The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-03-24
STATE FARM BUREAU
MEETING HELD AT BOISE

farm bloc in the United States Sen
ate, the American Farm Bureau
Federation and the National Agri-
cultural Conference on the subject
Of cooperative marketing, and rec
ommend the California plan of COM
modify organization for the Coop
erative marketing of farm products
We pledge the support OF the Idaho
Farm Bureau Federation to a sim
liar program d n this state so far as
in the Judgment of the executive
committee such program may be
judiciously undertaken, and agree to
disseminate information to the end
that producers of agricultural pro-
ducts may become educated to the
advantages of community co-opera-
tive marketing. We recommend
operative marketing organizations
be part of the work to be under
taken by the project leaders OF the
several projects, recommended to be
appointed by the executive commit
tee in subdivision II, an organiza-
ton Of this report.
v. FINANCE = We recommend
that the executive committee create
Department of Finance. We
pledge the Idaho Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton to lend its support in any
way deemed advisable by the execu-
tive committee to the promotion of
more adequate credit facilities for
agricultural operations. We call
attention to the findings OF the Ma
tional Agricultural Conference that
the present banking machinery Of
the country is not adequately adapt
ed to meet the farmers require
ments for operative and marketing
credits, and we recommend that the
executive committee cooperate with
the American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton and the Farm Bloc in the I'm
tied States Senate to secure the en-
actment of laws to meet the require
ments of various kinds of agricul-
tural credits, including the short
term credit for marketing purposes,
live stock credits, land credits. ETC.,
the prohibition of tax-free securities,
the excess profit law on corpora
tions, and use all influence and
agencies at their command to pre-
vent the enactment of a sales-tax
law.
We recommend that the Idaho
Farm Bureau Federation cooperate
with the several county organiza-
tons in the promotion of loan as
sociations to take advantage of the
funds provided by the war finance
corporation for various agricultural
credits.
vi. LEGISLATION-We recon-
mend that the executive committee
Great a Department of Legislation,
whose duty it shall be to promote
public sentiment in support Of leg
islation vital to agricultural inter-
ests, and do all in their power to Sc
cure the enactment of the same into
laws.
VII ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS re-
commend that the executive commit
tee create a Department of Trans
portation. We also recommend that
the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
cooperate with the National Farm
Bureau Federation and any other
sympathetic agency, to secure the
reduction of freight rates on farm
products, livestock, and the products
of allied industries to the rates in
effect August rs, 1920, that they do
all in their power to induce the Tn
terstate Commerce Commission to
put the above reductions into effect
at once. and further reductions as
rapidly as reduction in operating
expenses will Justify.
We also recommend that our or
ganization cooperate with the pub
lie carriers in the matter of secur-
ing information as to probable
amounts of shipments of agricultu-
raj products, and with any other
agencies, for the purpose of improv-
ing car service.
We further recommend that the
Department of Transportation con-
slider the several instances i'm the
State OF Idaho wherein the freight
rates are discriminatory against the
producers OF farm products, and also
the instance of the rates on farm
products from the State of Idaho to
eastern markets being higher than
the rates on similar products from
the Pacific coast to the same mar
kets and that the department un
dertake whatever procedure may be
deemed advisable for the correction
of such determinations.
Signed c. r. PECKHAM,
Chairman of Committee.
The following is a report of the
Resolutions Committee:
DAIRY PRODUCTS-In order to
prevent filled milk or modified milk
products from destroying the Am
erican Dairy Industry and injuring
the health Of the consuming pub
lie, we insist that the manufacture
and sale of filled milk products be