Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-11-17
T0H0TD WHEAT
~ 11VLD ETz4kllzE,
But NO STRIKE
Farmers Not Favoring
Demand For ANY
Set Price

CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-(By -Asso-
ciated Press.)-While not favoring a
grain ''strike" for any set price, SEN
timeht among organized farmers in
the great agricultural states of the
middle west runs strongly toward
holding back grain as far as practi-
cable for better nrices, according to
canvass made here. This survey of
sentiment was taken by the Illinois
Agricultural Association.
Reports were received by secreta-
ries of state farm bureau declarations
in Missouri, Minnesota, South Da-
kota, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wis
consin and Kentucky. In no cases
did state federation report it had
advised strike"
Need of credit facilities to enable
farmers to hold their wheat if they
want to was pointed out from several
states. One state secretary wrote he
was ''using the present conditions as
an argument in favor of the farmers
getting into the big marketing game
in such way that they will be able to
finance it and to store considerable
of the grain as it is offered"
''The attitude I have taken in the
matter is this" wrote H. d. Lutz, of
Lincoln, Neb., secretary of the Ne
braska Farm Bureau Federation.
shat it is wrong to set an arbitrary
price of SO a bushel and that it is
hardly advisable to ask the farmers
to hold their wheat unless we are in
position to help them on the finan-
cial and storage ends of the game.
But do tell the farmers that be-
lieve wheat will be higher and that
it will be a good thing to hold it if
they are in a position to do So"
Writing that the South Dakota
Farm Bureau Federation "does not
believe wheat strike necessary or
desirable for the country" Secretary
P. j. Crandall, of Huron, said, "our
method of handling the situation is
to furnish farmers with accurate in
formation regarding the wheat mar
ket to help them in determining
what action is best for their needs
The farmers will hold their wheat off
the market without a doubt if they
are able to get credit which will al
low 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 if credit allows
and using our best efforts to bring fl
nancial relief"
Officially the Missouri Farm Bu-
reau Federation has made no recon-
mendation B. j. Meyer, at Columbia,
executive secretary, wrote. GAS in
dividuals," he added, call members
of our executive committee take the
attitude that where farmers can af-
ford to hold wheat they should by all
means do so. This is on the theory
that present prices are about as low
as we can reasonably expect them to
go. Since we are not in position to
guarantee SO wheat, we can hardly
advise farmers to hold for $780,"
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton does not endorse "strikes" as
a means of controlling the price Of
farm products, wrote Secretary c. A.
Peters, of Rosendale, Wis. accord
ing to the present situation in regard
to wheat we believe that the low
prices are unjustifable and that it
would be good business policy for the
farmers to discontinue heavy market
ing and allow the market to adjust
itself"
From Iowa, E. H. Cunningham, of
Ames, secretary Of the Iowa Farm
Bureau Federation, wrote: eve real
ize that it is the most difficult thing
to hold grain. and we do not recon-
mend that it be held to arbitrarily
force prices to unreasonable height.
Of course we have no credit system
whereby we can hold all the grains
of the country, but we are advising
our farmers to slow down in market
ing for the present until this period
Of decentralization in prices has some
what recovered"