Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-12-19

"S'ion' ms system, however fs not |
universally admitted as sound &C.
onomically and is not wholly ponu,ar
with the country. 1t will. without
DOUBT pass as an emergency mea-
sure.
The operations of the Nom Partisan
league In North Dakota and other
states have colored the political
power OF the state into an express
sion OF the farm-producing classes
! alone The North Dakota system.
with the establishment OF state
owned elevators and a tendency to-
wards collective handling of prod
ucts, operates through the state as
political unit and not through the
grower groups, as economic units.
The California plan of cooperative
associations provides the necessary
means for securing justice for the
farmer without the necessity of re-
sorting to political revolution.
This phase is of primary import
ance to men who take the broad view
of Industrial and political conditions
and feel part of the responsibility of
the state on their individual shout
| ders.
The existence of perhaps a thou
sand cooperative elevators through
out the United States, for grading
and storage purposes only, indicate
that the farmers are acting in col
lective way In part of the wheat
: problems.
In suggesting a plan for handling
wheat, do not ignore the great ad-
5 vantage of handling, at the same
time, various other grains through
the same or similar elevator and
e marketing facilities.
., ! believe. however, that every
Great Stnduct, like wheat, must have
= its own marketing ta!ssociation. The
elevator and other physical facilities
: could have combined use; but this
D is matter of accommodation for
: which leeway would be made in the
: actual wording of any ultimate
a plan.
l The Plan
(A) Organize in every wheat-pro-
= ducing state. a non-profit cooper
atiye marketing association, with
out capital stock, hereinafter called
/, the Association, such as California
y Wheat Growers Association and an
/ elevator corporation with capital
stock, hereinafter called the Cor
] poTation, such as California Growers
= Elevator Corporation.
(, The association will admit to
= membership any wheat growers.
e with voting power dependent annual
Y ly upon the acreage planted to wheat
Y or upon the yield of the previous
year or estimated for the current
, year.
g Property rights in the association
will be calculated on the same basis,
f except that such rights will be cumu-
= latiye from year to year.
? If a grower ceases to plant wheat,
= his voting membership will be sus-
pended If he retires absolutely
. from the wheat business, he will be
: dropped as a member and be paid
| the book value of his property inter
ests in cash or notes.
: In each state association, provi-
, sion should be made, where feasible
under the laws, for the appointment
of one director by the governor of
the state, so as to represent the gen
eral public interests.
(B) Every member of the associa-
ton will sign a marketing agree
ment with the association, whereby
the association Tin each state) will
acquire title to the growers wheat,
purchasing the same for the resale
value thereof, less the costs of oper-
ating the association and less the
charges under the "cross-contract
hereinafter described. The associa-
ton will be given such sale power to
handle and market the wheat pro-
duced by the growers for period OF
ten years, beginning with 1920 or
1921
The association will agree to es-
tablish an inspecting and grading
system and, subject to the laws OF
the various states and the United
+ States, will handle all of the wheat
! delivered by the growers, on the
basis Of graded pools, regardless OF
state or origin.
Each grower within the state will
receive, under this agreement, the
proportion Of the seasons receipts
i from the sale of wheat Of any par
ticular grade, as established by the
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