Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-18
HELP FARMERS
TOLOWERC COSTS
Steps Taken to Promote COL
Icctive Buying and Selling
Standardize Products
IBy Evening News Correspondent

[By Evening News Correspondent
TRENTON, Aug. 1S.-As the re-
suit OF a conference just held be-
tween representatives of the State
Department of Agriculture and the
New Jersey State Chamber OF Com
merce, steps are to be taken to pro-
mote the % .:ectlve buying AID sell
ing among the Farmers of ths stale.
20 improve the standardizati' y ana
grading OF farm and orchard prod
ucts and to provide a better method
Of financing farm crops. Included in
The plan is a general improvement
Of marketing conditions n the dis
.ribution of farm, garden, orchard
and dairy products.
Alexis L. Clark. chief of the Blu
reau of Markets of the State De-
partment of Agriculture, Is authority
Tor the statement that the carrying
out of these plans should result in
reduction of the cost of food as far
as it is produced by the agricul-
turalists and fruit growers.
The State Chamber of Commerce
will cooperate with the State De-
partment of Agriculture to secure
the aid of all possible agencies in
the state to make the program eff
fective, also to conduct a vigorous
publicity campaign in behalf of the
movement. The State Chamber also
volunteered to endeavor to secure
the active cooperation of the New
Jersey State Bankers Association
for an improved plan of financing
the farmers over their crop periods.
Franklin B. Jones, of Beverly, chair
man of. the agricultural committee
of the State Bankers Association,
has written the bureau of markets
to the effect h a the association Is
giving serious thought to this ques-
ton and thinks that a feasible plan
can be devised.
1t is believed that If the way can
be opened and the farmers educated
to buy for cash and take the dis.
counts, as business men do, one or
the problems in the cost OF farm
products will be solved. Collective
buying and selling. it is claimed,
will be another big factor in educ
ing the cost of food products. THIS
was strongly advocated this summer
by United States Senator Joseph S.
Frelinghuysen, president OF the state
Board Of Agriculture. in his talk 10
the farmers who were guests at the
Frelinghuysen home at Raritan.
Mercer county has a Farmers Co
operative Society for this purpose
and there are Others in the state.
IL is ~ CAtSliu -
l.. Willard Minch, of Bridgeton,
vice president of the State Board of
Agriculture, presided at the confer
ence. The others present were:
Alexis L. Clark, chief Of the bureau
of markets; Alva Agee. secretary OF
the State Department Of Agriculture;
n. III. Porter, of Newark, president,
and E. NJ. B~arzadaie, secretary OF the
State Chamber of Commerce; AS
semblyman Emmor Roberts, of Bur-
lington, chairman of the agricultural!
committee of the state chamber. and
Luther D. Fuller, of jamestown, N.
r., chief agricultural agent Of the
Erie Railroad.
Secretary Agee opened the confer
j.. ence and asked Mr.. Clark to outline
the progress already made by the bu-
reau of markets. Mr.. Clarke salc
the problem must be worked along
the line of the standardization OF
farm products, improved transpor-
tation, cooperation such as the col
lective buying and selling and along
other lines; and a system of market
reporting to keep the farmers and
other producers in touch with the
market prices. The market report
ing is already under way the State
Department collecting and d%istrlhu-
ting prices daily by It's W LEASED
telegraph wire.