The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-02-20
MEMBERS CAMPAIGN
IN Medina COUNTY
OHIO farm BUREAU
Membership Fee Raised to $40
Every Farmer Should Be-
long-Help Your Friends to
Help Yourself.
CAMPAIGN is NOW ON
HELP BOOST IT ALONG

Medina County Farm Bureau will be-
gin next Monday, February %. At
its own request, the drive will be sup
ervised by the Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation, now directing similar
campaigns in other counties.
The membership fee which has
been dollar is being increased to $40
in accordance with the general future
policy in Ohio. The new fee was
fixed by the county delegates at the
recent annual meeting Of the fedel-
alton at Columbus.
Fifty per cent of the dues are to be
retained by the county organization
and the remainder by the state and
national organizations. The portions
sent to the state and national organ
izations are to be used for the es-
adjustment of bureaus in Columbus
and Washington to look after farm
er's interests.
The county farm bureau will con-
tinue to cooperate with the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture and the Ohio
State University College of AgEi-
cultur through the work of S. M. Sal
isbury, the county agricultural agent.
In addition to this educational work
the bureau will devote attention to
such matters as organization and mar
keting. Thru aniliation with the
new national and state federations,
legislative and other large problems
atfecting agricultural interests will be
tackled.
The state federation will open per-
manent headquarters in Columbus at
once. This office will promote CO.
operative organizations for each class
of producers and will aid them in Sc
curing statesmen in the main market
centers. It will also promote buying
organizations among city consumers.
An educational campaign will be
carried on to correct wrong notions
of city people about profits of pro-
ducing farm products, as well as to
create a more favorable sentiment
toward farming.
The Columbus office will keep coun-
ty and legislative committees in touch
with legislation. The local commit
! tees will carry the word directly ia
! the farmers. By means of this plan
leach farmer can voice thru the co1ns
ty farm bureau the opinion of the dis
trict on any piece Of legislation. On
the other hand, the state legislators
will be in a position to determine
quickly what their constituents want.
Althoug new and not then complete
ly organized the state farm bureau
federation fought for farming inter-
ests at the last session of the legis-
lature. With the grange and other
, agricultural organizations, it worked
for the passage Of the pure seed bill,
for the law authorizing county COM
missioners to aquire market places,
and for the law regulating traffic on
highways. It was particularly active
in helping to defeat the proposed con-
stitutional amendment, providing for
the classification Of property for tax
alton. It also worked for the Girls
void bill, which, if it had passed
would have legalized collective bar
gaining by farmers.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON, the same as the state feder-
alton, has adopted program of work
Included in its platform are the fol-
lowing points:
"We recommend such regulation OF
all purveyors of foodstuffs, including
packers, wholesale grocers, commits
sion men and all similar industries
in such manner as will be just ano
fair to producers and consumers as
well as to the industries.
eve demand strict economy of all
public expenditures in all depart
ments of government, the cutting Out
of such customs in transactions o1
public affairs as add expense and rem
dering efficient service, and the dis
continuance of all departments or en-
ployees which are not rendering eff
cient service.
"We approve the Federal Lane
Banks and request that the maximum
individual loan be changed from $10,
900 to $4,000.
"We urge the strengthening Of
county organizations financially ant
otherwise, in order that capable mer
may be employed to manage the worl
of the county organizations.
Believing that the strength ant
origin of the American Federation o:
Farm Bureaus have been achieved
thru cooperation with the state ant
federal departments of agriculture
upon a sound educational program WI
declare it to be our purpose to con
, tinue such cooperation in the future
and that neither business enterprise
nor legislative activity should dimin
ish such cooperative educational acti'
tiles.
We urge the strengthening Of tn
county organizations financially AM
s. otherwise, in order that capable mel
may be employed to manage the worl
of the county organizations.
eve declare our independence o
affiliation with any commercial, labo
or industrial organization, but man
! tain cooperative attitude toward al
! movements promoting the welfare o
American institutions" RI
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