| Show FARMERS STAY WITH IT some of the experiences of the farmers cash union as related by sigr david Holni holmgren gren at the annual meeting held in tremonton Tre monton last saturday were surprising and interesting to one on the outside arid and on oil the inside for that matter it seems remarkable that any farmer living under the in fluence of the organization would want to see the institution pass into the hands of a few men but we were u ere assured by a number of prominent farmers who are acquainted with the business affairs of the company that unless a big majority of 0 the tillers of the soil coil ot of bear river valley materially increase their holdings in the company a few men will have to assume the responsibility of enlarging the capital and then they will bill control the policy of the institution think of an organization having a paid up capital of some over doing a business of in one year that is what the union did last year me of b business us is wheat lucern see seed I 1 oats pot potatoes hay and other grains bought machinery extras implements etc etc sold and the farmers in every case have received the benefits benz fits for the beason acason that the union always pays the highest price for produce and charges the lowest rate on its wares in that way the farmers get real dividends right along but besides that an sra 8 dividend has been declared each year tor for the past three years mgr Ho holmgren lingren related an incident which occurred last summer when a telegram was received from a certain point quoting a slight advance in the price of wheat he immediately drove his auto oner oer to the divide where a thresher was in operation and raised the he price one and a half cents returning to his office lie he learned of another telegram quoting an advance from another point so he drove out to thatcher and raised the price three cents in each case the farmers were members of the cash union but mr air holmgren did not buy one bushel of wheat that day the agents of the other concerns met his price and the farmers went against their own institution and sold to the stranger such patronage would ruin any business but even in the face of such experiences the farmers cash union has grows steadily arld and has bas become a 4 price drice regulator all over the state it Is a mighty good institution for the farmers they will surely regret tt it it if they permit it to pass from their control |
