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IS TO ATTEMPT TO
SHORTEN COAST LINE
Between Farm Producer and
City Consumer at First
Conference.
PROGRAM ARRANGED
Meeting on Marketing and
Farm Credits to be Held
At Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 31.-"Unless the
cost line between farm producer and
city consumer can be shortened, the
former will cease producing surplus"
is the statement of the Executive Com
mittee in announcing the completed
program of the First National Confer
ence ON marketing and farm credits,
in Chicago, April 8, 8 and 10
I'VE are promised an attendance
from So states, representing the most
powerful factors" said Colonel Frank
p. Holland of Dallas Texas, chairman
of this committee. Twenty or more
state institutions of higher education
have designated delegates. Represen-
tatives of the federal and states de-
partments of agriculture, officers of
strong farmers organizations, influen-
tial manufacturers and railroad men
and publicists will attend.
THE Conference itself will be I'M
partisan in every respect and marks
q new epoch"
The program:
Morning session, April S-Call to
order, Harry Wheeler, president AS
sociated Chambers of Comerce of the
United States; Permanent Chairmans
address, Colonel Frank P. Holland,
president Associated Farm Papers;
Waste in Distribution" Charles r.
Van Hise, president University of Wis
consin; How the Government Has
Aided Distribution of Farm Products -
Senator Obadiah Gardner, master
Maine State Grange; distributing
Food Products" E. M. Tousley, direct
or Right Relationship League; ap-
pOintment of committees.
Afternoon session, April 8-Presid-
ing officer, George McKerrow, State
Superintendent Farmers Institute of
Wisconsin; Educational Aids to Or
ganization," S. e. Mezes, president of
University of Texas; "The Problem of
Organization" c. S. Barrett, president
National Farmers Educational and Co
operative Union of America; general
discussions: Fruit Growers" P J.
O'Gara, district plant pathologist,
Rogue River Valley, Oregon; Grain
Growers E. G. Dunno, Mason City,
Iowa; Growers of Beef" State Sena-
tor l.. Ames, Buckingham, Iowa
ciate editor Hoard's Dairyman; Got
ton Growers" E. w. Kirkpatrick, for
mer president Texas Farmers Con-
gress.
Farmers Selling Agencies" Lloyd
S. Tenny, division of farm manage
ment, U. S. Department of Agricul
ture; general discussion: Cotton" w.
Is. Weary, president Texas Cotton
Growers Association; Feet" w. II.
'Tomhave, State College of Pennsylva-
mia; Grains" M. r. Myers, editor of
Chicago Cooperative Journal; Dairy
Products N. P. Hull, national lectur-
er the Grange.
Morning session, April 9-Presiding
OFFICER, Colonel Ike T. Pryor, former
president Texas Cattle Raisers' Asso-
citation and Trans Mississippi Con
gress: How Transportation Lines Are
Aiding in the Marketing of Farm Pro-
ducts E. E. Bets, general superin-
tendent of transportation, G.. & N. w.
system; Relation of Agriculture. Gov
eminent and Railways B. F. Yoakum,
chairman board of directors, Frisco
Lines; Service Aids in Marketing. -
-. IA. iioopof, dSStSla1ft trdIflC manag-
ler ID. & r. G. Ry.
Luncheon and formidable, April g
Presiding officer, Harry Pratt Judson,
president University of Chicago
luncheon at Hotel Sherman; "Why Is
the Farmer Not Effectively Organic
ed!' (a) an editors theory, Arthur
Capper. president Capper's Farm
Weeklfes; OBJ university presidents
view. w. O. Thompson, president of
Ohio State University; Co a congress
mans idea. Thomas L. Rubey, member
of Congress from Missouri; Cd what
an economist discovered, c. w.
thompson, director bureau of econo-
mic research, University of Minneso-