The Nevada County picayune., 1915-04-30

ni6cent public service, Congressman
 William Kent of California. our sec
 rotary and managing director k that tirtInss, able and loyal representative of organized farmers George r. Hamp- ton of New York. a man of the high
 est standing and q student of the prob
 Iems of distribution. On It's executive
 board. of which have the honor to be d member, is a man for whose eXeeu- tive and constructive ability all of Us have the highest admiration. your own
 able managing director. Dr. Clarence ]. owens. Associated with us on this board are r. D Norton of North Dako-
 la and j. A. Faleoner of Washington.
 both members of the Sixty third Con gress. whose consistent activity in furth ering agricultural interests espe- cially is reflected by their record; also former United States Senator Obadiah Gardner of Maine. the great grange builder of that state. and now chair
 man of the International Joint Com mission; C. B. Kegley, the very able master of the Washington State Grange. and president of the Rural Credit League of America; H s. Mob ley. the very able president of the Far mers Union of Arkansas; and others | of the ahlest executives of the leading
 farm organizations.
 Its Purposes.
 The purpose of the National Market ing Committee is set forth in it's pros pectus. from which l quote:
 II. To create an enlightened pub lie opinion concerning the waste and unnecessary expense in handling and distributing farm products; and to as- sist in bringing before the country the information secured by the Federal Of | flee Of Markets and other national and state agencies;
 "2. To promote and foster proper marketing organizations and methods To encourage and secure the standardi- zation of agricultural products; to se- cure proper warehouse systems: to promote expert marketing services in the several states, to secure uniform ity in methods by states in inaugu- rating investigatory and demonstrative work in marketing. and to secure
 changes in federal and state laws to these ends:
 g. To secure. either through ap- potntmeut by the president or by Act of Congress, the establishment of a National Marketing Commission"
 Universally Endorsed.
 In the development of this program. resolutions were prepared and intro duced in the U. $. Senate by Senator Fletcher and in the House of Represen- tatives by myself These resolutions provide for the establishment of a Ma tional Marketing Commission by Act of Congress-
 The proposed legislation has received the endorsement of the Legislative
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 Union; representatives of various granges and other farm organizations the Farmers Union of Arkansas and | California; half million people in California aside from the Farmers Union of that state. and by many of the great farm journals throughout the country as well as boards of trade and 1 commercial organizations. Throughout the Pacific Coast States, where Co-ope- rative marketing is better developed than Tn other sections, the plan has re- celNed the most enthusiastic endorse ment by agricultural and consumers organizations generally.
 President Wilson Approves
 This spring promptly upon the ad- Journment of Congress. the committee took hold of the plan of securing an appointment by the president of an Adv isory Marketing Commission A number of conferences were held with the secretary of agriCulture who showed an appreciative understanding Of the need of such a commission; the matter was discussed by the cabinet. ant on April 18th. a conference was had with the president. The press dis patches of the following day and since. have informed the public that the ap- polntment of such an advisory body is being most faVorably considered by the president and his advisers
 This shows the widespread concern in the need and the keen interest taken in the plans to meet that need Ne iilpN ttltHi was ever tdkGn nOlu or more spontaneously or with greater enthu- siasm by the producers. This interest and enthusiasm has developed since the middle of last September. and is most encouraging evidence of what can be accomplished when the nation wide campaign of education planned by our committee is in full operation.
 Gentlemen of The Southern Commer- cial Congress. 1 have thus briefly out lined to you the plan and scope of the work of the National Marketing Com mittee. It has a special work to do in eliminating the untold wastes in distribution which in every move to- wards its accomplishment mean an enormous increase in the prosperity and consequent purchasing power of our own people and an expansion of the home market for American manu- factures. and dwarfS into comparative insignficance the possibilities of the foreign markets as important as those are and as heartily as all of us favor the extension of our foreign trade Developing Home Market. | You will be called on to consider and rightly so. the development of our foreign commerce and to participate in movements to secure e larger share to