Arizona republican., 1914-09-23
FARMERS WANT
 NEW BODY F0R | FARM ADVISOR
Agree in Energetic Meet ing to Have Chairman John P. Orme Select the Committee to Report Feasible Plan

Because there are so many widely diversified farming organizations in this valley, and because farm adVis or to serve properly all classes of farmers must have a broad, general farmers organization pack of him, and because no county board can give this backing about fifty representative agriculturists of the north side yes terday voted that Chairman John P, Orme select a committee to report on a plan for a farmers organization to obtain farm doctor" In this work the Farmers Union played practically no part, for representatives of that body, led by it's president, Rudolph Kucnler, seeing their opposition would avail nothing left the meeting before the vote was cast The opposition was not entirely consistent, for some of the Union members preferred to take part in the meeting, and abide by the rule of the majority. John Schla- los, an owner of many acres of widely different crops surprised everyone by an able support of the majority rule proposition, and while he did not quite favor the formation of still another or ganization, stayed with the members of the other associations and with the large number of unaffiliated farmers
 It took almost an entire afternoon of discussion to bring the matter to a point where a vote could be taken. In the morning a committee, composed largely of Union members had decided against another association, believing that the office could be administered by the dozen or so associations already in active operation, by means of joint committees.
 One of the first speeches of the af- ternoOn meeting was that of Dwight B. Heard This speech merely recited the benefits that would come from the esta blishment of the office of a farm advisor. Later, H. H. Bustrin and a few others roundly questioned the ef | ficacy of the new office. saying that | the expert, after studying each mans problems could only advise them to do
 
 done, but which were hindered by out side difficulties-such as the tempor- I ara lack of finances.
 | Finally, Kuchler proposed that 1 Chairman John P. Orme name a com mittee of five from the meeting, that | this committee get every farm organi- zatiOn in the valley to add three to five of its members and that the big com mittee set itself to work for legisla- | tion needed by the farmers. In this | legislation, he included the appropria : | tion for the farm advisors office And this fund, apparently he intended should be administered by the larger committee.
 Dr. J. C. Norton, agreeing that this plan was good, said it didn't go far enough. and amended the motion to read that the committee should report back on ways and means of securing an association of the broadest sort to administer the office.
 Then ensued a lively debate, in which both sides grew warm, and an- other was substituted, looking to the forming of the association and at last the kuchler motion was withdrawn In withdrawing it, it's maker added
 And I ask that every member of the Farmers Union now present here leave the room, and take no part in the voting on this notion
 | There was no immediate exodus but when Prof. Stanley F. Morse of the 1 University had been appealed to on the question of the possibility of letting the matter remain in the hands of the board of supervisors, and after he had | said this was not feasible, being a matter which the farmers themselves should handle, Kuchler went about the room, and succeeded in getting about a third of those present to withdraw.
 Schlaloss, who had the floor and was making an impassioned appeal to the farmers to stick together and for get their differences, loudly demanded that everyone come back, and that the door be closed. This produced a gen. and the rising vote that took place be- fore it had entirely subsided carried the motion without dissent.
 Pointed speeches favoring the har- monious consideration of the question were made by Messrs Mcdonald, Et- ter, Hall, Stannard, Lewis, Schlalos and Heard. It was pointed out that while possibly thousand of the val ley's farmers belong to one or more o the associations, unions or institutes there remain six thousand who do no belong to any organization. MT | Heard insisted that the interests O these farmers must be conserved also if the success of the farm advisor ser vice is to be assured. A number O the "unaffiliated" farmers, including Mcdonald ably supported this view and showed they were entirely willing to join the general body, while refus ing to bind themselves to any of tn, specialized or. secret organizatio
 After the vote, Chairman Orme an nounced he would name a committe, of five to look into the matter of form ing a new association, and would o course consider the existing strong as sociations in the naming Of this com
 mittee. A report will be demanded a | a called meeting of the farmers in gen , eral as soon as things can be shapet