The paper file is all right and so is
the bill file, but one cannot sharpen
a saw with them.
The increased and increasing cost of
living makes it certain that we will al
ways have the poor with us.
The ranchman who is looking for a
bright boy to employ never calls
around the pool halls in town.
A preacher has an easy time earning
his salary,. but he has to work like
blazes to collect it, the 'same as the'
newspaper men.
A farmers' club, founded for the pur
pose of doing something of lasting
value for the neighborhood, will live,
and will accomplish its end.
CO-OPERATION REALLY PAYS
Farmers of Central Kansas Form Qr
ganization for Purpose of Buying
and Selling Crops.
Ten cars of seed wheat, sold at a
long advance over Kansas City prices.
were shipped by the Lost Springs
(Kansas) farmers' union this year. In
addition a large quantity. of seed. was
sold in smaller' lots. This extensive
marketing obfr h priced seed 'wheat
was made po Sible by co-operatiye
growing and feiling.
Lost Springs is a small town in cen
tral Kansas. fIt is in a rich farmipg
region. The farmers grow good crops
and they determined to get the best
prices for them. So they organized
a union and inow they do their own
buying and salling in large lots. When
the' union was organized the number
of its members could easily have been
counted on the fingers of two hands.
