The Princeton union., 1922-12-21
LAYS EMPHASIS
ON MARKETING
National Convention Outlines Work to
be Followed by Movement Dur
ing Coming Year.
FARMERS NEED RELIEF
Reed, Minnesota President, Named on
Executive Board, Rradfute
Succeeds Howard.
FARMERS NEED RELIEF
(Farm Bureau News Service.)

EneTgCClc prosecution OF naClOn-
wide cooperative marketing program
will be the watcaword in the Farm
Bureau movement in 1923. This was
determined at the annual convention
held in Chicago, December II to H.
o. E. Bradfute was unanimously elect
ed president after j. H. Howard, who
had held that office since the national
organization was formed three years
ago, refused to permit his name to be
placed before the convention.
J. F. Reed, president Of the Minne-
sofa Farm Bureau federation, was
elected a member of the national
executive committee. With him serv-
ing from the Midwest states will be
Howard Leonard Of Illinois and w. H.
Settle of Indiana. There are nine
from other sections on the board. w.
H. Walker of California was named
vice president.
Mr.. Bradfute has been president of
the Ohio federation for several years
and has been a moving spirit behind
the commodity marketing movement
in that state, where a large number of
farmer owned selling agencies have
been organized under farm bureau
leadership.
When the convention opened, there
were two school of thought; one which
held that marketing should be the
major theme of the organization in
the future, as in the past, and the
other that educational research ac-
tivities should be stressed. Before
the convention was two days old, the
marketing men were far in the ma
jority and soon passed resolutions
which placed the farm bureau more
than ever at the head Of the co-opera-
tive selling effort in this country.
The convention, time and again, eX-
pressed itself as determined to obtain
relief for farmers, who find themselves
confronted with the fact that their
dollar is worth only 62 cents, while
that in some other industries is worth
$1.54.
Bernard NJ. Baruch, New York
financier, suggested to the convention
the formation of nationwide bank
ing structure, patterned after the fed
eral reserve system, but designed to
primarily serve agriculture, that
would give adequate service to farm
ers.
The convention pledged itself to
help editors obtain relief from the
burden imposed on them by the pres
ent excessive second class postage
rates.
Continuation of the war on the COM
mon rust bearing barberry the Eu-
ropean corn borer and bovine tubercu-
losis was urged.
Frank O. Lowden, former governor
of Illinois, told the delegates that only
better marketing would save the
thousands of good farmers, farming
good land as we'll as they could, who
have been unable to make both ends
meet.
Official reports showed that while
the organization has been going
through the settling process during
the last year, it's cash receipts had
been 20 per cent more than in 1921.
During the convention, women dele
gates held several sessions, at which
home economics problems were con-
sidered.
The convention, admittedly the most
important gathering of farmers in the
history of the farm bureau, served to
clarity the atmosphere of conflicting
opinions as to remedies that should
be applied to the agricultural situa-
ton and outlined an aggressive cam
paign to be followed in 1923.