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VALUE OF COOPERATION
Saturday evening The Tribune
man had the pleasure of attending a
Farmers' Union ter cream social, at
Riveraid« school building, situated
on Crabtree crock on the Scio-San
derson bridge road. While listen
ing to the program, the value of
cooperative effort was suggested to
our mind, bccaueo the entire found
ation of Farmers’ Unionism is built
upon and aruund cooperative effort.
Cooperation simply mean* a har
monious working of all to accomp
lish ■ common purpose. The found
ation stone in the structure of mod
ern civilization ia cooperation. We
are. all of us, more dependent upon
the efforts of each other than w»
think or realize. When civilization
was in its primitive state, men were
more independent of -their fellows
than now. Their wants were few
and which nature, in her abundance,
supplied and all that primitive man
hail to do, was to go out and ateza
what he desired or wanted.
Senator thinks he is currying favor
with hi* German roetitiient* by his
manner of voting
If Wisconsin
German* are hke other German-
Americans, a large majority of them
are truly loyal to the guvemment
of their adoption. They believe io
and preserving of fruit*, etc., be-' a democratic form of government,
cause that wa* their particular field els* they would never become nat
of activity. They could tell you in uralized citizen* of the U. 9. They,
a most instructive manner, about no doubt, would rejoice to see the
the care of the dairy and the breed Hohenzoller* driven from the Ger
ing of stock, but never a word about man throne, and the German people
the manufacture of the milk into he given a free democrati? form of
article» of commerce, or the con Government. Therefore Senator It
verting of the wheat into flour or A. I a Follette is mi*represent*ng
breakfast foods. Why. three farm them. He is. in a measure. justify
er* and their families came to the ing Germany in her harterou* treat
entertainment mostly in autos and ment of Belgium and the ruthless
what could they be expected to destruction of innocroi human live*
know about the struggles and hard bv her Zcpalins »nd undersea boat*
Senator LaFollette is a disappoint-
ships of the early pioneer
We were impressed with the im- menl to many American people out-
portanc,- of cooperation
Whether side of hi* own state and they will
harmonious or not, the farmer mint feel relieved ween he retire* to pri-
cooperate with the manufacturer, vat* life,
the merchant the tradesmen, etc for '
each must have what the other pro
NEW CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH
duces. They are absolutely d coend -
ent upon each other.
Chancellor Michaell*' speech to
Then if cooperation tea neerssity.
the lte-ich»tng confirms the worst
which it is. in economies of the mod
impressions in regard to the crisis
ern business world which include*
which put him in office. He repeat*
the farmer, i* it not highly important
the same falsehoods about respon*
that this cooperation be made as
ibilily fur the war which have be«*n
harmonious as possible by fair deal
uttered by Germany from the first.
ing and a desire on the part of all
He insist* on a conqueror’s peace
to treat the other fellow with hon
and, like hi* predecaaaor, he glasses
esty of purooee and free of any so
over Germany’s aggressive aims un
called trade trickery? Nor can we
der the euphemism of “guarantee "
demand honesty and fair dealing on
He penuet* in misstating the facte
the part of other* unless we con
about the allied blockade in order
cede a* much ourselves. We can
to justify the submarine war, In
not deceive others in the quality of I defiance of truth he predict* succeas
farm product*, if w* expect to be
for the submarines in starving the
treated fairly by the merchant,
allies before American force* can be
manufacturer or tradesman
In a
put In the field and before Russian
word, we must cooperate
forces can be I «organized to make
The purposes of the Farmer's
allied supremacy decisive, He doe*
Union, or the Grange are manifold
this to keep alive in the ilerman
and meritorious. They are both ed»|
people the delusive hope of victory.
ucatiuiial and social. They should
The one grain of truth in his speech
be of financial benefit In the cooper j1(|
that the food situ
ative marketing of crops, i . _
lion In (>ermany to bad. but he pre-
poultry, etc., and in the buy ing of i
I diet* relief from this year's crop in
many farm supplies. But. to get
fan* of the known fact that it is
the full benefit, farmers must hon
worse than that of 1916.
estly represent what they have to
Comparison of the Chancellor**
■ell and prepare their product* in
speech,
)K»int by point, with known
th* best and most prc*entabte con
facta
will
prove that Pruswanism is
dition. They expect fair treatment
1 still supreme in Germany, that it
from the manufacturer or merchant
and should be willing to render fair still cling* to it* aim to destroy free
treatment tn other*. A fair and dom by *cientifically applied methods
just cooperate effort should be the of barbarism, that it still holds the
puipoae of all. for all are either pro German people in thraldom by force
i and fn!i--hood. and that democracy
ducer* or consumers.
can only be made safe by it* de
struction.
sloth, which was worn by men or
i women. They could Dot have even
told of the many proceser* r<-|Uirvd
to make the doth for the men or
the delicate fabrics for th* women.
They ceuldktell you all about farm
ing. crop condition*, or the canning'
But with the advance of civiliza
tion. men found that they were be
coming more dependent on each
other. Each found that he was bet
ter adopted to do some thing* than
others. Some found that they were
better fitted to cultivate the soil than
to build houses, wield a blacksmith
hammer or sell goods from behind a
counter, lit nee men became co
operative intuitively, («cause each
achieved greater
success in his
chosen field of activity and could en
joy the fruit* of his neighbor*’ ac
SENATOR LAFOLLETTE
“The concentration of the Russian
tivity. by allowing that neighbor to
army
compelled Germany to seize
partake of the result* of hl* own
A few months ago The Tribune
theswnrd.”
J
labor. This exchange of commod had a very high conception of the
The Russian army was mobilised
ities. created the necessity of money ability and truenes* to the common
againat
Austria, not against Ger
with which to faciliate exchanges. people, of United State* Senator
many.
until
Germany began to mob
Even a short 100 year* ago. condi LwFollette. We have been com
ilize
though
the German alliance
tion* forced men to be more inde pelled to revise that opinion and to
with
Austria
justified
mobilization
pende rt than now. But then co conclude that he ha* degenerated
against
Germany
also.
But priority ,
operation, existed in the member* into a mere faultfinder and a block
i
of a family. The mother* spun and to aenatorial business. We thought of mobilization is unimportant by
wove th* cloth which supplied the that he wa* an American, »pelled comparison with the conduct of
member* of the family with cloth with a large sized capital A. But Germany in the negotiation* which
The outstanding
ing and the father tanned the »kin* hi* objection to the war in it* many I preceded the war
fncts
arc
that
the
entire power», i
ami made the shoes, etc. But it phase* a* brought out in the nu
joined by Germany’* ally. Italy,'
soon I-reame developed that factor» merous senate bills, shows him to be
oríes could make the doth and fash a little American if, indeed, he is ; strove for mediation between Aus
ion the clothing, tan the hide and not pro-German in hi* personal opin tria and Serbia, and that Germany
make the shoe«, better than the ions. Elected a* a republican, on rejected all their ovorturca. that,
fathers and mothers and the family many measure* he ha* proven his when Austria showed signs of reach- ‘
loom and shoe shop passed. To-day political independence by voting with ing an agreement with Russia. Ger
the mother who can spin and weave the democrat* on many important many forced her hand by declaring
I war on Russia first; that Germany
the linen for her own or daughter’* measures.
However, hi* adverse
drvam s, or the father who could tea vote* on nearly all measure« per wu ready for war, while the other
Germany pre
the leather and make the family taining to the war. destroy* the few powers were not.
vent«!
mediation,
was
ready for war
•hoes are proper curiowtie* to place vote* for administration bills, and
and
iiegan
«rar.
Germany
wanted
In a musetum. Indeed few mother* his opppdtion to many recent bills
war.
-Oregonian.
can even make the dresse s where desired by President Wilson, stamps
the good* are furnished, or the fa him as an obstructor and a* repre
Germany, and especially her war
ther even repair the shoe*. All ia sentative *f the German empire
relegated to the dnwnaker, suit rather than that of American dem lords, exmess then selves a* having
manufacturer or the shoe factory, ocracy. He could not cast vol« contempt for the military ability of
for even our local shoemaker* no more in accordance with the wishes United State* soldier* and sailor*.
longer make shoes or boot*. They of the Kaiser, than he ha* don* in Just what ha* inspired this notion is
have degenerated into mere shoe hi* opposition to the war. the draft, something unknown to anybody ex
cept these German war lord*. As a
cobler*. That audience of farm«*, etc.
The stat* of Wisconsin has a large ' matter of fact, the United State*
their wives and children, could not
population
It may be the,ha* never lost a war. True, we t
have shown a particle of home-made,
I
have never "met up" with the Ger
mans. but a* we have met the troop*
of Fairland a couple of time* and
held our own with them «nd the
English seem now a good match for
German troop*. «he (Germany! ha*
no re*M>n tn despiae the American
Sammys.” General Pershing has
but a small army of some 80.000
mm over there now and these have
not been *rnt to the trench«*a* yet. >
Rut later on w hen the National!
Guard troops are »ent over and the
new army of a half milliom men
follows, ths- American troops can
make quite a showing in the trench
Don’t trifle with your eye-
If
es. Nor is there any doubt but
they need attention, come and
ive
what the American soldier will give
a thorough examination and glass'.*
a good account of himself when he
properly fitted.
One thing is
faces the Germans
war
•ure, the*«- German
E. C. MEADE
lord* will
OFTDMLTHlsr
have to revise the ir opmioo* of the
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American soldier.
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