlot
in the tack sMeys-el civil
make money, and they are skeptical
as to whether they can make money
by investicg :n concerns that are dealt
with stringently and unfairly. Rail-
road securities must be made more
attractive to invite investments, and
in oraer that they may be made more
attractive the roads must be allowed
reoiie4 'he prisoner, and the^
king erant l the request and at re-l
hearing gave the prisoner his liberty.
The people drowsy with the wine ol
dlseor ofttimes pronounce a verdict
on pub. , questions wir rh U- y revers®-
in the r more calm and d--'.v* rute mo-
ments i !i-: next best J to make-r
ing no miatakts is to * tlieii*. ^
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