Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-01-20
MEETINGS OF FAR M
BUREAU IN COUNTY
LARGELY ATTENDED
History Of the Organization
Proves That the American
Farm Bureau Is Not an |. Y.
A. Movement-Developed in
Other States.

Other States.
Well attended meetings for the
organization work OF the Stutsman
County Farm Bureau were held
thruout the county last week. The
meetings are preliminary to the Or
ganiZatiOn drive for membership.
which began on Monday. At
the meetings held in Medina, Street
er and Montpelier, Judge Cof!cy out
lined the beginnings Of the move
ment, its purposes and it's prospects.
Other speakers addressed other
meetings along similar lines. The
attendance has been all that could
be expected, and every farmer ap-
peared desirous Of learning all that
he could about the movement, which
promises to be a great agency in the
stabiliZing OF the prices of farm pro-
ducts. and putting the business Of
farming on a business basis.
The meeting held at Medina. Fri
day, was well attended. about one
hundred farmers and business men
being present At Streeter on the
18th inst. one hundred and fifty
farmers were present, and at the
meeting held Friday at Montpelier,
about one hundred attended.
The Woodworth meeting held on
the 12th was addressed by c. II.
Calman, county agent of Barnes
county At this meeting Chris Joos.
of Pingrec. Il member of the Nom
PARTISAN League, spoke in opposition
to the Farm Bureau movement. and
asserted that it was All l. V. A. at
tempt to distract the attention of the
farmers from the Nonpartisan
League. and that the idea was not
to solve the farmers problem, but
to keep him on the farm for another
year, as many are now thinking OF
leaving farm work.
\ meeting was held at Pingree
Saturday. and the Cleveland meeting
on the 18Th was addressed by Mr..
Michaels OF the Agricultural Col
lege.
In addressing the various meet
ings the speakers explained the his
tory of the movement, which was an
outgrowth Of the work Of county
agents. a few years ago. increased
production was the object Of the
county agents work, and was the big
thing in the early days. but now it
is giving away to the problem OF
mark citing. TO make county agri-
cultura! work effective. community
organization was started to help
solve the problems of the comm,lni-
ty in local matters. The community
organization spread into the county.
and the county into the state. Last
year at the national meeting of
county agents. it was proposed to
get organized into an national or
,1>s<
policies believed to be for the best
outlined.
Not An 7. Y. \. Move
This growth of the farm bureau
developed in states other than
North Dakota, and previous to the
country is now passing thru. 1t is
no sound argument therefore. to say
that the Farm Bureau Movement is
an organization of farmers to put
farming on a business basis. and to
know the cost of production.
Any legislation affecting agricul-
tural interests will be voted on at a
referendum vote of members, when
every man will have an opportunity
to vote in his own home uninfluenc-
ed by anyone else. AS the national
organization is promoted largely
thru county and state support. it is
certain that it will have. an influen-' :
tial voice in congress; that all peo-
pie interested in agriculture can find
- nlace in such organization. which
is big enough to take in republicans.
democrats. the equity exchange.
farmers union. the Nonpartisan
League, and all others interested.
because all can unite in the work Of
making farming profitable bust
ness. when they could not unite or
agree on. nQlitical Office seekers.