Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-08

in at once and that the remainder be
paid in at the rate Of 10 per cent
month
With the convention drawing near its
close a contest is developing among
number Of cities for the next annual
meeting. Those most prominently men
tened are Atlanta, Louisville and st.
Louis.
DISCUSS PLANS
OF ORGANIZATION.
Detailed organization plans as worked
out in various States were discussed at
the morning session. Perhaps the most
comprehensive was the Ohio plan. which
was discussed by Murray D. Lincoln.
secretary Of the Ohio Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, who talked on "A Definite Or
ganization Plan"
AS I see it we should assist each
class Of producers to organize into asso-
Citations, the purpose Of which will be
to pool the product Of each member and
then secure the best possible statesmen
sufficient to market the same" he said.
Then We VIII organize the grain men
around the cooperative elevators. the live
stock men into livestock associations, the
Gairymen into dairy companies.
FOR the primary organization work
have provided for a paid organizer for
such class Of producers and as many
more as are needed may be added as
time goes on and finances permit.
an order 10 show the existing organ
izations that we afe actuated by a desire
TO help in the interests Of all, have
provided an advisory committee OF six
Cor other equal NUMBER three from the
farm bureau and three from the existing
State organizations. OF the total num-
Der, say six. three should ne members Of
the grange. This gives due recognition
to that organization. though It is not
organized for marketing work.
ASKS PROMINENT
MEN ON COMM3LITTEES.
Each advisory committee should be
composed Of the most prominent men In
the State, connected With the branch Of
agriculture they are chosen to represent;
az least one OF the three men appointed
by the bureau should be member Of our
executive committee and he should keep
the executive committee in close touch
with al activities Of the organization.
There are many advantages Of these
commodity organizations working to-
gether through one central organization
the Farm Bureau Federation. There
would come, then, our State organization
department; the marketing department.
the legal department; the statistical de-
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ment: legislative department; all Of these
being common to all commodity organi-
zatiOns and affordfng help TO all ana
through each Of the departments all agri-
cultural interests working together
This brings me 20 the last phase Of
this program. which IS the holding com
pany To date this is only myth or an
air castle. but 1 believe the demand will
soon be here for such company. ais
company would be Incorporated with two
or more million dollars Of stock, financed
by putting on a stock selling campaign
among the farmers Of the State"
IMPROVEMENT
OF ROADS URGED.
Steps for the Improvement OF roads
as a great advantag to farmers were
urged by Henry Sherley, secretary OF the
FadarI Hi hway Commission. He said
that this year there will have been buili
in the United States only between 200
and 1000 miles Of improved road. while
more than this mileage viii have been
v-oru ont He said that from 10000 u
80 coo miles should be built annually.
Mr.. Sherley urged taking advantage Of
Federal aid in road building, but ad-
yiaez that the States rather than the
counties raise sufficient funds to equal
the Federal appropriations as provided
by the national road law. He cited a
number of examples OF counties becom-
ing bankrupt in attempting to pay for
roads which should be paid for by the
State
MurI Mcdonald, county agent leader Of
Iowa. spoke on The Place of the Elk
tension Service in a Farm Bureau Cam
Paign" He told Of the ease with which
extension agents can work in organized
f0fc oc Nth ~ nor 81 ri
and Of the assistance such agent can rem
der in forming farmer organizations.
Other subjects, which were largely
technical discussions Of organization
methods weIe:- How to Put on a VOlun-
tary Membership Drive" by E. Z. Rey-
nelds. assistant secretary Of the Indiana
Federation of Farmers Associations !;
Training n Crew OF Paid Organization
Men by J. c Sailor, organization sec
rotary OF the Illinois Agricultural Asso-
citation, and ''The Need for Uniform Or
gsnizations, by Charles E. Gunnels, as
sistant secretary of the American Farm
Bureau Federation.
THIRTY-TWO STATES
REPRESENTED.
report of the credentials committee
showed that thirty-two Of the thirty
four States affiliated with the federation
At the opening OF the meeting gavel,
made from the broken STAFF of a flag
of Battery E, 7th Field Artillery, was
presented to the National Organiza ton
By the indiana Federation OF Farmers
Associations. The stan, which was
broken in a battle in the Argonne forest,
was presented to the Indiana organiza-
ton by Maj Gen. SummeraH in COM
mand at Fit Thomas, Ky.
The afternoon session was TO be purely
a business meeting with the report OF
the credentials committee and possibly
Of the resolutions committee. Officers
win be elected tonight and unfinished
business viii be completed.
AUTHOR OF FOOD
CONTROL ACT SPEAKS.
A definite plan for the sterilization OF
the prices of farm products the first
definite move along this line presented to
the convention, was outlined by former
= Congressman A. F. Lever, joint author
- the snith-Lsyer agricultural act, and