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Show RELATION OF THE FARMER I TO THE BUSINESS MAN I No Relation. They arc one and the Same. Must Have Good fl Roads. Machinery Should be Carefully Stored Away, and fl Homes and Barn Yards Made Beautiful and Respectable. M Must Find Markets and Have Convenience to Transport M Farm Products. B Tho following address wns delivered deliver-ed by .Mr. W. E. King, of Salt Lake, manager of the American Surety company com-pany of Now Yoik, at tho session of tho Fanners' Houndup at tin U. A. C. on Friday evening last: "Years ago men were generally classed as business men, professional profession-al men und farmers. Theso latter two havo now merged Into ono and tno successful farmer of today Is ns much u professional man ns the lawyer, doctor, teacher or tho holdlcr; and If tho. farmer Is not a good business man, ho Is a failure as u farmer. Therefore I urn bound to say that there Is no relation between tho farmer far-mer nnd tho business ninn. They nro one and tho snnie. Of course thcro nro thousands of business men who do not farm, but If there uro farmers far-mers who do not attend to their farming farm-ing business, as business men, thnso farmers uro losing sight of one of tlio rlnclpsil objects of farming, tho mnn. ey profit thcro Is In tho business. Was Baited on Farm. "I was raised on a farm an npplo farm and ns I told my friends, tho fruit growers at Provo a few days ago, it happened, through no fault of mine, in tho days beforo smudge pots nnd "smudging" became tashlonar.m. No effort wns mado by my dear old nther to provent tho settling of tho blighting frost upon tho bud or my youth. I was nipped ono frosty morning morn-ing and never grew to full size. I nm-n. believer In-Bmndgo pots for tho budding youth of children as well as the buds or apples and peaches. Develop" Your Own Profession. "I think pcrhapu professor Merrill selected me to tnlk to you about the relation of tho fnrmer to tho business mah on the theory that tho man who knows nothing about n thing can easily eas-ily tell all about It. I am neither n farmer or a business mnn. I'm just n lawyer and not even working at that Seriously I nm giving my attention to the business end of ono branch of my chosen profession and I como to you farmers you business men with a plea that you glvo more attention to the business development of your own profession. Good Roads Like Women "I might make a plea to you tonight for more attention to the making of H good roads, because I think that Is a H part of the business of your profos H slou. Why spend endless dnys of toil, H long nights of watching by tho smud- H go pots'slde, to grow the beautiful B vtlvety pcuch, und then smash It In- H to Jelly or peach butu-r getting It !B to tho markut? Peach butter Is good jH but It should not bo made on tho 'H highway. Or why wenr out your bod- jB les and try your souls in tho raising IB and gathbrlng of a hugo crop of po- fl tutus, only to find ns an old Unl- H veralty friend of ml no did who Is now fl rulslii "spuds" up In Idaho that tho H roads arc too bad to get to mmket fl You cannot cat, or glvo uwny to your B neighbors, a thousand, or si hundred jfl rnckr. of "tubers" then why not fl iiiMia sure before they aro full crown fl that you nro going to bo able to haul fl them to market? Yhy not begin the fl breaking of your boII with tho work- jfl Ing of tho highway which passes your B Continued on Pago 4. B RELATION OF THE FARMER TO THE BUSINESS MAN Continued from page 1 lump? 1 don't earo what It costs. Highways camo high but wo must huo ilium. They are like wonun We f-lmply cannot get along" without them. Shelter for Machinery, '! might make n plea for more bisl-ness-ltko methods on tho fnrra. I shall not meddle with the business of growing grow-ing things. My friends tho professors, will Hll you full of that. All the faim is a stage and you nro the ac'ors on It. Ono of tho first things of an actor Is "stage business. Tho scenery nnd tho working tools must bo carefully handled nnd enred for. Tho scenery of your farm will take caro of itself if .you will pull out the weed's in the "back forty" and along tho ragged highway but how about the tooli and tho mnchlnory? Count tho har rows, the cultivntors, tho dlscers and tho hay rakes standing out in tho weather as you pass along tho farms between hero and your houso and you will count tho number of non-buBl-ness men who nro fnrming nlong that route and I will gnmblo with you that you will, In making tho' count, tally off tho fnllures along tho road. Perhaps thoso men may not hnvo not gono into bankruptcy, they will if you glvo them tho tlmo, unless un-less the Lord Is hotter to thorn than he ought to be. If any of you follows havo a mower or dlscor out in tho open, tonight you1 may bo excused now to go and attend to tho sheltering of it Thnt would show more business " senso than sitting hero listening to my prattij. What would you tnlnh of ti clothing merchant who left his spring suits out In tho snow during tho season for selling furs or tno caipentei who permitted his fln'e edged ed-ged tools to rust nnd wnrp In the Open? Then what right has -any farmer far-mer to permit tools which gather in his crop to becomo useless to him through foolish neglect. Thero Is only on-ly ono excuse that I will accept for such torn-foolery -and that Is Insanity. Insan-ity. Make Homes Beautiful "I might make a pica for hotter "stage business ' around jour door yaids and barn yards. Farm homes nro the molt beautiful places on earth or tho most unsightly according to the business some nnd nullity of the owner. What right havo you or any fanner to spoil Cod's beautiful landscape land-scape with unsightly barnynrds? Take your minds off of tho plowing of your fields a bit an dglvo attention to the business of cleaning up nnd keeping clean, the suriuundlngs of your house. Make and keep beautiful the spot where your wife nnd daughters spend 2! wiTn of their day. Put the mnch-Inary mnch-Inary undercover, trim up tho bed get nnd the. walks, clean out the stiildo i and haul away tho soil. Thnt will mnko nioro prcbentnblo houses and more fertllo fields. Show mo a mnn's back yard, or bnrn yard, nnd I will tell you what kind of a man ha Is. 1 will tell you how far ho IsTrom rail-urc rail-urc or success. How Land "Peter Out" "Not long ago I found It necessary to stop for the night on a farm In n far awny state. I could not flnd n curry comb because some one had "borrowed It" come two years before. It wns necessary to stablo' my unl mnls In a. fence corner out In the open because tho stablo and barn j.nn nviu iiniviu uceji in itun. i.nai year's hay stood In an ugly pile not a stack In the barn yard. Tho newly gathered corn was strewn ' nlong the fences not a sign or semblance of a shock, except to my senso of decency. A mower and its blades lay rusting, on the damp ground. Every-lonco on tho plnco was "drunk and disorderly." As I stood at tho ditch watering my team tho place was Innocent of a watering trough my host conHded In mo that tlik) world was going to rack and ruin; that the land was "petering out"; thnt once, ho cultivated ICO acres, ac-res, but now half or It had grownstor-lie grownstor-lie and unproductive (wo could smell thetons of good fertilizer as we talked) talk-ed) his horses "didn't seen) to do very well" (standing In slime over tliolr fetlocks).. What Is the matter thero? That man is neither a farmer farm-er or a business man. He Is Just a plain Idiot. Be Business Men 'I "As 1 said beforo, I might plend with you for better roads, attention to tho stage business of jour fnrm, etc., but my real plea to you tonight Is to be business men to realize thai tlw niorchant.tho banker, the buyer, tho seller, the lawjer, the doctor, the professor, aie your fellows In bustn-ness. bustn-ness. They cannot poslbly live without with-out you and you can llvo better with them. They aie not all out to skin jou some of them havo honest Inton tlons and fair business methods. Wc know that you aie raising jour crops for our uses, but wa really contemplate contem-plate paying you something for them Producing one thing. Selling Another a I artfil tn ,1... f..ll ...... ...... ,1 ... ,;.,! u, my HUH hllfVtl'in M1U other day. producing u fin- big red npplo or peach Is ono thing whllo selling it and getting the money for It Is qulto another thlng.I Icavo It lo you as to which Is tho most Important. Import-ant. The business -of packing and hauling, of advertising and selling, of collecting and spending is tho part of your work that makes you a part of tho business world. It is that part of your profession which makes you rich or will Impoverish you. Neglect it and the finest crops you grow will avail you little. If you spend $1 or $5 nn aero tho growing of your products, why not spend an equal amount In tho creating nnd finding a mnrkct for them? If you want to sell tho fruit you rniso llvo years from now spend $100,000 this year in advertising adver-tising Utah fmlL Voto to bond for good roads so you can move your crop when it is ready to harvesLBoost for Intcrurbans and Improvements that will attract capital and homeseek ers. Why let tho world remain bliss-full) bliss-full) Ignorant of tho fnct that 'right here in these valleys are grown tho best npples, tho finest peaches, the choicest celery, tho most toothsomo asparagus nnd tho mealiest "spuds"to bo found In tho country? Why not take half tho valuo of thls(y oar's crop spend It In tho business of managing a market for tho greater crops of tho futtiro? That is good business nnd you aro business men. Products MuBt be Divided ""ltl8 all right to""attend to" your .knit ting", but what aro you to do with tho sock when finished? Wenr It? Yes. But you can not wear all tho socks thnt you aro knitting uor eat all tho "tubers" that aro grown you must divide with mo And If you don't watch 'tho illusion I wll bcaf you out of your half. That's my business. busi-ness. ' , ' " 1 tlmnk ou. . -"-I |