The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-02-27
NATIONS FARMERS
GET into POLITICS
SERVE NOTICE THAT THEY ARE
COMO TO QUERY ALL cAMp,.
DATES ron OFFICE
INVESTIGATE EACH AsPIRANT
70 Csmovs'aes 70 De Tolerated,
Chairman Of Combined oreanIza-
tons 0seiarss.--strens, Faith
fui Men Wanted

washington, Feb. 2f.--wIth the an.
pointment of a committee Of seven
prominent farm organization leaders
10 mnw up platform. the Ameri-
csn farmer. through The National
board Of Farm Organizations, served
notice yesterday on present and pros
pecfive candidates that he il deter.
mined 10 participate actively In the
coming campaign. The platform viii
comprise questions designed to bring
out Enthusiastically the attitude OF each
candidate on matters which agrirul,
tnrtsts consider Of paramount Impor.
tance.
g. =. Barrett of Georgia. president
Of the National Farmers Union, was
named chairman OF the COMMITTEES.
the other members being T. q. Alike.
son Of West Virginia, representing
the National Grunge. Clifford Plnchot
% Pennsylvania. the Pennsylvania Ru.
RAJ Progress association. y. u. Houston |
OF wisconsin. secretary Of the WIscon.
SIN Soctety or Equity: w. I. Drum. |
nsond cf Oklahoma. international Farm /
Congress-: d. II. Cooper OF New York.
DntFymen's league. and J, II. Howard
OF Washington. American Farm Bu.
reau federation.
The committee, n l understand the
temper Of Organized agriculture.
Chairman Barrett said. twin demand
mast comprehensive and unmistak.
able statement Of the position Of each
candidate ON questions especially re-
lating to agriculture. The farmers
viii not submit to camouflage. Mere.
over. the committee will try 10 deter.
nine. before submitting its findings
Q the farmers. just what ability =
'andldate may have to carry out his ,
're-elcetion promises, We must ret
'ehind strong. faithful. long-vision.
q man. None other will suit.
the conference adopted resolutions
skiing early appointment of an Amer.
ran delegate TO the international In
titute Of agriculture nj Rome to suc-
80 the late Daniel Lubln, approved
Do CApper-Gcrsman bill restoring to
armerx the right 10 collective buying
20 selling. expressed confidence In
~ federal trade commission in con.
ectlon with the imminent investiga. II
on Of That body and pctitioned con. G
rcss to amend the farm loan act to In
'easc the minimum loan from $4,000 q
$2a.0O. The Investigation from sir IA
ornee Piunkett. ~ representative Of al
ish farm organizations. that deiega- r.
% % appointed to attend an interna. az
nnsl congress on agriculture At Dub IN
during the present year was ac- In
pted. b.
Maurice McAullffe. president OF the
armcrs Union Of Kansas. said the ~
operative ventures of farmers In 'e
United States already handled bus. pe
rss Of one billion dollars annually. pa
q ahould easily increase to ak times
u figure within decade. He and
her speakers warned Of the obs<ruc.
2 tactics which would be made when
= activity began to make a dent :
. the business Of wholesalers" ooe
Discrimination against cooperative OF
m organizations BY railway man. me me
~ already has become pretty gen. nov
i. especially In the west" G. q. rou
Ayton OF iiiinois. president OF the 6
tional Farmers Equity union. told s ars
conference. He announced that tii
would file formal complaint and
d Director General Hines and a'a
uld support his charge with afr. us.
ITS FROM scores III exchanges con .tos
ted with organizations n,...t, 81
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s""u oit'c'a's. Ne saiu, and
been felt chiefly In allotment " zoo,
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