Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-07
GRAIN GROWERS
DISCUSS PLANS
FOR MARKETING
Compulsory Pooling Is
Strongly Favored at Chi
cago Conference; Decis-
ion Goes Over Until Today

| Chicago, April 6.--Compulsory
pooling of grain thrust itself for
ward today as the big issue Of the
meeting called for ratification of a
national cooperative grain mar
keting plan worked out by the
farmers grain marketing commit
tee of seventeen. Decision went
over until tomorrow.
| Advocates Of compulsory pooling
asked that one-third of the grain
handled by farmers through the
proposed national marketing agen-
Cy be held for pooling, Recon-
mendation of the committee was
that pooling should be left optional
| with each farmer.
Sentiment for compulsory pool
ing grew rapidly under the attack
on the optional plan late in the
session, and on the strength of its
advocates.
Issue Opened by Texan.
The issue was opened by c. Q.
Moser Of Dallas, Tex, secretary of
the Texas Farm Bureau fedora
ton. He moved an amendment to
The plan presented by the commit
tee of seventeen, requiring each
grain grower joining the national
association to agree to the pool
ing on one-third Of all wheat de-
livered.
Aaron Sapiro of San Francisco,
prominent in the California coop
Wajve movement and appearing
10 a delegate of the Northwest
Wheat Growers association. sec
onded the amendment. and 1t had
further support from B. M. Jewett
of Spokane, Wash. general man
ager of the Northwest Wheat
Growers association.
Demand for Pooling.
Demand for compulsory pooling
was also in evidence from repre-
Isentatives of the Wheat Growers
Association of America, which has
been signing members on a strict
pooling basis in Colorado, Nebras-
ka, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas,
according to the officials.
1--WE stand for 100 per cent
compulsory pool, but we are ready
to compromise to effect one great
national agency" said w. H. Nc
Greevy of Wichita. Kans., presi-
dent of the National Wheat
Growers association. IF compul-
sorry pooling is not provided for in
the plan adopted. we cannot be a
party to it. We are willing to agree
on 33 1-3 per cent"
Attack ON optional Plan.
The attack on optional pooling
conferred on the ground that CO.
operative marketing of grain on a
national scale such as is projected
cannot succeed unless the national
pool be prompted by compulsion.
other ways of selling grain, similar
to those now in use but differing
only in that they are on a coop
erative basis. are provided in the
committees plans, also for use at
option.
Some members of the committee
of seventeen viewed the demand
for compulsory pooling as support
ed largely by radicals. Others at
the close Of the meeting expressed
themselves in favor of the plan.
Decision Left to Members.
I'VE determined to leave deci-
sion of pooling to the member
himself" Clifford Thorne, a mem
Der of the committee and its attor-
noy, said This will leave pooling
to the acid test and il it is the best
method of marketing grain it viii
survive"
| To this Mr.. Moser of Texas re-
piled optional pooling would come
as a bombshell to Texas There.
he said, they were pooling on 100
per cent bushel basis.
ITO some of us the pooling idea
/ is the heart of cooperation" Mr..
Sapiro declared in seconding Mr.,
Moser's compulsory pooling amend
ment. 1T is the key point of tho
contract
"Give Pooling a Chance
'If you keep this clause for OPP
tional pooling in the contract there
will be no pooling. At least one
third of the wheat offered is need
ed in great national pool. If you
want to do the great thing, give
pooling q chance. This contract