Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-29
AGRICULTURAL
NEEDS OF The
Commonwealth
Governor Appoints q Commi.
sion to Find What Is
Really Required

N. G. LarimOre OF LarimOre and Hon.
J. e. Phelan OF Bowman, as represen'
tatives of the state Of North Dakota
to prepare a brief of the agricultural
needs of the state, at the request OF
the Permanent American Commission
on Agricultural Finance, Production,
Distribution and Rural Life. This is
one Of the most important American
commissions Of recent years, having
to do with the whole matter of agri-
cultural credit and the various prob
lens affecting farm life. Thirty six
states and fiyei Canadian provinces
were represented in the recent inves-
| tigation Of the mater of rural life in
Europe, and the American commits.
sion is now urging in preparing an
{exhaustive report. 1t is for this pur'
pose they desire information upon
what the leading men Of North Da-
kOta believe to be the agricultural
needs Of Nortles Dakota.
The members nj, the commission
named by the governor are all well
known residents of the state. Col.
futile is a large land ownersin the
state, has been a member of the leg
islature, and has a fund of Informs
tion regarding agriculture and agri-
cultural questions. N. G. Larimore
Is one of the old time. settlers Of the
state after whom the town of Lari-
more was named. He has been large
ly in trested in farming and all sub
/ ionfc annnnofol with rrsa,1f,,ro ~ Frr
many years he has represented the
state as a member OF the TRANSMITS.
sissippe Commercial Congress. j. f.
Phelan is the we'll known farmer,
ranchman and banker of Bowman.
The brief to be prepared by this COM
mittee will no doubt set forth North
Dakota's needs clearly and from the
STANDPOINT Of men versed in all
branches of the agricultural question.
A nationwide movement to inter-
est the American rural population
along financial, business and social
lines, as a means to strengthen the
position of the farmers, increase their
income and their production and to
lower the cost of foodstuffs to the con-
sumers, has been announced by the
American commission in a letter to
the governors of the states, to the
farmers organizations, agricultural in
situations and farmers of America.
A report is later to be made to the
governors of the various states and
the farmers organizations, agricul.
tural institutions and farmers of
America. The first letter discussed
the general form Of rural organization
in the European countries visited by
the commission. .t.H5
The commission found that Euro
pean agriculture was organized along
cooperative lines and also found that
the European farmers have apparent.
ly secured a financial, business and
social strength equal to that of the
organized urban classes of capital and
labor.
The commission has effected an
organization with headquarters in
Washington, D. c., with Senator Dun.
can U. Fletcher as Chairman.
Dr.. c. j. Owens, of Maryland, direc-
to general of the American commits
sion and managing director Of The
Southern Commercial Congress. has
given out the following letter ad-
dressed to the governors of the states,
the farmers organizations, agricul-
tural institutions, and the farmers Of
America.
"The American Commission on Ag.
riculture Cooperation has completed
it's tour of European countries and
has perfected plans to digest and
cimpile the information obtained with
regard to cooperation and the organ.
ization of rural life in European coun-
tries along financial, business and
social lines. e9It, is believed that this
task can be completed before the end
of the present year, when the final
! report of the commission will be sub
mitted.
The commission is deeply i'm
pressed with the vital Importance Of
o thoroughly organized and united
population. In this respect the coun.
tries of Europe offer a lesson which
may not long be disregarded in
America without serious consequent
ces. #.Ia
"The agricultural interests of most
Of the European countries visited by
the commission are organized along
one or more of the following lines:
Credit, production, distribution and
social organization for the better
ment of country life.
organizations for the provision OF
credit facilities for European farmers
follow the natural division into short
time personal credit and long time
land-mortgage credit. The organiza.
tions for. the provision of personal
credit facilities are as highly devel.
oped as are the systems Of CONNER.
cial banking. The prevailing rate OF
interest paid by the farmers for short
time loans, is from four to five and
one half per cent. The terms offered
European farmers. are generally bet
er. designed to meet the peculiar re
quirements Of agriculturists than arr
the terms %obtainable today by the
American farmers.
1.-THE personal credit organizations
have the form of cooperation socie
ties. Very often the members o.
these societies assume unlimited liza
bility for the debts of the society
while in other cases the societies take
the form Of limited liability. AS
rule In European countries. the lay