American Agriculturist, April 19, 1924 
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Getting Together At Last 
Montgomery Co. Dairymen for Group Cooperation 
'T'HE county meeting of dairymen on 
-I April 5th at the Old Court House, 
Fonda, which was attended by over three 
hundred representative dairymen, princi¬ 
pally from Montgomery County, with 
neighboring dairymen from other coun¬ 
ties, took decided steps toward outlining 
a sound economic program in the interests 
of better marketing. Dairymen belonging 
to twelve distinct groups within the county 
representing independent plants, others 
comprising the Eastern States. The 
Dairymen’s League Cooperative and inde¬ 
pendent producers were in attendance. 
The meeting marked one of the strong¬ 
est and most harmonious gatherings ever 
assembled in the interest of unified action, 
as voiced by the men during the noon hour 
and at the close of the afternoon session. 
The meeting was the outgrowth of a pro¬ 
gram developed by the Farm Bureau. 
County Agent C. M. Austin has made 
this a feature in his work toward the 
fulfilment of a united policy to be fur¬ 
thered by a conference board to comprise 
all groups of milk producers. Mr. Austin 
presented his program, stating the ob¬ 
vious need for a unified spirit of harmony 
and co-workmanship, to dispel all dis¬ 
cord and confusion over marketing 
problems. 
Garlock Addresses Meeting 
Following the election of a chairman 
and secretary, Mr. M. B. Garlock, Presi¬ 
dent of the Eastern States, was intro¬ 
duced. He said; 
“Notwithstanding a tremendous increase in 
the Metropolitan district’s demand for milk in 
February, amounting to 12% daily over last 
year, 10,000 cans a day, or the entire output of 
50 of the average shipping plants at this time 
of the year, the price to the city buyer arid to 
the farmer was as low as it was last summer 
when our cows were on pasture and we had no 
feed to buy. This situation is in part because 
of the split among dairy organizations. There 
are four dairymen’s organizations representing 
half of the producers of the State, and any 
constructive work of these groups is undone,. 
not only by the lack of cooperative action be¬ 
tween these groups, but because of the lack of 
financial, spiritual, moral and intellectual sup¬ 
port of the 50,000 dairymen who belong to no 
organization and who are doing nothing to help 
solve vital problems that can only be solved 
with their assistance. 
“Common sense tells us nothing is to be 
gained by continued hostility between these 
groups. Experience has shown that a continua¬ 
tion of the present non-cooperative action 
between these groups is little better. The vital 
problem of the moment is ‘ How to conserve the 
constructive accomplishments of all the groups 
during the past few years and how to make the 
greatest forward progress in the shortest time 
through cooperative action between the present 
organizations.’ 
Groups Should Cooperate 
“I firmly believe in the farmer-owned plant. 
I firmly believe in farm organization. But I 
also believe in facing conditions as they are 
and recognizing the fact that all the dairymen 
are not in the organization and that all of them 
are not likely to be in the near future. Con¬ 
sequently the urgency of the situation demands 
some plan which will produce immediate results 
through the cooperation of our present dairy 
organizations. Cooperation between competi¬ 
tors is the watetword of the day in all other 
business lines. This is shown by the growth 
of trade associations where men in active com¬ 
petition, one with another, get together in a 
legal way to stabilize the market and benefit 
the whole industry. 
“The milk dealers have found a way to do 
this. While we are trying to find out what is 
the best plan for the whole dairy industry, 
why can’t we follow their example, and have a 
milk producers’ conference board which will 
bring together regularly the different dairy 
organizations. This will permit them to be a 
real help to one another. Collectively they 
can do many things they can’t accomplish 
singly and possibly out of the combined wisdom 
and experience of these men and this organiza¬ 
tion, there will evolve a new plan which will 
secure the united support of all dairymen.” 
Mr. Garlock commended the work that 
had been undertaken in getting such a 
representative gathering of milk-pro¬ 
ducers together and solicited their careful 
judgment in working out a program of 
united action in cooperative marketing. 
Mr. Charles Tuck, of the Dairymen’s 
League Cooperation, being in charge of 
the educational work, said: 
“ Much' more is to be done than said to-day. 
You men have studied marketing problems 
sincerely and for a long time and have come 
to make this a Red-letter Day for Montgomery 
County. On behalf of the League, I hold no 
brief. I emphatically assert that all our 
services are at your disposal. We purpose to 
sit in with you month by month, if you want us 
to, and with you make an attempt to work out 
the milk problem not in the Eastern States 
nor New York State but right here in Mont¬ 
gomery County. 
Farmers Should Own Plants 
“Of course there should be farmer-owned 
plants everywhere and farmers should have a 
voice in the management of them and in mar¬ 
keting their products but also have council of 
experts in management and selling. Because 
if he is an expert producer, he can’t be expert 
in both activities. And happily we are striving 
hard along this path. Our interests are entirely 
different from dealer’s interests, will always be, 
not only here but in all countries. 
“This meeting should pave the way to recog¬ 
nition of a consciousness of mixed organizations 
welded into one unit, possessed of a single idea 
—cooperation, to receive fair returns of capital 
invested in the dairy industry in Montgomery 
County. Dealers take pains to secure returns 
on their capital invested. Figures on stock 
invested by a well-known concern, whose name 
I will not give, declared dividends on their 
stock, as follows: 1908, 13 per cent.; 1909, 22 
per cent.; ’11-T2,11 per cent.; ’13,12 per cent.; 
1919, 26 per cent. But note, after organized 
dairymen entered field, returns dropped to 6 
per cent. 
“Producers must recognize that there is no 
longer a ‘preferential production area.’ 
Therefore, as Dr. G. F. Warren says, ‘the 
period has passed forever when effort will be 
concentrated on methods of production, hence¬ 
forth all rural mind and effort will center upon 
marketing problems of every farm product.’ 
Marketing or sale of farm products really 
means sale of labor of the farmer and his entire 
family. Montgomery County farmers are not 
alone realizing that sale of labor must be made 
efficiently, economically and expeditiously. 
Other counties and sections of this country 
meet similar problems with cotton, tobacco, 
wheat, etc. 
“Capital seeks only its returns, it knows no 
neighbors. Capital knows no preferential posi¬ 
tion. It manipulates one section of county 
against another. Therefore, if producers re¬ 
main inarticulate with their goods to be 
marketed, even though organized, organiza¬ 
tions will be futile. 
“The League attempts to play fair in the 
collective bargaining game and is winning the 
respect of the writers of our leading farm 
papers. The producers back of the League are 
sincere. Rather than attempt to disrupt, let 
our thoughts center upon a common policy for 
harmony. 
“I think your agent, Mr. Austin, is to be 
commended for this timely work and this 
audience is to be congratulated for your fine 
response.” 
The following resolution was adopted 
unanimously: “Resolved that this as¬ 
sembly should appoint a standing com¬ 
mittee comprising two delegates from 
each plant represented within the county 
for the purpose of studying the milk situa¬ 
tion and the regulation of the milk price.” 
The aforementioned resolution was 
carried out in full during the afternoon 
session. A recess of fourteen minutes 
was declared for each group of producers 
to appoint their representatives. When 
the forum adjourned, this committee 
went into conference and reported the 
following resolution: 
Resolved, that a meeting of the)milk produc¬ 
ers in the different counties of the State be 
held for the purpose of having a general con¬ 
structive discussion of the milk marketing 
problems, in order to secure the cooperation 
between the different dairy organizations in 
solving their common problems. 
And be it further resolved, that the Mont¬ 
gomery County Farm Bureau be called upon 
to inform all the other farm bureaus of the 
State, soliciting them to call meetings to cre¬ 
ate milk conference boards to comprise two 
delegates from each respective plant or group 
of milk producers. T ' r n* i 
John I. McClumpha, 
Secretary of the Montgomery County Confer j 
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