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

AS a matter of fact, cooperative
associations in California have been
able to engage the ablest possible
talent in the United States for mar
keting their products and for hand
ling the physical problems in the
packing, manufacturing and ware
housing lines
Cooperation among farmers pro-
duces larger available funds with
which to engage talent than any
speculative group of food handlers
can possible represent
To- Can this marketing plan be
made a reality?
Can the plan be carried out?
Every wheat-producing state will
have to be organized as separate
unit A study of the laws Of each
state must he made, TO discover the
necessary variations in the docu-
ments of the association and or the
corporation to conform to peculiar
statutes of the states.
Then, within each state, when the
documents are prepared, a state or
ganization committee will have to be
formed, The state organization COM
mittee will then engage state coun-
sci and a state organizer, in the
usual way, and proceed with the or
ganization work, as with a Liberty
Loan campaign
All of the prominent farmer
groups and the prominent bankers
in the farm districts can be easily
enlisted in behalf of these associa-
tions. The newspapers will have to
be handled from both financial and
communal standpoint
A national organization committee
will be organized, to supervise the
work in each state; and in general
to organize and standardiZe the
campaigns, conforming to local con
ditions, as was done in the various
national drives during the great war.
For the national organization COM
mittee, counsel must be attached to
supervise the work of all of the state
counsel; to check up all forms and
contracts to assure that the neces-
sary contractual terms are standard
lied into every state contract and
that the necessary power is given
legally by each state organization
to the national wheat exchange.
In each state, the work could be
commenced in January, 1920, by a
special state organization committee
Of which the members would be the
most prominent wheat men in each
state, together with the most influ-
entail men in the state Grange.
Within each state organization
committee, county organization COM
mittees should be formed, with the
most prominent wheat growers in
the county and at least one banker
and one editor or newspaper man as
members.
Competition could be created be-
tween the various counties for the
purpose of getting the largest pro-
portionate sign-up. In addition,
competition could be encouraged be-
tween states to secure the leading
proportion; and charts could be
shown with relative figures indicat-
ed, just as with the Liberty Loan
campaign.
The money required for organiza-
ton can best be secured by the orig
inal membership fees, charging
every grower membership fee of
one-tenth of one cent for every bush
ell of wheat produced by him in the
year 1919 or, if he produced no
wheat during that year, in the year
1918.
These amounts will belong to the
state associations and be expended
within the state, excepting that each
state association will have to allot
its proportionate share, depending
upon acreage or yield covered, to
the expense of the national organiza-
ton committee for the work.
Then each state organization COM
mittee will have to organize the local
campaign with adequate publicity
speakers, meetings. personal solicit
tation and solicitations through such
official bodies as the Grange and
other farm organizations.
In California, for instance, a man
like J. NJ. Bigger, of Stockton, would
probably be selected as one of the
members of the organization COM
mittee.
The state market director, Hon.
Harris Weinstock. would unques-
tionably serve on such a committee.
The master of the Grange, F. L.