Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-04-14
NATIONAL CO. GRATlYE
MARKETING APPROVED
BY NATIONS FARMERS
Chicago Conference Adopts an Of Committee Of Seven
teen, But Defeats Compulsory Pool in Favor Of
Optional Country Will Be Districted to Carry Out New
Plan

OPTIONAL Country Will
Plan.
DISTRICTS ELECT DIRECTORS
Chicago, April S.-Grain growing
states were districted today for cleo
tion of temporary directors of the
National Cooperative Grain Market
ing Corporation voted last night by
the farmers conference here.
District No..2, which is composed
of Montana, North Dakota, Minneso-
ia and Wisconsin will be represented
by j. M. Anderson, Of St. Paul, U. l..
Durdick Of Williston, N. D., and W.
S. Shilling, of Northfield, Mimi.
Other districts formed with the
number Of directors each are:
Washington, Orgon, Idaho and
California, two directors, South Da-
kota, Nebraska and Colorado three;
Iowa Q; Kansas 2; Missouri /; Okla
homa l Texas 1; Illinois 8; Indiana
/; Ohio /; and Michigan, Kentucky
Maryland and Virginia 1 among
them. Total 81.
PropOrtioning of directors to the
the basis OF grain marketing, one
director for each so million dollars
worth, it was stated.
Recommendation has been made
to the incoming board of the Nation-
al Corporation by the committee of
II that the board recognize and try
to cooperate with all existing farm
organizations interested in market,
al h1
cnce.
Divide Country Into Districts
Chicago, Apr. 8.-Division of the
grain growing sections of the coun-
try into 21 districts grouped around
grain markets centers, each with
director as representative on the
farmers national cooperative mar
keting organization, was submitted
today by the Committee Of Il. to, the
farmers delegates assembl to form,
the cooperative system.
When the districting has been ap-
proved delegates from each section
will caucus. it was reported. and
choose their directors and these will
form the controlling body in the ma
tional company.
Debate on the compulsory pooling
feature of the cooperative marketing
plan and other disputed points kept
the delegates up until late last night.
All attempts to amend the optional
pooling recommendation. OF the COM
mittee Of II were voted down.
Chicago.- April S.-Unification
of wheat growers of the country
behind the national cooperative grain
marketing corporation voted here
yesterday was still to be accom-
plished today.
w. H, McGreevy, of Wichita, Kan
sas, secretary-treasurer of the Ma
tional Wheat Growers Association,
which has been signing 100 percent
pooling contracts for this years crop,
said his board Of directors would
have to pass on the plan adopted
yesterday, which calls for optional
pooling.
In any case, Mr.. McGreevy said.
he favored maintenance of the or
ganization he represented.
The northwest group, which also
was defeated in it's fight for cOmpul-
sorry pooling, should come into the
plan, but on the basis of maintaining
its own organization and continuing
its 100 percent pooling contract, ac-
cording to the view of George Jewett,
of Spokane, WASH, expressed today.
Mr.. Jewett is general manager OF
the Northwest Wheat Growers Asso-
citation, which is the selling agency
for state associations in Washington,
Idaho, Oregon and Montana.
Defeat Of any measure Of compul-
sorry pooling left the National Wheat
Growers Association in an embar-.
RAISING situation, Mr.. McGreevy
said. 5s f. k III. 4.
4 # Our association is committed to
the compulsory pooling plan and
what action we shall take on the Op-
tional pooling system will have to be
decided by our board of directors, ="
said the secretary Of the National
Wheat Growers Assn. We expect
to call a meeting soon. think our
membership; will be largely guided
by what the board decides. Our
membership numbers 100000 and
we are organized in Texas. Oklaho-f
ma, Kansas. Colorado, Nebraska and
North Dakota. I; .s s.I 81 Il s.! !ys D. t..
Chicago April Representa-:
tives Of the farmers Of the country
in convention tonight voted unani-
mously. to accept the report OF the
{ Committee Of IL which provided for
h formation Of q co operative agency
to market the nation grain: # 4. 7,
\ fs The report was adopted after Q
.two-day fight IN which various dele-
gates sough "a have II amended so
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