The Washington herald., 1918-08-27
WILL
DISCUSS WAR
ISSUES TODAY
Congress Of U. S. Organiza-
tions to Take Up Three
Main Problems.

War time problems will occupy tho
heads of the Farm organizations of
the United States in session today at
the Hotel Ebbltt. The Federal Board
OF Farm Organizations issued the call
for the meeting.
The program divides itself into dis
cussion OF three main problems:
first, how to win the war; second,
how TO increase the crop production
for 1919: and third. what Of the farmer
after the war;
These three problems will be dis
cussed at all angles and from all
points of view. Some OF the ques-
tions which will come up under them
will be the industrial draft and the
matter OF getting the farmers point
Of view before the governmental de-
partments.
United States have sent representa-
tives; State Grange representatives
will speak and the various speciah-
zed branches OF farming such as the
Bean Growers of California. the
Dairymen Of New England and the
Wheat Growers from the Middle
Western States will all add their sx-
perience and viewpoint.
Program for Today.
The program for today is as fol-
lows:
10 a. MI. NJ. Rhodes. Commits
sioner Florida State Marketing Bu-
reau, Jacksonville: John Temple
Graves: George Creel. chairman OF
the Committee on Public Informa-
ton; Kenneth McKellar. Senator
from Tennessee: Hoke Smith, Senator
from Georgia: Miles Poindexter. Sem
ator from Washington; J. ]. Brown.
State Commissioner OF Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ca; H. e. Stockbridge,
Farmers National Congress, Allan
ia, Ga; J. A. Simpson, president
Farmers Union, Weatherford. Okla.
John Black, Master Maryland State
Grange. Roslyn. Md: ]. d. Miller.
hanna, Pa: s. w. Ayres. secretary
the Associated Dairymen Of Califor-
mia; Richard Pattee. manager of the
New England Milk Producers As
;ociation; w. r. Callicottee. Farmers
Union, Denver, Col; J. NJ. Ander-
on. president Equity Cooperative
Exchange. st. Paul. MINI; d. +.
yday. president Farmers Union.
Fort Worth. Tex: J. F. Niccolls.
chairman State Executive Board
Farmers Union: r. D. Cooper. pres
ident Dairyman's League, New York
city; E. L. Harrison, president Farm
crs' Union. Lexington. Ky: G. A.
Turner, president California Bean
growers" Association: c. F. Lowrle.
Cooperative Wholesale Society of
America; William w. Larson. rep
resentative from Georgia; c. H. Gus
tafson, president Farmers Union,
Omaha. Nebr.; Henry Krumrey. Wis
consin Cheese Producers Federation
Plymouth. Wis.
These talks, which will be short, will
extend through the morning and
afternoon. Conferences OF the vari-
Gus groups will take up the evening.
Tomorrow's Program.
The speakers on the second day
viii be as s,J4fows.-
A. V. Swift. Farmers Union Baker.
Oregon; G. F. Warren. Cornell Uni.
versity. Ithaca n. Y; George Nickel!
vey. Farmers Union. Salem. Iowa
c. r. White. director. Bureau OF Co
operative Associations. Albany, y. Y.
AFTERNOON.
EX-Gov. Fl. c. Stewart. chairman,
Farmers Agricultural Advisory Com
mittee: $. ]. Lowell. master, New
York State Grange. Fredonia. n. Y,
\. B. ThornhilI, Farmers Union, Bent
! Creek, Va.
The addresses on the third day
will be given by the following men:
Milo D. Campbell. president Nation
Milk Producers Federation, Cold
! Water. Mich; John A. McSparran.
master. Pennsylvania State Grange.
Furniss, Pa; A. c. Davis, national
secretary. Farmers Union, Gravettc
Ark; T. c. Atkeson. secretary. Legis-
lative Committee. National Grange
Buffalo. w. Va: A. NJ. Cornell, Penn
sylvania State Grange; DR.. Elwood
Mead, Berkeley, Cal.
AFTERNOON.
s. L. Strivings. president, New
York Farm Bureaus Federation. Cas-
tile. n. Y: James N. McBridge. State
Market Director. East Lansing. Mich.
Dr. Alexander f. Canoe. Massachu-
setts Agriculture College. Amherst,
Mass; A. p. Sandles. secretary Of the
Ohio Macadam Association. Columbus.
Ohio.
The program is subject to change.
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