The Supply Republican (Supply, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 15, 1922 Page: 4 of 8
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THE SUPPLY REPUBLICAN
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L. A. Anderson, Editor.
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Poatof!L« mi Supply. Ukl*
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Some Aspects of the
Farmers’ Problems
By BERNARD M. BARUCH
(Reprinted front Atlantic Monthly)
The Supply Republican is au
tliorized to place in nomination
the following persons as candi-
dates for the respective officer
named, subject to the state-wide
primaries August 1, 1922:
REPUBLICAN TICKET
FOB CONGRESS. ITH DISTRICT —
Judge Milton C. Garber, of
Enid.
FOB SHEBIFF. WOODWARD COUNTY—
J K. HARDY
HANK M BOWERS
FOB COUNTY TREASURED ~
MISS NETTIE ROBERTS
FOB COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT —
MRS. JEN ELLA JONES
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
FOR GOVERNOR -
TOM B. O’BRYAN
FOR COMMISSIONER OF CHARITIES
Dk H. E. Stecher, Supply.
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR -
JOHN HARRIS
“BOOST FOR THE BOYS’’
On pane one of this issue will
be found an interview Riven out
by Prof. Roy C. MorRun, new
superintendent of schools at
Supply, who will assume his
duties this fall. Vocational ajiri
cultural education will be taught
one half time in the Supply high
school, and one-half the salary
of the teacher will be paid by
the federal government.
Prof. Morgan is an expert with
thorobred stock, having qualified
for government work with high
honors and there are but few
men qualitied to teach vocational
agricultural training in the west
ert part of Oklahoma.
The benefits to he derived from
this course are many. Boys will
he started in their chosen work
with a man of experience and
knowledge of their problems to
guide them and with the concrete
results of the farmers of tnis
vicinity for example It is only
a short step from individual ef-
fort on the part of the boys until
every farm in this community
will be stocked with registered
livestock and thorobred chickens
and breeders ciubs will follow to
make this section famous in this
part of the state.
It is a known fact that year
in and year out the community
that devotes itself to diversified
farming ami pure bred stock
raising will always he prosperous
compared to the one-crop coun-
try. Pure bred hogs, cattle,
sheep and chickens are money
producers the year round and a
constant source of satisfaction to
the breeder.
‘I Got Real Mad When I Lost
My Setting Hen,” Mi s.Hannan
“I went into the henhouse one
morning and found my favorite
setter dead. I got rtal mad.
Went to the store, bought some
RAT SNAP and in a week l got
six dead rats Everybody who
raises poultry should keen RA1
SNAP.” Three sixer. 36c. ti-r>c
a,id $1.25. Sold and guaranteed
by Davis Pharmacy, Smith &
Austin and Devore Hardware.
We buy cream.—The Farmer 8
Elevator.
Ccftti ued from uiuv of June I
The Department of Agriculture U
often diM.lit-u "f us » *t........ eonit‘**hin
to the fHrtnera, but In It• cnnnn-ri ue
re milt*. It la of h» much benefit to the
buyer* *nd cnoaumer* nf agricultural
product* as to ttie producer*, or even
more. I do not nuppoM that anyone
oppose* the benefit* that the farmer-*
derive from the educational und re
search work of the department, or the
help that It Rive* them In worklnR out
Improved cultural methods and prsn
tires, In developlna better yielding va
rletles through breeding and selection
In introducing new varieties from re
mote parts of the world and adapting
them to our climate and economic con
dttlon. and In devising practical men*
urea for the elimination »r control of
dangerous and destructive animal and
plant disease*, Insect pest*, and the
like All these thing* manifestly tend
to stlmulute and enlarge production
and their general beneflclul effect* are
obvious.
It I* complained thnt, whereas the
law restricts Federal Reserve hank*
to three mouths* time for commercial
paper, the farmer I* allowed si*
months "it his notes. This Is not a
special privilege, hut merely such a
recognition of business conditions as
makes It possible for country banks
d„ business with country people
The crop farmer has only one turn
over a year.* while the merchant and
manufacturer have many. Incidental
lv, l note that the Federal Reserve
Hoard has Just authorised the Fed
oral Reserve hank* to discount evgiort
paper for a period of al* months, to
conform to the nature of the bital
ness. ...
The Kurin ixinn hunks are pointed
to as an Instnuee of special govern
merit favor for fanner*. Are they not
nither the outcome of laudable efforts
to equalise rural and urban comil
th.ns? And about all the government
dm.* there Is to help set up an ud
mlnlltratlve organization and lend a
little credit at the start. Eventually
the farmers will provide all the rapl
tul und curry ull the liabilities them
selves. It Is true that Farm Loan
bond* nre tax exempt; but so are
bund* of municipal light nmt traction
plants, und new housing Is to be ex
empt from taxation. In New York, for
ten years.
fin the other hand, the farmer reads
of plans for municipal housing proj-
ect* that run Into the billions, of bun
,lred* of millions annually spent on
the merchant marine; be reads that
the railway* are being favored with
Increased rates and virtual guaranties
of earnings by the government, with
tbe result to him of an 'nerensed toll
on all that he sells and all that be
buys. He hear* of many inanlfeata
tlmis of governmental concern for par-
tlcnbtr Industries and Interests. Res
cuing the railways from Insolvency Is
undoubtedly for the benefit of the
country as a whole, but what can be
of more general benefit than encour-
agement of ample production of the
principal necessaries of life and their
even flow from contented producers to
satisfied consumers?
While It may be concerted that
cpeclal governmental nld may he nec-
essary In the general Interest, we must
all agree that It Is difficult to see why
igrlcultur# and the production and dis-
tribution of farm product* are m>t ae
( „rded the same opportunities that ure
provided for other businesses; espe-
cially a* the enjoyment by the farmer
of such opportunities would appear to
he even more contributory to the gen
eml good than In the case of other
Industries. The spirit of American
democracy Is unalterably opposed,
alike to enacted special privilege and
to the special privilege of unequal op-
portunity that arise* automatically
from th* failure to correct glaring
economic Inequalities. I am opposed
to the Injection of government Into
business, but 1 do believe that It Is an
essential function of democratic gov-
ernment to equalize opportunity so
far as It Is within Its power to do so,
whether by the repeal of nrehnlc
statutes or the enactment of modern
ones. If the anti trust laws keep the
farmers from endeavoring scientifically
to Integrate their Industry white other
Industries find a way to meet modern
conditions without violating such stat-
utes, then It would seem reasonable
to find a way for the farmers to meet
them under the same conditions. The
law should operate equally In fact, lie
pnlrlng the peonoxnle structure on one
side Is no Injustice .to the other side,
which I* In good repair.
We have traveled n long way from
the old conception of government ns
merely a defensive and policing agency ;
and regulative, corrective, or equaliz-
ing legislation, which apparently Is of
a special nature. Is often of the most
general beneficial consequences, l-.venj
the First Congress passed a tnrlff act;
that was avowedly for the protecting
of manufacturers; but a protective)
tariff always hns been defended as a;
lamns of promoting the genernl good
through a particular approach; *nd|
the statute hooks are filled with ads
for the benefit of shipping, commerce,
and labor.
medial measures that Imve been *ug
gested In hla behalf, the principal pro
poiats that bear directly on the Im
provemet t of tils distributing and mar
ketlng relations may be summarized a*
follows:—
First: storage warehouses for cot
too, wool, and tobacco, nnd elevators
for grain, of suflldeut capacity to meet
the maximum demand on them at the
peak of the marketing period. 1 he
farmer thinks that either private cupl
tal must furnish these facilities, nr the
state mint erect nnd own tbe eleva-
tors nnd warehouses.
Second; weighing and grading of
agricultural products, and certification
thereof, to be done by Impartial und
disinterested public Inspectors (this Is
already accomplished to some extent
by the federal licensing of weigher*
nnd gruders), to eliminate underpay
Ing, overcharging, nnd unfair grading
nnd to facilitate the utilisation of the
atored product* u* the basis of credit.
Third: a certainty of credit sufficient
tn enable the marketing of products
In an orderly manner.
Fourth; tbe Department of Agrlenl
ture should r-llect. tubulate, xuiuma
rise nnd regularly and frequently pnh
Ugh'and distribute to the farmers, full
Information from all the markets of
the world, so that they shall be a* well
Informed of their selling position a-
buyers imw are of their buying post
tlou.
Fifth: freesjotn to integrate the hunt
ni-v* of agriculture by means of con
undiluted selling agencies, ro-ordlnnt
ing and co-operating In such way us to
put the farmer un an equal footing
with the large buyers of his products,
and with commercial relations In other
Industries.
When a business requires specialized
talent. It hns to buy It So will the
runners; and perhaps the best way for
them to got It would be to Utilize some
of the present nniehlnery of the Inrg
,.*t established agencies dealing In
farm products. Of course, If lie wishes,
the farmer may go further nud engage
In flour-milling and other manufactures
,.f food products. In my opinion,
however, lie would he wise to stop
-hurt of that. Public Interest may be
opposed to oil great Integration*; but.
In Justice, should they be forbidden to
the farmer and permitted to others?
The corporate form of association run
not now he wholly adapted to Ids oh
Jects and conditions. The looser co-
operative form seems more generally
suitable. Therefore, he wishes to be
Tree, If he find* It desirable and fees
Ible, to resort to co-operation with hi*
fallows and neighbors, without run
nine afoul of the law. To urge that
the farmers should have the same lib
ort.v to consolidate nnd co-ordinate
ilielr peculiar economic functions
which other Industries In their fields
enjoy. Is not, however, to concede that
any business Integration should have
legislative sanction to exercise monop-
olistic power. The American people
are n* firmly opposed to Industrial as
to political autocracy, whether at
tempted by rural or h.v urban Industry
For lack of united effort the farmers
n* a whole arc still marketing their
crop* by antiquated methdds, or by no
methods at nil. but they nre surrounded
hy a business world Hint has been
modernised to the Inst minute and 1*
tirelessly striving for efficiency. This
-IHclency Is due In lnrge measure to
big business, to united buslnos*. to In
tegrated business. The farmers now
seek the benefits of such largeness, un
ion and Integration.
The American farmer I* n modern of
the moderns In the use of labor saving
machinery, and he has made vast
strides In recent years In scientific
tillage nnd efficient farm nianiigemcnt.
but a* a business In contact with other
businesses aglrculturp Is a "one horse
-bay" In competition with high power
automobiles. The American farmer Is
the greatest and most Intractable of
Individualist*. While Industrial pro-
duction and all phases of the huge cm
menial mechanism and Its myriad ac-
cessories have articulated and eo-ordl
anted themselves all the way from nut-
oral raw materials to retail sales, the
business of agriculture has gone on In
much the one man fashion of the hark
woods of the first part of the nine-
teerfth century, when the farmer was
sumer. :xor d e* the steel eorporatfs®
Inconsiderately dump It* products M
the market. On the contrary. **
sets that It I* frequently a atablMste;
Influence, as 1* often the case sltl
er large organization*. It Is rouatBf tt
Its distribution a* well a* of If
ductton. If prtre* are not »atlafl«rt<^
the product* are held back at pr«M>
tlon I* reduced or suspended. K li BR
compelled to send * years work tal&T
market at one time and tuke whlt—C
It cun get under such circumstance
It bus one selling policy and lta
etp rt department. Neither *f Wt.
grades and qualities of steel detenafl*
cl at the caprice of the buyer, Bor
the latter hold the scales. In tht* A '
gle Integration of the steel con'orattBK i
Is represented about -40 per cent of db? I
sled production of Amertcs. The IB* |
I* mostly In the hand* of a few la»T*» j
companies. In ordinary time* OS
steel corporation, hy exumple, «tablUn*B
all steel price*. If this Is permlsalbjs
(It I* even desirable, because stable
nnd fair prices are essential to sold!
and continued pros|terlty) why soM
It he wrong for the farmer* to utlHaa
central agencies that would have slat-
tnr effects on agricultural pruduckat
S iwethlng Uke that Is what they an
aiming at . . ....
Some farmers favored by regional
compactness nnd contiguity, such as tbs
cltru* frult-ralser* of California. aF
ready have found a way legally to
merge und sell their products Inte-
grally and In accordance with seasonal
and local demand, thus Improving
their position and rendering the con-
sumer n reliable service V ensured
quality, certain supply, and reasonable
and relatively steady price*. They
Imve not found It necessary to resort
to any special privilege, or to claim
any exemptl n under the anti trust
le islutbm of the state or nation. With-
,ut removing local control, they have
Imilt up n very efficient umrketlilR
agency. Tbe grain, cotton, ami to-
t.acco farmers, and the producers of
hide* and wool, because of their mini
tiers and the vustness of their regions,
and for other reasons, have found
Integration a more difficult tusk,
though there are m-w some thousands
,,f farmer's co-operative elevator*,
warehouse*, creameries, and oilier en-
terprises of one sort and another, with
„ turn-over of n billion dollers n year.
They are giving the farmers business
experh a e and training, und. so far
as they go, they meet the need of
honest weighing and fair grading; but
they do not meet the requirement* of
rationally adjusted marketing In any
large nnd fundamental way.
The next step which will he a pat
tern for other groups, is now being
prepared hy the gialn-rulsers through
tbe establishment of sale* media which
-bull bundle grain separately or col
leetlvely, a* the Individual farmer ma>
i-brt. It 1* this step the plan of th.
Committee of Seventeen—which has
.-routed so much opposition and I*
thought by some to lie In conflict with
the anti trust Invvs. Though there I*
now before congress a measure de
signed to clear up doubt on this point,
ihe grain-producer* are not relying on
„ny Immunity from anti trust legisla-
tion They desire, nnd they nre en-
titled. to co-ordinate their efforts Just
as effectively a* The large business In-
terests of the country have done. In
connection with the selling organiza-
tions the United States Grain Grower-
Incorporated Is drafting a scheme of
financing Instrumentalities nnd nuxtll
ary agencies which are Indispensable
to the successful utilization of modern
business methods.
It l* essential thnt the farmers
should proceed gradually with these
plans, nnd aim to avoid the error of
scrapping the existing marketing inn
chtnery. which has been so laboriously
built up by bmg experience, before
they have a tried and proved substl
tute or supplementary mechanism,
liiey must be careful not to become
enmeshed In their own reforms and
lose the perspective of thekr place In
the national system. They must guard
against fanatical devotion to new due
trines, nnd should aeek articulation
with the genernl economic system
rather than Its reckless destruction as
It relates to them.
I foments IS Fluid DracE
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1 Avoidable IVc^rfiWofAy;
similabfiiib'elood ty • .
I tint? the Sumachs aril Co* - h _
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Cheerfulness andR^(.^
neither
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
Always
Bears the
Signature
of
jyew
> In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
(Concluded Next Week)
ASPIRIN
Name “Bayer” on Genuine
Now, wbnt la the farmer asking).
Without trying to catalogue the re-1
self sufficient und did not depend upon,
or care very much, what the great
world was doing. The result Is thut
the agricultural group I* almost as
much at a disadvantage In dealing with
other economic groups as the Jay farm-
er of the fuuny pages In the hands of
sleek urban confidence men. who sell
him acreage In Central I’ark or the
Chicago city hall. The leaders of the
farmers thoroughly understand this,
and they nre Intelligently striving to
Integrate their Industry so that It will
ha on au equal footing with other busl-
nassoa.
Aa an example of Integration, take
the ateel Industry, In which the model
is the United States Steel Corporation,
with Its Iron mines, Its coal mines, It*
lake and rail transportation. Its ocenn
vessels, Its by-product coke oven*. It*
Mast furnaces, Its open lienrlh nml
Bessemer furnaces, lta rolling mills, It*
tube mills and other manufacturing
processes that are carried to the high-
est degree of finished production com
patlble with the large trade It ha*
built up. All thl* 1* generally corned
•4 la be jo tfe adyanum af the_£Qj
Take Aspirin only as told in each pa«fc-
age of gi-miirie Baver Tablet* of Aspiria.
Tlu-n you will be following the directiaaa
nnd dosage worked out by physician*
during 21 years, and proved eafe hv mil-
lion*. Take no chances with sulmtitutaa.
If you eee the Bayer Cross on tablMa,
you can take thein without fear for
I Cold*. Headache. Nenralfri*. RhevirnsM**,
Rarache, Toothache. Lumbago and hr
Pain. Handy tin boxe* of twelve tablets
cost few cent’s Drupfists alto sell larger
packages. Aspirin tt the trade mark of
Baver Manufacture of MonoaociioaalA-
caLj of Salicy lioaxnd.
How Would This
Look on Your .Lot
Why shouldn’t a garage be good looking when
the cost is no more. . ^
The gothic roofed garage pictured above is an
ornament lo any property and its cost is no more
than for the usual unsightly kind.
It is no longer necessary to disfigure a property
in order to provide shelter for a car. We furnish
complete plans and all material for a gothic roofed
garage—any handy man can build it, but you can’t
beat a carpenter at his own trade.
See us for plans, material and cost.
Tne Tontv-PgM. urasser-
(-nmpanu
"Quality Our Watchword—Service Our Creed.”
SUPPLY, OKLAHOMA
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j BOK-EYE OPTICAL CO.
j Regular Visits to Supply
At The Centikl Hotel
Every Four Weeks
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Authorized Sales & Service.
GENUINE FORD PARTS
All Kinds Of Repair Work.
Sevice Depot for UNITED STATES & GOODYEAR
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