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li. V W 1 ■ ■; ;i » .' J.y ■ \ . ;* 5.. L' N ■ u- -J J*'- . . : f- U/je Carolina Union Farmer PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE UNION FARMER PUBIISHING COMPANY. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS’ UNION. Subscription Price: One Dollar a Year. 4®” All subscriptions are payable in the time to which the subscription has been paid. J. Z. GREEN, Marlusiville, MRS. E. D. NALL, Sanford, C, A. EURY, - - * Editor Home Department General Manager ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES lOHN D. ROSS. 812 Hartford Building, Chicago. L. E. WHITE, Tribune Building, New York. Application pending for entrance at the Post-office at Raleigh. N. C.. as second class matter. Raleigh, N. C. March 21, 1912. editorial comment. In coming to Raleigh with The Carolina Union Farmer we think it is the logical place for the publication. When Mr. G. W. Fant, of Texas, came to North Carolina in the fall of 1907 to stay until the Farmers’ Union in this State went into statehood as an organization, the pioneer mem bers saw the necessity of a publication devoted to the interests of the organization, and when the tirst State meeting convened at Charlotte the first of April, 1908, the first issue of The Carolina Union Farmer appeared, published by the writer, from the press of Our Home, at Marshville. Char lotte was then in the center of the organization in the State and it was, later on, made the publica tion office. After the paper was purchased by the Farmers Union it was temporarily issued from Gastonia, for convenience of the manager, who lived there. Now since the Farmers Union has been planted in nearly all the counties of the State, Raleigh becomes a central part of the or ganized farmers and, therefore, the most appro priate place for the paper, so far as geographical location is concerned. Every great agricultural State ought to maintain an agricultural paper that deals especially with agricultural matters within its territory, and in addition to promoting the edu rational interests of the Farmers Union, it is the purpose of The Carolina Union Farmer to add such agricultural features as will be peculiarly in teresting to North Carolina farmers. limited capital and limited land holdings. Many of them own no lands, but are renters. The kind of farming that will bring success to the man who invests in nobody’s labor except his own is the kind of farming we especially want to hear from, for after all, the success (or wages) of the real farmer, who does his own work, depends upon his net profits at the end of each year. « « * THERE ARE hundreds of farmery in and out of the Farmers Union in North Carolina, who have achieved success on the farm with their own hands that is, what would be considered success as compared with average results by this class of farmers. If you have a man of that kind in your Local Union ask him to write an article to The Car olina Union Farmer and give us some of his practical experience, and especially tell how he built up his soil and made a living on it at the same time. We are fully aware that those who have made achieve ments of this kind are usually modest and reluct ant about telling it themselves, but these are the kind whose experiences will be worth something to the millions of farmers who are dependent upon their own labor for success. If you have a farmer who has “done things’’ by himself, and is too modest to write and tell how he did it, ap point somebody in your Local Union to interview him and report it. * * * WE HOPE to he able to make continued im provements in The Carolina Union Farmer from time to time, and our ability to do this will de pend upon the patronage it receives. If you want to help create a North Carolina farm paper that will fight for your interests in selling and buying and stand for the things that will build up and de velop rural interests in North Carolina, you can do something substantial toward this end by giv ing the paper yuor endorsement to those who are not on its subscription list. members of a Local Union have products that a needed by farmers in another section of the a e, and must be sent away from their home section to be consumed, why do they prefer to sell “glutted” market, to a “glutted” local dealer, w 0 then sells to a jobber, Which jobber then sel s 0 another local merchant before it can finally reac other farmers that consume it? A large L^ca Union could well afford to take money out o local treasury to pay for a small advertisemen to run the w’hole year, to be changed as nee ^ telling what its members have, or will have, 0^ the market. With our diversified farming inter ests in North Carolina one section must exchange products with another section and there is no goo economic reason why one set of farmers shou pay so many unnecessary tolls to get the produc s of another set of farmers, when this useless ex^ pense might be eliminated if farmers will keep closer touch with each other by systematic a vertising. Of course, in such co-operative se ing, it will be necessary for each Local Union 0 learn to properly grade and classify its produc s and properly pack for shipment, but farmers can do these things cheaper than they can pay some body else to perform this service.- * * • NO GREAT reform has ever been secured with out a long educational campaign. And the that have done most far general uplift have with the most vigorous opposition and have a to grow gradually in popularity until public sen 1^ ment could relegate to oblivion the preconceive^ prejudices that stood in the way of progress. It through this slow process that civilization has made its wmy forward all through the ^ When the idea of rural mail delivery was proposed the “orthodox standpatters looked it as an impractical dream, as another one of and ♦ ♦ IN THE discussion of agricultural articles from farmers who have done things, telling how they did it. Theoretical discussion and general ser monizing and advice are good as far as they go, but there is nothing quite as interesting in an agri cultural paper as the relation of practical experi ence and observation by farmers who, during a series of years, haVe put to the test many sug gestions and theories and have proved which give best results to them. While the capitalistic method of farming (farming as a side line with money derived from other sources) carries with it some lessons of value for the average farmer, whose only occupation is farming, by far the most valuable lessons in successful and practical farm ing must come from the small farmer who has achieved success from his own labor. If a man has plenty of capital and can control plenty of ef ficient labor, he has to be a poor manager not to succeed on the farm, or anywhere else that he may decide to invest, if he does it wisely. In this era of plenty of money, and high prices, and rising land values, the man who has plenty of capital can succeed with almost any venture, if he backs his efforts with average business judgment. But ihe average farmer in North Carolina has very ANOTHER way you can help the paper, and also materially help yourself, if you want to sell anything to farmers or buy anything from far mers, is to use our advertising columns. The rates are reasonable and our advertising columns bring results to its patrons. If you have good breeds of poultry, hogs, cows, etc., purchasers would prefer to order these things from reliable North Carolina breeders than to order from dis tant breeders and pay extortionate live stock ex press cha,rges for long hauls that, in some in stances, almost amount to the value of the ship ment. And farmers of middle and western North Carolina are catching the improved live stock fever. In view of this fact, it is rather surprising that so few breeders have, as yet, become regular patrons of what is now the only agricultural pa per printed especially for North Carolina. Again, farmers are waking up more and more to the value of good seed, and in the purchase of im proved seed the wise farmer should not send his order any further from home than is necessary. If you have some select corn or cotton seed, or soy beans and peas, for sale, why don’t you let it be known through the advertising columns of The Carolina Union Parmer? « * * ESPECIALLY should members of the Farmers Union, who believe in “direct and economic dis tribution,” get in direct touch with the consumers by the modern business method of advertising. You can advertise on the co-operative plan, if you prefer. When our mountain brethren were sell ing their apples and dried fruit at low prices last fall and winter, to local dealers, they could have sold it all, perhaps, to members of the Farmers’ Union in the middle and eastern sections of the State, at an advanced price over what was re ceived, if they had simply used the advertising columns of The Carolina Union Farmer, which could have been done for all the members of the Local Union in one small advertisement by the lo cal business ngent or local secretary. When those “heresies” that had its origin in “vague ignorant minds,” and this generation would not have enjoyed this great modern co^^ venience if the old fogies in Congress had voted for the first experimental appropriation ^ ^ full assurance, in their minds, that the experiin®^^ would prove to be an absolute failure. If get it fixed into your mind that reforms originate with the “powers that be,” hut a iways ongiiiai-ts wiLu tiic i/u.,--7 down among the common people, who fee need of them, you will realize how foolish to elect men to office, on any kind of .school of politics, and then refuse to keep in with them after they are elected. After you hired hands to work for you it would not part of wisdom to turn them loose, on initiative and judgment, and refuse to tell what you want done. You are paying your gressmen and United States Senators ban salaries and if you fail to let them hear fm'^ youi’ in regard to what you want done, it become own fault and not theii'S. • * * WE AGAIN remind you that last Monday 18th., was parcels post day. Did you write 0^ Congressmen and Senators at Washington them to give us an effective parcels ^ postage on merchandise that will be practi not prohibitive? If you wrote those two. be time to write other letters in a week just to let them know that you are in about the matter. No use to put up ment in favor of an effective parcels rnractica^^^ The time for argument has passed, and everybody is in favor of it, except the panies and a few prejudiced and misgu merchants and jobbers. You might find the individual opinions of your Congres® Senators are, in regard to parcels post, i but you’ll find that their opinions on t ant matter will remain fiexible as long merchants and other right-hand helper robber express companies continue to le letters against parcels post. Are you cO^ I a few misguided and prejudiced mere
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