Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-25
FARMERS ASK RAIL
GUARANTY REPEAL
Transportation Committee Of
Conference Favors Return
to State Control ',
FAVOR ST. LAWRENCE CANAL
BY the Associated Press

"aShUgtOn, Jan. ZO.-necom-
mendation for repeal Of the commonly
known guaranty clause Of the Trans
portation Act and return TO the State
commissions Of control over State rates
was voted today by a sub committee on
railway transportation Of the General
transportation Committee Of the Ma
tional Agricultural Conference. The
vote on the repeal of the guaranty
clause was 10 to 8. and on the return of
the state railway powers, IL to 9.
Recommendation for the construction
! of st. Lawrence Great Lakes water
way project was voted by the sub COM :
| mittee on waterways transportation
under the General Transportation Com
mittee.
Co. Operative Marketing Urged
American agriculture as whole
could mofitably study the factors that
have contributed to the welfare of Cali =
fornia in the face of general business
depression. G. Harold Powell, general
manager of the California Fruit Grow
ers' Exchange, declared in an address
before the conference. Mr., Powell
said the success Of cooperative mar
keting depended upon the will of the
farmer to Operate" and on the
development of "a spirit of mutual
confidence and trust" among those en-
gaging in the venture.
Cooperative organizations, he said,
should be composed exclusively OF
farmers, with the benefits returned to
each member determined by his patron =
age of the organization. He adyo :
Gated payment of only fair rate of
interest on capital stock, and that vot :
ing power be distributed on the zone
man one vote principle. He said n
cooperative association could be held
together by contract or agreement be-
tween it and each member, and that
membership terms should extend over
long periods of years. Such organiza =
tions. he added, have the best chance
for success II they handle only one
crop. Extension of an organization to
local communities through small units,
he suggested, might increase its useful /.
ness.
I'm the California Fruit Growers Ex.
change, for example" said Mr.. Powell,
through which 10000 members sci!
nearly 500, 900, 900 worth of citrus
fruits annually to the wholesale trade,
the growers have formed more than tvs
hundred local associations, each owning
its own packing house and managing its
! local affairs.
| Most of the California growers re-
ceived prices for their fruit crops in
1921 that returned more than the cost
OF production. The steady sustained
demand by consumers for California
fruits is an evidence Of the power of
continuous, friendly advertising, coupled
with sound merchandising methods, in
promoting larger consumption of farm
products"
Advises Long. Time Credits
Governor Parker, Of Louisiana, ad.
dressing the conference, proposed as a
means Of combating the present farm
depression, the opening Of export mar
kets through extension of long time
credits to foreign buyers through the
Federal Reserve system.
Have the Federal Reserve banks, +"
the Louisiana Governor suggested, "send
their own representatives to the cap
itals Of those European nations sin :
cerely desiring to purchase our products
and unable to pay for them. Look up
the standing and character of these pur-
chasers, as well as their financial re-
! sponsibility. Sell them on six. twelve
and eighteen months, taking their ac-
! ceptances with the Endorsement OF the
! local bank and the corporation of the
great banking institutions of each ma :
ton, and authorize the spinners manu- :
! facturers and dealers to sell their prod :
ucts on equally long time, all drafts,
acceptances and notes in payment to be
deposited in trust until the claim Of the
| Federal Reserve Bank shall have been
paid in full.
This plan would afford almost in =
stant relief, would mean the employ
ment Of many American ships for carry
ing TO those nations the cotton TO give
profitable employment and the foodstuffs
10 keep many of them from starving
would add to the value and activity OF
the merchant marine. would put en-
ergy and spirit into business. and bring
to this country the goodwill Of all OF
the older nations
Conference Hastily Called
Chairman Anderson. following Gov.
ernor Parker, declared the conference
had been called in some haste, and
that Secretary Wallace had given as
much consideration as possible to geo
graphical and other divisions In the
small time at his disposal in selecting
the delegates. He said that no more
representative conference of agriculture
and the industries Immediately con
nected with it had ever been called
together in this country.
Carl Williams, of Oklahoma City
Okla. discussing the marketing of cot
ton through cooperative organizations
declared such organizations had handled
more than 500 900 900 worth Of cotton
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