TIIE V/#LLEY SETTLER: is published
over; .hridry by . the t'etanusko
Valley '■'VrnijT'1 s Cooperative
Assoc it ticn f t Palmer, Alesha.
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This n‘per is issued fo” the pur
pose of giving information and
neves of the Matanuskr Vrlloy
Farmer's Cooperating Associations
work, pro lie ns, accomplisltmonta,
and also., news of local end gener
al interest; and to foster tho
cooper- Live spirit of the farmers
of the rrtanuska Valley.
CAIN
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Things upo never so black r s
tiiey cc.n bo made to appear. A
storm at aoc. is never so bad
but what the water will eventuality
tocomo perfectly caln, permit cine
clear sailing.
then the affairs of ovary day
life become uneventful and with
out hazards they rise become
stclo and uninteresting. In
general, human beings actually
require unforsocn difficulties
to d velop pSiwer of supremacy.
By further deduction, the recent
sno'- storm has served a great
purpose. Only a. very small per
cent of c^ops car. actually be
classed as a total lose. In years
to come this experience will serve
as a v-arnlng to bo prepared.
Don't take'too much chance on
late f.alls, 'slow frooze-ups and
dels.id snow. Don't take a chance
on all the crop. Don't allow
yourself to bo forced out of the
game. Always bo prepared for the
unexpected end meet it with de
termine tion to g-in more than
you loose. The person who can
do this is self-reliant, indopen
end able to stand on his own
feet. After 'all no body olsc
gives a damn.
w ♦ 1
The following editorial is the
fourth to he submitted by r
member of t ho Co-op board of
directors, hr .C .C .brix.
Results hr.ve shown that unrestrict
ed competition under our world
wide economic system eventrolly
concontrntes the resources of
r.ny country in tho hr nds of tho
few who ore best adopted to sur
vive under such a system. Those
possessors of property ( rnd
influence) invariably tr_r rnd
hr.vo this woe 1th passed on to
their heirs under such laws rnd
conditions, organized in such r.
very th-. t it is imposeiblo for
their successors to spend their
income. Consequently, pyrrraid
ing rnd drawing tho resources
and tho control of the morns of
production and distribution into
a fov; hands; leaving the vast
majority of tho coming generat
ions, without their own fault, in
a position where they have to
accept the terms of the oncers.
Before the renaiss-nee, pcstil
cnee and wars thine<5. cut the
■population end made possible
adjustments arid re- alignments.
Upon the re-discovery of Vineland
(America) :n ago of discovery
set in which more than doubled
tho tillable l'-nd of the world
(tho America’s alone arc sa.id to
obtain more agricultural land
than all the rest of tho world).
But these nov:ly discovered lands
have been taken possession of and
are being filled up end we are
again at the end of tho rope,and
unless wo adopt some oth^r mode
of economic production and dis
tribution wc arc going to be faced
v.ith a situation that will forco
us br ck to tho economic conditions
faced by our forbo rscfiwe hundred
years ago. 7/e don't want to do
that, and it is up to us to find
a solution that will give our—
solves and the coming generations
an opportunity to make a docent
end honest lining and enjoy the
improvements and'discoveriea that
have been made along sccir.l and
industrial lines.
To me, it seems the or;ly answer is
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