Arizona republican., 1920-12-27
SAYS GROWERS WILL
 BE ABLE ID CONTROL
 TIE PRICE IF WHEAT

WICHITA. Kan, Dec. 25-The i Wheat Growers Association of Amer 1 ica, which has been conducting cam | paign to induce growers to withhold their wheat from the market until prices are higher. plans to have mid- western states so well organized with in the next six months that the grow CTS will be able to control the price paid for the 1921 wheat crop, accord ing to ". H. McGreevy, secretary and treasurer.
 The association now has a member ship of approximately 100000 in the states of Texas, Oklahoma. Kansas and Nebraska, according to Mir. NeGreeVy, who has his headquarters here. The organization will be extended, Ee said to Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota
 "The purpose of the National Wheat Growers association is to control fne distribution and marketing of wheat through financial and selling agencies of it's own selection at a price based upon cost plus a fair and reasonable profit" said Secretary McGreevy.
 Not only the wheat growers of our association but the wheat growers in general are refusing to sell any wheat at present prices except in cases where financial conditions force the sale. For more than thirty days we have with held our wheat from the market until now a large number of flour mills are idle and the local and terminal elc- vators are nearly empty. The wheat grower feels that he, has practically accomplished what seemed at first iIn- possible, and is now encouraged to con- tinue withholding his wheat from mar ket in order that a price which is fair and just shall be paid him for his labor and money invested.''
 MT. McGreevy objects to the use Of the term wheat strike" in referring to the action of the wheat growers.
 s'Our growers are not striking as is commonly meant by the term he said We are still sowing and attending to the many arduous duties of the farm We are only holding our wheat to he marketed at any time the producer may think it at fair price
 The organization was formed about a. year and a half ago in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. MT X. Slaughter of Manchester, Okla, was the originator and early promoter. Ac- cording to it's promoters, it's growth IT the first six months was slow but il the last few months it has been rapic until the membership has spread tc every at-growing county in the four states organized.
 The four states now organized Nebraska, Kansas. Oklahoma ant Texas-in which membership of 100,' 900 is claimed. have 220,S06 whea growers. according to Kansas board O. agriculture statistics
 Forty five per cent of the growers are members of the association, ac cording to this. Mir. McGreevy's state ment is that about 40 per cent of grow | II nf now organized are members.
 The four states produced this yea 232. .955 GOO bushels out of the total fo ] United States of 750,64S,00O bushels.
 The addition of Minnesota, Nortl l Dakota and South Dakota would brinl ! the production up to 359.003,000 bush ] els, or slightly less than one half tha ] of the entire United States. i The Kansas state board of agricui i ture recently issued a report on tn weat in farmers hands in Kansas. l ] says:
 sThis years Kansas wheat cro amounted approximately to 14o,00o,O0 ! bushels, according to a preliminary re port Growers now estimate that Q the total production 55.4 per cent Q I 77466,727 bushels, is still in the farm CTS hands At about the same dat last year S5.5 per cent. or 500Oo,00 bushels was in possession of producer! while in 1918, Il per cent. or 100000 bushels. was reported as held by grow CTS
 Chief among the reasons given fo the unusually large amount of whea in farmers hands are the drastic dro in price and the car shortage. Report
 indicate that probably 47 per cent {
 the wheat unsold would have bee marketed early had cars been avail able, that that wheat is being hel
 mainly in hopes of such an upturn
 price as will return a profit--an eXeI
 else of business judgment which shoul
 be as free from criticism Or excite T
 more comment than the action of sa
 haberdasher who declines to sell hal
 costing $10 for which his customer oI
 fers S5."