The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-19
FARMERS FAVOR
HOLDING GRAIN
Are Hampered in the
Movement By Lack of
a Credit Facilities

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-While not
S&vorlng a grain strike" for any
: set price. sentiment among organ-
lied farmers in the great aGricul
tural states OF the middle west runs
strongly toward holding back gram
as far as practicable for better prlc-
es,. according to canvass made mere.
This survey Of sentiment was taken
by the Illinois Agricultural Asso-
cip4lon.
Reports were received by secre-
tarieS of state farm bureau fedora
lions in Missouri, Minnesota, South
Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Kentucky. In no
8 did a state federation report
1t had avised Il strike"
Need Of credit facilities to en-
able farmers 10 hold their wheat
IL they want to was pointed out
from several states. One atate sec
rotary wrote he WAS using the
present conditions as an argument
IN favor of tho farmers getting in
to the big marketing game in such
q way that they will be able to nm
aace 1t and to store considerable
OF the grain as 1t Is offered"
"The attitude l have taken in the
mater is this" wrote II. D. Lutz' OF
Lincoln, Neb., secretary OF the
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
that It is wrong to set an arbitrary
price Of So n bushel and that It
is hardly advisable to ask the Tar
e TO hold their wheat unless we
are in @ position to help them on
tht financial and storage ends of the
SSme. But l do tell the farmers
that / believe wheat will be higher
and that it will be a good thing to
h1''hto It II they are in q position
Writing that the South Dakota
EARN Bureau Federation docs not
believe q 'wheatstrike' necessary
or desirable for the country" Sec
Rotary P. j. CrandRll, OF Huron,
said, "our method of handling the
situation Is to furnish farmers with
accurate information regarding the
wheat market to help them in de-
termininC what action Is best for
their needs. The farmers will hold
their wheat on the market without
a doubt II they r able to get cred
1t which will allow them to carry
their products. The credit situation
is the key to the whole matter. we
are advising that the world wheat
situation warrants holding of the
crop IL credit allows and using
best efforts to help bring financial
.ra3et."
{6ficIaIly the Missouri Farm Blu
t&Eau Federation has made no rec
fermentation. A. ]. Hayer, at Co:
1umbia, executive secretary, wrote:
Gas Individuals he added, all
members of our executive commit
tee take the attitude hat where
farmers San. afford-to hold wheat
they should by all do so.
This Is ION the theory that pres
emit prices are, about as low as we
cansreaspnably expect them to go.
Since we are not in a position to
guarantee IS wheat, we can hardly
4 advise farmers to hold for So"
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Fed.
GRAFTON does not endorse STRIKES
MS a means of controlling the price
of farm products, wrote Secretary
@! a. Peters, Of Rosendale. Wis.
according to the present SITUATION
IN regard to wheat we believe that
sthe low prices are unjustilable and
thaS 1t would be good business poli-
q the farmers to discontinue
heavy marketing and allow the
market to adjust ITSELF"
From Iowa, E. II. Cunningham, OF
A1nss, secretary of the Iowa Farm
Bureau Federation, wrote, we rea-
lizsS that it is the most difficult
thing to hold grain and we do not
recommend that 1t be held to arbi-
trarily force prices to unreasonable
height. or course we have no cred
it system whereby we can hold all
the grains OF the country. but we
ara advising our farmers to slow
down in marketing for the pres
emit until this period of demoraliza-
ton in prices. has somewhat re-
.ycoVered."
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