Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-15
IMPORTATION Of
BEANS f ROM ASIA
HURTS HOME CROP
New Mexico Buyers Want For
eign Product Labeled For
Guidance of Public ASSo-
citation Elects. Officers,

citation Elects. Officers,
Probably the most important action
taken by the New Mexico Bean
Growers association at the annual
convention here yesterday was to re-
quest the department of agriculture,
through New Mexicos congressman,
to take steps to prevent Asiatic grown
beans from being marketed in the
United States as Il homegrown pro-
duct. The imported beans are much
inferior in quality to those grown in
New Mexico and other bean producing
states and the growers here would
have the Asiatic beans sold to the
public under the trade name of the
country from which they originated.
The resolution, which was adopted,
follows:
Whereas, The heavy importatlons of
beans from Manchuria and other
oriental countries, which have been
and are now marketed as beans" or
Pinto BEANS" has a very strong in
fluence in keeping down the price of
American, and especially New Mexico
Pinto beans, to the serious disadvant-
age of the growers of beans in New
Mexico and the southwest as is now
evidenced by the big cut in this year 5
bean acreage; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the New Mexico
Bean Growers association in annual
convention assembled at Albuquerque,
n. M, July a. 1919, respectively urge
you to consult with the head of the
pure food bureau of the department
Of agriculture and call his attention to
the fact that the marketing of the
Asiatic beans as American grown pro-
ducts has and will materially damage
the bean growing industry of the
United States, and especially the
southwest and urge upon that bu-
reau the necessity of devsing ways
and means for requiring all Man
Churian and Asiatic beans to be sold
to the public under the trade name 81
the country from which they origin
ated, to the end that such means may
be sold on their own reputation fol
quality, rather than that Of home
grown products.
The meeting was called to order Al
$3.50 o'clock yesterday forenoon, anC
while the attendance of delegates wa:
not large, all but two of the local as
| sociations We're represented Follow
ing the reading of the secretary's re
port and the transaction of other rou
tine business, Aldo Leopold, secre
! tary of the Chamber of Commerce
addressed the convention.
Mr.. Leopold spoke Of advertiser,
the pinto bean. He called attention
the fact that the pinto already has ;
| firm hold upon the public and tn
only way to increase the demand is t
advertise judiciously. He suggeste'
that recipes for preparing beans TO
the table be gotten out in bOokle
! form and given wide distribution so a
to further acquaint the public will
| this delectable dish.
{. A. McNabb field agent in mar
! keting delivered an address in the af
ternoOn. lie urged upon the mem
bers the value of organization and co
| operation. He cited the plight of tn
California fruit growers up to fitteel
| years ago. Every man was trying u
market his own fruit and the result
were very unsatisfactory. After the,
formed the California Fruit Growers
! association they were able to sell thel
product at a higher price and VIII
little or no confusion. The first yea
of the organizations existence 2,2O
cars of fruit were marketed. Las
year the association handled $500
cars, and there was only so per cen
of a normal crop. This was accom-
plished without cent of loss to tn
growers and at an average cost o
IL cents per box of fruit. Tn
same results could be accomplished
in marketing the pinto bean crop il
| New Mexico, he said, if the producer
would organize and stick together.
He also ADVOCATED increased pro
| duction of beans in New Mexico, call
| ing attention the fact that New York
! Michigan and other states wher
! beans have been grown in large guam
ties in the past, are DESTROYS of quit
| ting the business, due to the fact tina
| the price of the land there is so hig
| that beans cannot be raised profita
bly, 1t is incumbent upon New Mex
leo, where land is cheap and condl
tons are favorable. to increase II
acreage and thus make up for tn
slump elsewhere.
The directors elected were c. N
| Milburn, Estancia; c. Fl. Gaylort
! French j. NJ. Moss, Clayton; A. Yin
norman, Levy, and A. Gonzales, La
Vegas. The directors met and electe
| C. NJ. Milburn. president. and c. /
! Gaylord, vice president.
The delegates who attended III
convention were j. Manley Morgan
| French: A. Zimmerman, Levy: S.
Newton, Abbott; c.. M, Mattabarge
Moriarty: c. II. GAYLORD, rench; G. n
Milburn, Fstancia: G. r. McCullal
Mountainair: j. NJ. Moss, Des Moine
mi pt