Arizona republican., 1922-01-17

Collins Of Colorado. and Boog Scott
of Texas, and Hugh Sproat of Idaho.
The first cooperative commission
association started business at st.
Louis on January 2. md doubtless
other markets will soon have the
benefit Of these cooperative selling
agencies. This venture in the CO.
operative selling Of live stock has
been inaugurated under auSpicious
circumstances. 1t comes at a time
when there is considerable dissatis-
faction with the old system, end it
is one more step in he steady de-
velopment of cooperation in agri-
culture. In competition with the old
system of selling live stock, it should
prove a healthy stimulant both to
better and more economical service.
That which is best in the old sys-
tenn will survive. The December
number of the Producer" deals in
detail with the report of the COM
mittee of fifteen. We hope that the
plan may have a fair trial and the
| generous support which it deserves.
For Wider Distribution
Another advance in cooperation In
which your market committee is very
much interested was proposed at Chi
cago on December 2, when repre-
sentatives of some of the leading live
/ stock organizations, the Institute of
| American Meat Packers and of the
department of agriculture, met to dis
cuss plans for bringing about a wider
! distribution and an increased con-
! sumption of the products Of live
! stock. The obstacles which had so
! long stood in the way of such a plan
4 n hax-n hanf1 ra11anXrnd II
unanimously agreed that the time is
ripe for an era of good feeling. and
a. cooperation with the benefits
| therefrom equitably distributed. The
meeting resulted in the appointment
| of a committee of six consisting OF
four producers and two packers, who
were Instructed to draw up an an
nouncement and plan quitting the
scope of the proposed work. to be
submitted to the leading live stock
! associations, the Institute OF Ameri-
can Meat Packers, the National Live
Stock Exchange. and the retailers.
This announcement and plan has
been prepared and unanimously ap-
proved by the members of the COM
| mittee. They will be submitted to
you, and we hope that you will give
them your hearty endorsement. and
send representatives to Chicago tc
take their places on the National Live
Stock and Meat board. and proceed
with the work proposed. Your at
tention is called to the fact that the
producers have IL representatives or
the board out of II. The possibili-
ties for service are great.
The time seems rire for q better
understanding between the producer
and the industrial and financial in
terests of the country. At last ther,
is a growing realization of the i'm.
portant part the farmer and stock.
men play in the economic scheme O
things and a realization that ther,
must be a national policy which rec
ogniZes the Importance of a pros
porous agriculture. The administra
tion has been so impressed with thi
necessity that the president has re
quested Secretary Wallace to call
conference at Washington for TIN
week beginning January % to con
slider agricultural problems, presen
and future. Not only will agricultur
be represented. but those who ar
intimately associated with agricul
, ture. Out of this conference, unde
the wise guidance of Secretary Wal
lace, we can reasonably expect tn
!. adoption of a national policy for ag
riculture which will place it on a sur
J foundation. recognized as the basi
industry of the country, withou
, whose prosperity there can be n
general prosperity.
) We recommend that you do all Il
/ your power to help shape that ma
/. tional policy, so that your interest j