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Hood River apples are sent out by a Packers' Association backed up by a com- 

 munity ideal. Apples that will not pass through a two and a half inch hole are 

 sent out as Al apples. Any man who dares to send out apples under that grad- 

 ing is experled from the association. In some instances his "output" has been 

 destroyed by the community rather than suffer their ideal to be lowered by one 

 stingy cuss whose interests are personal rather than community. Now what 

 about Ohio apples? No community ideal Alas how many think it a sharp busi- 

 ness deal to put large apples in the head end of the barrel and fill with cider 

 culls. At a recent apple show in Baltimore, "New York apples were ruled out 

 because of dishonesty in the packing, though on the authority of President 

 Brown of the New York Central, three shipping points of New York State each 

 ship more apples than Washington, and Oregon and Colorado combined." (See 

 Technical World for August, 1911, page 635.) There, gentlemen, is a striking 

 instance for the country pastor to strike for a community ideal and to serve the 

 entire community by bringing it about. Are not the interests of the farmer and 

 pastor one and the same ? Again I say no community can rise higher than her 

 religion. And downright honesty is a basic principle that must be strictly adhered 

 to by all mankind. 



Another striking example is the egg business. Here we see the lack of 

 community ideal or co-operation. Some people do candle their eggs. The price 

 of eggs, however, are determined by the uncandled eggs. The difference in price 

 between the producer and consumer is brought about largely at this very point. 

 Alas, again, how many bring uncandled eggs to market. Rotten apples would be 

 detected at once and the sale spoiled. Rotten eggs are only detected when candled 

 or broken. The dealer must therefore candle and grade the eggs. To do this 

 he must estimate a per cent of bad eggs. Tihe price to the producer is accord- 

 ingly reduced to cover all shortage. But suppose the entire community would 

 candle their eggs. Don't you see that the price of eggs are bound to go up 

 for the producer. Let it become known that Brownville people all candle their 

 eggs, that a case of eggs from that, community have the stamp and approval of 

 the community as an Al grade and the city merchant can afford to pay more 

 for such eggs and will gladly do so. Here is another instance for the pastorial 

 effort. And right here the speaker wants to say that in a case of eggs recently 

 purchased from a community whose religious belief was one of the strictest at 

 least one-fourth if not one-third were bad. (Confidentially their religion was 

 about as rotten as their eggs.) I contend, gentlemen, that our work is not unlike. 

 I insist that our religion ought to get us somewhere. And I am mighty tired 

 of that sort of preaching that says to the down and out or the unfortunate 

 "Hold on, brother, and in the glorious hereafter you will have a gracious reward." 

 I say let's make heaven right here on earth. Have better homes, better schools, 

 better farms, better social environments and higher community ideals. And right 

 here I want to remind you of what I said a few moments ago, "Farming is to 

 enable a man to live and not to make a living." I believe in the preaching that 

 will enable a man to live better. In other words preach more about living grace 

 than dying grace. 



Now in this idea of co-operation, community interest, etc., lies one of Ohio's 

 greatest possibilities. Around a given community build up a community ideal 

 and commodity. That commodity and ideal becomes known to the world at 

 large. It simplifies advertising and in a vast number of ways adds to the interests 

 of the community. Holstein cattle so largely raised in one of the counties of 

 Ohio is known in South America. So in the matter of raising good horses of 

 whatever breed. It likewise follows concerning sheep, hogs or whatever can be 

 advantageously raised in a given community. 



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