New Britain herald., 1916-08-24
ECONOMY CN FARM
 CAMPAIGN SLOGAN
A8rlCulturaliStS Intend to Prevent
 Future Wastage

Chicago, Aug. 24.-An economy campaign of nationwide extent will be started by American farmers at the Fourth National Conference on marketing and farm credits called to- day to meet in Chicago, December Az at the Hotel Sherman. The cam palgn Will begin with practical plans TOT checking enormous wastages in marketing farm products. This an- nuaI wastage is of billion dollar mag n1tude, according to a statement of general committed The root ,f if lies in defective local organization of farmers" says Secretary Charles w Holman of Madison. Wisconsin. "and the delegations will work out n1achin- cry for getting the local communities more tightly organized
 Prior to the conference survo1-s will be made, under the direction of the committee, that will snow the movement of crops such as live stock, grain, hay, cotton and Ierisn- l able products. The whole milk ::itu- ation in its relation to city distribu- tion problems will come in for a con- { siderable share of attention.
 To bring out more vigorously the 1 evils in the "present wasteful sys- tenn of handling farm products" the conference will conduct special hear ings open to the public. Local and general conditions will be taken up by competent witnesses and remedies l will be outlined.
 l The rural credits section will an- alyze the scope and limitations of the | Federal Farm Loan Act so that the American farmer may know what to l expect under it's terms. This section l is to conduct hearings to develop facts as to the status in America of the farm tenant. the farm laborer and the immigrant in his relation to the | land. The conference leaders expect 1 the hearing to put the delegates in a | position to sound the dominant chord Tn the formation of comprehensive land policy for the United States. How to handle the imnigrant and l now to move landless men to the
 land will be stressed. Economists. gov-
 ernment officials and leaders in indus
 tries dependent on farming will CO.,
 operate.
 The National Conference on Mar
 keting and Farm Credits is an open
 forum Tn the fourth year of it's eX-
 1stence. All of it's meeting have been
 held ln Chicago. In 1915 delegations
 came rom 46 states and from several
 provinces in Canada. It's general
 committee signing the call are: Chair
 man Frank L. McVey, Grand Forks,
 N D., president of the University of
 North Dakota; Clifford Pinchot. Mill
 ford, Penn; Governor Arthur Capper,
 Topeka, Kans; H. J. Waters, Manhat-
 tan, kans; Colonel Frank P. Holland,
 Dallas, Tex;s Lou D. Sweet, Denver,
 Colo; H. c. Sampson, Spokane, Wash;
 Harris Weinstock, San Francisco, Cal;
 H. J. Hughes and B. M. Tousley, Minn-
 eapo1is,, Minn: J. c. Caldwell, Lake
 field, Minn; Charles Mccarthy and
 Charles w. Holman, Madison, Wis; w.
 L. Ames, Oregon, Wis; E. T. Meredith
 Des Moines Ia; George W. Simon
 Frank F. Long and M. R. Myers, Chi
 cago; Herman w. Danforth, Washing
 ton, III; Charles s. Barrett, Union City, Ga; Roger Derby, Jackson Springs, N. C.; Clarence Poe, Raleigh N. C.; John Lee Coulter. Morgan town. W. Va; E. P. Harris, Montclair N. J.; L. s. Heron, lincoln, Neb; J M. Caffrey, Franklin, La; L. D. H Weld, New Haven, Conn.