The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-06-24
For HUGE GRAIN
MARKETING PLAN
NINE FARMER ANIZATIONS
REPRESENTED AT OFFICIAL
HIT RON MEETING.

Sioux Falls, June 24-John T.
Belk of Henry, presiden of the
South Dakota Farmers Grain Deal
ers' association, was unanimously
elected manager of the organization
campaign for the U. s. Grain Grow
ers, Inc, in South Dakota by Official
representatives of nine farmers or
CARNATIONS at an official meeting in
Huron Tuesday. Mr. BeIk is also a
member of the board of directors of
the L. S. Grain Growers Inc.
1t was voted to urge farmers CO.
operative elevators in the state which
are under financial obligations to
outside capital to rearrange their fl
nances as soon as possible so that
they and their patrons may take ad-
vantage of the plan of marketing of
the L. S. Grain Growers, Inc
1t was voted that the organiza-
ton work in South Dakota should
be conducted without employing out
side solicitors except where neces-
sary and that an organization COM
mittee of five should be appointed in
the near future to perfect and exc
cute organization plans.
The offer of the South Dakota
Farmers Grain Dealers association
that the organization committee of
the L. s. Grain Growers, Inc, may
use their offices and service depart
ments at Sioux Falls was recon-
mended to be accepted at the discre-
ton of the organization committee.
1t was voted that in exceptional
cases where a farmer is unable to
pay the organization fee of $40, this
fee may be taken from the first grain
marketed by him.
1t was unanimously agreed that
the official delegates of farmers or
ganization present pledge endorse
ment for their organizations of the
principles, purposes and present
plans of the U. S. Grain Growers,
Inc; and that the unofficial repre-
sentatives present will urge their or
ganiZations to endorse and support
the plan. There was no word of OBJ
lection to the U. S. Grain Growers,
Inc, by any representative present.
The farmers organizations repre-
sented at the meeting were, the
South Dakota Farmers Grain Deal
ers' association; South Dakota Sheep
and Wool Growers association, South
Farm Bureau federation; South Da-
kota Corn and Grain Growers asso-
citation; South Dakota Federation of
Livestock Shippers associations;
state department of; Marketing
South Dakota State Grange; South
Dakota Farmers Equity Union, and
the South Dakota Development as
sociation. j. T. Belk of Henry was
elected chairman Of the meeting, and
c. H. Eyler of Sioux Falls, secre-
tary.
A. L. Middleton of Eagle Grove,
Iowa, member of the grain mar
keting committee of IT and a mem
ber of the board of directors of the
Z. S. Grain Growers, Inc, was pres
ent and addressed the meeting on
the.history and plans of the new
grain marketing organization of
farmers. The plan is meeting with
enthusiastic approval by grain pro-
ducers in all parts of the country, he
said, and there is no doubt that il
will succeed. Farmers must not ex-
pect the impossible, he said, nor to
expect that all ills of marketing will
be cured at once. Some of the big
gest men in the country had examin-
ed the plan thoroughly, he asserted,
and had given it their stamp of ap-
proval as being workable. One thing
remains, and that lis for farmers to
get behind / individually and col
lectively with their marketing asso-
Citations and cooperative elevators.