The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-22
State Exemption Boards Asked
to Keep Country Boys on
Farms During Period Of tho
War,
THREE DOLLAR WHEAT.
Million Dollars From Congress
Wanted to Fight Pink Bo|k
Worm, q

Of Senator Thomas P. Gore Of Oklahos
ma both a. chairman OF the UHWo4 \
States senate committee on AgrieulttVo
and In oil his work since the decjoooA
ton Of war were passed by the Fsrgs. 4
ers' Educational Cooperative Uniea A(i;s
America, Oklahoma division. behind
closed doors At the Lee -Huckins hoeel !
today.
Whereas. In oil iesisiatiou beioags
congress Senator Gore has ever beoo'
on tho side Of the masses rather VRon
In favor OF the classes, 90, be II,
Resolved, by the Oklahoma Fssas
ers union. In annual session at On
homa City on August u, that We V1HIl
to commend the cause OF Senator 0t>i
In congress, and appreciate his havj
stood Tor the farmers ~ Sayof0
part Of the resolution. WI
| pisas1Aneet HDDeQaA 81 4
| That the terms d ts3GGla 49,
insisls sbsstu,s tieQr10d
..i: n.si:": Z, ass g.. : ;sIia ~ -! - -
clare war In the majority vost. of 1
people. including both men and wcG>s
en-, were offered - the Oklahoma fArlas
ers' bit" In another revolution.
That cotton and cotton products ~
placed under government control ~ &
that the government guarantee the hfposs]
er . minimum price Of 10 cents Voka
pound was another deUand. \a4
Thrss-Dollar Wheat. M
Wheat At less than 81 4 bwshsi NM n
not give the farmers living psieA
reads another resolution. IA q l>9
bushel. wheat will become the chd1o1 i
feed we can give our hogs. At lees 01GHl|
8 there will be small eneoura0esNeNe ~
increase our acreage. Therefore, ulo$
most respectfully ask Herbert Hegve
and the wheat price-makinG cosnmltlDo'
to do nothing TO prevent living usjeq
for the small crop Of wheat We raise4
this year" tsd
Boys Needed on Farms.
State exemption boards are asked ~
keep the farm boy In the field, to ~
end that there may be . maximum q
production. N
while we shirk no duty, In trench -
on sea, yet we feel that on the farm or
boys can render the greatest measure ~
service to their country" resds one seeos I
luton. H
Efforts OF the Farmers Union PreQls
dents association and ito eommit1po !
constantly to keep committee III
Washington to represent the interest eo i.
the farmers in oil legislative siionoI
were indorsed. XXj
II was voted TO petition eongYses l4
appropriate $i,00oQN to the is4e1> y
agricultural department and grant Z
such power a. Ia necessary TO psev(
the pink boil worm from crossing ul
Rio Grande into TEXAS, ss4M
Tick Hund requested. s
The federal government 10 ufeed IL,
take immediate steps to clean ~ ~
remaining tick-infestsd territory ({9
which Oklahoms 10 . part, and b. ~
emergency act, protect and eoassrve =
most necessary resource and make it
safe for the introduction Of better stock
into Oklahoma herds, that win help
farmers Of the state to keep their
pledge for q greater production OF meat
and dairy products.
Co-ODsrativs Marketing
Co operative livestock marketing was
given q boost when the farmers in ses.
sion voted to adopt the plan, They vii!
CO. operate with farmers unions OF
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas IN es-
ablishins their own houses at market.
ing centers to buy and distriou,e
breeding stock and sell other llves'cccs
ON the market. The president OF
Oklahoma union was instruo'ed
serve ON a board to look after me "
,ere,t Of the Oklahoma members
the CO. operative markets. .,,.
oklahoma City gets the 1919 eonven-
,;,n p,.oIut;on, of thanks for cour,,
,.,;.. u. attended by the Chamber OF
Commerce. officials OF the .,,y anu '''
Of state speakers were adop,eo' B
" simpson Reelected,
roh, A Simpson Of Westherios@
w,s re-. elected president. X up p8
~ pauls Valley, will again ne ~
,r.,iden,. Z. X Lawter success
r Norton as secretary-treaeures
r r. Payne succeeds T. {. CssSn
/, chaplain. y
Uncomple,ed business was \
II the Isssa0oa 'ss'oA . .
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