Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-11
The Farm, Market Federation:
Its Vast Imbort to Georgia
- HE Statewide meeting of the Georgia
Farm Market Federation, to be held

It's Vast IMPORT to Georgia
" HE Statewide meeting of the Georgia
Farm Market Federation, to be held
in Atlanta on Friday, March the
tenth, should be largely attended by Dusl-
ness agricultural, and civic representatives.
by all leaders indeed whose hearts are IN
the commemorative prosperity and up
building. There is not a community ana
scarce a merchant-house or farmstead, from
the mountains to the sea, but feels the want
of markets for the divers products OF our
soil Important for years, this /proplem Is
now imperative, so much SO that unless 1t
he solved, every basic interest of Georgia
will suffer and the hope of better times be
fated to disappointment. For this purpose
dt is that men of foresight and public sp1r-
it from all parts of the State--merchants,
planters, bankers, managers OF transporta-
tion. smokes. en- for trade boards and cham
bers of commerce, town and county OIL
Gals. land owners, land developers and
such like-will gather together to per1ect
the one great central agency which answers
their common need, the Georgia Farm Mar
ket Federation.
This institution is the outgrowth of much
thought and of many liberal coverings
Hundreds of minds throughout the state
have given it ideas and inspirations; from
hundreds of fields of experience its sugges-
tions have been drawn; and to the totai IN
terests of Georgia Will it's services e ded1-
Gated. The initiating and directing force,
however, came from the Country Bankers
Association, with whom it was The Journals
privilege to cooperate in ascertalnlng
through an extensive survey just what were
the needs and what the opportunities for
providing more efficient methods, along
with more adequate facilities for marketing
the States food crops. 1t Yves with good
grace and for sound reasons that the Coun-
try Bankers took the lead. Their business
by its very nature, brings them into close
and continual contact with those problems
of agriculture which bear most broadly ana
most vitality upon the general interests. See
ing that the boil weevil onset would COM
mel retrenchment in the cotton acreage and
hence would call for much larger produc-
ton of foodstuffs to fill the gap, these
watchful financiers of the farm saw at the
same time that our existing Market ma
chinery for such purposes was sorely lnade-
quate. They saw, indeed, that IN marketing
Law the crux of the whole problem, mas
much as there could be no profit in diver
sffied crops, and therefore no lasting lncen-
tive to produce them, unless there should pc
full and effectual means of d1sposlng OF
them. So began the movement which, as IL
grew, enlisted the support of more and more
farmers, more and more business men ana
bankers, in the larger cities as well as
smaller towns, and which at length took
form and name in the Georgia Farm Mar
ket Federation.
Tts promoters frankly say Of this enter
clearly defined and it's bylaws and appllca-
ton for charter tentatively drawn, it is
nevertheless in need of perfecting touches,
and they will welcome most heartily all con-
structive suggestions. This, largely, IS the
object of the Statewide meeting to be held
In Atlanta on Friday March the tenth
Those attending will find the ground cleared
for definite and speedy procedure. They
will find PROVISIONAL plan which, to quote
the prospectus, sis sufficiently elastic to
lo&@ S%cnIq not
present conditions but also to changing
circumstances" By this plan, moreover, is
projected what appears to be the flrst
statewide organization composed OF both
farmers and of business men generally, IN
which they can meet on the ground of mu-
tual membership" for the promotion of their
common veal. The main objects OF the
Federation are: 'To engage in any activity
in connection with the diversification, mar
keting, selling, harvesting and preserving,
drying, processing, canning, packing, storing,
handling, or utilization of agricultural prod
ucts; the manufacturing or marketing OF the
by-products thereof; or in connection with
the ~urchase, hiring or use of supplies, ma
chinery, or equipment; or in the financing OF
any such activities Stated somewhat diff
ferentIy the aims of the Federation are
To provide a more efficient and more prof
table system of marketing Georgia farm
products, particularly foodstuffs; to encour-
age the production of highel quality in the
gia products; to secure better and more ex-
tensive warehousng and storing facilities,
and better methods Of packing and shipping;
to encourage the establishment of local CO.
operative marketing associations throughout
the State; to coordinate the efforts of Geor-
gia organizations working along these lines;
to stabilize food crops, as far as possible, as
collateral for bank loans; to promote in
creased consumption of Georgia-grown prod
ucts; to bring to pass closer and more help
full
ness and commercial interests.
Membership in the Federation is open to
Individuals to partnerships and corporations,
and to local cooperative selling associations.
From the smallest producer to the largest
business concern, all friends of better mar
keting are invited. There is not the remot-
est intention, be it observed, of dsplacing
any present facility or institution; rather,
the purpose is to reinforce them all, and so
to coordinate their activities that each will
have the benefit of wide connections, while
the state as whole will profit from their
united efforts. Thus, it is provided that