The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-21
LARGEST SALES
AGENCY IN WORLD

Minneapolis, MINI. Dec. 20-Repre-
sentatives from ten states recently
met in Minneapolis and formed what
is said to be the largest cooperative
wheat marketing sales agency in the
world. It's organizers estimated that
about 100,000,O00 bushels of wheat
will be handled by this agency during
the first year Of it's operation.
The states represented at the meet
ing were Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Color
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Geo. c. Jewett, general manager of
the Northwest Wheat Growers asso-
ciated ,sales agency for five northwest
states, Geo. E. Duis, president of the
| North Dakota Wheat Growers .Asso~
citation, and VIM. H. McGreevy, secre-
tary of the National Wheat Growers
association were named as commit
tee to draft a plan of operation, con-
stitution and bylaws, which will later
be referred to the board of directors
of the various state associations for
ratification. 1t was said that this
would be matter of mere formality,
for all the states in the amalgamation
were represented at the conference
and agreed in principle with the pro-
posed plan which was presented by a
committee composed of delegates from
all the state associations.
| Geo. C. Jewett, General Manager of
the Northwest Wheat Growers Asso-
ciated, was named chairman of the
conference, and VIM. Ell. McGreevy,
Secretary of the National Wheat
Growers Association, was elected sec
retary. In opening the meeting, Mr..
Jewett called attention to the rapid
growth of the cooperative marketing
movement as an evidence of the ne
cessity for a National Sales Estab-
lishment.
FThree years ago the number of
bushels of wheat marketed under the
pooling plan as we now have it in op-
Grafton, was insignificant" he said.
s'Today we have a membership extend
ing from Kansas to Washington, from
Oregon to Texas, with contract pro-
duction amounting to an eighth of the
total bushels grown in the United
States. We have ten large associa-
tions, all working under similar sales
plans.
"It is obvious that a National Sales
organization must be set up to coor-
dinate both domestic and export work
of these marketing groups. Just this
season we have cargoes leaving from
the Pacific Coast and other going out
of Gulf ports. We concentrate for ex-
port to Europe at Duluth and on the
Eastern coast. We must have a Ma
tional organization which will see that
there is no competition in this mar
keting which is now being done by
several different organizations.
The National establishment, as
planned at the meeting would also in
clude arrangements for organization
of marketing associations, similar to
those now in existence, in states which
at present have no cooperative mar
iketing facilities. It also would have
charge Of the work of securing funds
| to be used in making advances te
members, pending the final sale OF the
wheat in the pools. %4 =. T..
4 Prior to the All American confer.
ence, q meeting of the Trustees OF the
Northwest Wheat Grower, Associated
was held to arrange the Sales policy
for this organization during the com
ing months. The Northwest Whea'
81 Growers Associated is the marketing
\ organization for state associations II
Il Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montans
and North Dakota, and has sales Of
i fices in Minneapolis and Duluth, al
well ais on the Pacific coast.
| The salient features Of the plan dis
cussed at the meeting are as follows
Two trustees from each state associa
| tion would form q central board Q:
trustees for the American Whea
i Growers, Associated, this board to b
4 vested with power to sell all tn
wheat Of the organization which j
i diverted into channels outside OF tn
q section in which it ii grown, 80 ~ Il
q avoid competition between state units
u This board would also serve in an ad
! visory capacity ii regards 10 loca
Il sales, thus having control Of 1all whea
offered On the market. II was ais
the sense OF the meeting TINT th
II Americas Wheat Growers Associates
n should be incorporated, with capita
stock o. otherwise, at the discretion Z