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Show EXPERT TALKS TO FARMERS Logan. Utah, Jan. 27. Seldom, if ever, have the agriculturists of Utah had the opportunity of hearing a more interesting speaker than Dr. T. N. Carver of Washington. D. C, a department de-partment of agriculture specialist In rural organization, who delivered two addresses at the Farmers' Roundup today. to-day. Dr. Carver delivered a talk on "Rural Organization" at the morning session and supplemented It with another an-other in the afternoon on the same subject. In his morning discussion Dr. Carver Car-ver took up particularly the rural credit problem and predicted that legislation leg-islation would be passed during the coming year providing for a system of co-operative farm loan organizations similar to those In some of the countries coun-tries of Europe. He maintained that the success and substantiality of cooperative co-operative loaning societies was dependent de-pendent upon an auditing plan where by the societies would have to submit sub-mit to regular examinations by some higher authority, such as the state or national government. In his afternoon discourse Dr. Carver Car-ver took up the co-operative marketing market-ing question and co-operation in social problems of rural life He sounded a warning note against over-enthusiasm in co-operative buying and selling sell-ing schemes In both his morning and afternoon speeches. Jrle declared that the middleman had his definite place and duty and that the only reason for co-operative marketing was to check the middleman when he attempted at-tempted to extort too exorbitant profits. prof-its. In his afternoon speech he laid down some well-defined principles for co-operative marketing organizations. Within the last few years Dr. Carver has studied rural problems in nearly every country in the world as a special spe-cial Investigator for the department of agriculture and his discussions, bear the brand of authority. At the housekeepers' conference today to-day Dr. Samuel G. Paul, health com-mis8joner com-mis8joner of Salt Lake City, was the principal speaker, delivering an instructive in-structive address to a large audience of women on the subject of "Sanitation "Sanita-tion in Rural Homes." At the morning morn-ing meeting of the women, O. H. Benson of the United States department depart-ment of agriculture, gave an interest ing demonstration of home canning. Miss Amy Lyman told of her work In home demonstration throughout, the state at the afternoon meeting and her narrative of her' experience was heard with unusual interest. The closing feature of the housekeepers' conference today was an open discussion discus-sion of home problems, led by Miss Ilene Bailey of the United States department de-partment of agriculture. The other speaker at the morning meeting of the Roundup was Louis 'F. Boyle, consulting agriculturist of the Agricultural college and one of the state's leading potato growers Mr. Bolye, while a young man, is thoroughly thor-oughly experienced on both practical and theoretical knowledge of his subject sub-ject and gave the 200 farmers who heard him some valuable pointers on what to do and what not to In growing potatoes. , In his speech on rural organization Profesor Carver emphasized co-operation, the necessity of co-operative credit organizations making loans only for productive purposes, and the necessity of supervision and inspection inspec-tion of accounts by a higher authority, state tfr national, the latter measure to insure safety to the credit system. Professor Carver said in part: "It may seem like carrying coals to Newcastle to come to Utah to talk about rural organization, because almost al-most the whole country might go to school in Utah to learn something about rural organization. Yet a progressive pro-gressive community is one which Is looking ahead at new taskB to .be accomplished. ac-complished. "Upon the organization of rural Interests In-terests depends the future of agricultural agricul-tural life, and upon the future of rural life depends Amerlcnn civilization. Rural life may be permanent. Urban life never Is. The city neVer replenishes replen-ishes itself biologically or economically. economical-ly. It can exist only so long as It can draw on the country. "Organization Is the cure for the Impoverishment of rural life. Organization Or-ganization of rural population is essential. es-sential. A man who Is austere in his habits, but who will not accommodate accommo-date himself to others and help his community, is, I am inclined to bo-Ileve, bo-Ileve, a worse man than the one who drinks or Is addicted to other vices which make him known as Immoral. A neighbor who is very careful about his rights and your obligations is a hard man to get along with. Two men of that sort or a community of men of that sort will not get along very well and -vvlll not work together, but they who are careful of their own obligations and the rights of other people always get along all right. There are two types of leaders who make two types of appeals. One leader talks to the people about their rights. The other talks a great deal about the people's opportunities. "The first kind, who always talks about people's rights and wrongs nnd grievances, doesn't do anj' good. It is the man who tells his people about their opportunities and responsibilities responsibili-ties that is the best citizen." |