Show MARKETS NEEDED BY THE FARMERS Pre presence rence of thriving cities near by important to residents of country MERCHANTS DO 00 THEIR PART town and rural community are del de pendent upon each other cooperation alone brings prosperity to both copyright residents of towns and cities everywhere are beginning to realize more acutely the tact fact that except under very unusual conditions their communities nill prosper and develop only in proportion to the and development that comes to the farming sections which surround them realizing this fact commercial clubs and chambers of commerce have in recent years been devoting ris as much of their attention to developing the country districts as they have to securing new industries and attracting new residents they know that as the country about the towns becomes more thickly settled and as the farmers become more prosperous the more mo demoney money will be spent in the towns and the faster these towns will grow it Is largely for this reason that the residents of the towns and cities have been doing more and more to aid the farmers in growing bigger crops and in improving marketing conditions the towns and cities have contributed mori more and more liberally toward the building of good roads in the country districts find have paid a large part of the expense of maintaining agricultural experts to assist the farmers in growing bigger crops and getting more money out of their crops when they are placed on the market not one sided proposition but this Is not a one sided proposition if the city Is dependent upon the county so Is the thel country dependent upon the city what the farmer raises Is worth absolutely nothing to him unless lie he can sell it at a price that will pay him a fair return on the money and time invested in its production duct lon the farmer without markets would be in tho the same fix as a storekeeper without customers in almost every case the farmer Is dependent upon the nearby near by town or city for a market for at least his perishable products in the language of the street it Is a fifty fifty proposition the town needs the country and the country needs the town the farmer needs the assistance of the storekeepers of the town in securing a market for his products ile he needs the assistance of the storekeepers of the town in getting good roads over which he may haul his products without losing more time than the products are worth he often needs the assistance of the storekeepers in helping him over a period of financial stringency storekeeper needs farmers trade on the other hand the storekeeper needs the business of the farmer lie ile does not ask the farmer to sell him his i i products on credit even though at the time lie he may be hard pushed for cash and may need more credit badly ile he does not ask the farmer to help him build a sidewalk in front of his store ile he does 1009 not ask for the business of the farmer provided that be can sell the farmer the goods lie he needs nt at as low a price as he be can secure them for elsewhere but does he always get the banners fan ners business ask the mall order nian man in the big city or ask the postmaster or the express agent in any town or city in the country they could if they would tell of thousands of dollars sent away to the big cities to pay for goods that could be purchased just as cheaply and much more conveniently la in the nearest town or city these thousands of dollars when sent to the mall order houses in the big cities never come back they do not n t help h ap to build good roads past the farmers houses when the next crops are harvested the mall mail order man wont buy any of the farmers pro products ducts the potatoes the tomatoes the melons and other bilings that the farmer raises may lie and rot upon the ground so tar far as the mall order man Is concerned no credit from mall order man the mall order man wont sell the farmer 2 cents worth of goods on ono one days credit no matter how bov badly the former farmer may need the goods or how little ready cash he be has to pay tor for them it if the farmers house burns down the mall order man Is not go ing to sell him any lumber on credit BO t that ho he may build another home ile he will take what cash he can get the farmer fanner to send him and there his bis interest in the farmer ends it if the farmer has no money to pay for what he needs the he mall order man will find others to help swell the stream of dollars which Is building up his great fortune and helping build up the great city in which 11 lie he lives let the home merchant help the farmer when he needs it and the local merchant does docs help the farmer as ion long as aa he can but there cornea comes a time lime when he cannot lie ile cannot make money without customer cu without the legitimate profit that lie he makes from his sule sales s he cannot Al carry the farmer over the rough spots he cannot contribute to the good i oads bonds funds he be cannot pay the farmer I 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