The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-26
"CALIFORNIA
PLAN" GROWS
Expect to Control Mar
kets of Ten States
by 1923.
CUT OUT TRADE BOARD
Provide Own Warehouses and
Buyers and Reduce Cost \
to Public.
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rtete control by the farmers OF the
wbcat and corn crops OF the ten
largest producing states by 1929
Autonatic elimination Of the chi
cago board OF trade.
perfection OF a publicity and in
telligence system.
This IS what the farmers Of the
r-,itod states have set out to ac-
complish through the formation OF
Giant cooperative association on the
famous California commodity CO.
onoration" plan. The CO operative
uoyoment first projected national lly
an the annual convention OF the
national farm bureau federation at
chicago this Summer is now under
NV following the appointment OF a
connittee OF seventeen representa-
lives farmers to draft preliminary
plans
Thlt the farmers will completely
control the wheat and corn crops of
tho ten largest producing states by
IoQ3 and that in time they will have
rou.rol Of the entire crop OF the
country, which will incidentally mean
the passng of the Chicago board Of
trade. is the opinion of Aaron Sapiro
of san Francisco, attorney for four
teen OF the famous cooperative as
sociations OF California and other
western states, who drafted the plan
placed before the farm federation
convention at Chicago which thor
oughly endorsed and adopted IL.
There is no doubt in tho world
but that the farmers are going TO
market the crops of the ten largest
producing states by 1923 through
great marketing association Of their
own similar to the pioneer organ
izations here in California" stated
MIR. Sapiro. 1T is going TO take us
over two years to get started
During he next six months we are
going 70 work out our plans for or
cauization. Then we will spend a
wear in spreading the propaganda OF
commodity cooperation Then and
only then will the farmers be ready
to market their crops a
Ignore Board of Trade.
I'VE are not going to fight the
board Of trade. We win simply ig-
more II. The cooperative farmers
will tako their own crops, sell them
direct to the millers, export them
directly. BY this method they will
get better prices themselves and will
also cut the cost of grain TO the con-
sumers. The board of trade will
hold some customers for perhaps
year. Then these customers will see
what the cooperative farmers are
doing and will Join the association.
The first thing that the board OF
trade knows, II is out Of business.
Each safe in the big association
will have one director in the orr
ganizatlon, Mr.. Sapiro states. with an
additional director for each five mill
lion bushels marketed from that
state. The public will have five rep
resentatives in the organization. One
will be appointed by the federal re-
serve board, one bythe federal trade
commission and three by the depart
ment Of agriculture
I'VE will build up an immense or
ganization with separate departments
to handle each phase 81 the bust
ness' declared Mr.. Sapiro. I'VE Will
have domestic and foreign boards.
EaniZation with separate departments
We will have a legal department
warehousing department and the as
sociaion, in order TO be thoroughly
efficient, will have to maintain It's
own trade representatives in the big
grain ccnters of the world. II VIII
have a man in Canada, in India, In
Egypt, two in Russia, one In Ger
many probably one in China. These
agents will keep the association con-
Slantly informed as TO market condi-
tions In their own parts Of the globe.
Eln that way the farmers will know
Just what to do with heir crops.
The entire association will be
based on the American cooperation
and not the English Rochdale plan.
We must organize by commodity and
not by locality. There must be no
capital stock, because stock is not
necessary.
VIII Pool Grain.
The grain OF all the farmers will
ne pooled by grade and variety. and
an growers will share equally in the
proceeds. For instance, when all the
NO. ! northern spring wheat is sold
and the expenses paid, each farmer
who furnishes wheat Of that grade
VIII be paid his share of the proceeds
The price per bushcl will be exactly
ihe same to each grower.
THE association will have its own
elevators for storing the crops.
These elevators will be owned by a
oparate corporation and will have
both common and preferred stock
Tho common stock will be held 10y
NE marketing association so as 10
give II voting power In the elevator
company. The preferred stock Will
nave no voting power and can, be
i1ld 70 anyone
The plan Is one that has been
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