The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-09-08
Benton County Farm Bureau:



For several years the only goa
toward which the farmers have beer
striving and practically the only phas,
of their problems upon which they
have received assistance from those il
a position to help, is that of increasing
production of commodities. Success
! has attended their efforts to such 9
degree at least that the question OF
production is not now their chief prob.
lem. The farmers today are realizing
! that the questions of marketing and
distributing of their products must al.
so be solved before they can achieve
success and it is to the solution of
these problems that they are now turn
| ing their attention and efforts. .
1t is true that for some time sue
| cessful plans have been in operation
for the selling of citrus fruits, and 9TH
er fruits have been handled more or
tless successfully through multiple
city of selling organizations. Not I'M
til recently however, has any concert
ed action been taken on the part of the
farmers to work marketing organi-
cation for live stock. ~. -.
In February, last, a committee of
fifteen agricultural experts selected
by the American Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON began studying the live stock
marketing situation. After seven
months of investigation, during which
time they have been materially aided
by the government, they have now
presented a new cooperative live stock
marketing plan. Such plan should
be Of vital interest to all farmers, and
io1 W. 70 f1a oil To1
ley wherein it is evident that the stock
raising industry must be much more
generally followed if the maximum re-
since the proposed plan is national in
selling their live stock. Those engaged
in raising live stock through this sec
ton of the country have realized for
years that they have marketed their
stock at great disadvantage be-
cause of freight rates and the mono
poly of the buying agencies.
Producer-owned ana controlled CO.
operative live stock commission firms,
organized for the purpose of handling
the stock of organized farmers, have
been established and are now in opera
ton in st. Paul and in East st. Louis.
Some time during the month of Sep
TENDER, representatives from all of the
states will meet at Chicago to assist in
working out the details of this pro-
posed national live stock cooperative
marketing plan, and it is expected that
it will be put into effect as soon as
it is approved by producers. Follow
ing is brief outline of the proposed
plan:
1. A national association of Coop
erative live stock producers with head
quarters in Chicago. Belonging to this
national association will be terminal
live stock commission associations at
the various live stock markets of the
country. Belonging to these terminal
associations will be local cooperative
live stock shipping associations.
z. The national association is to be
governed by a board of not less than
seven, nor more than fifteen direc-
tors, chosen by producers. The ter
minal live stock commission associa-
tions are to provide for producer
owned and controlled cooperative live
stock commission firms at the markets |
where they are needed. Subsidiary to !
each Of these firms will be stocker
and feeder company, from which the |
patronage dividends will be pro-rated
back to the consignor-member. The |
usual commission charge will be lev
led by the commission firms, but all
earnings will be pro-rated back among
producers.
3. 1t is not contemplated that any
contract will be signed by producers.
1t is expected that all local cooper
alive shipping associations the coun-
try over will be standardized into an
ideal form of organization. Repre-
sentative producers from each state
will advise with this committee of fiji
teen mentioned above relatively to this
Standardization of organization.
A. Producers from all parts Of the
United States will also be asked to at
tend a conference with this said COM I
mittee of fifteen about November /,
next, at which time ratification of
plans of the organization will be con-
sidered and further suggestions of
fered.
All dairy and live stock producers
are requested to keep track as far as
they are able with the working out of
the plans of these organizations and
to offer suggestions at any time as to
any way in which they feel that the
contemplated plans may be improved
upon.
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