Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-04-15
FARMERS ACCEPT
MARKETING PLAN
OPTIONAL POOLING OF GRAIN IS
MADE PERMISSIBLE.
TO ESTABLISH q DISTRICTS
"United State Grain Growers, Inc,
Born at chicago.-Hopes To Be
In Operation This Year-Jewett
Heads One District.

Heads One District.
acknowledgements Of the
farmers in convention voted unani-
mously to accept the report Of the
committee of II, which provided for
formation of a cooperative agency to
market the nations grain.
Under the plan a nonprofit stock
corporation will be formed through
which the grain will be handled from
the time 1t is raised until it reaches
the manufacturer or consumer. Local
agencies win be formed throughout
the country, and elevators, terminal
warehouse corporations, port corpora
tions. service department and other
subsidiary departments will be part
of the plan.
Each member of the corporation
will pay feet of $40, which will be
used for expenses. SURPRISES over
expenses will be returned to the men,
bers.
The organization will be governed
by board of directors elected by the
grain growers.
Organization OF the corporation will
be begun Immediately and it is hoped
to have it working in time to handle
part of the 1921 crop.
Establish q Districts.
The farmers conference voted late
tonight to have the committee Of II
divide ho GRO In, ne
the country into 81 districts, appor-
toned according to the value Of the
grain marketed in the last 10 years
Market centers, rather than state
lines, would govern the limits of the
districts, it was stated.
These 81 districts would form the
controlling body of the cooperative
marketing organization.
CHICAGO. - Preliminary organiza-
ton of the country's wheat growers
into a national cooperative grain mar
keting company was completed Satur-
day.
Directors of the company, to be
known as the United States Grain
Growers, Inc, were elected and legal
), steps preliminary to incorporation UNI
der the laws of Delaware were COM
pleted and organizations which had
found fault with certain features of
the plan apparently had been brought
into line.
AS soon as incorporation papers are
issued, national membership drive
will be started to enlist every grain
grower. 1t then will be ready to car
ry out the plans which it's sponsors
declare will curb grain speculation.
obtain larger profits for the farmer,
lower the cost of marketing grain and
tend to eliminate price fluctuations.
G. c. Jewett, a Director.
Possibility that the members of the
Northwest Wheat Growers associa-
ton would not come into the organ
izatiOn because their plan for COM
pulsory grain pooling was defeated in
favor Of optional pooling, was less
ened when George C. Jewett of Spo-
kane. general manager of the North
west company, was elected director
Of the new organization. Other asso-
Citations which favored compulsory
pooling asked time in which to make
their plans, but indications were they
would join the new company
Composition of the new corpora
tion's board of directors chosen is in
part as follows:
District No. 1-Washington, Ore.
gon, Utah and California; George "
Jewett, Spokane, general manast -
Northwest Wheat Growers, associat II
and Victor H. Smith, Wasco, Or&
secretary-treasurer, Oregon Grain
Growers association.
Select st. Paul Official.
District No. Montana, North Da-
kota. Minnesota and Wisconsin; ]. M.
Anderson, st. Paul, president of the
Equity Cooperative exchange at st.
Paul; Usher L. Burdick, Williston, N.
D., president of the North Dakota
Farm bureau federation and vice pres.
ident of the Percheron Society OF
America, and w. F. Schilling, North.
field. Mimi, president Of the Twin
City Milk Producers association.