OREGON - CITY COURIER, MAW, 1913 52ffl OREGON EQU UNITED WE LIVE DIVIDED WE STARVE PROFITABLE PRICES FOR EARMI PRODUCTS Vol. 1 Official Representative of the Farmers Society of Equity No 14 NEWS OREGON EQUITY NEWS Published every Friday in conjunc tion with the "Courier" in the interest of the "Farmers' Society of Equity." ADVERTISING rates given upon application. CLACKAMAS COUNTY OFFICERS President S. L. Casto, Oregon City, R. No. 3. Secretary F. G. Buchanan, Oregon City. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE M. J. Lazelle, Oregon City; R. C. Brodie, Canby; E. Ochlschloeger, Clackamas, R. No. 1. SUBSCRIPTION Special Low discpunt to Any Man who Farms. ADDRESS all communications to M. J. Lazelle, Manager, Oregon City, Oregon. Call on Saturdays to see Editor. EDITORIAL Sunnyside is a good, strong local and it is arranging to do consider able business this summer. We are always glad to hear from the various locals and would suggest that other secretaries make reports as often as possible. It has been said "That Clackamas Courty is For Sale," and f igurateively speaking, it is probably so at the pre vailing values that are placed on land and the possible return from some un der our present marketing system. Any school boy could figure out that farming is a failure from a business standpoint, therefore it is, not supris ing that nearly all of the farmers of this county have the "selling out bee" buzzing in their hats. In a recent survey through an ag ricultural section it was found that but one farmer in ten was a reader of a farm journal. This is a deplorable condition and only reminds us again that the difficulty of organizing farm ers is caused by them not reading more. We are glad to know tho, that a survey of Clackamas County would Mb altogether different. Oregon Equity News, is read by 8,000 agricultural people weekly, the majority of whom are well posted on all lines. As an example of agricultural trusts, their influence and control both of industry and commerce of a nation, the combined co-operative societies of Denmark stand out as a model of strength progress, and fairness for emu lation worthy of careful consid eration by the farmers of the United States. As part of a re port upon co-operation and mar keting, Mr. John F. Sinclair of Wisconsin has given a brief sketch in the form of a bulletin on "Co-Operation in Denmark." It is essentially an agricultural country, the people have risen from a condition of deep poverty about 60 years ago, until there is very little of that known today. It is a country of a little over 2,000,000 people and more than $90,000,000 worth of butter, eggs and meats are exported by the farmers annually. The Danes av erage over $100 per capita in sav ing banks and about 90 per cent own their own farms and homes." The foregoing article from the Northwest Hortoculturist states the success of organisation in Denmark. If we cannot lead perhaps we can fol low suit. Cow Testing Associations The great success of the cow. test ting associations of Washington coun ty is another practical demonstration of what can be accomplished by or ganizations. At some later date "Ore gon Equity News" will publish an ar ticle describing these associations in detail. Berries at Snohomish According to the Snohomish Tiib une, 100,000 berry plants, mostly raspberries, blackberries and logans, have been set out by berry gowers near Snohomish this spring with a view of supplying a cannery. This will also afford an opportunity to develop the commercial fruit juice industry. Department of Agriculture Ex-Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson emerged from the department after years of service with colors fly ing. The field work covering all lines of investigation has been well organ ized and efficiently carried out. Secretary David F. Houston enters the department service at an oppor tune time for the developement of co operative movements embodying the various farmers' organizations thru out the country. The work of uniting these forces on a substantial business basis is a matter of great importance. Watch The Creameries It seems that Idaho is having sim ilar experience to other states as re garding big concerns freezing out the smaller ones . The "Rural Spirit" makes mention as follows: A law passed by the late legis lature of Idaho makes it a misde meanor for a creamery company to pay a higher price for butter fat in one locality than in another, after cost of transportation is deducted. A few of the big creameries were in the habit of offering fictitious prices when a local creamery was started, thereby attempting to control the but ter fat market. When the new enter prise was killed prices would go be low the normal. It ia a righteous law. Quarterly Meeting The next quarterly meeting of Clackamas County will be held at Beaver Creek on the second Saturday of July. It promises to be very inter esting from start .to finish as the budget already contains several im portant matters that will be present ed for consideration. All interested parties should attend .-: whether dele gates or not. Discussion at Pomona Grange At the last meeting of the Clacka mas County Pomona Grange held at Milwaukie, the matter of other farm ers' organizations was brought up in a general discussion. It was the concensus of opinion that all organizations should be en couraged and later they could work together.. The Grange, the Farmers' Society of Equity, the Farmers' Union and other similar organizations, are all working for the interests of the farming class and it was the opinion of such prominent Grangers ' as Past State Master, Austin T. Buxton, that they could all be brought to an agree ment for mutual protecton. Wool Pool The following clipping from the Pacific Homestead is another example of what can be accomplished by co-operation: A pool of over 10,000 pounds of mohair was sold at Riddle, Ore gon, on Tuesday of this week, the consideration being 33 Yi cents a pound. The purchaser claims that this price is the real market for mohair at present, notwithstand ing the local war between some buyers who ran the price up to 35 cents. Goat owners should watch the trend of the market however, and aim to get all they possibly can for their fleeces. Silage Not Detrimental Some of the dairy farmers of this county have a mistaken idea as to si lage as a feed for dairys cows. They have arrived at the conclusion that the continued feeding of silage year after year to the cow will have a ten dency to shorten her period of use fulness as a producer. This theory is shown to be erroneous by a communi cation addressed to "Oregon Equity News," from Professor F. L. Kent of the Oregon Agricultural College, in which he says in part as follows; "In the early days of the Oregon Agricultural College dairy work, si lage was fed quite extensively and a number of cows reached rather ad vanced years with no apparent ill re sults. In fact, it seems to me that the cows used to do better on silage than they have been doing in more recent years with kale for their winter suc ulance. It is my opinion that a combi nation of kale and corn silage will make the ideal ration for our Western dairy conditions. Lime The Soil An analysis of a sample of soil taken from Oregon City, showed but sixteen one hundredth percentage of lime content. When it is considered that a ton of clover requires forty pounds of lime, it is not mysterious that some of the older farms of this county are not growing as good clov er as previously. A great part of the soil of this county is deficient in lime. This is nothing new to many of the progres sive farmers but as the price of lime is too high at present, the application to the soil has been neglected. Not only certain plants require lime but it also neutralizes certain acids or sour conditions, making the soil sweeter and warmer. this condition will liberate other parts of the soil, that promote plant growth. This is another chance for the Soc iety of Equity to get together for the members' benefit. The lime must be purchased in large quantities in order . to get a reasonable price. ' Figure On Loss When the farmer is figuring his profits, gains, percentage or invest ment etc., as he is told to do so by business men, he should never forget to figure in the possible loss of live stock by disease as the following will confirm: A disease, termed by . veterinarians Infectious Vaginitis, has broken out among dairy hrds in the Redland dis trict of Clackamas County, Ore., east of Oregon City; about ten different herds are badly infected. J. D. Mickle, State Pure Food and Dairy Commis sioner, accompanied by Dr. Foster, a Portland veterinarian, has just re turned from a tour of inspection; he reports that the disease, while of mys terious origin, has assumed large pro portions. The district will be guaran teed at once, one of the cows will be killed, and a post-mortem examinat ion made to determine the exact na ture of the disease. Copy of Resolution ' Whereas it has pleased our all wise Providence to remove from our midst one of our most earnest members, Jasper P. Davis, and whereas we feel that the community has lost a true, public spirited and loyal citizen, Therefore be it resolved that we, the members of the F. S. E.- Local 6840, extend heartfelt sympathy to the mourning relatives of our deceased member. Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Society, a copy to be sent to the family of the deceased and a copy to be sent to the Oregon City Courier. Sunnyside Local Union No. 6840, of the F. S. E. The great calamity in Omaha was quickly overshadowed by the terribly disastrous floods in Ohio. Great suf fering and sickness from colds and exposure resulted. L. Poole, 2217 Cal ifornia St., Omaha, writes: "My daughter had a very severe cough and cold, but Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound knocked it out in no time." Re fuse substitutes. Huntley Bros. Co. Equity Men Win Prominent members of the "Equity" were in evidence as exhibitors at the recent stock show held in Oregon City. Fourteen cows were entered in the milk test and all of the premium win ners were equity men which only goes to show that progressive men not only have advanced ideas as to organizat ion but also have good cattle. Buys Bull Calf R. L. Badger, a prominent member of Beaver Creek Local, recently pur chased a fine bull calf at the sale of 'Harry West at Scappoose. Mr. Badger already has a fine herd of register ed Jersey cattle, and was an enthus iastic supporter of the recent stock show held in Oregon City. His cow, ''Betty" won the milk test with over two pounds of butter to her credit per day. Strawberry Committee John F. Stark, who is chairman of the strawberry committee, has been calling upon the growers of Maple Lane and Mt. Pleasant and states that he now has the matter well under way and is in a position to bring the strawberry crop of this section be fore the proper parties. Mr. R. L. Holcomb of Clackamas and also a member of this committee has also been working upon the mat ter and it is expected that immediate action will be faken. ' SUNNYSIDE LOCAL The Sunnyside local union No. 6840 met in regular session April 26, 1913. The meeting was called to order by the president. Roll was called and ten members out of a total of twenty four were present, and minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The report of two of the delegates from the county union meeting was heard. A committee of two was appointed by the president to drav up resolut ions of the death of one of our mem bers. It was moved and carried to adjourn until the next-regular meeting night. E. E. OEHLSCLAEGER Sec. Restaurant Men Organized The restaurant people of Portland are organized and intend to buy their supplies together. The hotel keepers are arranging to do likewise. The con sumers' league is a reality and a de cided success. All of these organizat ions intend to buy direct from the farmers. Therefore the farmers must be organized in order to meet them on a business basis. It is such cases as this where the Farmers Society of Equity will come into play. It would be impossible for these organizations to buy individually from the farmers but how very practical it would be to buy in large lots through the Equity Society. In an address before the state meet ing of the Farmers Society of Equity, the president of the Restaurants As sociation advanced the idea that when they were paying 26 cents for eggs and the farmers were receiving 17 cents, that the difference could be divided with a mutual financial ben efit. Lyman's Letter In a recent communication addres sed to the local societies of the state from A. R. Lyman, Secretary of the Equity Warehouse Co., he states in part as follows, regarding , the pro gress of the new company: "The first meeting of subscribers to the stock of the Equity Warehouse Co., was held on Saturday April 26, 1913, as per notice sent to the Secre taries of all locals which had made subscriptions, all proxy holders which this office had a record of and all subscribers whom it was thot might not get notice any other way. Special care was taken to secure a represent ation of every subscriber either in person or by proxy. A very large per centage of the stock was represented and the Company was completed. The following directors were elect ed and qualified: "T. A. Harper, Presi dent; William Grisenthwaite, Vice- President; A. K. Lyman, Secretary; Wm. Schulmerich and H. E. Crowell. The by-laws, which had been draft ed by the original committee of incor poration, were adopted with a few slight changes. At a meeting of the above board committees were appointed to bring certain matters regarding the future policy of the Company before the next Board meeting, which will be held in a few days. Many applications have al ready been received for the position of general manager and it is hoped that the directors will be able to place the company on a business footing within a month or so. Mt Pleasant Meeting Th Mt Pleasant Local met last Friday evening with good attendance. Reports from the delegates who at tended the county . meeting, and the Equity Warehouse meeting, were re ceived and acted upon. The matter of selling strawberries received the most of attention. An ag ent WAR elected to co-ODerate with the other locals and sell the entire crop of the local, it is proDaDie mai me crop will be contracted to a Portland firm, who applied for same. A gentleman attended the meeting and asked for the privilege of circu lating the recall petition for Judge Beatie and Commissioner Blair. The privilege was granted by the presi dent and in a few minutes time every person in attendance had signed this petition. The next meeting will be held the third Friday of this month. I suffered habitually from consti pation. Doan's Regulets relieved and strengthened the bowels so they have been regular ever since." E. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas. PERSONAL OPINIONS BACKED UP What Pulling Together Can do, and the Proof of It Highland, Apr. 28 Courier: Is it possible for the farmer to co operate? This question is asked be cause many farmers, who have gotten into the rut, say that it is impos sible to successfully unite the agri culturist for a concentrated effort It is also asked because in tho begin ning of any thing it is reasonable to form conclusions as to reaching the desired end. In a few paragraphs to follow I shall explain to you why I believe it is possible to cooperate. In the United States in 1908 there were two thousand (2,000) fire as sociation companies, which were op erated by the farmers and for the farmers. These companies had two million members, who have received the benefits of securing insurance at a low cost. Their safety might be questioned but I refer you to the farmers' Mutual Fire Relief Assoc iation of Portland, Oregon, -which in sures in this vicinity. It has stood the test of time since nineteen hundred and four, and it has had as many buildings burn in proportion to its number of policies as any private company. Has it failed? No. Again, the farmers of the United States own and operate three hun dred and fifty stores, where cooperat ive buying is carried on. Here busi ness management makes it possible for the country people to buy much cheaper. Furthermore in the great grain states of the East the farmers fut their money together and build arge grain elevators so as to make it possible to get higher prices for tjieir products. Statistics show that there is seventy-five thousand economic associat ions in the United States, with a a membership of three million. Since milk, cream, cheese, ice cream, and butter are the chief prod ucts of the dairy, there is a great pos sibility of success for a cooperation for the selling of these products. As the organization grew heavier in cream factories then cheese factories could be built where skilled help could be hired and the best possible product turned out. This high grade porduct would be sure to bring the best prices. As it is now, is not our ice-cream miserable, adulterated stuff? If the ice-cream was made from the farmers pure cream it would be sure to be easily saleable. But if cooperative work were carried out to its extreme limit, the profit of the middlemen would be passed to the dairyman. If producers have organized control of their product as long as there is a de mand they are sure to receive the highest for their commodities. For in stance take the history of the farm er's cream. First the dairyman sells it to the creamery man, second he makes it in to butter and then sells it at a profit to the grocery man, third the grocer sells it to hte consumer at a profit. Now if the farmer had direct control of his product it could be sold directly to the consumer and thereby save the middlemens' profit One of the great boons of cooperat ive work is the manufacture of a un iform product. The rules and regulat- of a successful association make it im- fiossible for a member who does not ine up to the rules to partake of the organization. For instance if Mr. Smith does not produce his milk un der sanitary conditions his butter will be sold as second grade and receive a second grade price. Their effort to keep even with your neighbor has the effect to stan- ardize the product. If the plan of the two former para graphs ia carried out it would be nec essary to have a general congregat ing dace for the raw nroduct to be brought, and there made into a sal able product. That is the exact thing that helps to make united effort suc cessful. Mr. Wilson, Secretary of Agricul ture, says that in cooperation of farmers in order to succeed, must have an apple packing house or a creamery, or some other central nlace where they may bring these products. If only the better grade of dairy stuff receives the best prices then the incentive will be clean up and get the benefits of this advantage. From this it may be seen that not only the dairymen will be helped, but also the consumer. It wlil be an instrument to prevent the thousainds of baby deaths which are caused by Impure milk.. 1 mst say that the dairyman's pock et book is not the only thing that would be helped,, but also his brains. In cooperaive work the farmer must use his business ability. Also, to any organization there must be a presi dent and helpers. Mr. James Wilson, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, says: It is more difficult to direct a cooperative association than a stock company. Therefore there is ample chance to de velop brain cells. Finally, I may ask you why is it so difficult for the president of farmers institution to maintain unity? The main reason is that the farmers have never learned to work in unison. Most of them lived on their farms all their lives, each a little dominion of i . m K I 1. i - i lis own. xnis very iuch. ox practice unu narrow mindness makes the agricult urist lose faith in the organization. Then is the time when he withdraws his loyality and support. This lack of faith is what the presi dent has to face. In order to conquer it there must be immediate and con tinuing good results. H. FELLOWS Most Prompt and Effectual Cure for Bad Colds When you have a bad cold you want a remedy that will not only give re lief but effect a prompt and perma nent cure, a remedy that is pleasant to take remedy that contains nothing injurious. Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy meets all these requiremnets. It acts on nature s pian, relieves tne luncrs. aids expectoration, opens the secretions and restores the system to a healthy condition. This remedy has world wide sale and use and can be always depended upon. Sold by Hunt ley Bros. Co. OPINION Storms purify the atmosphere. The Equity and the Courier make a team. Clackamas County is becoming famous and we have not begun the fight yet. The leading ladies of our county are as anxious and willing to purify the political atmosphere as the tax pay ers. The consumers of Portland eannot induce Mayor Rushlight to do any thing in opposition to Front Street. The Oregon City Council think they have discovered a process by which they can make a fair to good lawyer out of Stone. Main street while it is the only street in town, is not a safe place to parade primary humanity just to put a few nickels in the coffers of its mer chants. Your next parade might be headed by the hearse. . The Consumers League, of Portland got a law manufactured at our Salem mill prohibiting a girl or woman from working for less than it costs to live and the only bad feature with this law is it does not prevent a few from drawing so much more than they are worth. This question is like a poker, one end is too hot to handle. It is the consumer who pays the highest price for the farmers' labor, but the farmer doesn't get it unless he sells to the consumer. The consumer is organizing to get the result of the farmers' labor a little cheaper and the farmer is organized to get more for what his labor has produced. They are both finding out that the middleman is standing in with the politician. Every other business man except the farmer has quit competing with each other and the only way for the farmer to quit competing: with his brother farmer is to organize and buy and sell through the same man and quit producing too much and produce less in quantity and put on the mar ket a better quality in better shape and ask more money and sell as di rect to the consumer as possible. Hey! You hay-seed! You are work ing too hard and thinking too little. You are producing bushels when it is dollars you want Can't you see the mistake ? Your life is not worth living if drudgery and poverty are all you are going to get out of it. Let's organize and do business on a "modern business methqd. In these days of machines of all kinds even Congress has but little to do. Wall street controls the money and regulates rates, also the railroad and freight rates. The boards of trade set the price on the farmers produce and all he has to do is to raise it and deliver it in first class condition and gets 40 cents on the dollar, so he is re lieved of all responsibility political ly or commercially. Our government is almost perfection. You might just as well turn a lot ofhungry horses in a green pasture and tell them not to eat grass as to organize the farmers and forbid them to use their political power. The farmers constitute the largest class and are the hardest worked class and the poorest paid class and if this condition is ever changed, the farmers themselves have got to do it and when he is organized and sticks to his un ion it will be a short period of time until he will know what it is to be an AMERICAN CITIZEN. MEREDITH BE A STENOGRAPHER OR A BOOKKEEPER Four Months' Summer Course $35. Will you be one of a small class to prepare to fill Borne good business positions that will be open next win ter? This class is now being formed, and will begin work June 16. It will not be the "easy way" because that way does not lead where you want to go. We want a class of only twenty. everyone of whom is determined to be a top-notcher. You never again will have so good a chance to get thorough training at so trifling expense. Isn't this OPPORTUNITY, knocking at your door? Write today if you wish to better your condition. Next week the class may be made up. 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There are no ar guments against it. One question, is there not one of us producers or consumers but who knows there is something wrong with our marketing system? This is a fact. If we all step over the line and say we can, and will have a marketing system built all over the U. S. in less than a week s time, which would in less than 30 days, pay necessary expenses with a very small charge. (Not 60 per cent.) Ihe F. S. E. is so completely built and cost so little to start; so little to run it, that anyone of us that use it Your Druggist If you are suffering- from Ecezema, Psoriasis or any other kind of skin tTAIlM. Hmam I 1 - - . i . . 1Y . i u,lr tro jor instant relief. We will guarantee you to stop ..ov iwu 111 IWQ BBCOnuB. we have gold other remedies for skin troubles, but none that we oould reoom- TnrM mm V. t .. V. 1 .li. . 1 .1 . . O'l of Wlntergreen Thymol and a few other Ingredients that have wrought such wonderful cures all over the coun try. Prescription for Eczema and It will cool JUNES DRUG CO., DE C?eam Sepa?ato? THE WORLD'S STANDARD THE FIRST MACHINE MANUFACTURED , ROW SOLD IN OREGON CITY BY LAZELLE DAIRY CO. FULL STOCK OF PARTS Special representative every Saturday at Eighth and Main Streets Extra pecia Value Fot Oar MAY SALE ia will soon get more out of it than it cost us. I have tried it. All one-sided in favor of us. Through our locals we will get our price direct from the clearing house now in a short time. If you have got a friend explain the good there is in the F. S. E. and tell him to hand it on. We have to do something. There is a new local at Viola. F. E. COCKERLIN Sec. Springwater, R. 1. Best Medicine for Colds When a druggist recommends a remedy for colds, throat and lung troubles, you can feel sure that he knows what he is talking about. C. Lower, druggist of Marion, Ohio, writes of Dr. King's New Discovery: "I know Dr. King's New Discovery is the best throat and lung medicine I sell. It cured my wife of a severe cold, after all other remedies failed." It will do the same for you if you are suffering with a cold or any bron chial, throat or lung cough. Keep a bottle on hand all the time for every one in the family to use. It is a home doctor. Price 60c and $1.00. Guaran teed by Huntley Bros. For any itchiness of the skin, for skin rashes, chap, pimples etc., try Doan's Ointment. 60c at all drug stores. Stops That Itch and heal the Itohy, burning skin' as nothing else can. A trial will prove It. SfC0"r"e other druggists have D.D.D. Prescription go to them If you cant come to us but don't aooept some blg-prollt substitute. But If you oome to our store, we are o certain of what D.D.D. will do for you that we offer you a full size bottle on rill Bitu rn nt-n t ..mi. J i It takes away the Itch AT ONCH It costs you not a cent. OREGON CITY.ORE. 1