Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-14
NATIONAL MARKET
BUREAU is ASKED
Farm Credits Conference Held
at Chicago Names Committee
to Appeal to Congress.
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Great Saving Effected When the MID
dleman Is Eliminated, It is
Shown.

Chicago, April 14.-The federal gov
eminent is to be asked by representa-
tives of powerful organizations in SO
states 10 establish a bureau of effec-
tive marketing. under which the pro-
Queer and consumer will deal directly
with one another, eliminating an an
nual loss of something like $1,000
100000.
This action was mapped out az the
closing session of the first national
conference on marketing and farm
credits at the Hotel Sherman. Since
the request will have a backing more
powerful than any ever before made
by farmers it is considered almost
certain that congress will comply
with il.
A committee appointed TO take up
the proposition with the government at
Washington comprises: T. D. Hartman.
chairman, Pittsburgh. Pa; Dr.. A. Cas-
well Ellis, Austin. Tex: John Sebas-
Jian, Chicago; f. W. Kirkpatrick. Nc
Kinney, Tex; Dr.. J. H. Connell. Still
risburg. Pa; NJ P Myers. Chicago;
Clarence A. Shamel, Chicago: Clar-
ence Poe, Raleigh. y. c.: Arthur Cap
per, Topeka, Kan; s. R. .McKelvie,
Lincoln, Neb., and Edward Burnes.
Chicago.
Here IS summary OF the hndl &C
ton Of the conference:
Organization, embracing representa-
uves Of every branch Of the food and
clothing producing men of the nation.
is made permanent. the next session
% be held in Chicago.
ORGANIZE EVERY STATE.
An organization in every state in
the union is being perfected for the
purpose of working out q system OF
marketing. crop raising and farmers
/ credits.
I Congress is called upon TO pass a
. currency system that will permit farm
/ ers TO obtain currency on their land
in much the same manner that nation
al bankers obtain currency by depos-
itiug bonds as security.
Demanded that the government
make crop reporting a public matter
and take it out of the hands of stock
gamblers"
Although no cooperative society was
organized the farmers who took part
in the activities Of the conference
were delighted with the progress made
at this, their first effort at dealing
with the consumers and their organiza-
tons. They were confident that a
. cooperative organization, backed by
federal action Of several kinds. prob
ably would he effected before the close
of the conference TO be held here
next April.
Frank p Holland who was made
permanent chairman Of the conference.
. expressed himself as well pleased with
the progress made.
This action is the frs step toward
an organization of farmers and con
sumers that will make a decided
change in cur methods of distributing
food and other products of the SOIL
said he.
The consumer in the city will ben.
eft by this organization to just as
/ grea. an extent as the farmer. No
body can foretell the amount of money
that will be saved by thus dealing
directly with one another by scientific
crop raising and marketing"
The gist Of the conclusions reached
by the conference was best summed
no in the report of the resolutions
committee.
The resolutions read in part as fol
.OwS.
Whereas, the small farmer is at
present unable 10 secure for sufficient