Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-06

that it is based on gouge and trait
and steal; that the margin Of Rront
for the middleman is tremendous ana :
hence that any group OF amateurs
can go into that business ana. In spite.
of their inexperience, reap enormous
profits for the producer. Those. who
have made a personal and careful
investigation Of the actual workings
of our grain markets are unanimous
in concluding that our present system
Of marketing grain is remarkably. ef-
tlcient and that only an efficient. Well
can hope to hold it's own in the face
of the severe competition which pre-
walls in that business. Here is d curl
GUS anomaly; popular opinion and ex-
pert opinion are dramatically OPP
posed. Such a condition fosters .
class Of INSCRIPTIONS exploiters or
ignorant enthusiasts who play on the.
%prejudices of the uniformed public
and promise impossible profits. The
great need OF the present day for
every agricultural state is to bring be-
fore the general public the facts and
the conclusions reached by the un-
prc!udiced investigations Of the mar
keting experts Of our colleges.
$500 Members.
Some $500, 10000 Of the farmers
money was spent by the promoters OF
the grain pool; 10,25O membera in. II.
linois contributed $s7. 10000 in cash
and tbs Illinois Farm Bureau loaned
tho pool $157,00o.0O North. Dakota
with $3.50 members contributed $Ie,-
1850 in cash. O,her states were rem
resented as follows, Minnesota 1918
members, Iowa S.440, 8. D. 1913, In
diana and eastward 4,426,. Nebraska
1858, Oklahoma 2,643,,- Kansas s55,
Colorado and west S04. Missouri
1904. Wisconsin and Michigan only
n Why is it that the states Of Wis
consin and Michigan have only ono
member Possibly the. following quo
tation may suggest the answer: IA
certain foreign student OF agricultural
marketing who last year spent several
months out in tho state among the
farmers and county agents, brought
hack tho report that in Wisconsin he
found more healthy sentiment and
honest understanding with respect to
marketing problems than in almost
any. other state he visited. Foremost
among the reasons for this is the fact
tnat during the past nine years prob
ABLY a thousand young men have gone
out into the state as farmers. teach
ers n extension workers who have
taken lectures on marketing At the
University of Wisconsin under pro-
1essor Hibbard."-John D.. Black in,
reviewing Prof. Hibbard's new book
on Marketing Agricultural Products
1929. . i1e'
what is it worth to Wisconsin to
pave a man like Prof. Hibbard teach
ms students the facts and first prin-
clpies concerning the marketing Of
iarm products? No person can es-
innate the value Of such instruction
put we may perhaps gain some idea Of
us value when we consider the fact
tnat the farmers OF other states spont,
SIX hundred thousand dollars on the
pooIns scheme while Wisconsin
farmers spent practically nothing,
ohe or the greatest c~onservefs OF
Is a. knowledge Of the faots viii "a.
faIu 10 our present system Of market
Ing farm. products, l.. - =
Cooperative marketing Of grain On
practical We know, that II an h
none successfully because g q .,in-
Gesslul IN Canada under Conditions
Mnich are practically the sanne 81
those which prevail IN tn fISnxS
n:ates. Why then has 1t been such :
iallure here? We have: failed IN,
c?untry because those who have taken
me iead IN cooperative grain market
.hs schemes have. as q rule, based
ger theory of success IA ,hrht con-
w. nnng and scrapping our present
.aarketlne system or reforming II BY
soIie sucn grandiose scheme a s.pooi-
tns ior ' years" tTheirtAloEat has
Is zen Fight the grain exchanges!
ssolu!aopl the present marketing
system! It cooperative marketing o.
srs.n IS to be ~successful It must hrst
raoye rs poYer to use our PRESENT
mharketins system. It { then "a
anead to reform specific 1huses Z. -
mas nem. THIS is the plan used nv
s W canadian coopefativoe. a -
v.lacer of the larSSst coor4rstiva
tssEmers company IN America (CnitaS
Xsa.n Growers. Winnlpek) asid: s.Ws
NJ 10y lieht Big Business. WelArA RR;ss
I.siness. This company nov onsrs
~s.o .erminal elevators. hbspital ia.
sa.ore. Ian elevators, 4 prftAte ~.
ana - member Of the sfinnina.
0Ialn Exchange. IN ehoft rs H,, Rn
fIa.s the msthods Of suocesoful SRil
When the leaders ii our c-oo...
y ran marketing Societiss -.
snise the efficiency q present .n .etc,
~ pursued BY privately ovvnad ssst.-
csrhs and adopt those methods +h .on-
selves then We can look for ~sucrSsSst..,
nslhetln6 Of grain on 4 iaree scaiA ~.
.E'ess cooperative societies. -