The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-24
BIG CONFERENCE
INTERESTS STATE
GREAT FALLS MAN NAMED
MONTANA DIRECTOR OF
MARKETING MEET.
Checking of Waste in Production and
Distribution to Receive Attention
at Convention to Which 1900, 900
Farmers Will Have Delegates.

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Considerable interest has been man.
ifested by Montana farmers in the
fourth national conference on mar
keting and farm credits, which will
be held at Chicago on December 4
and 5, and w. J.. Beers Of Great Falls
has been appointed state director of
the campaign of education prelimin-
airy to the conference.
Representatives of more than p
OO0,0 farmers will cooperate with
prominent educators and others in
terested in a program for "better
business, better farming and better
living"
Discussion of the working of the
new federal farm loan act will be part
of the important work of the dele
gates. The conference will make re-
commentators to congress for its
more effective operation. They will
also discuss the next steps in l%egisla-
ture for turning tenant farmers and
landless men into home owners.
The checking of waste in both the
production and distribution of farm
pIoutlClo ID dISo w ItCclNc dClelltloIl.
Educator issues Statement.
Concerning this big gathering the
following statement is sent out by
Frank l.. McVey, president Of the
University Of North Dakota:
"This conference for the past four
years has been doing a great educa-
tional work along the line of better
business methods for the sale of farm
products and the improvement of
farm finance.
Gas chairman of the general com
mittee I am instructed to ask every
farmers organization interested in
these subjects to select delegates to
attend the winter meeting. I am
also instructed to extend an invitation
to every farmer in this land to come
to the conference if he can do so. We
desire to have the greatest gathering
of farmers in the history of America
come to the winter conference.
"The program will be so organized
that the delegates who come will have
opportunity to do the talking and
working most of the time. Very few
set speeches will be delivered.
Livestock Discussion Feature.
"The great feature Of the market
ing section will be the hearing on the
livestock industry. Representatives OF
ranchmen, farm feeders, cooperative
shipping associations, farm buyers
commission men and publishers OF
livestock papers will be invited to con.
fer as to methods or obtaining better
markets for livestock.
"This section will also deal with
! the whole milk question: the co-opera
tive marketing Of grain-local, ter
minal and export; improvement o.
, marketing of farm produce-the auc
; ton system, methods of supervision
I improvement of containers an,
grades, and disposal Of surplus prod
> uctS.
: "The farm credits section will hole
!, !, conferences on the workings Of tn
4 federal farm loan act; on ways o
aiding land settlement bv turning ten
, ants into home owners, and by pro
viding for the landless man; on tn
immigrant question in relation to ag
riculture; and on the great problem
of improvement of banking accom-
modations for the tenant farmer VIII
must borrow money to carry OF hi
I farm operations.
, cit would take too Ion" to tell al
the good things that are in store a
this conference. Those desiring t.
know more should drop a postal t.
v Secretary Charles w. Holman, 80
e South La Sale street, Chicago, askin'
f him to send the free booklet about tn
conference.'