Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 22, 1921, Page 8

(Written ‘Specially For The Bulletin.) - AOHt" west a large number of farmers are speciylly devoted to grain-|el growing have formed an organization called ‘'The ‘Farmers' = Grain. Marketing' C iftee. The simple purpose of this is to devise methods of sell- ‘whereby the farmers Who pro- a it.shall be enabled to secure decent for themselves. Our new secre- ‘of agricultuire made his first public address: hefore this organization at Chi- cage, Apri] 6. I have just been able to obitain'a complete report of that address ad@ hiive read it with much interest. Wy teel- Sure other farmers: will find it "&h ‘while to get a glimpse at what is injithe secretary’s mind. At the same tma. some who are non-farmers ought to Be Interested in what this official heéad of ithe . country's rural production says ;mt the producers’ present condition.’ Wallace evidently @ gonie of us less widely known um. e#s’ thdt publicly is really about the most ufleful weapon there is for fighting er- rers and abuses, He laid much stress inl his talk-to the grain-growers on what “department was trying to do along this line, especiaily in regard to market- g . costs. Perhans ‘the, ~hn'n may be vdmn-rlzed in this quotation: “-Such. inguiry as the depaciment may -u.n into this matter of marketing costs shotld be -with the sole purpose of get- ting at;and making known the facts in " order that improvements may be made " afd eosts lessened.” This service, he whid,. ithe department is glad to render 16, organizations of farmers, co-operative 5t otierwise” And he went on: “Let m,mun it equally clear that the same of. service will be rendered with xh same good will to everyone who has Fthing . to do wWith marketing our -:1!‘: and who' is striving to improve his n eting methods. & 14 s the. purpese of the department g ,do’ everything it can to improve our /rketing” system, .to_the end| that Both ucer and consumer may réceive bet- service at less cOSt. and its sérvices ara a¥ailable to everyone who ‘s inter- téd in this matter.” Ffiose last eight words cover a wide sntend. They include, or ought to inelude ! man and. woman in tha country who' sither produces or consumes. And that means all of us. 'As te the need for improvement ' “the seératary did not mince words." He said: t .this particular time prices of prac- tiully all farm products are not only far bélow" the actual.cost of productionbut are relatively far below the- prices of Btb.r basic commodities. Priceg of many - of the larger farm. crops.are well bélow , whilé almost none of them are abeve it. Af the same time the basic eommodities which enter hito pi-bétlulty everything which farmers buy ifrom '50 to 100 er. cent., or more, . above pre-war normale " He' did. not wonder that farmers ahou\d secing red, nor that thousands of shonld feel rezdy. to adopt any - hewever drastic, which gave 7 hépe' of eerrecting a condition so- gross- Iy .tinjost,” and causihg such “widespreéad . ‘haB8ERip - &nd - suffering.” k. .eoncluded his address by hl(ths: ight-eut from his shoulder at what he ly: considers. the most ‘notable failure ameng’ lnrmers themselves. fon cannot hepe te maintain its, cu re on 2 gound economic basis our farmers give attention lo the en end ,of farming. ilirge producers they have beem thé-best 'in .the world. : “#As- salesmen they have heen very, % prices hnvo been goed they. hiye been: happy and have: taken little théught pf the morrow. When prices h been unreasonably. low they have complaified bifterly and strudk out blind- |: vainly seeking relief in ways that utterly hopeless. Constructive ac- tion.in'a large way has been entirely £y ou ua 1 mmly h-ve Ho uln!!‘- g idea of so-called ‘business.” Our lences with it have Been'those of fgetting stung by it whenever we: go, Ike “fligs into the spider's web. At -the edmetime, In ‘this world of virious im- peflectlunu‘ among which “human na- : s *probably, the most pitifully de- b md distorted’ and wopperjawed of Al we must know, If we have any rea- son/ that the ‘only way to attain practical ends: is “by : adopting . practical . means. Pbéts may dream of ideals, and martyrs may yleld“up their lives in devetion. te them. But these who would liké in Rome nh;'-t do ‘as the Romans do.~ We are not feoving - In. a - terrestrial paradiss among jmpeceable” saints of both gexes, buf in a Vm mérdid world made up fi, mostly, vory ‘selfish pedple, If agriculture ‘1s s business and is to be “made a business . success, it must #Edpt,’ at’ least: till it can. reform them, thé methods of other businesses. In that, !ha gecretdry is -indubitably right. ‘But, oh, ‘the difference between writing or ‘talking glibly about it and lctulny Qping it1. Beversl times im this eotumn we h.v‘ tted over - the . almost ‘enmcyclopedis knowledge. and " the almost smperhuman Cersatility which are required in the man Jho would ‘be a successful modern’ far- méf.. He must know as much abont soils hsia) soil-expert; he must know as much al animals as' a biologist; he st v-aw much about insect pests as:an m’pmolo‘ln he -must.- know as. much Abopy blights as a microscopist ; -he must . as muth about weather as a, me- ;, he must know as much about es. 28 'a machinist; and he must be , bang-up, A . No.. One -laborer alliat the wages of the latter, unless he ito_have bad Mck, in which ease no wages at all but pays for the srhllenl i Andinow, the secretary says, and con- Seem to confirm him therein, ev- 2m¢ must also be a capable and salesman, 8 mam-sized job, that.ef ms hayweed, is it not? “Hardly one'ts ad over'to “the fool of the fam- As'it? ' Ner one meriting the sngers of ‘owtsiders? - Nor the envy of subnr- ‘Jawn'tenders who nightly bemoan that- they ' can't ‘and 2 little hencoop forever filled '. Hitle ‘N&Qn immune to al { i T gapes and the m is going teo bo dome, pecticaly, I own up to complete ignor- imee, . For fllustration: We are informed ‘smgguthority that there are now in stor. - abeut . 4,000) more carloads’ of ‘old ‘tham. usual at this timé. of year. (that the new southern onion-crop, by exceptienally warm weather, istabout three weeks ahead of time, and 106ely, almiegt any day, to further clog \-tn. And I note in’ one western paper an advertisement of ' “the Gaet” yellow- onions” for sale at - m cents a- peck, retatlt woilld seem to be lt éfl!edmfixmfiibm hich prieé the éhion-grower cer- tHat, at present prices of ‘seed, fertilizer and labor, oniens. can’t be ‘grown for: thirty-six cents a' bushel= nor for twiee tRirty-six cents. Now, the saiestaanship which is pre- dicated as the:Basis for farm suecess would seem to require the Tarmer to sell his onions, wholesale, on the farm, for about three-timés what ~théy" will bring, at retail, in the city market. I would like to seé mome commercial traveler, with about! férty years' experiénce- sell- Ing.ready- clothing, tackle that pro- position. I d- like to know how he would start, how he'would proceed—and how far he wpuld,get before the explo- sion tock place! . T have'had some yeats lexvenence in that plebaian form of sales- i manship ;kaown, as truek-peddling, and |trankly admit that the job doesn’t appeal to my limited capacities. A very similar ¢ondition most all farm. production.. Railroads |complain, with justice, too, “against a condition of things which forbids them to earn their own running expensés. The other day- the Erie, for éxample, reported that it cost that read $1.07 for every $1 it took in. = Now the big 'Pénnsylvania. systpm reports that it ‘is paying 'out, in, wages and other operating expenses, $1.05 for every $1 it receives. .. As a rule, the farmers éf the try paid out, last ‘séason, a good .deal more than $1.07 for every $1 (hw céuld sell their preducts for. . It city consumers are met getting their flour and their ‘meatS and their vegeta- bles at a comparably low -price, it is solely the fault of the cumbersome; in- efficient, and graft-permeated system by which farm products are - tunsterred trom field to kitchen. . . So far as the consumers are concern- ed. that is the ‘place’ at which they. should strike. \ A ‘reform ‘of our distrib- uting methods. would result in‘a redue- tion by one-half, if not more/ of their costs of lving. But that is their side of it. < If thcy don’t - prefit by farmess’ present losses, it is their own fault, not the farmers. Neverthelegs, such -prefiting - by them would be of small help to the farm pré- tducers. For, tiey, as truly as the con- | sumers, have a right to be paid for their work and their risks. . It is not whole- some to plan a campaign which should pre-assume, that they will always 'lose money, for' the advantage o6f po matter how ‘deserving, a bunch of consumers. . They .miust have .at least hepe thaf !heh' farming will pay its way. ol tary Wallace intimates that ,one ‘plain road to'this résult'lies.in théir becom- ing better salesmen. Let ms trust they will find means to h— prove themsefves in this respect: For improvement of dome sort is ra- ther urgently demanded. % + THE FARMER. COLUMBIA Columbia lodge of the A. O. U. W. held an open meeting Monday evening at Yéo- mans hall.’ when a delegation from Willi- mantic lodge was: preseiit. A’ ‘number of the residents of the towsn, not members of the order, were present by invitation..The meeting was addaressed by officigls of the organization, it being" their - ds crease the interest/ in-thewe: add to its. membership.” To that end it has been decided to- admit women membership. Thefe was an entertaining program, Misses” Marion . and Madeline Holmes. taking part, with ' othérs : from out of town. The'hall both upstairs and down was mest brilliantly lighted by the individual electric lighting plant which Zave so much satisfac¥on Saturday even- ing last. During the evening asevgral ap- fis in al- | to{ by R. W’here ‘way-worn . Precious tg ~friend X fhough it be Only the shelter of .2'lonely trée: “is- that*world:old; warmi, heast: ullmg thmg — To man-and beast and bird one gladdening:! Dear is the roof; the hole, the lair, thé-nest — Hrd placu where the hart can be at* rest. But homc wfll sweeten as'the yem 20 by, Greatening: the-soul and:lifting the low sky— When beauty shall step: downward from her sta( “To smilé hway the blemish and the scar— When scienice shall ‘draw. down Orion’s-band . Toseasé the burden of the woman’sihand— When-all the power of -earth and-air'and fire * -Shall be: thezlackeys of the hurt’s d‘esxre. Yes, home will: sweeten in the- coming days, ‘When- vndemng love- shall-warm -these human ways — When every mother, pressing to. het face Her:child shall clasp all children of the race. Then will-the rafter and the oaken béam Then earth, as far as flies:the feathered foam, ‘Be laid in‘music and the‘paet’s dream — Shall have in it the- fnendly feel’ of h l —Edwm Markham, in Good Housekeepmg plications :for- membershin were received, | fleld, .have: been guests of Mrs. Lewis' At' the ‘conclusiort of ithe' meeting about 30 [ father ud mother, Mr. and” Mrs. H. persons - Were entertained -at supper- by,~ the order. There -Will- be ‘a’ demonstration of the Lalley electric light, -at Yeoman’s hall, Columbid, Saturday evening, April 23 by Wood and ‘Ladd - of Willimantic, - agents for the C..S. Mersick To., of New Haven, distributors. The. demonstration to stake place during’a meeting for the formatisn of a'village improvement society.—ady. S Mr. lM Mrs. ‘Bethell _entertained. Mr. and “Labonte of White Rock over the week end. : Mrs. “Atthur {Spencer (Ethél Swan) of Wn\stgt spert several days here last weék with relatives. Mr. and Mrs: John Hoyle, 6f New Bed- ford, were guests:over Sunday of their | daughter. Mrs. Harold Wingnoll. ! Rev. “William". Friling was at Central | Village Tuesday at the six churches con- férence meeting. A number of persons | Went down fop. the evening service. i Mru Fred Jones and family of For- illé, spent : Sunday with her -mer,] Hrs Henry Leach. ; Visitord. with Mr. and Mrs. P C. . An_interesting ‘meeting of the Christian Endeavor society’'was held Sunday ev- ening -in:charge: of- Elmer Hardy; Tolland County Y. M, C. A: secretary. The topic was, “How {6 Improve Our Récreations.” The ; Ellington Cemetery - :association | has secured Raland. Morris to.care for| the. Center cémetery. He'is an ex-ser-| Leavens Jast week were Mr, and Mrs. | vice man, and before entering the sef-I\H. 0. Grant of Glastonbury, Conn., and | vice- was emploved in:one of the ceme-, Newton Johnson of Portchester, N. Y. teries in- Hartford. Mr.-and Mrs. Fred Moffitr of Fitch- THe W C.; Tl *held an’ interesting | burg, Mass., visited here over Sunday. meeting in- Library ball, ‘Wednesday aft-| Mr.' and Mre. Harbld Winegnoll are ernoon. eéntertaining Mrs. Wighall's mother from A special meeting of Ellington grange | New Bedford, this week. was held Wednesday evening to confér| - Mrs. Bertha Worden of New Bedford the third ‘and fourth degrees, the werk| is wlimg relatives here for a few days. being done by thé Bllington degree team.| . Mra Thomas Hughes, who has been A-harvest supper served. fsiting in New Bedford: for some weeks, Mr. and. Mrs.. Arthur Hale entmxne«j!é-hnck for the summer. the: Center Whist: club. at their home of Misses Dorothy and Helen Woods are planning' a trip to Iceland and hnnuy. France. and England. - The first drill of the Atwood Hose com- my was held Tuesday evening. The entire’ company with' the exception of a buple "of ‘sick’ members, responded and 2ll gave a good amccount of themiselves. ‘Three hundred. feet of -hose was laid and -attached to the, hydrant and there was'a g00d water pressure, showing the water works to be capable of taking care of any fire which may occur. The chemical auto truck has been repaired ‘and the tanks on this truck were emptied With’ very zood results. A few of such drills will put the firemen in shape to| take care of any fire here or else- where. 2 _Waiuregan Congregational church, Rev. ‘William - ling, pastor. The- Undutiful _Son in'His Socfal Relations, will be the wsubjeet- of . the Sunday morning sermon. The evening sermén will be on “The Beauty of Holiness; Church school at 12. Young: People's meéting Thursday even- Ing at 7:30. Tuesday evéning. ~‘The ladies’ first priz was won by Mrs. Frank Firton and the gentlemen's first ‘prize’ went to Fr«d Areris. Miss ; Harriet Gannett, a tescher . h Bridgewater, -Mass.,. high _echeel, Ix spending. “the. Vacation with her aunt, Mrs. E. B..Kibbe, of Maple-street. Mrs. Irving: B Smith and sen,Milton, returned Tuesday to Waterbury, after a visit ‘with "Mr. and ‘Mrs. F. M. Charter. George, F. Slater has bought a farm in Somers and with his-family will move rs. C..M. Py hae refurned home;| after spending.the winter in Warehouse Point. / <Mrs.; Olivers‘Forand. .arrived here 6n Wednesday-"from- New York to.open her home.. on Berr, mer. ! K le-Noble, who'is teaching: in] Bristé] t the‘week end at ‘her home here. There were ma.n; vhunn in town em Wednesday to; attend Rhe .auction at Mrs. iA. R '!‘hrflll,yw‘hm her - honse- hold furnitere, “including many- antiques, "Sr sold. E In Jmn children's. stockings re- : semble - mittens,. having a separate afd\, Mrs. B.. Lewis. of Spring-|place.for the great toe. i ] “The: kmd that’l mst ellock full ~goodness! Midew:th DéfimqoSmp. lncaous ‘flavor of sweet: mqn- 3 Domine Syrup isa we me You never igrow hred of m, werkm‘ highest: mndafll of quahty Gmuhted*‘l‘ublet. Mm‘ Con!ectinm, Brm Geldea Syrip. . lmkMIDommoSymp _ . tl\mmdmemben. They tbkeepthe (opdumebomno the Sweeten it wtth Dommo 2 The annual bueiness meeting of the Ladies’ parsonage Wednesday afternoon. Reports approved. The élection of officers re- suited as follows: President, Mrs. W. A. Read; vice presidents, Mrs. F. E. Hyde and Miss’ Luey Baldwth treasurer, Miss Clara H; Nelson, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. J. H. Kennedy, Clara Hyde; table committee, Miss Sa- n‘h K. Adams, - Miss Agnes Enquist, Miss Miss Lucy Baldwin. was voted toward ‘the purchase of new hymn books for the church also to make some repairs at the parsonage. This meeting was followed by a. meet- ing of the Woman's Miesionary society. Miss Sarah -Louise Hadley gave-a most interesting and Instructive Bchools in thé Near East. Refresh- were served at th Mre:| ] CWaries Budeit hes 521 hie farm aod| :fi::ldl, u:hled b.yt :h: ::.l: :-nl- ‘expécts in & few months to =o to Beuth| tee of the Ladies' Aid society. Dakota, where theree of Nie sons ' Mrs, Joseph Howard, Mr. and Mrs, | nEaged in ranching. Henry HowaArd and Miss Edna Howard| "ML and Mrs: E. W. Corbatt have re. of West Bridgewater, Mass., were call-|turned to their home in Newent for the ers at R. R Barber's, Wednesday. ‘summer. was Ald. society held at the Mrs. F. E. Hyde, secretary and Mrs. | T. Read, treasurer, were read and ; mecretary an Mrs. R. T. Reid; collector, e dimton. Mrs. Olaf ‘W. Corbett, Mrs. W. J. 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