The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-08-13
IDAHO FARMERS TO
MARKET OWN WHEAT
NORTHWESTERN WHEAT GROW
ERS' ASSOCIATION TAKES IDA
HO IN CORPORATION

Idaho farmers are now incorporate,
into the Northwest Wheat Growers AS
SOclatiOn, which plans to market tn,
wheat of the northwestern states, di
rect from the farms to the mills. with
out the interference and profits O
middle men" H. N. Wilson, of tn,
firm OF WaShburn e Wilson Seet
Company, of Moscow, has been made
a member of the board of IL directors
and will look after the association
: interests here.
A. A. Elmore, president of the Far
mers Union for Washington and the
"Panhandle' of Idaho, who spent sew
eral months on leave of absence from
lis Farmers Union duties to help in
corporate and get the Wheat Growers
Association started, and is now spec
ial representative of the association
was here today and completed arran-
growers into the association. Mr.. Ell
more said.
idaho is now fully incorporated into
the association and Mr. Wilson is a
member of the board of directors. We
farmers to cooperate with our associ-
alton from now until March 1, 1921.
by which time we expect to have 25,-
100000 bushels of wheat signed up to
be sold through our association. | am
sending the incorporation papers for
Idaho to Boise to be filed with the
secretary of state and active work of
cooperative selling for Idaho farmers
mas already begun. We have already
made sales of Idaho wheat at several
cents above the market price,
While in Moscow Mr.. Elmore had
consultation with Congressman Burt
on l.. French, whose plan to have the
wheat OF the farmers handled by loans
from the federal reserve banks so that
farmers will not be forced TO sell more
than rs per cent during any quarter
OF the year, and secured a copy of Con-
gresham French's letter to the federal
reserve banks on this plan. "We were
working along the same lines and are
very glad to have Congressman
French's assistance In this matter. He
has given us some valuable pointers
which will be beneficial said Mr..
E1mOre.
Mr.. Gilmore has recently returned
from Chicago where he attended con-
ference of wheat growers. He says a
national association has been incor-
porated with II members on the board
of directors and these will all be
this month. "Our headquar-
ters is in receipt of hundreds of let
ters from farmers in the middle west
ern and eastern states asking for in.
formation in regard to our coopeia
tive selling plan and how to join such
an organization" he said.
That the organization is for the pur-
pose OF getting an equitable price for
wheat and not with the idea of |
"g0uging" the consumer and making
him pay an extOrtionate price for
bread and flour. was made plain by
Mr.. Elmore in conversation with a
representative of this paper. He said:
"Our association is not built for the
purpose of holding off of the market
he natural flow of wheat and thus
-aise it to an abnormal price We
mean to be fair both to the consumer
Ind producer. We want to shut out X
he speculator. People say that if the
armers get control of the wheat mar
ret they will starve the people or make
hem pay exorbitant prices. That is
lot the cose. Ours is the only big as
ISOLATION of producers which has
aiken in representative of the gov
and representative Of the
public on the board of directors. Our
association will have a representative
rom the federal reserve banks, a rep I
esentatfve of the federal department
# agriculture on the board of direc-
ors. The public will be protected. I
he steel trust and the Standard Oil I
company and other big concerns to
7hich our association is being com {
ared by some of those who oppose /
ut do not understand it, do not give I
he public nor the government a lock t
q on their business. Ours will be t
pen and conducted for the benefit of I
9th the consumer and producer
Aaron Sapiro, of California, one of a
ne organizers of the fruit growers '
ssociations 6f that state which mar t
ct the bulk of California fruits, is
ttorney for our association and drew g
p the papers for the national and the e
orthwestern associations We are a
rowing rapirly and in 1921 will have g
national organization that will han II
le the bulk of the wheat crop of the v
nfted States" s