The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-25

Senate.
Washington, D. C.-Senator Nc
ramber of North Dakota, one of the
,orcbest of the old "stalwart" Re-
nhIican faction in his state, took oc.
s.sion in a speech on Republican
,++i+ndes and Policies" in the senate
=. october 10, to deny the loose
.harces of Judge MCGEE of the pub
y, safety commission of Minnesota
.rd others of the big business poll
+,sI gang that Nonpartisan league
forners are disloyal. On the con-
+rarv McCumber pointed out that
tbe farmers had joined the League in
ordpr to perform a vitality necessary
.orvice for the majority of the peo-
Mo of the agricultural states.
After criticizing the Democratic
administration for permitting huge
nro6ts to the meat packers, the steel
ranufacturers and other business
rroups, while it forced the farmers
IN accept a reduction of 80 cents per
hsheI in the price of wheat, Senator
NcCumber made this declaration:
"Mr President, l can not close this
orc,,roent in defense of our farming
nOpulation without replying to and
rpfuting the charge often made
against the farmers of the North
west, and especially those of my own
state, who have sought to redress
their grievances by becoming mem
bers of the Nonpartisan league, the
charge of disloyalty to the country.
"Such q charge is worse than 4
SANDER, whether uttered in political
campaigns or through the medium Of
the press. There are no more patri-
otto people in the United States than
the farmers of the Northwest.
FARMERS CAUSE JUST
"What we ought to do is to try to
ascertain what is at the bottom Of
this movement and what caused the
movement. The rapid development
Of this organization ought to con-
vince any thoughtful man that there
must have been a condition of dis
content and dissatisfaction with the
present order of things, and we
should turn our attention to the
cause
"All complaints of the farmers can
find their basis in this neglectful at
dtude, which is the political theory
Of the Democratic party, and these
complaints, in my opinion, have not
received the full consideration that
should have been given by the Repuo-
lean party"
While stoutly asserting that he was
not Socialist" the senator said
that THE day Of small independent
BUSINESS is rapidly passing" and
Just as the growth of commerce
made necessary the great bank clear
ance system of the country, so the
VStnesS and complexity of commerce
IN food products demands today a
cooperative system of marketing
not only to stabilize the marketing
lOr any product, but also to assure
TAR return for the sale of every
1000 product" He mentioned the
great California Fruit Growers as
4 "clacOn, which handles almost the
el'fe orange crop Of that state, as q
moeel which should be adopted for q
uauOn-Wide Communicating corpora,
8 ton
FEDERAL COOPERATION PLAN
now would I inaugurate this new
system! First, I would enact gen
n f"l FEDERAL law which would author
and provide for the organization
" one great central federal food-dis
OUtlng corporation. I would pro
.ue IN that law for state or distric
II organizations, the latter to b.
.;a " up OF groups of producers asso
~ Ivy together under the cooperative
Nh 70 market their products.
Ouu orlng them all under one uni
i'rm plan.
:, would not make this corpora
oI a government-owned or govern
:; Operated institution. woul,
NIP, aply have this corporation orga
or. ~ under federal laws, and as it
a,ts 'iOn would necessarily be inter
w., s' for its protection against ad
NC state or municipal regulation
snS "ula have it under general fedora
led. ,'SlOn' Then I would have til
bo ;" government assist, as far a
pro, sO'etnment can assist by law, {
@ciat. eating the purpose of this as
Assn" On' which purpose would be
f,, The producer a market for hi
price PRODUCTS at a fair and jus
I'm, ana to protect the consume
A'0rtionate or robber charges.