The Raymer enterprise., 1919-12-25
FARMER CONGRESS
PASS RESOLUTIONS

~~'-N ~r@(e &o1p
which closed Its tenth annual session
at the Colorado Agricultural College
at Fort Collins, Friday. December
Is. passed resolutions protesting the
price of coal charged the farmer at
the mines, endorsing the Kendrick-
Kenyon bill providing for federal
regulation Of the meat packing In
dustry, adopting the scale for the
payment Of sugar beets passed by the
Mountain States Beet Growers As
sociation, condemning the Booth. Fin
cher bill npV before the state legis-
lature.
The resolution referring to the
price OF coal declares that the far
mers are being charged In many dis
tricts Of Colorado, IS per ton for coal
at the mine while the minimum
charge set by the fuel administra-
tion is $4.62 per ton.
The resolutions urged Colorado
senator's and congressman to support
the Kondrick-Kenyon bill.
The proposed scale for the pay
ment OF sugar beets provides price
Of $40 per ton for beets when sugar
sells at 81 wholesale at the seaboard.
and for an additional $3.50 per ton
for each 81 per hundred increase on
sugar above 81.
Accordig to one OF the resolutions.
2,246,00O head Of cattle and 1895,
600 and other food animals ware lost
last year on the open range from
lack OF shelter and starvation. This
amounts to over IL pounds for every
man. woman, and child, In the Unit
ed States A resolution was passed
endorsing bill now before congress,
giving the United States Department
OF Agriculture authority over stock
running on the open range with pow
er to enforce regulations requiring
the feeding and proper care OF such
animals.
Declaring that under present me-
thods Of car distribution cooperative
marketing associations are being dis
criminated against. one OF the reso-
lntions demands the change In meth
ods to an acreage basis, whereby the
cooperative marketing association or
other shipper will receive cars ac-
cording TO showing Of acreage or
volume Of crop to be shipped from a
community, which shall be fled with
the common carrier.
The Colorado State Dairymen's
Association IL asked to instruct Its
board Of directors to formulate pe-
tltion to the Colorado State Legisla-
ture for the enactment OF legislation
providing for the inspection OF herds
and for indemnities for animals con-
demned on account Of tuberculosis.
The officers Of the Congress were
instructed to send kilograms to Geo.
Livingston, acting chief Of the Fed
eral Bureau of Markets, and to Secre-
tary of Agriculture Houston, urging
the continuance Of the Denver Foods
Products Inspection Office, and OF the
Greeley Field Station OF the news
service Of the U. s. Bureau OF Mar
kets, the latter to be continued until
May /, 1920.
The Congress endorsed the worn
Of the State Board Of Agriculture and
promised Its hearty cooperation with
that body. II passed a resolution OF
thanks to Pres. Chas. A. Iory and the
Agricultural College stan for the use
OF the grounds and buildings and
thanked the people of Fort Collins
for providing rooms and board for
the delegates The Agricultural Col
lcge was asked to establish course
in cooperative marketing.
After reciting the fact that the
economical, industrial and social
conditions Of the country are unset
tied, and that there are elements OF
society which are anarchistic and de-
struetive, the congress passed the fol-
lowing resolution:
we stand for the enforcement Of
the law We desire conservative.
constructive, and impartial lesisla-
lion. We stand for an honest days
labor and for an honest days pay
for an honest days labor. We en-
dorse the watchword Of densrsl
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