Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — CREED OF FIVE POINTS GIVEN [ARTICLE]

CREED OF FIVE POINTS GIVEN

John T. Brown of Monon Speaks at Muncie Meeting of Farmers. Muncie, Ind., December 23. — . “Surely the bread producers—the ‘bread miners’ of this country also must be well organized if they are to stand in competition with organized capital and organized labor in passing through these trying times,’’ said John T. Brown, president of the Indiana Federation of Farmers' Associations, in an address to 600 members of the Delaware County Farmers’ association last week. Mr. Brown explained the farmer’s creed of five points, and said that if it were put into general practice it would “bring a day of safety and good will to the country.” These points, he said, were those that the farmers’ associations must consider in putting their orgamdzed work into effect and include the commercial, economic, legislative and the home economics factors and a patriotic principle. “The commercial factor is the first seen by the farmers and by spectators of our work,” said the speaker, “but it is secondary to some of the others. The war made the farmer self-conscious, in that he first realized the essential nature of his business, his importance as a factor in the life of the It taught him, too, more about soil fertility and increased his knowledge of how to produce more and better crops. The war was a great educating factor for the farmer.

“The war also caused him to realize the power of organization and need of leadership. Now he has taken up the problems of salesmanship, of transportation and of buying. “As to the economic factor, we are facing vast expenditures in road and bridge building under state and federal supervision and appropritations and great dangers as well as great benefits loom large in these things. The farmers more than any other class are interested in good roads. “The legislative factor does not imply special legislation nor class legislation, so far as the farmer is concerned, but equity in all legislation. The tax problem is one of vital interest to the farmer. One of the fundamental objects of the farmers’ organization is the betterment of his home. The farmer must learn all he can about home economics. “Important as are all these other things in the farmer’s life there is nothing so important as patriotism. The farmer’s record is clear on that point. If the farmers organize for their own protection and benefit they will believe in the responsibility of such an organization to all other classes and will answer to them for the things they do.” The Delaware County Association has nearly 2,000 members and is one of the largest in? the stats.