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Show TEXAS FARM ORGANIZATIONS Too Many of Them, 8ays Former President Peter Radford of the Farmers' Union of Texas. In a recent article for the press Pe I ter Hadford, former president of the Farmers' union of Texas, reiterates what the Co-Operator has frequently said about the number of farmers' organisations In Texas. He says there I are too many, and the Co-Operator agrees with the view. During his presidency pres-idency of the Farmers' union, Mr. Hadford Had-ford himself was Identified with two of them. A farmers' organization Is a good thing, but there can be too much of a good thing. The cause of the farmers farm-ers as a whole would be strengthened If the state-wide organizations were materially reduced In number and the local organizations greatly Increased There cannot be too mscy of the lat si ter. for each Is a unit in Itself. Tbe idea of tbe Farmers' congress, as we understand It, Is to have a number of organizations with distinct Interests, united tn a common cause in the congress con-gress as s supervisory body, i'.ut tbe separate organizations themselves are state-wide In scope. When the farmers farm-ers of raj a community form an orgnn izatiun of their own, then may we ex-prct ex-prct greater benefits from organization organiza-tion among farmers than have hither to been achieved. There is room for several state organizations, but not, as at present for several wltb a duplication dupli-cation of purposes. Community organizations organ-izations can elect d legates to tbe state organlxalioaa. and tbe labor Bee eseary to achieve definite results can be much simpl.Oed. Tetss r oOpers tor. I |
