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FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1924. j
? DO TOO GET IT?
The other day I wanted to purchase
a ticket to Alaska and return. .Since
I was making the round trip, I nat
urally expected some discount. When
1 counted the change the agent hand
ed me, my hopes proved to be false.
"Say boy, dont I get a rate on this ?
His only reply was to point to a
sign behind him. I turned and looked.
These were the words:
DONT EXPECTORATE.
Kissing has been once more pro
nounced dangerous?but-who wants
to be called a coward?
Investigators have at least demon
strated that birth control should have
been practiced fifty years ago.
JUNIOR CIRCLE. -
Miss Seba Flanagan was hostess
to the Junior Circle on Monday even
ing. . This was the first meeting' of
this group since being promoted from
the Triangle a month previous.
The "Pollyanna" spirit was in great
evidence at this meeting for in spite
of the heavy rainfall of- the last two
weeks and even on this evening fifteen
members were present and songs se
lected and sung by them were bright
and cherry, such as "Sunshine and
Rain" and "Sunshine In The Soul."
After reading of the Bible lesson by
Miss Bonnie Belle Windham and a
short prayer service led by Mrs. Fred
Smith, the literary program for the
evening was begun. A story, "The
Student of Two Books," was told by
Miss Mary Louise Hinsoc, the Map
and Poster study given by Mr. A rthur
Jones and a World Call story, "No
body Knows What Thouble Use Seen"
told by Miss Lena Eason. After the
singing of another "Sunshine"'song
the meeting adjourned.
During a delightful social hour the
guestr were invited into the dining
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need in the'rooms as decorations.
Ml* Rosa Lee Lang "and Melvin
Rollins were given a cordial welcome
at this time and their names placed
on the roDL
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EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Minister, Rev. J. W. Heyes.
Fear tit Sunday after Trinity
11 a. m.?Morning prayer and ser
mon. Subject: "The Discouragements
of Moses. Church school at 9:45.
J. L. Shackleford, Supt '
Ballards Sunday school at 3 p. m.
Leader, Mr. Twiford. At 4 p. m. Mr.
Heyes wiD preach.
Young People's Service League on
Monday at $ p. m. /.
Owing to the Community Vesper
sen slues on the school grounds at 6
o'clock, there win be no evening pray
er at the church.
NOTICE
Hariag qnaBfjeri as administrfttor I
with win annexed of the estate of
Jtanrie B. Harris, deceased, lat4 of
Pitt Count* N. C., this i? tOstif*
all persons faring claimsjtfainst the
estate of said\leeee8^rto exhibit
thewi to the ambsiaKd at Kinston,
N. C, on or befoWthe first day of
July, 1925, or tin^otici wifi" -be
';. pleaded in bafjff 'thelk recovery. AH
persons indebted to saM estate will
please raak/immediate phyment.,
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Former Governor of Illinois
States Advantages of New
Method of Marketing.
BRINGS RESULTS WHEN
[ RATIONALLY DIRECTED.
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No One Believes that The Farm-'
er Has As a Rule Received
Cost of Production; Nothing
Can Stop the Movement If
The Farmers Will Do Their
Part.
BY FRANK O. LOWDEN
Former Governor of Illinois.
In no other real except agri
culture does the price of the ex
portable surplus fix the price of
the greafbulk of the particular
product of the home market.
Take wheat as an example.
Under existing conditions the
price at Liverpool not only de
termines the price we receive for
our export wheat, but also fixes
the price of that very much
larger portion which we consume
at home.
Shall we simply conclude that
this condition in inevitable and
must remain so?
The markets of Europe are
demoralized, their exchange in
a chaotic condition, and Euro
peans are buying only piecemeal,
by the hand-to-mouth policy.
How long the world's markets
will remain in this sad state no
living man can say.
Now in every field of produc
tion except fanning we have de
clared our independence of the
European market. The manu
facturer, like the farmer, may
at times produce too much of his
goods for the domestic market.
If so, he sells his surplus abroad
in competion with the rest of
the world for less than cost.
But he does not allow this to
control the price of the products
he sells at home.
Import duties afford him pro
tection.
And he justifies the price dis
crimination with the argument
that greater production at more
uniform rate enables him to
make the price of his product
to the domestic consumer less,
than it would have been in a
loreign
cept the farmer sell their sur
plus abroad and in this way are
able to maintain steady prices
[ upon domestic sales.
| The farmer alone has heretor
fore sold his whole crop at home,
and received for it all, the price
dictated by foreign conditions.
Thus the prica which Europe
is able or urfmpg to give for
small exportable surplus of pork
products,, wheat and other farm
commodities, controls the price
which the great body qf ihesc
commodities shall bring.
Just because 10 per cent or
more of our pork products must
be exported the other 90 "per
cent has to be priced according
ly.
Literally the tail wags the dog
So far as I can see, there is
but one way out of this bad situ- i
ation for the farmer.
Co-operation offers the only
? nope. ?
? It is unquestionably the most
I helpful and courage-inspiring.
? development on the agrigiltural
I horizon.
To the farmer co-operation
?offers the only efficient means of
I self-help in his marketing troub
Bles.
No one has to search far or
I long to find plain evidence of th$
strengtiowid ieconomit better- :
ment which co-operation brings.
? Co-operation has-transformed
I the great tobacco belt of Ken
tucky from a discouraged coun
tryside to a prosperous and self- ;
reliant community. Fr^m per
sonal experience I know of its '\
I beneficient action in the satis
factory marketing <rf cotton^^t
It^ all farm commodities.
. It has already spelled success, '
in that direction, in the case of
; mi( <' rW\f of - ?riwlr 1
stock and other fann vcoducts.!
suits when rationally directed.
We need waste no time in citing
any of the well-known instances
in point.
In fact, here and there the
fear'Is expressed that co-opera
tion may work too well, by re
stricting and raising prices.
Scaring the consumer with the
bogy of prospective increase of
cost of living is a favorite indoor
sport.
In what way can the suspicion
of unfair price fixing attach to
agricultural co-operation.
No business can be a perma
nent success that does not mar
ket the major part of its product
at a price above the cost of pro
duction.
Last year wheat and pork
were produced at a loss, and the
same was true of many other
farm products.
No one familiar with farm
conditions since the war believes
that the farmer has received the
cost Of production for the larger
p&rt of his crops.
We are therefore confronted
with the dilemma of either find
ing a better marketing system
for farm products or idly watch
ing agriculture decline.
But let. us pursue this matter
of prices a little further.
I am reliably informed that
bread prices are now on the
basis of $1.50 wheat. In all fair
ness the farmer might receive
more for his wheat without af
fecting bread prices. Indeed,
since the Congressional Joint
Commission of Agriculture In
quiry found that the farmer gets
only thirty-seven cents of the
consumer's bread dollar, it would
seem possible for the fanner to
receive a dividend from the
other sixty-three cents without
worrying the consumer.
The spread l>etween farm
prices and retail prices is so
great that retail prices need not
be affected by even substantial
increases, in farm prices.
question of the logical basis, the
economic soundness, the ethical
rightiiess and the essential jus
tice, as well as the remedial ef
ficacy, of agricultural co-opera
tion. . / 7
The products of the farm are
fundamental necessities of life
and civilization.
The consumer is willing to pay
fair prices for these products.
Many consumers tdke it for
granted that the farmer is get
ting his just .share of the final
retail price, in the same manner
as do the manufacturers of
shoes, shirts and sealing wax.
But beyond question the fann
er does not get an equitable part
of the consumer's dollar.
And the only reason I can dis
cover why the farmer suffers
this disadvantage as compared
with the manufacturer, is that
manufacturing is highly organ
ized, whereas agriculture is not.
. The manufacturer tries to ad
just his output to prospective
consumption. The farmer has
not done so.
The manufacturer, if he finds
that despite His careful calcula
tions he has produced a surplus,
sells it abroad and prevents it
from ruining his business by
glutting the home market.
The. unorganized farmer has
simply let the tail go with the
hide, by selling his whole output
on tne home market regardless
of consequences.
The American manufacturer
has found the only practical way
of handling'the problem of a|
surplus. |
The farmer must do likewise.j
Many cooperative associations
for the sale of farm products are
being organized. There are now
about 9,000 of them in the Uni
ted States, in greatest numbers
in the com and wheat belts, but
some in every state. More than
5500 deal with grain, dairy prod
ucts and livestock, but a great
variety of commodities are on
the list.
Last year these co-operatives
handled more than $2,000,000,
000 worth of products. That's
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