The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-09-22

am continually rcMIHuCO InaC III
all lines of endeavor that time is a
factor and patience an essential char
ecteristic. For instance, l have been
devoting much time for several years
to- study If the distribution and mar
keting of the more pe-isha' lie farm
products such as apples, potatoes, the
soft fruits and vegetables. For at
least two years il has Sc med to me
that the distribution of these farm
crops was t:le NEST import2n. problem
concerning he American people.
This attitude of mind might have
been wrong but there was personal
sense of disappointment when as a
member of the program committee
of the Washington Conference, the re-
alizatiOn was borne in on me that
the leading effort of the Farm Bureau
must center around the subjects, Tar
iff, Taxation, Transportation and FL
nance. That they had the right of
way and that distribution as prob
lem must await a later date for its
consideration.
1 came to see that these four SUBJ
jects were entitled to first consider
alton and were really closely related
to distribution, and without their be-
ing dealt with first, they would remain
as obstacles to the consideration of
the exclusive subject of Distribution.
Therefore it is very gratifying to
know that there is nothing in the way
of the consideration of the subject
of marketing or distribution and that
it will now take proper place with
little to interfere.
In the next issue this subject will
be dealt with again and you will be
kept advised of the proceedings of the
committee of 81 recently appointed by
President Howard of the National
Farm Bureau.
It will be recalled that the national
convention of Fruit Growers which
was held in Chicago last April adopted
a resolution calling upon him to ap-
point committee to thoroughly in
vestigate marketing conditions and re-
port on desirable improvements.
The work which will be undertaken
will be of the greatest Importance, not
only to the grower of the various farm
products, but to the trade and the gen.
eral public.
| It is highly important that the work
of the committee be followed closely
by the attention of all farm bureau
members and efforts will be made thru
every medium used by the farm bu-
reau organizations to get information
to their members to keep you posted.
w. B. ARMSTRONG,
Washington Farm Bureau Fedora
ton.
| In the foregoing communication, our
state president, Mr.. Armstrong has
/ opened the discussion on subjects
which should receive our earnest con-
sideration. No longer can the farm
er merely concern himself with ques-
tons of production. For some time he
has realized that when he has pro-
duced commodity he has only started
on the necessary routine through which
he must go to finally realize in dol
lars and cents on that commodity. Toe
long now has he gone out single-hand-
ed and faced on every side strong or
CARNATIONS through which he must
market that commodity, if at all. He
now sees that these many organized
plans for handling and selling his
commodities have been so arranged as
to insure profit to those within
thes organizations. That the price
offered him for his commodities are
fixed only after the various items in
these organizations are taken into con-
sideration and figured out. These have
to do with tariff, taxation, transpor-
tation and finance and it is in these
matters that the farmer must have
voice relative to their regulation if
he is to get what is justly due him for
that which he must sell. Let us fol-
low the work of this committee care
fully and the suggestions which our
state president may have to offer to
the end that we may be ready to take
up with any suggestions or plans of
fered for our assistance.