The Devils Lake world., 1922-11-08

Then President James R. Howard Of
the American Farm Bureau Federation,
presented "the Billy Sunday" Of the
Conference-Aaron Sapiro Of California,
attorney for fourteen Of the big farmers
cooperative organizations Of the Pacific
Coast. Time and again Mr.. Sapiro elec-
trifed his audience with his attacks on |
our present dumping method Of handling
grain. THE big speculative grain com. /,
panies, he declared, have representatives
in every grain producing country in the
world. They gather information for their
own use. They give out only such por-
tions as may help them win the particular .
gambling operation in hand. You county :
elevator managers sell on this colored in |,
formation that the SPECTATORS give you,
and think you're smart if you happen to !,
get good price. If you get good price
you're lucky, and if you don't, you're un-
lucky; but in neither case are you wise"
Time and again he drove home the
feasibility Of grain marketing plant by
quoting the experience Of the California
Fruit Growers. The raisin industry was
in bad way in 1909 when there were more
foreclosures than in the entire period from
1911 until 1920. They organized their
present successful cooperative marketing
association and now the directors meet not
to accept price from the Board Of Trade,
but to fix their own price. The rais;n
growers Of California have been paying
their Marketing Director $4,000 year,
and he has eliminated the raisin specula-
tors from California.
"This, and the other cooperative mar
keting associations in California, have
brought on unheard Of prosperity to the
farmers Of that state, said Sapiro. They
have made the University of California
the second largest in the United States.
they have made possible splendid farm
homes and farm living on the present day
scale. Bankers and business men are all
back of the farmers companies, for they,
too, profit by the farmers prosperity"
There was no doubt but that the ma
jority Of the farmers present agreed with
Sapiro. Their cheers and applause fairly
shook the convention hall. They were
ready to. declare for stable grain markets
and price that would give cost Of pro-
duction, and reasonable profit for all
crops raised. They were ready to de-
clare for better homes, better education
and more prosperity for the grain growers
Of the land. They adopted resolutions
instructing President James R. Howard
Of the American Farm Bureau Federation
to appoint Farmers Grain Marketing
Committee Of Seventeen, representative
OF the Farm Bureau, the Farmers Union
Societies Of Equity, the Grange, the State
Cooperative Grain Dealers Associations,
! as we'll as the Secretary and other repre-.
sentatives Of the U. S. Department oi
Agriculture, to study, investigate and
submit definite plan Of organizing and
conducting new scheme Of grain market.
ing.
After considering $50 suggested names,
President Howard announced his selec.
[ tions, as follows: William G. Eek.
:, hardt, representing Grain Marketing De.
partment, illinois Agricultural Associa.
ton; ]. M. Anderson, representing the
| Equity Cooperative Exchange Of St
Paul, Minnesota; c. A. Bingham. repro.
! sentine the American Farm Bureau Fed.
Grafton; John L. Bowlss. representing thl
| Farmer Equity Union; c. H. Gustafsoa,
representing the Farmep' Unions Of Ne.
braska; c. v. Gregory, representing thl
Agricultural Editor Association; c. H.
Hyde, representing the Farmer Union d
Oklahoma; Dr.. E. F. Ladd, Of Faro
North Dakota, representing the Agicul'
tural Colleges; Wm. Hirth, reprsssntinl
] the Missouri FaEmsss' Clubs: H. r