Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-02
CLEANERS FEDERATION
Address of Fred Marvin, of Detroit
Before OttOkee ArbOr A. o. G.
Thursday Evening January 25th-
Purposes of Federation - State
Marketing Department Advocated.

Speaking before the Ottokee Clean
ers Thursday night, Fred Marvin, De-
troit, Supervisor of the Supreme Fed
Grafton Department of the Cleaner
Order, said, in part:
"The movement on foot in Ohio to
create a state marketing department
looks pretty good to the farmers of
Ohio, but if such a department is es-
tablished and operated it must be di-
rected differently than the Michigan
department in order to be of real SER
vice to the farmers of Ohio.
GAS / understand the need here, the
farmers are more worried about the
profit in corn and hogs than they are
about bigger yields, because bumper
crops in our big country mean batter
ed prices. The work of our state mar
keting department is to increase the
yield and give advice on grading and
packing
ITO illustrate the operation of
department created by the state for
the public and to be maintained by the
taxpayers, James H. Mcbride, direc-
tor of the Michigan State Marketing
Department, advised the farmers to
the effect that the department was not
created for the purpose of directing the
farmers for more profit in the sale
of farm products. However, the de-
partment organized a bean growers
association, and it's first important
official act in the business of helping
the farmers farm for profit was to ad-
wise them to hold beans for SIS BUSH
ell at time when every farmer knew
that Michigan beans were command
ing $5 and that November and De-
eember beans would bring $3.50 and
$500. e.
'The farmers of Ohio should de-
mand a state marketing department
with specific duties that tend to CEN
tralize the sale-end of farming in the
hands of the producers, where it be-
longs naturally.
Among the 1917 undertakings of
the Cleaners of Michigan is that of or
ganizing a beet growers division for
$500 fiat rate for every ton Of beets
grown. The Michigan Grange, US
ually willing and always too late, re-
solved and then went home to resolve
to meet next year to make more reso-
lutions. The Michigan Cleaner Feder-
alton, numbering $1,000 members, is
well-organized and equipped to sue
cessfully handle a big proposition, and
in a big Michigan and Ohio fedora
alton of Cleaners will plan and work
for an increase in the price of sugar
beets in proportion to the increase in
the price of refined sugar to the con-
sumer. ...
"Three years ago sugar was retail
ed at DC pound, now the housewife
must pay &c and 10c a pound. The
farmer is growing sugar beets for
the same old price he received three
years ago, and the consumers 'cuss'
the farmers for the high cost of living
"To bring the farmers of Michigan
and Ohio together in a cooperative
movement a Cleaner State Federation
will be held at Napoleon, February 15
with three sessions-forenoon, after
noon and evening. The morning ses-
sion will be devoted to federating
work, the afternoon will be public anc
at night the ritualistic work of the
Order will be conferred on a class ot
candidates. This will be the frs
federation gun fired in Ohio and every
Cleaner is urged to get on the firing
line; then the big drive into new ter
ritory will start, to strengthen and ex
! pand the Cleaner cooperative move
ment in Ohio"
There will be a meeting of the w
iC T. U at the home of Mrs. Jennie
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