American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-04-22
SPOKANE MAN IS
NAMED DIRECTOR
National Wheat Growers to Organize
Under Delaware Law-Meeting Held
In Chicago.


Chicago organization |
OF the country's wheat growers inta a
national cooperative grain marketing
company was completed on April 8.
Directors of the company, to be |
known as the United States Grain !
Growers, Inc, were elected April s, |
legal steps preliminary to incorpora-
tion under the laws of Delaware were |
completed and organizations which
had found fault with certain features
of the plan apparently had been
brought into line,
AS soon as Incorporation papers are
issued. national membership drive
will be started to enlist every grain
grower. 1t then will be ready to carry
out the plans which its sponsors de-
clare will curb grain speculation, OBJ
tain larger profits for the farmer, low
er the cost of marketing grain and
tend to eliminate price fluctuations.
Spokane Man Director.
Possibility that the members of the
Northwest Wheat Growers associa-
ton would not come into the organi-
zation because their plan for compul-
sorry grain pooling was defeated in
favor of optional pooling, was lessened
when George G. Jewett of Spokane,
4 general manager of the Northwest
4 company, was elected a director of the
new organization. Other associations
which favored compulsory pooling
asked time In which to make their
plans, but indications were they would
join the new company
4 Composition of the new corporations
board of directors chosen on April s, is
in part as follows:
District No. Washington, Oregon,
Utah and California; George G. Jew
EFT, Spokane, general manager North
west Wheat Growers, associated, and
Victor H. Smith, Wasco, Ore, secre-
! tary-treasurer, Oregon Grain Growers
association.
Select st. Paul Official.
: District No. montana, North Da-
kota, Minnesota and Wisconsin; j. M.
, Anderson, st. Paul, president of the
, Equity Cooperative exchange at st.
Paul; Usher l.. Burdick, Williston, N.
, D., president of the North Dakota
Farm bureau federation and vice presi-
dent of the Percheron Society of Amer
lea, and W. F. Schilling, Northfield,
Mimi, president of the Twin City Milk
Producers association,
District No 3-South Dakota, Ne
| braska and Colorado; c. II. Gustafson,
Lincoln. Neb., president of the Nation
al Cooperative company at Omaha
John t. Belk, Henry, S. D.. president OF
the South Dakota Farmers Grain
Dealers association, and ]. d. Pan
cake, Loveland, Col, of the Colorado
State Farm Bureau federation.
e Other districts are:
No. 4-Iowa; No 5, Kansas; No 6
8 Missouri; No. Z, Oklahoma; No. s
Texas; No. o. Illinois.
Jewett Heartily in Favor.
l Il am going back to recommend e
I the 1000 members of the Northwest
a Wheat Growers association that they
g join the new national marketing cor.
: poration," Mr.. Jewett said 81 will
: recommend that they maintain theii
d present form of contract calling fol
: 100 per cent pooling that they main
tain their organizations and that they
t harmonize their interests with this
e national body in such a way that the,
0 may become proper part o fthe lrag,
national movement.
THE detail incident to the accom-
plishment of these things has not beer
r worked out, but il is expected that
can be done without difficulty and Il
such a way that the Northwest Whea
l. Growers association can come in as al
organization.
I'VE have already under contrac
22OO0.0OO to 23,OO0O0O bushels o
wheat. We are today the only whea
growers organization actually operat
e ing under long time contract and W
= shall be glad to give the board of di
n reetors of the new corporation the ben
+ eft of our experience both as to or
: ganization and operation. We ar
d heartily in favor of the movement an
e will lend every assistance possible L
its consumation."
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