The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-06-09
FALSE CHARGES
ARE PUBLISHED
BY NEWSPAPER
Nanpa Daily Under Fire
by the Canyon County
Farm Bureau for Re-
cent Stories.

Charges that Nampa daily news
paper. purporting to support the in
terests of farmers, has made incorrect
and damaging attacks upon the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation which
react to the disadvantage of the Can
yon county farm bureau are included
in this weeks issue of the Farm Bu-
reau News, official publication of the
Canyon county farm bureau.
The statement in full follows:
( A little over year ago the National
Grain Dealers Association and allied
| organizations set aside $25O,0O0 with
which to fight the United States Grain
Growers incorporated, and the Farm
Bureaus of the United States. Ever
since this fund was created, news
paper stories making insinuations
against the officers, policies and pur-
poses of the Farm Bureaus of the
country have been appearing in var
ious forms in the public press.
just recently in one of the news
papers with wide circulation in Cam
yon County, story was reproduced
under the heading Farm Bureau With
Money Backing, Enemy of Farmer.
In this article the amazing statement
J was made that "The American Farm
, Bureau Federation, which has been
subsidized by the Chicago Board of
Trade, grain gamblers organization.
r to the extent of 100000 and which
lends itself to the schemes and propa-
ganda of big business, may Be. fooling
: some farmers bat notral of them"
The article there pEoeegdsd; with
equally misleading statements and M
situations in an attempt to show that
the Farm Bureau is not an organiza-
ton of dirt farmers and that it does
: not have the real interests of the
farmer at heart.
Upon reading the article, the follow
ing telegram was sent to ] w. Cover
dale, Secretary of American Farm
Federation:
Caldwell, Idaho, May u, 1922
81. w. Coverdaie, Secretary,
American Farm Bureau Federation,
S. East Washington Street,
Chicago, Ill.
Local paper here with wide circu
lation has copied an article from a
publication called Labor in which the
assertion is made that the American
Farm Bureau Federation has been sub
sidized by the Chicago Board of Trade
to extent of one hundred thousand
dollars. Please wire night letter for
publication stating source of funds for
support of American Farm Bureau
and if funds have been accepted from
Board of Trade.
"W. T. MCCALL"
The following reply has just been
received from Mr. Coverdale:
Chicago, ILL.,, May 20, 1922
"W. T. Mccall.
Caldwell. Idaho.
"Any statement that American
Farm Bureau Federation is subsidiz-
ed by Chicago Board of Trade or
any other organization to exent Of one
hundred thousand dollars or any other
sum is an unqualified lie. Every dol
lar of American Farm Bureau funds
have come from farmer members, fifty
cents each which we receive annually
through forty six State Farm Bureaus.
~. w. COVERDALE
Secretary"
Such statements as were made in the
press article quoted above are too RI
diculous for mention, nevertheless it
seems that even some of our Canyon
County farmers are being led to be-
lieve that such statements are true.
The Canyon County Fran Bureau is
an organization made up of nearly
1900 farmers of the County, each of
whom pays into the treasury of the
Farm Bureau $50 per year as men,
bership dues. Out of this $3.50, Soc
|, goes to the American Farm Bureau
federation and $3.50 to the Idaho
. Farm Bureau Federation. The remain
: ing $3.50 is used by the Canyon
!, County Farm Bureau to defray its
expenses This membership money
received from the Farm Bureau mem
bers is the only source of revenue of
> the Canyon County Farm Bureau. The
Bureau does not receive a cent of pub
. lie money, county, state or national.
In Canyon County, there are AZ
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