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Show COOPERATION UJ FARMING URGED . BY ROOSEVELT . At!stant Secretary of Navy Na-vy Warn. Against False Remedies in Speech at New , York State Fair 8TRACU8E. N. T, Sept. 11,-Comblnatlona 11,-Comblnatlona and cooperation la the hopa of the American farmar. Asaiatant Secretary Roosevelt of tha navy department declared today to-day In an addreaa at tha New York State fair. Tha government'a part Jn elding: the agriculturist, he said, ahnuld be confined to legalising fulleat cooperation and aeaUUnff It through tha federal agencies of In-J In-J formation, and in extending credit f facilities "where tt serves soma practical purpose. " "In my opinion." lay. ! Roosevelt said, "tha farmer haa not kept step . with the times. Tha day of the small Individual haa passed. Econ-, Econ-, omy and efficiency are vital to success suc-cess snd it Is axiomatic that either In buying or selling, if you dral In hulk you can deal ta your advan- , "There Is one way, and one way only, that the farmer can meet this condition. Ha must combine him- self. , . "Cooperation Is necessary for the aalvation of the farmer, and (he salvation of the farmer la neceasary for the salvation of the general - public." One effect of cooperation In the future may bs expected In Improved , warehousing, the speaker predicted, with hugs storage plants probably located at strategic pblnta In relation rela-tion to marketa. These, ha believed, be-lieved, should be owned by the farmers" oooperatlvea themselves. , for besides being better managed, the "politics which Invariably creep Into state owned Industries - could be kept out." MrnmeevelvnTcliTddwth a word of warning against "quack" remedies. "All over "tha country." ha aald. "there are sincere but mentally limited fanatics and self aeeklng politicians peddling falae doclrinea. These comprise auch thinga aa government pries fixing and unsound un-sound loans. Steer clear of them. Remember that In the long run anything which hurts tha country hurts tha farmer, just aa aurely aa anything which hurta. tha farmer hurts the country. - |