The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-11-16
LARGE CROWD At
FARMERS MEETING
Interest keen.-Seeond Meeting Re-
qested, Which VIII Be Held Next
Wednesday Morning at the Star
Theatre.-Fred Wilson to be Here.
By. C. C. CALKINS. County Agent

By. C. C. CALKINS, County Agent
That all the farmers and stockmen
are intensely interested in any means
Of better financing their industry was
well made evident by the fact that
one hundred men were present to
hear George A. Mansfield, president
of the State Farm Bureau and Wade
Siler of the Producers Finance Cor
poration, at the Star theater yester-
day, and discussed plans made for
agricultural finance through the Pro-
ducers Finance Corporation.
Those present were interested
enough in the proposition presented
to ask for second meeting to be
held one week later. Fred Wilson
will be present at this meeting which
will be held at the Star theater on
Wednesday, November 22nd, begin
ming at 10 a. m, to explain every
thing fully, answer all questions and
to assist in putting the organization
in effect here if the farmers and
stockmen so desire.
Mr.. Mansfield pointed out very
ably the fac THAT better finance and
better marketing went hand in hand.
That Oregon farmers were facing
the question of organizing for mar
keting and financing of their opera
tions or going out of business and
that it was true as many writers
have stated that prosperity was just
around the corner and that it would
stay round the corner until the far
mer became prosperous because he
was the backbone of all industry and
that the farmers will only be able to
bring it back when organized in
position to care for its own interest.
Mansfield stated further that there
are at least five measures before
Congress now, designed to help the
farmer but any one Of these II pass
ed would require that the farmer be
organized before he could get any
benefit from them. That Oregon
ottlitls III OIutI hldl VIC
may cheerfully divide our tax bur-
den with them is an undisputed fact
but committee sent out by the Port
land Chamber of Commerce to inter-
view several thousand tourists who
stopped in the city camp gruonds in
Portland to ascertain how many of
them expected to settle, and where,
found that most of them are going
to California. When asked why,
they stated that California Is organ
lied to market her crops and when
informed that land would cost thm
$1,000 or better there they still felt
assured that with an organized mar
ket they could make better interest
on their investment in that state.
Oregon is waking up. The Portland
Chamber Of Commerce is getting
ready to appropriate a hundred and
fifty thousand dollars a year for two
years in order to educate farmers
and business men to the needs of
organized market, realizing that there
cannot be permanent or profitable
business in the state of Oregon nor
can it advance until her agriculture
Is put on better basis. Hand in
hand with this comes the financing
of the farmers, his needs are not
ninety-day paper when he gets to
turn over only once a year.
Vale Siler Of the Producers FL
nance Corporation explained the ma
ture of that organization and exact
ly what they expected to be able to
do for the farmers Of Oregon, in a
direct way. The Producers Finance
Corporation will have capital stock
made up by subscriptions of farm
ere and stockmen over Oregon, Wash
inGton, Idaho and Western Montana.
With this capital stock paid in they
will be able to go out and borrow at
least ten or fifteen times the amount
of the capital stock to be loaned to
sal dterritory. How loans can be
said territory. How loans can be
made on growing crops and livestock
giving the producers longer term
credit was of considerable interest
to all. The savings that can be made
to stockmen in the marketing of their
stock as shown by a number Of simi-
lar organizations in the United
States already operating were recog-
nized as practical and possible by
the stock men.
Because questions of such import
tance could not be fully explained and
people could not get all the de-
tailed information that they desired
in the two houre available they re-
quested that another meeting be held
on next Wednesday, Nov. %, at 10
o'clock in the morning there at the
Opera House. Fred Wilson of the Pro-
ducers Finance Corporation will be
present at that time to go into this
proposition in detail with the farmers
stockmen and business men of Nor
row County at that time. In order to
make sure that every community will
be well represented special requests
will be sent to groups of men in each
community especially requesting their
presence. Remember that evry farm
er, stockman and business man and
Banker as well as their wives are in
vited to attend this meeting at the
Opera House on Wednesday, Nov.22,
beginning at 10 o'clock. Remember
too, that this meeting is called that
you might be fully informed of this
question which Is of vital interest to
you, following which you can take