7ht  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
1499 
Farm  Bureaus  Meet 
The  State  Federation  of  Farm  Bu¬ 
reaus  gave  considerable  time  to  co-oper¬ 
ative  marketing  at  its  session  in  Syra¬ 
cuse  in  November.  Walton  Peteet,  of 
the  national  association,  was  one  of  the 
speakers  and  he  emphasized  the  necessity 
of  national  associations.  As  an  illustra¬ 
tion  he  spoke  of  the  15  cotton  associa¬ 
tions.  If  any  one  association  were  op¬ 
erating  without  reference  to  any  other, 
it  would  simply  compete  with  the  others. 
It  might  sell  as  well  as  possible  its  own 
production  on  a  bad  market.  By  operat¬ 
ing  in  harmony  with  an  understanding 
of  each  other  it  is  possible  to  set  a  fair 
price,  put  the  product  on  the  market  as 
needed  and  get  a  reasonable  return  ac¬ 
cording  to  supply  and  demand.  Move  the 
supply  as  it  is  needed.  If  thrown  on  the 
market  at  any  time  in  excess  of  demand 
the  price  is  broken  even  if  there  is  really 
no  more  production  than  needed.  It  is 
necessary  then  to  have  the  various  sec¬ 
tions  organized  and  information  given  as 
to  markets  and  supplies.  By  a  sensible 
form  of  co-operation  the  spread  in  price 
is  lessened,'  which  means  that  the  pro¬ 
ducer  gets  somewhat  more  and  the  con¬ 
sumer  pays  less. 
Co-operation  in  its  best  form  is  new. 
There  is  much  yet  to  be  done.  However, 
the  speaker  advised  that  there  is  now  $4,- 
000.000,000  of  business  done  co-opera¬ 
tively  in  the  United  States.  lie  urged 
the  necessity  of  a  binding  contract  for  a 
sufficient  time.  Such  contracts  are  valid 
and  it  has  been  decided  in  the  courts 
that  one  may  be  enjoined  from  attempt¬ 
ing  to  secure  violations  of  contracts. 
Some  States  make  it  an  offense  punish¬ 
able  by  fine  or  imprisonment  to  try  to  se¬ 
cure  violations  of  co-operative  contracts. 
The  court  decisions  have  been  in  respect 
to  other  violations  where  no  such  laws 
have  been  passed. 
H.  E.  Babcock,  manager  of  the  G.  L. 
F.  Exchange  gave  some  concise  points 
respecting  co-operation.  The  future  de¬ 
pends  on  the  members.  They  must  as¬ 
sume  the  responsibility.  Certificates  of 
indebtedness  in  the  Dairymen’s  Leagua 
and  stock  in  the  Exchange  ought  to  be  re¬ 
garded  as  valuable.  Members  should 
talk  them  up.  It  is  not  wise  for  the  own¬ 
ers  of  a  business  to  talk  too  much  of  its 
defects.  Men  do  not  do  that  way  about 
their  cows.  The  G.  L.  F.,  he  says,  is 
doing  a  $6,000,000  business  this  year  and 
consequently  will  come  through  with  a 
surplus.  Last  year  with  about  half  that 
amount  of  business  it  came  through  with 
a  deficit.  Volume  is  the  essential.  Mr. 
Babcock  thinks  it  necessary  to  make  the 
employment  positions  as  attractive  as 
those  of  business  positions  generally, 
otherwise  the  other  businesses  will  call 
off  our  best  men.  One  way  to  make  them 
attractive  is  to  pay  the  employes  good 
salaries  and  another  is  appreciation  of 
services  by  the  owners  or  members. 
Patronage  is  one  way  not  only  of  giving 
volume  but  of  showing  appreciation  of 
the  efforts  of  managers  and  department 
heads. 
Practically  all  the  co-operative  asso¬ 
ciations  in  the  State  were  represented  at 
the  federation  meeting.  Mr.  Robertson 
reported  for  the  wool  pool  and  the  maple 
products.  Some  dealers  have  coaxed 
away  a  few  wool-producing  members  un¬ 
der  contract.  He  regrets  that  anyone 
should  sell  himself  for  a  few  cents.  In 
addition  a  few  have  gone  out  of  the 
sheep  business  and  the  volume  of  the 
business  has  been  curtailed  somewhat. 
However  results  have  shown  a  fine  suc¬ 
cess  of  the  wool  pool  and  profits  made  by 
using  it. 
Maple  products  are  suffering  from  too 
heavy  expenses.  This  can  be  corrected 
if  the  members  will  stay  with  the  asso¬ 
ciation.  The  initial  expenses  of  equip¬ 
ment  should  have  been  distributed  over 
four  or  five  years  instead  of  trying  to  pay 
them  all  in  one  year  or  even  two  years. 
Then  many  of  the  expense  items  of  the 
first  year  are  known  to  have  been  ex¬ 
cessive.  My  understanding  is  that  these 
have  been  brought  down  greatly  by  Mr. 
Robertson  during  the  past  year. 
The  Canning  Crops  Association,  re¬ 
ported  on  by  Mr.  Wright,  has  been  of 
much  help  and  is  slowly  coming  to  a 
much  better  position.  There  is  a  vast 
amount  to  be  done  in  the  way  of  perfect¬ 
ing  the  association.  Apple  growers  have 
met  reverses  according  to  Mr.  Peet  but 
they  are  in  a  position  to  help  their  mem¬ 
bers  more  before  next  Spring  by  means 
of  storage.  Evidently  Mr.  Peteet’s  ad¬ 
vice  that  other  sections  need  to  be  or¬ 
ganized  is  exemplified  in  this  association. 
It  would  seem  as  though  an  organiza¬ 
tion  for  the  sale  of  poultry  products  may 
be  needed,  and  one  speaker  gave  encour¬ 
aging  facts  respecting  a  small  associa¬ 
tion  in  Yates  County.  Mr.  Porter  spoke 
of  the  association  of  certified  poultry- 
men.  He  thinks  that  there  will  be  as 
many  of  these  next  year  as  last  but  sug¬ 
gests  that  there  will  be  changes  in  mem¬ 
bership.  Grape  growers  claim  to  have 
stabilized  their  markets  somewhat  by  the 
association  which  they  have.  The  aver¬ 
ages  of  the  association  have  been  about 
$62  per  ton  and  dealers  prices  $7  less. 
Mr.  Bibbins  spoke  of  the  clover  seed 
situation  and  said  that  there  is  a  cer¬ 
tainty  of  a  heavy  importation  of  Eur¬ 
opean  seed.  This  seed  will  make  a  good 
showing  the  first  Summer  but  almost  all 
of  the  clover  plants  from  it  will  kill  the 
first  Winter.  There  is  only  a  small 
amount  of  northern  grown  seed  grown 
in  the  United  States  this  year.  Much  of 
it  will  be  blended  with  European  seed. 
The  G.  L.  F.  has  a  limited  amount  of 
genuine  seed  purchased  and  has  option's 
on  some  other  but  not  enough  to  fill  all 
orders  if  they  continue  to  come  as  at 
present.  He  expects  that  they  will  be 
obliged  to  refuse  many  orders  that  come 
at  the  usual  time  of  the  year  for  selling 
seed.  Timothy  is  also  somewhat  short 
in  supply  this  year.  Alfalfa  is  in  a  little 
better  supply  but  there  is  likely  to  be 
some  shortage.  The  co-operative  associa¬ 
tion  has  been  able  to  get  a  fair  supply  of 
Alsike  from  Canada. 
The  Dairymen’s  League  was  repre¬ 
sented  by  Paul  Smith.  He  says  that  the 
association  has  67,000  contracts  that  will 
satisfy  Mr.  Peteet’s  contention  for  a 
strong  contract.  The  question  that  is 
now  foremost  in  all  league  circles  is  why 
the  Class  1  price  for  November  was  re¬ 
duced-  from  $3.45  to  $2.80.  Mr.  Smith 
stated  that  it  was  because  of  the  division 
among  the  dairymen  and  that  non-poolers 
were  selling  at  40  cents  under  their 
price  and  taking  their  market.  The 
price  could  have  been  maintained  had 
there  been  no  cutting  under  by  the  other 
producers.  Cream  was  coming  in  from 
outside  territory  and  my  understanding 
of  his  remarks  was  that  it  is  still  coming 
considerably.  From  what  was  said  it 
might  be  inferred  that  by  another  month 
cream  prices  might  be  reduced  to  meet 
this  competition.  He  said  that  the  non¬ 
poolers  have  reduced  their  price  50  cents, 
making  it  $2.55  for  their  milk.  It  was 
market  conditions  that  required  a  lower 
price. 
The  'State  Federation  is  taking  on  a 
big  lot  of  activities.  The  task  is  not  so 
much  to  find  something  to  busy  itself 
about  as  it  is  to  find  funds  to  work  with 
and  secure  members  to  make  its  continu¬ 
ance  certain.  It  has  undertaken  a  poul¬ 
try  survey  to  find  if  a  marketing  associa¬ 
tion  is  possible  and  is  desired  by  poultry- 
men.  The  meeting  recommended  that  the 
survey  be  continued.  They  continued  the 
railroad  transportation  service  as  it  is 
regarded  helpful  to  shippers.  It  was  rec¬ 
ommended  that  inspection  of  cabbages  at 
point  of  shipment  be  undertaken.  These 
with  many  other  activities  make  a  full 
list.  It  has  a  committee  assisting  in  a 
way  in  the  preparation  for  rural  health 
work.  When  it  came  to  the  report  of 
the  committee  relative  'to  tuberculosis 
eradication  work  there  was  considerable 
discussion.  Evidently  there  are  matters 
in  relation  to  that  work  on  which  there 
should  be  considerable  discussion  and  if 
possible  arrival  at  a  more  complete  un¬ 
derstanding.  I  have  little  doubt  but  that- 
this  will  be  done.  Commissioner  Norgard 
spoke  holding  for  a  State  free  from  di¬ 
sease.  The  department  has  the  work  in 
charge. 
It  seems  that  the  State  Highway  De¬ 
partment  has  proposed  a  plan  of  im¬ 
proved  roads  for  the  next  five  years  or 
so.  Mr.  Miller  is  the  Farm  Bureau  rep¬ 
resentative  on  highway  and  legislative 
questions.  He  brought  from  Albany  a 
map  showing  the  work  as  now  outlined. 
He  desired  the  opinion  of  men  from  the 
various  counties  respecting  what  is  pro-  . 
posed  in  order  that  lie  may  take  the 
Farm  Bureau  preferences  to  the  next 
road  conference  to  be  held.  My  under¬ 
standing  is  that  the  Federation  favors  a 
gasoline  tax  and  there  was  a  majority 
vote  favoring  deepening  the  Hudson 
River  with  an  idea  of  better  connection 
by  means  of  the  barge  canal.  n. 
EVENTS  OF  THE  WEEK 
DOMESTIC — Six  Spaniards,  believed 
to  be  local  representatives  of  the  interna¬ 
tional  anti-Faseisti,  are  being  sought  at 
{Philadelphia,  Pa.,  in  connection  with 
the  mysterious  bombing  of  the  Italian 
and  Spanish  Consulates  Nov.  24.  which 
terrorized  two  downtown  sections  of  the 
city  and  resulted  in  injuries  to  scores  of 
people.  The  search  is  probably  the  be¬ 
ginning  of  a  complete  round-up  of  known 
radicals  in  that  city  to  frustrate  further 
bomb  outrages  which  the  police  fear  may 
be  attempted  by  members  of  the  same 
band.  Investigation  has  convinced  local 
Department  of  Justice  agents  and  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Detective  Bureau’s  bomb 
squad  that  the  explosions  were  the  work 
of  Communists  as  a  protest  against  the 
recent  Faseisti  agreement  between  Pre¬ 
mier  Mussolini  Of  Italy  and  General 
Primo  Rivera,  director  of  Spain. 
Liquor  “imported”  for  the  holiday  sea¬ 
son  caused  the  deaths  at  Philadelphia, 
Nov.  25  of  five  men,  according  to  the 
police,  and  sent  many  others  to  hospitals 
in  a  critical  condition.  The  deaths  in¬ 
creased  fatalities  attributed  to  poison 
whisky  to  eight  in  the  same  week.  Cen¬ 
tral  city  hospital  treated  scores  of  per¬ 
sons  Nov.  25.  Oxygen  gas  saved  the 
lives  of  at  least  a  dozen,  physicians  said. 
A  total  of  283  arrests  for  drunkenness 
were  made  on  that  date  in  the  central 
police  districts,  breaking  all  records. 
Increases  in  wages  affecting  approxi¬ 
mately  5,500  railroad  telegraphers  and 
station  agents,  and  aggregating  approxi¬ 
mately  $364,432,  were  awarded  in  a  de¬ 
cision  announced  Nov.  25  by  the  United 
States  Railroad  Labor  Board  at  Chicago. 
The  board  explained  it  had  attempted  to 
correct  existing  inequalities  without  at¬ 
tempting  standardization  and  without 
granting  a  general  increase.  Payment 
of  a  punitive  rate  of  time  and  one-half 
for  overtime  to  telegraphers  and  station 
agents  also  was  awarded  and  a  few  other 
changes  in  rules  were  authorized. 
Samuel  Roscoe,  his  wife  and  seven 
children  were  burned  to  death  Nov.  26 
when  their  home  on  a  hill,  half  a  mile 
from  the  village  of  Confluence,  Pa.,  was 
destroyed.  All  the  bodies  have  been  re¬ 
covered.  They  were  found  in  the  cellar, 
some  in  the  charred  beds,  which  had 
dropped  from  the  second  story.  The 
seven  children  ranged  in  age  from  13 
years  to  three  weeks,  the  infant  being 
found  in  its  mother’s  arms.  Police  think 
the  fire  was  cause  by  an  overheated  stove. 
Lives  of  920  men  were  saved  Nov.  26 
in  the  Orient  Mine  of  the  Chicago,  Wil¬ 
mington  and  Franklin  Coal  Company, 
near  Benton,  Ill.,  by  the  use  of  barrier 
pillars,  by  which  fire  that  followed  an  ex¬ 
plosion  was  kept  to  a  small  area,  in¬ 
stead  of  a  death  list,  running  into  the 
hundreds,  the  result  of  the  explosion  was 
two  dead  and  eight  injured.  Officers  of 
the  coal  company  said  the  pillars  pre¬ 
vented  a  frightful  disaster.  The  explo¬ 
sion  was  due  to  gas  combustion,  it  oc¬ 
curred  in  the  northwest  corner  of  the  ex- 
te_nsive_  working,  covering  four  square 
miles,  500  ft.  below  the  surface,  while 
922  men  were  at  work.  The  mine  is  the 
largest  soft  coal  mine  in  the  world. 
Morris  B.  Diamond  was  arrested  in 
Cleveland,  O.,  Nov.  25  as  one  of  the 
men  concerned  in  the  murder  of  two  bank 
messengers  in  Brooklyn,  Nov.  14,  when 
the  -murdered  men  were  robbed  of  $42,- 
000.  Joseph  Diamond,  aged  21,  a  brother 
of  the  foregoing,  surrendered  to  the  po¬ 
lice  Nov.  26.  The  two  boys — well  edu¬ 
cated  and  belonging  to  a  fairly  prosper- 
our  family — admitted  they  had  been  liv¬ 
ing  a  life  of  crime,  although  they  denied 
they  were  implicated  in  this  murder. 
WASHINGTON. — Formal  charges  of 
inefficiency  and  favoritism  in  appoint¬ 
ments  in  the  Charlotte,  N.  C.,  district 
have  been  sent  to  the  Veterans’  Bureau 
in  Washington  by  Dr.  M.  L.  Townsend, 
former  medical  examining  officer  for  the 
Charlotte  sub-district.  Dr.  Townsend  as¬ 
serted  that  scores  of  men  suffering  with 
tuberculosis  in  the  sub-district  had  wait¬ 
ed  for  hospital  admission  while  a  system 
directed  by  incapable  men  was  deciding 
on  the  formalities.  Men  desperately  in 
need  of  immediate  hospital  care  for  ac¬ 
tive  tuberculosis,  he  said,  had  in  a  few 
days  after  gaining  admission  been  dis¬ 
charged  fom  the  hospital  because  un¬ 
trained  doctors  in  attendance  had  not 
recognized  the  seriousness  of  obvious  tu¬ 
bercular  lesions. 
Known  rum  runners  will  be  seized  if 
caught  inside  the  12-mile  limit  from  now 
on,  Secretary  Mellon  said  Nov.  26.  The 
treaty  with  Great  Britain  for  the  exten¬ 
sion  of  territorial  waters  has  not  even 
been  submitted  to  the  Senate,  much  less 
ratified,  but  Mr.  Mellon  has  seen  the 
text,  and  the  seizure  of  the  British 
schooner  Tomoka,  six  miles  off  Seabright, 
N.  J.,  Nov.  25,  is  the  first  move  under 
the  new  dispensation.  No  indiscriminate 
orders  with  regard  to  the  new  12-mile 
limit  will  be  given,  Mr.  Mellon  admitted, 
but  vessels  known  to  be  rum  runners  will 
be  captured  inside  that  limit  just  as 
though  they  were  inside  Jthe  present 
legal  three-mile  limit. 
Advise  requirements  for  quotations 
FERTILIZERS 
We  are  now  booking  orders  for 
Winter  and  Spring  delivery. 
“Croxton  Brand” 
Commercial  mixtures  and  raw  ma¬ 
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The  early  buyer  buys  right  and  at  the 
right  price.  Take  advantage  of  present 
low  prices  and  insure  yourself  against 
advance  when  demand  is  larger. 
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The  Winter  Breakfast 
which  includes  Grape-Nuts  with  cream  or 
good  milk,  will  have  one  dish  that  has  both 
engaging  flavor  and  true  nourishment. 
Grape-Nuts  is  more  than  “something  good 
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