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THTTCtSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1&22.
P Barrow, Gwinnett, and Jack
ie <AI 111 son counties.
m Prompt, dependable service.
IIS * want y°ur business.
D. Gorham Jackson
“THE FARM LOAN MAN”
Hush Building
WINDER, GEORGIA
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\ Viola Dana
IN “CINDERELLA’S TWIN”
At THE STRAND THEATER
Two Day B—Today and Tomorrow
Tractor Reduced
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NEW PRICE DELIVERED
$450.00
Now is the time to buy Fordson Farm Power machin
ery. You can plow your land at the right time in the
right way. Build it up, increase production; decrease
cost. Deep plowing at the right time best and cheapest
known method to destroy boll weevil.
We are not telling you how to farm; we are just anx
ious and willing to show you how to make money farm
ing.
Mr. Farmer, we are doing our honest level best to
help you succeed. Your success is our success.
We will grade, pack and sell your standard products.
We will exchange Ford products for your farm products.
Sincerely,
KING MOTOR COMPANY
C. B. MOTT, Manager
r Phone 129
Some Aspects of The
Farmers Problems
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Now that the farmers are stirring,
thinking, and uniting as never before
to eradicate these inequalities, they
are subjected to stern economic lec
tures, and are met with the accusation
that they are demanding, and are the
recipients of, special privileges. Let
us see what privileges the government
has conferred on tiie farmers. Much
has been made of Section 0 of the
Clayton Anti-Trust Act, which pur
ported to permit them to combine with
immunity, under certain conditions.
Admitting that, nominally, this ex
emption was In the nature of a special
privilege,—though I think it was so In
appearance rather than In fact, —we
find that the courts have nullified It
by judicial interpretation. Why should
not the farmers he permitted to ac
complish by co-operative methods what
other businesses are already doing by
co-operation In the form of Incorpora
tion? If It be proper for men to form,
by fusion of existing corporations or
otherwise, a corporation that controls
the entire production of a commodity,
or a large pari of It, why is it not
proper for a group of farmers to unite
for the marketing of their common
products, either in one or in several
selling agencies? Why should it be
right for a hundred thousand corporate
shareholders to direct 25 or 30 or 40
per cent of an industry, and wrong for
a hundred thousand co-operative
farmers to control a no larger propor
tion of the wheat crop, or cotton, or
any other product?
The Department of Agriculture is
often spoken of ns a special concession
to the farmers, but in its commercial
results, it is of as much benefit to the
buyers and consumers of agricultural
products as to the producers, or even
more. 1 do not suppose that anyone
opposes the benefits that the fanners
derive from the educational and re
search work of the department, or the
help that it gives them in working out
Improved cultural methods and prac
tices, in developing better yielding va
rieties through breeding and selection,
In Introducing new varieties from re
mote parts of the world and adapting
them to our climate and economic con
dition, and in devising practical meas
ures for the elimination or control of
dangerous and destructive animal and
plant diseases, insect pests, and the
like. All these things manifestly tend
to stimulate and enlarge production,
and their general beneficial effects are
obvious.
It Is complained that, whereas the
law restricts Federal Reserve hanks
to three months’ time for commercial
paper, the farmer Is allowed six
months on his notes. This is not a
special privilege, but merely such a
recognition of business conditions as
THE WINDER NEWS
mates' It possible for - country bants
to do business with country people.
The crop farmer has only one turn
over a year, while the merchant and
manufacturer have many. Incidental
ly, I note that the Federal Reserve
Board has just authorized the Fed
eral Reserve banks to discount export
paper for a period of six months, to
conform to the nature of the busi
ness.
The Farm Loan banks are pointed
to as an instance of special govern
ment favor for farmers. Are they not
rather the outcome of laudable efforts
to equalize rural and urban condi
tions? And about all the government
does there is to help set up an ad
ministrative organization and lend a
little credit at the start. Eventually
the farmers will provide all the capi
tal and carry all the liabilities them
selves. It is true that Farm Loan
bonds are tax exempt; but so are
bonds of municipal light and traction
plants, and new' housing Is to be ex
empt from taxation, In New York, for
ten years.
On the other hand, the farmer reads
of plans for municipal housing proj
ects that run into the billions, of hun
dreds of millions annually spent on
the merchant marine; he reads that
the railways are being favored with
Increased rates and virtual guaranties
of earnings by the government, with
the result to him of an 'ncreased toll
on all that he sells and all that he
buys. He hears of many manifestn
tions of governmental concern for par
tieiflar industries and interests. Res
cuing the railways from insolvency is
undoubtedly for the benefit of the
country as a whole, hut what can be
of more general benefit than encour
agement of ample production of the
principal necessaries of life and their
even flow from contented producers to
satisfied consumers?
While It may be conceded that
special governmental aid may be nec
essary in the general interest, we must
all agree that it is difficult to see why
agriculture and the production and dls
tribution of form products are not ac
corded the same opportunities that are
provided for other businesses; espe
cially as the enjoyment by the farmer
of such opportunities would appear to
be even more contributory to the gen
eral good than In the case of other
industries. The spirit of American
democracy is unalterably opposed,
alike to enacted special privilege and
to the special privilege of unequal op
portunity that arises automatically
from ths failure to correct glaring
economic Inequalities. I am opposed
to the injection of government Into
business, hut I do believe that It is an
essential function of democratic gov
ernment to equalize opportunity so
fur as it is within Its power to do so,
whether by the rejifal of archaic
statutes or the e"aetment of modern
ones. If the anti trust laws keep the
farmers from endeavoring scientifically
to Integrate their industry while other
Industries find a way to meet modern
conditions without violating such stat
utes, then It would seem reasonable
to find a way for ths farmers to meet
them under the same conditions. The
law should operate equally In fact. Re
pairing the economic structure on one
side is no Injustice to the other side,
which Is In good repair.
We have traveled a long way from
the old conception of government as
merely a defensive and policing agency;
aud regulative, corrective, or equaliz
ing legislation, which apparently Is of
a special nature, Is often of the most
general beneficial consequences. Even
the First Congress passed a tariff act
that was avowedly for the protection
of manufacturers; but a protective
tariff always hag been defended as a
means of promoting the general good
through a particular approach; and
the statute books are filled with acts
for the benefit of shipping, commerce
and labor.
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Now, what Is the farmer asking?
Without trying to catalogue the re
medial measures that have been sug
gested in his behalf, the principal pro
posals tii*it bear directly on the Im
provement of his distributing and mar
keting relations may be summarized as
follows; —
First: storage warehouses for cot
ton, wool, and tobacco, and elevators
for grain, of sufficient capacity to meet
the maximum demand on them at the
peak of the marketing period. The
farmer thinks that either private capi
tal must furnish these facilities, or the
state must erect and own the eleva
tors and warehouses.
Second: weighing and grading of
agricultural products, and certification
thereof, to be done by impartial and
disinterested public Inspectors (this is
already accomplished to some extent
by the federal licensing of weighers
and graders), to eliminate underpay
ing, overcharging, and unfair grading,
and to facilitate the utilization of the
stored products as the basis of credit.
Third ; a certainty of credit sufficient
to enable the marketing of products
in an orderly
(To be Continued)
Baw It In Different Light.
Mr. Blllus (greatly bored by the
•lay)—“Maria, that fellow U positive
ly . the worst stick I ever saw on the
itage. He makes love to that pretty
dttle countess like a hippopotamus
trying te court an angeL" Mrs, Blllus
(much interested) —“He does, John;
V doea But how vividly It seems to
•ecatl the days of our courtship
lohnP
King Mad Faith In Women.
The famous Emperor Charles V,
who was accounted one of the ablest
rulers of his time, had such confi
dence In the ability of women to gov
ern that he appointed three sucees
lively as regents of the Netherlands.
Now is the time to buy a good cross cut saw
and make it pay for itself during the cold
weather. You can afford one at the price we
sell them.
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We have some special selections in fresh
Garden Seeds. We sell for 5c per package.
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Did you ever hear of Oliver Imitating other
Plows and Repairs? No-and there’s a rea
son. Look for the Trade Mark. Buy only
genuine plows and repairs. We have a com
plete stock at the new 1922 prices.
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Just received glass bowls suitable for bulbs
Price only 25c.
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Our 50c per pound sole leather is the best
we had for this price so far.
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To reduce stock we will sell 100 Sets $1.50
per set English Cups and Saucers for SI.OO
per set.
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Automobile Signal Stop Lamps $2.50.
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Winchester Slip Joint Pliers
—Accurately fitting joints in po
sition to give greatest leverage. ,
Sharply milled teeth that grip
and hold. Several sizes and pat-
terns for the mechanic or the au
tomobile owner.
Cooper Automobile Batteries guaranteed
for 24 months.
Buick and Studebaker $25. Dodge . ... S3O.
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Exide Special Ford and Chevrolet Batter
ies, $25.00.
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Winchester Open End W T renehes.
—Heads accurately milled to size
size of nut wrench is made to lit.
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6000 mile guaranteed non-skid casings at v
the following prices:
30x3 $ 8.95. 30x3£ 9.75. 32x4 18.75
33x4 $19.80 34x4 20.00
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Plant English Peas this month. We have
early and large varieties in bulk.
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Someone has said that “COLD CASH IS
OFTEN THE MEANS OF EXPRESSING
WARM SYMPATHY.”
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Reduced prices on Floor Paints and Furni
ture Varnish. Buy now for Spring Cleaning.
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Champion X Spark Plugs for FORDS 60c.
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Spark Plugs for all makes automobiles.
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We have sewing machine needles, oil and
supplies for your sewing machine.
Just received in a shipment some Nail Ham
mers we can sell for 50c, others 65c and up.
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Our values are sure to please.
Smith Hardware
Company
WINDER, GEORGIA
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