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Talkin' of trusts, I see that a lot of
big capitalists down east hav formed a
poultry and dairy trust with twenty
millions capital and they intend to
round up and control the product of
•every cow and hen and duck and turkey
in the whole U. B. A. and propose to
•dictate the price of the same. They've
get hold of several of the large butter
factories already and no doubt work
the usual methods of offerin' big prices
for cream where local ereameries are
runnin' good until they're whipped out
and then let the price down to starv
ation. The trust will set the price of
butter bye and bye to suit theirselves
and no .doubt there'll be holdup prices
on all sueh to the consumer and low
down prices to the raiser when the trust
is the only buyer. Ain't 1 glad that
the trust can't touch me on this line?
My hens will keep on layin' for us just
the same and my old Urindle will giv
cream to churn for our butter just the
same and my geese will giv feathers
for our beds just the same and our
turkeys will grow for Thanksgivir'
trust or no trust. But a twenty mil
lion dollar poultry and dairy trust ain't
in business just for fun unless the
farmers know enuf to stick to their
own cooperative projecks which they
never hav yet.
That Jap lecturer up to the state
university told the schoolma'ms that
he didn't wonder there are so many
oid bachelors here because the Ameri
can courtship is such a risky undertak
in\ One little word of "No" and the
work of months and years is all lost.
