Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-01

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to 2 cents per bushel for exporting
their crops. U. 8. farmers can al
least do as well under very similar
| conditions.
5. Excessive mileage in hauling
grain to the consumer, such as West
ern Nebraska wheat hauled to Chica
go, then to a mill at Minneapolis, Their
as -four back to Western Nebraska Is
not unusual There should be q
Transportation Department to direct
the grain from where it Is produced
to where 1t is used at the last possible
cost OF transportation.
6. Future trades. The Federal
Trade Commission reports that fol
every bushel of actual grain sold on
the Chicago Board OF Trade there are
Every sale is supposed to pay com.
mission.
Our Committee OF II formed plan
to eliminate these wastes.
AS a result OF the Octopus with its
tentacles reaching practically every
town of 5000 inhabitants. by means
OF the foremost attorneys In the
we see man after man lose his honor,
his property. and later see him go to
his grave suicide.
The Federal Trade Commission is
authority for the statement that IS
times out OF 100 the country specula.
tor loses.
Mr.. Clarke told OF the ratification
conference at Chicago on April s, z
and s, of the election of the first board
OF q directors and of succeeding
boards. He discussed the methods
OF selling as provided in the contract,
and other parts of the contract Of
particular interest. The reason for
the contract. he explained, was be.
cause Of a wide spread report that
farmers will not stick together. Five
of the foremost at torneys In the
United States drew 1t. 1t assures
every Illinois farmer who signs it,
that every farmer of Missouri, Kan
sas, Oklahoma and OF the other states
who sign it will stick and do his part.
A number of sketches, from his.
tory of the Chicago Board of Trade,
which was written by director, was
read to acquaint farmers with opera.
tions there as described BY one on
the inside and intended for only those
on the inside to read
Harry F. Atwood representing the
Grain Dealers National Assn, in his
discussion, inquired whether anyone
else is to blame If the farmers dump
a large portion of their grain onto the
market at one time, and whether any
one else is to blame IL farmers deposit
the pay for their crops IN the local
banks which use the money TO buy
paper issued by the grain spectators?
He dramatically unrolled a long
string of paper on which, he informed
the audience the contract WAS writ
ten. The typewriting was double
spaced with wide spaces between
paragraphs and those who examined
it. said it contained not only the con.
tract, but the articles of incorpora-
ton, bylaws, etc.
Mr.. Atwood early in his speech
made a mistake fatal to any good I'M
pressions he might have made. He
either ignorantly or maliciously mis-
quoted the contract and persisted IN
insisting he was correct. The spon.
taneous roar Of disapproval which
arose from the listeners assured him
unPuestionably that farmers were not
ignorant about the contract
Later he spoke at length regarding
the men who have worked to develop
the U. s. Grain Growers, Inc, as being
the same kind of men who prompted
the Independent Harvester Company
and the numerous small packing
plants throughout the country.
In his rebuttal. Mr.. Clarke called
attention to the fact that his oppon.
ent had not undertaken to relate one
of his statements In regard to the
six outstanding faults Of the present
marketing system. Ell any tariner
has any question" Mr.. Clarke said,
which cannot be answered salts
factorily by one of the solicitors write
me about it,
He gave full opportunity for any
questions to be asked by any one, just
as i. is done at all u. s. G. G., Inc, |
meetings.
Mr.. Day who was the losing SPEAK
er at the. Seneca meeting recently,
and another gentleman came with
Mr.. Atwood but all quietly stole away
as quickly as the meeting adjourned. |
The local pastor was called on to
preside, just few minutes before
the meeting opened, as it was late
before anyone knew an opposition
speaker would be present. He was
fair to both speakers and conducted
the meeting in an open and dgnifled
BY =, I. S. BROOKS,
County Soil Advisor.