The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-02-10
Articles of Interest to the Farmer
Edited by w. Huntmer County Agent Merose.

The Stearne County Farm Bureau
cooperating with the Extension d.
vision of the University OF MINES
ota has arranged for five farmers
institutes to be held in towns in the
southern part of the county from
February 14th to 10Th. &
The following scheduled dates has
been assigned for these Institutes and
committees appointed in all towns
where Institutes will be held who will
have charge of local arrangements.
Monday, February ID atKimball.
Tuesday, February Is at Watkins.
Wednesday, February 16 at Eden
Valley. 49,.
Thursday and Friday, February IT
and Is at Paynesville.
Friday and Saturday, February Is
and 10 at Belgrade.
Saturday, February 10 at Brooten.
The program of these Institutes
will be in charge of Forrest Henry
and ohm Christgau who are exper-
fenced institute men and successful
farmers in the southern part of the
state. H. B. Roe of the engineering
department of the University Farm
will give illustrated lectures on
drainage at Paynesville on February
l8 and at eBlegfade on Saturday
forenoon, February 10. ..
The morning sessions will be call
n 81 Oft
p. w. Huntemer, County Agent.
Immediate action by the federal
government to compel grain ex-
changes to admit farmers co-opera-
tive associations to full membership
is the demand of the Committee OF
Seventeen, served on the Federal
Trade commission and the attorney
general and announced today by the
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation.
The Committee of Seventeen, ap-
pointed by the American Farm Bu-
reau federation and representing the
largest farmers grain selling or
carnations in the United States, is
working out a nationwide plan for
direct grain marketing by the farm
ers. It's demand for legal action by
the federal government to force
boards of trade to open their doors
to farmers co-peratives is being used
by the Minnesota federation i4 its
fight for the public markets will now
pending in the legislature. This bill
would force the Minneapolis Cham
Der of Commerce, the Duluth Board
of Trade and the st. Paul Livestock
exchange to grant equal membership
TO farmers co-operatives selling
agencies
A resolution passed by the Com
nittee of Seventeen contains the first
indication of what its ultimate decl-
sion may be. 1t also specifically re-
fused to recognize grain exchange as
the best means of selling grain.
'While not anticipating in any
way the findings of the committee
and not recognizing the grain ex-
changes as the best possible method
of marketing grain" the committee
members said, 1--WE unanimously
adopted the resolution" The princl-
nal grain exchanges of the United
States bar cooperative companies
that distribute their profits in pro-
portion with the volume of business
handled, from participating in the
buying and selling Of farm products.
This prevents the producers from
collectively selling their prod
ucts on the markets of the country,
thereby creating monopoly IN the
hands of the traders, situation
which is not just and which is not in
harmony with the spirit of the
American institutions.
ave call upon the Federal Trade
Commission, the Attorney General
or other public authority to take
such steps as may be necessary to
open the markets to the membership
of cooperative companies unless the
grain exchanges shall voluntarily do
the same at once"
"The Committee of Seventeen,
w. G. Eckhardt, its treasurer, sad
today, 'has gone on record publicly
as condemning short-sellmg. The
marketing plan that is complete Will
need to be able to market the grain
crop in spite of the boards of trade
and short selling. When the farm
ers' organization have control OF a
alrge enough percentage of the crop,
then no one will dare to short sell,
unless he has first contracted for the
grain from the marketing organiza-
tions controlled by the farmers.
The committee of Seventeen will
take its next big step toward COM
pleting the Farm Bureau Federation
nation wide marketing plan when it
meets in Kansas City on Feb. IA.
Promotion of cooperative market
ing and the organization of COM