The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-13
THE FARMERs, FRIENDS.

The National Association of Grain
Dealers is starting q backfire against
the Association of Wheat Growers.
The latter is planning to sell the wheat
crop of the country direct to the mill
ers and exporters and put the grain
dealers out of business. The proposed
plan has been put into Successful op-
Grafton by western fruit growers and
the wheat growers believe they can
make it work.
Quoting from the proceedings of the
grain dealers convention:
Steps to instill into the people a
realization of some of the advantages
of farming and farm life and to dig
nifty the farming business by a fair
recognition of it's Importance were
urged in a report of the committee as
remedies to cure unrest on the farm.
The report scored efforts of radical
farmers organizations to control
prices by creating cooperative asso-
Citations which the report said were
seeking to disregard the laws of world
supply and demand.
This solieitude for the poor deluded
farmers is pathetic, but it is remark
able that it never developed until the
farmers showed signs of going into
the business of marketing grain for
themselves.
There was a meeting in Chicago re-
Gently, called by the American Farm
Bureau federation. There were pres
emit representatives of the State CO.
operative Grain Dealers associations,
Cooperative livestock Shipping asso-
Citations, Farmers unions, Societies of
Equity. State Oranges and Farm Blu
reau declarations. as well as the secre-
tary and other representatives of the
i United States department of agricul-
ture.
This gathering passed a motion that
the chairman appoint a committee of
five to present resolutions for the con-
sideration of those in attendance.
The committee brought in the fol-
lowing resolutions:
| Resolved, That we recommend that
the chairman of this convention APP
| point permanent committee, not to
| exceed seventeen members, represent
/ ing the various organizations inter-
| ested, and with the consent ana ap-
! prevail of such organizations, to con-
slider, formulate and submit hereafter
I organization whereby all organiza-
tions of grain producers can conduct
| cooperative grain marketing thru one
| or more central organizations or grain
exchanges. or such other solution OF
the cooperative marketing problem as
may be approved by such committee
and that each organization or interest
| represented shall bear the expense OF
its own delegate or committee mem
bers- That when this committee is
Y n fea= rR hi
shall be sent to each organization. and
the chairman of the American Farm
Bureau federation shall call a. confer
ence Of accredited delegates of such
organizations with power to act, tt
whom such plan shall be submitted
for adoption or rejection.
Resolved. further. That we believe
that true cooperation will furnish this
lSolution of the grain marketing prob
lens OF this country, and further thai
we earnestly suggest that the commits
sion investigate the application of CO
operative principles to-the problems Of
grain marketing. and cover the SAM
in its forthcoming report upon grain
conditions in the United States: that il
our opinion no report upon this sub
ject will be complete without consider
alton of cooperative principles as APP.
Piled to marketing.
Doubtless the action Of this conven
ton had much to do with arousing tn,
interest of the Association OF Grain
Dealers