Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-10-18
PANHANDLE men
ON COMMITTEE
OF WHEAT BODY
MCALIB WANTS TEXAS OR.
GANIZATIoN TO HOLD
MEETING HERE.

A. thu yOr fcrenc, called o, N, Texas
Farm nuioau icd,r,tiun in Dallas mi
day plans were promulgated Cor the vr
eanln,,lon ~ The what grvW,rs u the
state into great orgauiniivn, similar
Ia the cultan association IN powers
I The conference was called bv Walton
iUtcvt. sccv'afy q the bur0au, and
was iu answer 60 mSis,sn, demands
that there be an organization organized
a. take care " the cooperative market
ms ~ the fttnsrs wheat
representative - the TEXAS Farm
hur,au federation the T,Nas Wheat
Growers Association and the unorgsu
iscd wheat gruwcrs ~ the stat, Wrr,
I present at the meeting which VAS al
drcsssd by Aaron Salaru. gcnvlsl coun
~ ~ the prcscnt whca, growers ass,
cia,ion, the bureau and practically al
7 ~ the great commodity urganintions
IN the United States, who made special
I ,rip 90 Dallas from California e. h
/ present al the meeting
NJ S,plro Told the cOnt,rvncc ~ the
T pcrtr,,ion u Toe per cen, cooperative
WHEAT marketing associations perfected
/ In Washington. oregon. Montana. ld.ks
and other states all owned aud eNcla
sively cOntrvllci by the producers ~
stated that Il WAS his opiniun. base
upon the rapid spread II the farmers
Nhca, marketing movement, tina, with
7 IN another war a hundrrd million bush
els Il wheat would BE- marketed through
+ cooperative marketing associations
/ lie said that the whes, growers need
No longer wUrry about the financlns
~ thcn marketing as~Cia,ions a.,
bankers now cumc all the way from
New York u try 20 lend them money a.
fair Interest. The cooperative mar
ketlng organizations are now 10 tn
sme s;atus q any other grca, bushes
organizations
Nj. SApiro advised the conference
how % proved 10 make the gra,cs,
sieed In the organization u the whea,
growers association undcr the auspices
Il the farm bureau. and ~ sugg 's,eu
tina, a committee he appointed for the
purpose % working ca, WAYS and mean,
Il getting the bureau and growers Il
sethcr In the quickest and psos, cff
Gent manner.
After a round table discussion When
Specific points wcvr made By J. T. OFT.
president of the TEXAS Farm Burcau
Federation who Was also unanimously
elected president q the TEXAS Farm
Bureau cc,tcn Association. by a differ.
ent board ~ directors. when the 90,
ton association Was organised. the sag'
scs,ions u Mr.. Sarlro wcre followed
aud a committce II wheat growers from
all PARTS 10 the state was appointed to
make recommendations and rcic,t In
the afterncon.
A. the afternoon meeting the CON
nietec reported and recommended that
, committee q i've be appointed 10 AZ
sist IN the quick and cfticicn, crgani
sstion uf the wheat growers ass"cls
ton. An representatives q the whca,
growers and farm hurcae present agreed
to rccummcnd that the action uf tbs
ccnfcrcnce by. In essentials. approved
The commstte os five included y. N.
McCacken and y W. vance o. rep
rc-cn, the Panhandle wheat growers.
J. u, stephenson. m Crowell. TO repre-
~n, the rsains growers
~ the end &C the conference. Walton
po,cct % the farm BUREAU said; ~
ycsi sgo q would have required several
wccks IN start a cooperative assccia
tion. To-day We did II In a few hours,
rhs, i the differcncc between knowl
-.
ar,ly how TO proceed In every detail
for Nc have successfully started numer
Gus Associations"
. Tho whcs, growers ascciaticn CON
isrcs vety fsvorshly with the cotton
assccssti,ns Millsens cf dollsrs worth
q wheat csch year depcnds upon tn
sction taken here to-day. And the goot
par, ahou, u l. thu, every dollars wOr,h
plsc~d with an ssssisticn owned AM
contrulled nv the farmers y SURE 4
mlns is prOaucef fsir return"
We have had the grcst Texas fsrH
BUREAU Coston Association ~ an ca
ample. Within less than a month aftcl
II was formed cO,t,n incr~sed In pric'
iiom nine crn,s I" around twraty ON
cents p.r I.pund rhe nrs, five hun
dred bal.s u cOt,on sud by the o.itoI
association brought shout ten do'iai
ever per hale above the marke, pric'
hen prevailing"
IT, small group xsthercd after III
confercnc~ had adjourned, u. T. NJ
cshh, Panhandle District SURPRISES e.
the TEXAS fsrm hureau fedrla,iVu
u -. ia A. t,,.s ..s,trt..f, fh.f ~. .ntlr
Panhandle viii h. thoroughly organiss'
hy the wnea, grUwers within the mex
* n,cnths I am very seriously cur
sisirring the suggestion msds ~ a nun
bel q Panhandle tarm,rs aud gsnchcr
tina; a meeting q the v heat gruwins ~
tersst Ia ealled A. Auarillu On abuu