CONTROLLED FARM PRODUCtlON •
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Up until the early 1930’s there was
almost complete freedom in agricul
tural production and marketing, Mr.
Peterson says. Aside from the at
tempts of cooperative marketing
organizations, little emphasis had
boon placed on orderly marketing
or standardization of product. Each
farmer produced the products he
wanted to produce in the amounts
and quality he wished to produce
them. The farmer and his family
paid a high price for this freedom.
The PEAL QUESTION IS—
'.'hat part should the government
play and to what extent should the
farmer himself bo responsible for
managing his production?
The agricultural producer cannot
continue to produce on an unlimited
basis while nearly all other seg
ments of our economy operate on a
planned basis with more or less con
trol over production and price.
Mr. Peterson says that—
Farmers should decide whether the
planning of an agricultural program I
ought to be done completely by gov
ernment, with the assistance of
government, or independently of the
government. The only possibility
that this job might be done inde
pendently of government lies in the
further development of strong co- |
operative organizations wherein •
farmers themselves, like industria." ■
j.sts, will determine v;hat their pro
duction shall be. In addition they
will determine what facilities are
required to protect themselves a
gainst ruinous market fluctuations.!
They would also be responsible for j
financing the enterprise.
Whil- many declare that it will bo
impossible to get farmers to agree
to manage this part of their busi
ness and so diciplino themselves
that they will not have unmanageable
surpluses, Peterson points out that
cooperativo organizations have
brought about a considerable degree
of order in certain phases of the
marketing process. He says that it
is conceivable that through cooper
ative organizations farmers may some
day be able to plan and execute
their own production controls.
"Hn-re is m^rit and stability in
self help. There are mahy new fron-j
tiers in cooperative development.
The same progressive spirit, which
has brought cooperatives to their
present important position, is need-i
e. to large them on to engage in new
enterprises and new activities to
meet the needs of people."
_Harry J. Poterson.
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