CO-OPS Cont. frcn page 2.
Not understanding the situation, they
naturally cannot npprociato tho fact that
all through the nar American farmors fed
them.hotter than any'pcoplo on earth have
over boon fod boforc, and fod tho Allied
armios as troll.
Mr# Hoinkcl is particularly worried about
tho soil. Eo stntos that it is of courso
tho farmer's primary intorost to’savo the
soil and maintain soil fortility. But
thoro's a point beyond which tho individ
ual farmer cannot go and boyond which his
physical and financial rosourccs cannt
reach, Thoro's'whero tho public's respon
sibility begins, because tho public, and
posterity, must catl
That is the reason no have appropriations
for tho soU Conservation Sorvico and tho
Production Marketing Administration
through which the public aids agriculture
in saving the soil. Lately there has been
a tendency on the part of Congress to dut
down on appropriations in the fado of con
tinuing soU depletion. Horevor, if the
soil depletion continues to a point where
food bedomes scarco and high priced perm
anently, it is the farmer who would feet
tho blamo.
In speaking of Cooperative s'Mr. Hoinkcl
states that--"All of us aro, of courso,
familiar with the tirade levelled against
cooperatives, 'Notwithstanding tho falsity
of tho charges, our oncmics have mado sov
oral untruths stick in‘the $inds of toils
of thousands of people. One of the so is
that Cooperatives don't pay taxes; anothor;
is that wo havo a pipolinc into tho Feder
al Troasury; still anothor is that wo un- ,
fairly compote against private businesses;
others foolishly assort that cooperatives
arc somo kind of communist outfit that
would take over all business in this coun-*
try. ,
If Agriculturo is to survive,,llr. Hodnkol j
says that wo must make the public under- j
stand our problems. Tho public must un
derstand why farmers arc entitled to pari
ty pricos; why tho public has a responsi
bility in tho soil orosion problem; why it
is equitablo and important that farmers j
aro permitted to markot their nroducts
and obtain'their supplies on a coopera
tive basis. I
Hon can no get at this most Important
task"? I boliovo that, as Abraham Lincoln
said, no should first wdo the best nc can
■vrith nhat no’vo got.M Many of our cooper
atives and tho farm organizAtions havo
boon doing a croditablo job, but I think '
that every cooperative association should,
this year, redouble its offorts toward
improvoiing public relations, not alono foi
its respective association, but in tho
intcrost of agriculturo gonorally as noli.
$ov, and Mrs. Victor Alfson and family
returned this rook from tho States v/hcro
thoy visited during the suromor. The
Alfsons drovo back over tho highway in a
non car.
OR. F. R. SI ms
DEDUST
PALMER ALASKA
PEARL IIIHITE LAUnORL)
WASH DAY SLUES?
Bring your trashing to us--dui±ng this
busy season. Don’t rear yoursolf out.
IRENE LEPAK
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TIME TO
THAT
APPOINTMENT
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/if tone SCHOOL OPENS
LOU RRSITlUSSEn
PHONE■ 6 Y 3
IT'S TIME TO
GET THOSE
BACK TO SCHOOi
CLOTHES
CUE A NEC (.
PRESSED
OPfW 5 uays a week
MOHCAY - - FRIDAY
fllflRM • III! T T
'reception at bride's home
A rdccption rill bo given in honor of tho '
brido And groon, llrriar.no Bryant and JYmoa
-Harmon, in the bride’s licnc folio* ring tho
nodding coronony vtiich rill tako place
noxt Saturday at 8:00 p,m. in the Lutheran
Church, Everyone is invited to attend,
_ September 11,1948