The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-11-12
WORK OUT Plan
To GET MARKET
FOR FARM CROP
American Farm Bureau
Federation President
Attacks Problem Of
Producers With Vigor.
By Victor 8. Nayer.)

NJ 1890 - -oyGs1
Marketing of all farm product.
through cooperative organization.
of each commodity and supplying the
eenters Of manufacture and presen,
distribution with one-tweiffh of a
commodity At time to prevent gIuf-
ting the market is the comprehensive
marketing plan of the American Farm
Bureau Federation as announced BY
its president James r Howard, famiI-
iarly called Jim" by his acquaintance
and even his farm hands.
I'm the past the farmers of America
marketed individually and confined
themselves. They gave no thought
of laws of supply and demand and
took what was offered for ther prod
ucts.
In many sections this IS still the
case. bat achange is coming because
the World War taught the farmer that
ne mnst begin to function in relation
TO the whole world.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton has for its biggest job the
placing Of agriculture in its proper re-
lationsfip to other industries. Its re-
iationship Is NOT proper At present. but
this will be corrected
Would Prevent Giuttins Market b.
Wholesale Dumping.
Under present economic conditions
the producer of wheat must sell his
grain direct from the thresher and the
cotton grower must self his cotton d.
rect from the gin because neither is
provided with adequate storage faciI-
tiles Dumping any commodity upon
the market means lowering the price
then and there.
1T is our aim to correct these ills.
We are gaining in strength daily and
hope to be able to have a voice in
shaping important legislation. both
national and state.
we do not favor congressional ac-
ton in these things which the farmer
can remedy himself. However, it is
worthy Of serious thought on the part
Of everyone to find way to insure the
farmer more than mere living on
the farm. He must have cost of pro-
duction plus asrcasonable profit, the
same as industry demands. He only
asks fair play.
How Farm Bureau Would Function
Distribution.
The problems of distribution of
farm commodities are the most per-
picking. A
We will try to solve ihem by the
appointment of national committees
of representative farmers from prac-
ticaliy every state to study the par
ticular problems in which a certain
group Of producers may be directly
interested. For instance. we now
have committee of II farmers who
will devote time and study to the So
luton OF cooperative grain Market
ing. ~
n similar committee will be COM
posed of livestock 'raisers from all
over the United States to study live
stock marketing. There will be ma.
ional committees to study the market
ng Of cotton, truck, fruit, wool. Also
he construction of bonded ware
houses for the storage of such COM
nodities as now tend to glut the mar |
set by being dumped wholesale when
SYSTEMATIC distribution over a period
IT months or year would help to |
seep the price steady.
Maintain Steady Markey by Uniform
Distribution.
For instance. it might be possible
o release wheat and corn or cotton
nd similar commodities from bonded
in regular quantities over
period Of IL months. Each month
definite proportion of the crop
would reach market or manufa cturers
o keep industry supplied and pre-
ent over-production or over-supply
Nth consequent reduction in demand
nd a drop in prices"
american Farm Bureau Federation
'ill get behind every worthy farm
rs organization which needs support.
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