Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-11-30
ASKS MEASURE
TO Define THE
PRODUCT GRADES
Speaker at Chicago Confer
ence Sets Forth Scheme
in Address.

Carthy, Madison, Wis, In an address
before the National Conference on
Marketing and Farm Credits today
advocated the creation by law Of a
marketing commission empowered to
create, define and enforce reasonable
standards Of farm products. Mr.. Nc
Carthy favored q plan which would
permit producers meeting certain re-
quirements and carrying out certain
standards to use q label or brand Is
sued by the state, thus indicating to
the consumer that the state had in
spected the products and found them
to be within the requirements Of the
rules of the marketing commission.
But legislation alone, he held, would
not. bring the desired results. Law
had to be supplemented by orgahiza-
tion for It's own enforcement. He said
in part:
1--WE can arrange, of course. what
the capacity Of barrel is or define
a certain kind Of measure but when
1t comes to the quality Of the goods Or
the grade. we are In difficulties at
once. To do it in a national way in
most produce at least seems an i'm
possibility. am aware Of the exist
ence of such laws a. the United States
standard barrel law and the United
ed Sulzer law. They are of consid-
cradle use but after all they cannot
be carried out effectively except by .
vast system of education going over
a long period Of time.
IAN attempt to define too closely
the different grades or qualities of
different products will, In my opinion,
lsAdsto confusion. do not think q
saNnAn being. lives whip. can define
fhoaa vrn ,fns, :s,nA ,stn fASn,s frt!s ~ :
IN NJ # seems t1s ne that q Tar bet
ter way would be to create an admin
istrAtiY4s body and Giya This body the
right ID, mnke rules With the advice
Of those who are actually doing the
marketing or producing goods, so that
the grades will not be too far in ad-
vance OF the producer"
Chicago. Nov. 29.-Co-operation as
the first and important step In the
proposed reorganization Of American
agriculture along lines that will bring
lasting prosperity was pictured by
Frank L. McVey. chairman Of the ma
t1onal conference on marketing and
farm credits, in his address welcoming
the delegates today. He argues for
better agriculture, better markets and
better financing, and said in part:
We are told that Of the wealth
y
was to be credited for $4,000, ,000, 900
and that SO per cent Of the population
Of the United States is engaged in
farming or supported by it. Despite
this showing agriculture, taken as q
whole, has not prospered, It is agreed
that there must be changes, which
may be centered about, three things:
l. Better agriculture; (2), better
markets. and. (S), better financing.
Better Agriculture.
Better agriculture Is fairly we'll
taken care of through the work Of the
department Of agriculture. In the ac-
and by the schools and colleges But
1t has been clearly shown that better
agriculture depends upon an adequate
system of finance. improvements
have taken place in the quicker trans
portation of. products and In prompter
financial service. Yet these things
have not touched the real problem.
Great Gap Between.
Between the farmer and the con-
sumer there ID. q great commercial
and financial gap In the mercantile
world this gap between the producer
and the consumer. is being bridged
rapidly by the establishment Of the
necessary machinery of branches and
agents. But the farmer is playing the
game alone and finds it Increasingly
difficult to protect himself against his
own ignorance and isolation.
The tanner should como to a larx-
or appreciation Of the necessity Of CO.
operation between agricultural
groups. It is not a question of social
ism. or individualism. of Democracy
or Republicanisna, 1t IL q question Of
efficiency and social betterment
Financing Farmers..
There Is still . third element in
nancing the farmer has been DISCUSS
ed nearly everywhere. without ques-
ton, no great industry can progress
unless 1t has an adequate system Of
finance. The commercial world long
learned this and the farmer must
come into q clearer appreciation Of its
meaning. Assyet, no plan has been at
tempted and, no detadls have been
made clear. Il u now time that both
I'm the final analysis. no one il go
ing to solve the farmers problem for
him. He must do that TOR himself.
Nor will he solve II by his clannish
attitude of class spirit. The probiems
are fundamentally economic ana must
be based upon sound principles Of
business and finance. Hence, cooper
alton becomes the .keynote. 3
EVERYTHING QUIET
THROUGHO OlJT HAITI
Washington. Nov. 80. "a quiet
throughout Haiti, wAs the report BY
cable to the navy department yester.
day from Rear Admiral Gsperton at