Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-18
Farmers Urged to Cooperate.

| McKelvie of Nebraska urged farmers
i to form cooperative organizations
! for purchasing and marketing and
| for the solicitation of loans at low
interest rates. Cooperation among
i ia rmers, he said. is the safest solu
ton of most of the rural economic
/ ills.
IF given the proper encourage
| ment. with all the barriers against it
| removed" he said, "co-operation will
| overcome the competition of other
agencies which operate uneconomicai-
! ly and will reserve to the farmer his
f, own agencies of distribution. The
| movement must be carried to the
| terminal markets..
! Mr.. McKelvie advocated a grad
uated tax on land and strict land
! lease laws. providing for proper Gull
shelter for live stock and grain as
the best means of dealing with the
absentee landlord situation.
Food Gambler Scored.
Gov. w. l.. Harding of Iowa also
urged cooperation for marketing.
The food produce gambler" must be
abolished, he said. and an efficient
system of gathering information on
the production of foodstuffs developed
to guide farmers On determining
when to buy and when to sell.
The conference, it is understood.
will not adopt resolutions committing
the state executives to definite
policies A telegram from Henry Nor
! genthau. director of the campaign
| for relief of populations in the near
| east. urged the governors to issue
| proclamations supporting the cam
| paign for raising s30.O00.0O0 between
| January II and 10.
| The governors have decided to ask
| the War Department for number
, of captured German cannon for the
| grounds of their respective state cap
itals.
| All Governors Join Red Cross.
! All the governors today Joined the
Red Cross and promised woman so
licitors to boost the membership
| campaign on their return home.
/ The governors went to Baltimore
| last night as guests of the Baltimore
! Press Club. and between times dis
/ ruSSed future state labor, ecucatIonaI
i and public land policies.
Visit Naval Academy.
The Naval Academy was in full
working order as the governors Were
| escorted through it by Rear Admiral
! Edward w. Eberle. the superintendent.
! y battalion of more than 500 mid
! Shipmen was at drill, a hundred or so
| at their gymnasium games and in the
swimming pool. half battalion start
| ing for 4 crosS-country hike and others
| reciting in classes.
| \ solution of the labor problem must
| come. said Gov. Boyle of Nevada, in
addressing the conference. by mutual
/ consideration by employers and en-
| ployes and it is the function of the
government. federal and state. to bring
these two forces together.
| Gov. Lister of Washington. urged
state governments to study the
causes of social unrest.
Gov Campbelrs declaration that
! I'VE must outlaw the l. w. w, the
bolsheyiki of the west" said Gov.
Brumbaugh's assertions that I'VE
should not tolerate the teaching of
, German in our schools" were vigor-
ously applauded.
| Gov. Gardner of Missouri expressed
the belief that bills providing state
workmen's compensation, modelled
! after the Ohio law under which the
! state administers the insurance. will
be presented to every state legisla-
ture within the next year.
/ Gov. Williams of Oklahoma urged
adoption of the workmenS compen-
| sation system by every state, Ito
| protect injured workmen, throw the
economic loss on industry. where it
| belongs. do away with ambulance
chasers and the damage suit man.