The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-28
For Cooperative Marketing.

! NEW ilH UlDsitift ldIulFIh are hDDul
to undertake an enterprise which the
Manchester Union already prophetical
| ly characterized as placing the state
| first in New England so seriously
face the problem of cooperative mar.
keting of farm products as the solu.
ton of the acute situation in agrcul.
ture." The Union acknowledges the
successful pioneer efforts of Rhode Is
land market gardeners, Connecticut
peach growers and the milk producers
OF northern New England, but recog-
nizes New Hampshire's superior claim
in the fact that its efforts are TO be
state wide and to include the general
crops of the general farmer. The rest
OF New England will say more power
to ii and viii be much interested in
seeing how il meets the problems of
efficient organization and management
and the vigorous rivalry OF the in
trenched middleman.
The spirit of the New Hampshire
enterprise is the same as that of the
more elaborate and far-reaehing plan
Of the farmers Of the middle West,
who have formed, through their va
rious organizations, associated in the
American farm bureau federation,
Committee Of II" to work out the
details. II is proposed to organize
the existing local associations, with
others to be created. into district and
terminal associations and these in turn
into national or central associations to
deal directly with the manufacturer
and the foreign trade Building of
terminal warehouses and maintaining
of salaried experts on farm manage
ment and finance are among the de-
tails contemplated.
Little demand for special legisla
ton Is planned, though it is sug
gcsted that the various states con-
ccrned shall be asked 70 pass uniform
laws regarding cooperative organiga
tions An impetus to the movement
has, Of course. been given by the pas
SAGE hv Congress Of the Capper Vol
stead law. permitting farmers To en-
gage in cooperative marketing with
out interference by the sherman anti
trust act c. H. Gustafson head Of
the hourishing state farmers union OF
Nebraska, is chairman Of the commit
tee Of II and he SAYS of their UNDER
taking; "The government is not he
hind us. NJ state il behind us We |
are behind ourselves. We are simply
bunch and expanding our business TO |
include marketing the output Of our
farms"
The campaign has an obvious bear !
NC on the drive Of the non.partiss 1
league in the middle West. Activity in /
cooperative organization in Kansas es-
i now extraordinarily IN eyi
fence while Mr. Townley j. pushing
he rival propaganda Of political ae-
ion. Notwithstanding the still rather
showing Of non partisan
SIN. the western farmer is on the
whole slow to venture into political
lrrarianism. II IS q GOOD while now
incc the day of populist ascendencv.
ind the memory ~ those days is not
inspiring
II Is To be remembered however.
hat the non partisan leagues hold in
Sorth Dskata was materially aided hy
10 fact that farmers cooperative on
erprisps had failed 90 accomplish their
biect LARGELY because thev had been
autpred or thwarted by STRONGER pri
uto commercial interests The new
. operative movement has tho advan.
ace az the experience Of is forerrp-
er- II u should prove 70 be unable
. make lis way L may have sowrd
30 seed for new political hsrvest.s
springfield Republican.