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Show The Farmer's Hope In spite of all the laws which have been or may be passed, the hope cf the farmer rests upon cooperation co-operation and organization. This has been emphasized by recent statements of the new Federal Farm Board, which virtually declare that unless the farmers form strong cooperative co-operative marketing associations and at the same time resolutely decide de-cide to limit production of crops now over-produced the Board can not help them very much. Nearly every thouhtful person knew this even before the so-called farm relief law was enacted. As long as farmers produce more than the world will buy at prices which allow them a net profit just so Ions will there be crop surpluses and low prices. No legislation ever devised by the mind of man can nullfy the inexorable inex-orable law of supply and demand. That law may be checked In its operation op-eration for a short time, perhaps, but In the long run it is bound to prevail. It Is rather generally conceded by this time that the recent farm relief re-lief act can not and will not of itself it-self make good times for the farmer It is well that the Farm Board has frankly stated this fact. It is imy possible to legislate against econ omic folly. About all the new law can do is to bring it home to the farmer that he must adopt the same methods hat have been found effective in promoting the welfare of industry and business. And farming is both industry and business, in the practical prac-tical interpretation of those terms. Unless farmers solidly organize and stay organized, they are doomed doom-ed to occupy an inferior position ir. a world in which all other classes combine and cooperate for mutual protection in their respective fields of activity. |