The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-02-23

| vital importance to the farmers o
a national agricultural platform, tn,
conference went on record as favor
ing:
The agricultural bloc in congress
s The report of the congressional
joint commission of agricultural in
quiry. - ~
Cooperative marketing of farm
products and enactment of legisla
ton permitting cooperative associa
lions to have marketing agencies il
common and to make contracts an(
agreements. necessary to effect suct
purposes. Il.
Congressional action to, re-estab
fish fair exchange for farm prod
ucts with that Of all other commod
tiles. =;
Comprehensive study Of govern
mental price guarantees. ~. =,
Better articulation between state
and federal marketing services ant
their extension. .
Amendment to warehouse act ia
c;liatingr the financing Of. stored
crops and better protection of such
crops. T.
Better storage In producing dis
tricts and more adequate termina
facilities. = '.' N ~. ~ +
Better enforcement Of state cole
storage laws and the enactment Of
a federal law ;,
Establishment of more fedora
standards for farm products.
Laws prohibiting Interstate traf
fic and manufacture of filled milk
Laws, state and national, author
izing- cooperative marketing.
Legislation compelling truthful
labelling of raw and manufactured
products, such as provided in truth.
in-fabric bill now pending.
Elimination of congressional free
seed.
Howard Summarizes Conference
Reviewing the work of the con-
ference and it's bearing on the flu
ture of organized agriculture, the
president of the American Farm
Bureau federation says:
"The national agricultural con-
ference will go down into history as
the farthest reaching conference of
farmers ever held. The topmost
feature, of course, was the address
of the president Of the United States
and the commitments which it con-
tanned of the administration atti-
tude toward agriculture. Probably
no chief executive of the nation has
previously indicated so deep and in
telligent an interest in the farmers
affairs.
President Harding recognized the
bad state of agriculture at the pres
emit time; stressed the outstanding
Importance of agriculture in our ma
tional life; showed that the farmer
must have "a credit system adapted
to his needs; asserted, that lasting
improvement is to come only from
the development to cooperate mar
keting; favored a scientific limita-
ton of production and pointed out
the dignity of the profession.
THE presidents challenge to the
farmer to organize in order to help
himself is cheerfully accepted by the
American Farm Bureau federation.
The farm bureau will undertake to
organize all the farmers of the ma
tion and unite them into strong COM
modify marketing associations,
which will improve the distribution
of food to the lasting benefit OF both
consumer and producer We want
to bring the eater and the grower
closer together.
"The cooperative marketing
as fOstered by the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau federation is !, a
protest expressed In action against
excessive margins and distributive
costs. 1t is no new thing. It has
been carried on successfully Il in
for hundreds OF years
Within less than fifty years Dem
mark, thru cooperative marketing,
has reduced distribution costs SO
that the producer receives "a cents
Of the consumers dollar, more than
twice as much as we get here, and
thru cooperative marketing has re-
builded her entire national pros
perity.
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
ticnlarly notable in the Endorsements
Of the conference are the farmers
demands for early completion of the
st. Lawrence deep waterway, for the
Development of Muscle Shoals by
Henry Ford, the building of credit
adapted to farm turn
over at reasonable rates of interest,
ind that both capital and labor must
share alike in the readjustments
which have already hit agriculture.
"The Endorsement by the confer
ence of the agricultural bloc is |
significant.
The conference would probably
never have been possible except for
he work OF the congressional joint |
commission of agricultural inquiry
lnder the progressive leadership of |
Chairman Sidney Anderson. Tol
President Harding, Secretary Wal
ace and Chairman Sidney Anderson
he farmers Of America are today |
endering a sincere vote OF thanks
or this opportunity to present their
ase to the nation and to seek a Just |
nd lasting remedy for the benefit
1 both agriculture and the nation"
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