The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-04
FARM EXPERTS SESSION
QUESTION VITAL TO RURAL
~ INTEREST LISTED
Regulation of Packers Is Chief
Problem To Be Fully
Discussed

Chicago, ILL.,. June 2.-[By The AS
ISOLATED Pressl-Taking Of a refer
endum among the farmers of the
country on the compulsory arbitra
ton of strikes will be considered at a
meeting of the executive committee
of the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton opening here today. The
recommendation OF such a referendum
has come from among the secretaries
of state farm bureau declarations. Re
AdamSon law and on the Townsend
federal read law have also been re-
commended.
Results of the first farmer refer
endum, in which 359,626 farmers vot
ed, were reported to the committee
today. 1t resulted In an overwhem
ing majority against the bill OF Con-
gresham Nolan for a tax of l PEI
cent on the ownership OF land in ex
cess of $4,000. Greater recognition
of women in the national farm bu'
reau movement will be taken up TO.
consideration at the instance of far
mers of the New England states
Farm bureau declarations in these
states have made a request that the
present executive board of the na
itonal federation appoint a national
advisory committee of women "until
such time as the constitution can b.
revised to include women as mem
, bers of the national board"
Problems With Packers.
A request that the American Farm
Bureau Federation take over thu
work of the Livestock Producer
Committee of Fifteen is slated tc
come up. This committee representa-
% xolr 1rrga
lens with the packers. The reques
is made by Henry c. Wallace of De
Moines, Ia, chairman of the commit
tee. The creation of a bureau
agriculture economics to study wori
conditions and their probable effec
on the prices of American agricul
tural products will be considered. The
recommendation of such a bureau
with an appropriation of $4,000, wa
recently made by the Mid West Farm
Bureau Federations. Another re
commentator from the same sourci
is that census of the car suppl.
Immediately and the information
supplied at once to each state FEEDER
alton.
A request from the New York Stat
Bureau Federation that the nationa
organization employ a field man tC
devote his time to dairy and truck
interests will be considered. Correla
ton of the efforts of the various
marketing organizations that ar
handling canning crops, milk anC
wool in the eastern states will asc
come up. The meeting will continue
from June to f. j. R. Howard o.
Clemens, Ia, is president, S. L. Striv-
ings, CASTLE, n. Y, Vice-president
and ]. w. Coverdale, Ames, Ia.
secretary. The executive committee
consists of E. B. Cornwall, Middle
bury, VT; E. +. Richardson, Mills
Mass; H. E. Taylor, Freehold, N. j
o. E. Bradfute, Xenia,O.; H. J. Sconse
Sidell, Ill; c. H. Gray, Nevada, Mo.
Gray Silver, Martinsburg, w. Va; ]
W.. Morgan, Athens, Ga; George
Bishop, Cordell, Okla; w. II. Walker
Willows, Calf; w. J. Jamison, Lee
Veta, Colo; and ]. F. Burton, Gar
land, Utah.
Eager To Pay Taxes.
Omaha, Neb., June 1.-[By The
Associated Press1-R. L. Reynolds
south side live stock commission
merchant, who lives outside the ci
ty limits, has sent City Clerk Hunter
a letter enclosing check for payment
of a wheel tax.
81 do not live in the city," Mr.
Reynolds letter reads, "but figure
that use the streets good deal anG
the money is going to good cause.