Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-08-20

MIR Haugen-1ne OBJECT Is 10 DC
away with the commission man, and
to bring the goods from the farm tc
the kitchen?
Mr.. Lubin-Yes; under this pro.
posed national commission they will
be largely the employees OF the CO.
operating farmers.
Mr.. Helgesen-Could you find an
American name that would be better
understood than the German name
ndwirtschaftsraD
Mr.. Lubin-I hardly think it
would be good policy to do that at
this time. When we purpose to
adapt or adopt the Landwirtschafts-
rat to American needs we have a
fairly well defined work before us.
but If we were simply to say that we
want national agricultural council.
that would not be definite, for 1t
would permit of any number of
schemes being taken up, and this
would leave US as far off from prac-
teal accomplishment as we ever
We're. should favor persistency in
adhering to the name, at least until
after the plan has been adopted and
thereafter employ the term ndtioual
agricultural council.
Now to continue: If we study the
history of the European Landwirt-
s"haftsrat we will find that it wa5
not born in day; there was gror hg
ami struggling for years to build IL
Up. The first efforts, like those In
the United States, were attempted
through non IOVernment&l and non
official national organizations, and
there's RraEE p, as in the United
Sites at The present tipl3, many
organizations calling themselves
the national association. Bus
when they attempted to accomplish
anything they centralized each other
Just IS they dc lere. EaCL OF teen
III fact none of them represented the
nation. AS a result there was CON
fusion, discord and inefficiency.
Seemingly we in the United States
are passing through similar expert
ences in our economic history to
those passed through in the Europ-
can countries. We have evolved up
to the stage when a number of I'M
official, nongoyernmental associa-
tons are endeayoring to shape and
handle the economic status OF
American agriculture. l see that
Mr.. Hampton is here, and | would
be pleased to have him mention
some of these national organizations.
Mr.. Hampton-Well, there's the
National Farmers Union the Ma
tional Grange; the Society of Equity;
The Cleaners; the Cooperative
Farmers Associations, etc. And
then there are the Farmers National
Unions. like the Fruit Growers
Dairy, Elevators, etc.
Mr.. Lubin-Now, all these ma
tional organizations in the United
States. instead of being strength,
are q great weakness, as was the
case in the European countries with
non-official organizations, and evil
IDENTIFY, as in the second step in the
European experience, We are turning
toward the other direction il. iustitu-
ting an official governmental asso-
citation. This attempt was Intended
ItC be made through the Bureau OF
Markets of the Department of Agri'
culture. But such attempts in the
European countries were found to be
impI actlcable.
it was soon perceived that a gov
ernmental (officiaD agency could
not he made to work. No govern
ment in the world, not even a gov
eminent as paternal as that of China
would dare in our day to tell the
farmers, DO not sell to certain
dealers on certain streets in Chicago
but sell to other dealers in another
street or in another square or in
another city That kind of pater'
nalism may only be permitted under
despot who owns all the people
all the land, everything in the coun
try.
And what, then, is left? One Of
two things: Either to permit the
trusts to run as they are doing now
and permit them to employ scientific
means for their upbuilding and per
petuation, or the establishment o.
the semi-official organizations Oh
the same order as the European
semi-official NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
And right here let it be under
stood that in instituting the Land
wirtschaftsrat it does not necessarily
follow that it would put out of com
mission the present non-official, non