The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-06-03

The HOosler Farmer, Official organ
OF Indiana farm bureaus, prints a por-
trait of James K. Mason, of Milton,
Ind, in its June number. Mr.. Mason
is a regional director of the U. S.
Grain Growers, Inc, and he says:
THE organization of the grain grow
ers of Indiana, in order that the state
may assume her proper place in the
farmers national grain marketing pro-
gram, is no easy task. No single man
or small group of men can accomplish
it. l desire to impress upon the minds
OF all in the most emphatic way, the
need of consistent support from every
individual and every organization
whose interests are linked with the
orderly marketing of grain. Only
through harmonious cooperation can
complete success be obtained and In
diana's position in the movement be
made secure"
MIR. Mason is Correct.
There should be little trouble in
lining up the cooperative elevators,
but when it comes to getting the in
dividual farmer to pay SO to become
member, this means a whole lot of
travel, work and persuasive effort. To
begin with the farmer may already be
interested in the local elevator, with
an immediate outlet for his grain
whenever inclined to sell Again,
there are no large wheat farmers in
Indiana as in the plains states, wheat
being small cash crop on most
farms. The membership charge alone
would be five per cent on wheat in
come in the case Of many small farm
ers and of numerous tenants, on their
share of the crop. In fact, the $40 will
be simply a donation to help finance
the U. S. Grain Growers, because all
the accrued marketing expense
freight, etc, must still be borne by
the farmers, all such charges being
! deducted from the amount actally
paid by the distant miller or exporter
before the net" to the grower can
even be figured
Every grain grower, whether a mem
Der of state or local farm organiza-
ton or not, can obtain membership in
the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc, on the
payment of the fee.
Farmer-Owned Facilities
! What has been said relates merely
to the difficulties encountered in the
/ beginning of operations, drawbacks
which apply in all the states. We
must not forget. however, that the ul-
l innate aim is to have farmers own
| oiA lllCIl an udI hSlluS y.
| Farmer owned elevators, farmer
owned sales and export corporations.
| and farmer-owned finance corpora
tion," is the mark they are shooting
at. All of this is now in process of
evolution. How far they may get
! this year, next year, or in ten years,
no man may guess.
| But should the farmers of the ma
| ton ever attain to the control aimed
at, they really could market the grain
from month on month throughout the
year and not be swamped by sales or
receipts from the machines at harvest
time. But to do this they would have
to be ready to finance the crowded
grain grower until ready to dispose
of his grain.
Freight Bill on Wheat
The Illinois farm bureau is respon-
freight cost in handling wheat from
Chicago to New York for export or
eastern milling, for they still make
flour in the eastern states:
The market value of wheat in
! April, 1919, was s2.65 a bushel. The
freight charge from Chicago to New
York was 10 cents bushel. Accord
ingly one bushel out of fourteen went
for freight.
I'm April 1921. the market value of
wheat was S1.361a bushel. The
freight charge from Chicago to New
York was &c cents a bushel. This
means that one bushel out of every
five and a quarter went to pay
freight"
This statement omits two points OF
| importance. First. the farmer OBJ
tanning prices above quoted did not
raise his wheat in Chicago. He paid
the freight to Chicago, this amounting
according to distance. Secondly, the
farmer made his cleanup in Chicago
and was no longer interested. 1t is
a fact, nevertheless, that the cost oil
rea ching the export vessels in New
York affected the amount the farmer
was paid at Chicago. Exporters il
: the west make delivered prices a.
J tidewater, be that at Baltimore. New
: York or Gulf ports. They pay the
farmer accordingly depending on eX
: port prices obtainable. 1t is further
/ true that many interior elevators shiI
direct to export houses at coast cite:
instead OF shipping to western o.
southern terminals for resale.
Peaches Not All Killed
|, There are many farmers in Wayn
county having peach trees on thei
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