The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-04-14
NATIONAL WHEAT GROWERS ASSN HAD
AREAL MEETING THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Signed Up as Contracts Approximating 100000
Bushels in Seward and Adjoining Counties
For the Pool

One of the best attended and most
enthusiastic meetings of the Nation
al Wheat Growers Association ever
held in Seward County occurred al
the Court House in Liberal last
Thursday afternoon.
W. F. Young one of the organizers
was here and made the address of
the afternoon, explaining the purpos-
es of the organization and answering
such questions as the farmers de-
sired to put
Mr.. Young was one of the few
who started the organization and he
knows the plan from beginning to
end, and in fact after he had spoken
there were but few points on which
further information was needed.
At the close of the talk farmers
were invited to come up and sign the
contracts, turning their wheat into
the gigantic pool which will hold il
for a reasonable price, while secur-
ing finances that the farmers, are
able to hold on.
Forty-five contracts were written
at the meeting and others are being
taken every day. The farmers are
beginning to enthuse over the prop.
osition and when they become salts.
fled that they are really to be ben.
fitted through the movement they
will fall all over each other to get in
Kansas must sign up 81 per cent
of the wheat produced in the state
this year before. the contracts are
binding, and while this is more thar
most states demand the fellows who
are active in the organization believe
they will be able to accomplish this.
Something like 200 persons were
present at the meeting and the men,
hership Of the association was in
creased to over 100 in the county.
Officers were elected for the COM
ing year as follows:
President: E. j. Fitzgerald.
Vice President: H. E. Burns
Secretary-T Treasurer, John X.
Smith.
Asst. Secy.- Treas, Col. c. H.
Ellis.
The officers are now busy secur-
ing new members and additional
signers to the contracts. On ac-
count of the lateness in getting star
ted it is going to be task to get to
see all the farmers who would like
to sign up. This is matter wherein
the farmer should not wait to be Wis
tied. II it is good enough to get into
it is good enough to go after and
it is not unlikely that another sea-
son the farmer will be anxious
enough to get in to hunt the officers
up instead of waiting to be hunted
up. $4,000 bushels have been sob
scribed in the southwest district, and
five shipping points have not yet
been canvassed for signers.
Il looks at this time as though this
district would be over-subscribed.
There is one thing certain, some
organization embracing "a majority
of the wheat market. With as much
ed or the bottom is going to drop out
uf the wheat market. With as much
old wheat as, there is on hand and
the prospects for a big crop all over
the southwest unless there is bet
ter marketing system than we have
had and all the wheat is dumped up
on the market as soon as 1t is thresh-
ed, the market is bound to break in
the middle, and many farmers have
expressed the opinion that 75 per
cent wheat is likely
While this organization may not
be perfect It is long step in the
direction Of collective selling and
unless some start is made the thing
will never accomplished.
John W. Baughman and G. B.