Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-09-25
FARMERS TO HOLD
NATIONAL MEET
Representatives OF All Cooper
ative Bodies To Gather and
Discuss Their Problems

{ IdlIlcS \. OtOI% ). LGe DDrieT
Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association, received word last
! night that, on the sugg stion OF
Senator Arthur Cappe1, II Kan
sas, made to Aaron Sap re, gen
eral counsel for most of the CO.
operative market ng associations
/ in the United States "a national
gathering of farmers interested
in the cooperative movement
will be held in Washington in the
near future, probably following
: the national cC~fer &C Of leader,
of tobacco co., et,-tives, which =
to be held in Kentucky this fall.
plans for VIII ch have been made
by Judge Robert w. Bingham
founder of the Burley association
Mr. Stone and Mr.. Sapiro.
The proposed convention a
Washington will :n-lude repere-
sentatives of all the cooperative
assoc ations the ccuntry-thc
tobacco growers. the cottol pro-
ducers, the California co-opera.-
ives, including fruits, "a s'ns nuts
and prunes and oth~- pro 'ucts;
the wheat growers associations;
the cotton@and bean growers-in
fact every form Of cooperative
marketing a, iociaticn in exist
ence in the United States viii be
represented.
Mr.. Sapiro, has already written
to outstanding leaders Of the va
various co-operat YES with a view
to the formation Of committee
to have charge Of the details of
the cC'nvention, in which leaders
OF the Burley Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association " Il un,
doubtedly play pror'irent part
as representatives OF le Of the
most successful Of all the Ameri-
can co-operatives the first year
Of its existence.
According to the Information
reach ns President Stone, Sena-
tor Capper suggested the ealing
of this national conference o.f CO.
operatives for the purpose Of
bringing to the attention OF Con-
gress their joint Recommendation
for forthcoming rural credits leg
islation to provide government
a;d for financing the orderly mar
keting OF the various farm pre-
ducts controlled by those associ-
atoms. Senator Cappcr's letter
was addressed to Mir Sapiro be
cause of the the fact that he is
the legal adviser OF the large ma
jority Of the cooperative associa-
tions in the country and the out
standing international authority
on cooperative marketing.
Mr.. Sapiros proposal to have
the conference details i'll the
details of a committee Of leaders
of cooperative market rg organ
izations was said to be acceptable
to Senator Capper
Senator Capper, according to
the information reaching Presi-
dent Stone, has declared that the
cooperative marketing associa-
tionS, as.ypurely business organ
cations of farmers. for the pur-
pose OF merchandising farm pro-
ducts in an orderly manner,
should be heard in the matter Of
proposed government cred t
agencies and that the best way
to get the consensus of opinion
of the farmers is in such a confer
ence as the Kansas Senator has
proposed.
Senator Capper, who is prom
inent leader of the so-called
farm bloc" in the Senate AMI
the proprietor of string Of
successful agricultural publica-
tions, expresses the belief that
the conference not only will re-
suit in intel viewpoint re-
gard ng credit legislation, but
that it will give the American
co-operatlves an opportunity TO
discuss their many common bust
ness problems
Senator Capper's letter to Mr..
Sapiro was as follows:
Dear Mr. Sapiro
As you know. myself and 9TH
ers OF the farm bloc in Congress
are engaged i'll the consideration
of important legislation on the
subject OF agricultural credits,
The real Importance Of this can
be appreciated when it is remem-
bered that most financial meth
DDS and measures fer government
aid of the farm, at present in op-
erat on, are OF temporary char
acter.
The next agricultural credits
bill passed by Congress should
be and doubtless VII be of a per-
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