Show WilY WHY YOU AN AND t I ARE By Dy N. N L. L Peterson We are producers of farm products products products pro pro- ducts but we do not know Just what It costs us to produce them We have hae failed to put forth the effort that is necessary in producing the best that our land is s c capable le of ot I producing We pay too much rent and ta taxes es eson on our lands lunds and pay hired help more than we realize from their ef ef- ef forts We request our local merchants merchant to sell us goods on time Some Soma pay such obligations and some tio do o not and nd we therefore automatically raise the price of or w what at we ve buy Those who are ale honest and willing must pa pay for those who are dishonest or un un- un able We h hav other t tn troubles but the king hig of them n allis all an allis anIs is the fact that we Tidy pay the tho f fellows fellow's tellow's tel fel lows low's price for whatever we bUy bU end take the other fellows fellow's price for or whatever we sell We sell as individuals individuals indi indi- and bid against each other If success must be attained in any line of endeavor we must know the cost of our product and in marketing marketing mar mar- the same a reason reasonable profit must be added to the cost of production production production pro pro- or that business Is on the road to bankruptcy We Ve live from each others efforts and if all aU our ef efforts efforts efforts ef- ef forts business ability and habits were the same our financial c condition condition condi condi- tion would oe De much er equal than they ar are at the pr Ares present ut time I If a cattle company ea to buy huy cattle they hire an m expert in m that line Hue of or business H La L is i better Her posted on market conditions than the aver average ge grower he is a better Judge on all the quality and weight of cattle and last but by no n means eans the least consideration Is the fact that he may may know the owner must have money moner the more monc money a distressed distress distress- ed man needs eeds the less he r receives Seed houses have probably made madea a lot of mone money in their particular line of endeavor or The They too loo hire an expert to represent them In lu tle dealing with the grower The buyer is kept fully posted concerning market conditions conditions con con- at all times time but Mie he only knowledge of any an- that the farmer Carmer has Is contained In a aletter aletter letter Just received rr from m lh the hank advising that his note is no now noV V due both principal and interest and must be p paid ld at once onee The buyer is compelled to spend considerable time and money visiting us on our farms and of or course he makes a good and sufficient allowance allowance allowance allow allow- ance for Cor such expenses which the producer says That Is only a l business business busi busi- ness proposition It is necessary ar under present conditions He Is compelled to take expenses into consideration consideration con con- or br go out of or business and you and I are under the same gation The buyer figures his own expenses and you and I must do the same He provides for a profit above expenses and it is our privilege and duty to do likewise He sells resells In lots to suit the buyer burer a thousand pounds a car load or a train load and we can and must do the same Probably you are now thinking of the 1920 crop of seed the excellent excellent excellent excel excel- I lent quality the bl big crop and the I money that was lost because the crop was pooled the hardships that It created and the load we are carrying carrying carrying car car- to this day because we cut the legal strings of ownership that our government allows us The farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers turned over their seed without security and to parties that had everything to learn at the farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers expense judging from the re re- We Ve all make mistakes while learning There Is no school like that one known as experience It usually costs but little to enter but it may seem as though heaven and earth are plotting against us before we graduate After graduation along that particular line it is our duty and privilege to profit profil In later years ears by that experience and no doubt Inmany in inmany inmany many cases losses have proved to be bea a blessing in disguise and the foundation foundation foun foun- da dation lon of greater success than would have been pos possible without that ex- ex prience and loss We e have had that experience we have hav lost and learned shall we build upon that foundation that embodies experience ence nce or stay in Jn the mire Shall we deprive our families and selves of those comforts and necessaries s of life Ufe which were intended Intend b by laws of Jf nature to to- tobe be only to build ours up ups s stronger ronger forces against us or shall we wa demand a reasonable from pur Sur labors and invest t. t cd A plait l. l tp to abolish the sy system teni b of Bidding against each ach other Jn in s 's selling our ur peed geed eed a a plan plano o to o m make l it t i unnecessary t essary es- es fiary sary for fOl seed buyers buyers' to s spend end time Slid hod money In visiting visitinG- farmers a pl plan n to tt ke keep t the t farmer posted on market marJet conditions and the value of his seed and a 1 plan to make it impossible impossible im impossible im- im possible for the producer to lose his his' crop or any part thereof will be explained explained ex ex- in the tho next issue of theMy the tho My Myton ton Free Press o 0 |