Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-29
COOPERATIVE MARKET
PLAN TO CURE MANY ILLS
Will Go Long Way Toward
Putting Growers on
Their Feet.
rREsID EMIT rs PRAISED
Farm Burenu Federation Head As
nerts American Executive Has
shown Deep and Intelligent Inter-
est In Agricultural Affairs.
rs PRAISED
IBy Assoclnted Prcas.l n.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-The Ma
tional Agricultural Conference which
closed its sessions last night after
4 adopting recommendations designed
to alleviate farm depression and pro-
Z vent recurrence of such condition,
was hailed ns "a most far-reaching
conference OF farmers ever held" in
statement issued tonight by j. II,
Howard. president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation. one OF the
largest farmers' organizations.
The recommendations OF the con-
ference. were indorsed by Mr.. How
ard tonight and during the day were
made tho bnsis of study by Secretary
Wallace and other officials upon
whom will dcVo!ve the task Of max
Ing them effective.
TO Form CO-Opurntive Organization.
referring to President Harding
suggestion In opening the conference
mat farmers OF the nation seek to
unite In cooperative organizations.
Mr.. Howard In his statement said:
The Farm Bureau will undertake
10 organize all the farmers Of the
milton and unite them into strong
:. commmodity marketing associations.
which Will Improve the distribution
OF food TO the lasting benefit to
both consumer and producer we
want to bring the eater and the
grower closer together"
< The National Agricultural Con-
ference VIII go down Into history as
the most far-reaching conference of
farmers ever held" the statement
said. The tnpmost feature. OF course.
was the address OF the President
M yl,s, !,.ls
ments which & contained OF the ad-
ministration's attitude toward agri-
culture. Probably no chief executive
or the nation has previously indi-
Gated go deep and intelligent Interest
In the farmers affairs. President
Harding recognized the bad state OF
agriculture at the present time:
stressed the outstanding Importance
OF agriculture In our national life:
showed that the farmer must have n
credit system adapted To his needs:
asserted that lasting Improvement Is
TO come only 10 the development OF
cooperative marketIng; favored n
scientinc Limitation OF production and
pointed out the dignity OF the pro-
feBsion,"
Fostered. by Farm nurcau nody.
The cooperative marketing move
mont. az fos,ered by the American
Farm Bureau Federation. is a protest
expressed In action against excessive
margins and distrlbutiyc costs. II
Is no new thing. 1t has been car
ried on successfully In Europe for
hundreds OF years. Within less than
nifty years Denmark. through CO.
operative marketing, has reduced
distribution costs so that the produ-
GERS receive ~ cents OF the consum-
ors dollar. More than twice as much
as wo get here and through co-opera-
tive marketing has rebuilded her en-
tire national prosperity.
Secretary Wallace comes out Of
the national agricultural conference
with his hands greatly strengthened
to perform real and definite service
for agriculture and the nation. Par
ticularly notable in the Endorsement
OF the conference is the farmers de-
mand for early completion OF the st.
Lawrence deep waterway. the devel-
opment OF Muscle Shoals by Henry
Ford, the building OF n credit ma
chine adapted to n farm turnover at
reasonable rates OF interest, and the
farmers demand that both capital
and labor must share alike In the re-
adjustments. which have already hit
agriculture.
THE Endorsement, by the confer
ence of the agricultural bloc Is sig
nificant." ,'-. ~