Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-04-22
CONFERENCE OF MARKET
ING AND FARM CREDITS
Initiative Movement OF the Govern
ment for Better Market
Conditions

The demand for better marketing
facilities. both by the producer ant
the consumer. and the equally insist
cnl demand Tor n better farm credit
system modelled somewhat ON lh,
/ French or German system, has led
/ the Associated Farm Papers al
/ Amcrica to call The conference at
Chicago which has just closed. Som,
of the most prominent men Of the
country took part in the discussion
and delivered addresses. Amona
these were Secretary of Agriculture
Houston; Banker T.. +. llarri, 81
Champaign. Ill.,: Honorable llalluu
Summers. VI. C.. at Texas: Banker
George Woodruff of Joliet, Ill.,: Hon
orublc Herbert MNrick editor of the
Orange Judd farm papers DR.. Sidney
Mc2c~, president of the University
of Texas. and Honorable T.. VI. Tnu~
ley of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1t j. too early to predict what the
result ut this conference will be- but
it i certain that the need for reform
along these lines is indeed great.
1t is evident that To accomplish
anything looking towards a reform
IN the system of marketing implies
cooperation of the farmers or ut
least those whose products are SINH
lar, but organization of farmers has
always been n difficult thing to ac.
complish, and the attempt to combine
the farmers of the Nation or State
or even u single county have proved
failures.
In some of the foreign countries.
Denmark being noteworthy exam
pie. the Government has backed the
organization of farmers. thus giving
II stability and inspiring their con
iiidence a. no other method could.
AS an instance of what has been
accomplished IN Denmark it is said
that the farmer receives 92le per
cent of the selling price of his prod
net, while IN this country in some in
stances he receives les, than ID per
cent. With long railroad hauls. and
u higher cost of handling, il is not
reasonable to expect that the Amer
lean farmer will ever receive 90 per
cent of the selling price for his prod
uri>. but II Is Just that the margin
tina, exists AT the present time should
%" "u' down very materially and il
- believed by the students of econ
om\ VINO have studied The problem
that the cost to the consumer can
he eat down considerably and the
price To- the farmer increased to
where he will he receiving fair
share. 1t l. mol presumed that the
margin between what the farmer re.
cclvc> and what the consumer paws
l. graft or that it j. altogether ex.
"c>>lvc profit of either the middleman
or the railroads. but il seem, that
conditions have developed
faster than the economic methods of
handling them, and ii i believed that
a great deaf may be accomplished
by study of the situation. and rs
Secretary Houston l. heartily in SYM
pathy with the movement. and rs
President Wilson i known to favor
something of the kind il j. To be
hoped that the Government will stand
back of the plan and assist a co.
operative movement that will accom-
pil-h much good to both producer and
consumer.
" To the farm credit system. there
has been a popular demand for some
years for an Improvement in our
banking system that would enable the
farmer To borrow money on as favor.
able terms a hi- merchant neighbor,
and especially so as his loans are for
long terms.
The Government ha, had agents
studying the system in France and
Germany and other. have taken AZ
the matter and at the conference the
matter has been brought out forcibly
and II seems probable that something
tangible that will be for the in,eres,
Of the American farmer will have
been started and material result, will
follow shortly.-Southwestem Stock.
man.