Chariton courier., 1922-09-15
WHY THE MERGER FAILED

Persons opposed to the Bureau have accused the Or
oanzaton and it's leaders virtually everything under the sun
that might tend to destroy the organization OF its influence
are used to basees lies about the Farm bureau De peg R h
Wall Street funds money contributed by the poao ol
trade and similar charges These have been dspcved SO
that it would that at least farmer IN the lana
know v this time that Farm Bureau Fedeatons are support
ed solely by funds provided by membership dues. ;4;
Farm Bureau folks are used to being accused S m ol Lima sa
led Offices used to being accused OF operating ne
solely with view to creating more JOBS ,Gr supposed
cep the who made them and for that reason little a
ton has been paid to them :. 4, ol
atons and the leaders other organizations the Farm Bureaus
refned from repeating them not because we ao O %
them for in many knew them to be true but we
Trained repeating them because the Farm Bureau doeS
fight in that way. - ,,... l. ,;
great damage the of all farmers causes the Farm
Bureau leaders genuine grief than tne charges tt nave ave
been made heretofore The assertion question was made at the
Farm Club at ST. Joseph and was to the eect tht
the Bureau leaders not honest and sincere IN th
forts to provide of Missouri with single powerful or
ganzation charge Of nsncery with poor grace
from men had deliberately blocked the consideration OF the
In view of the fact that the Farm Bureau plan writ
ten unmakabe words and presented in the most Saghto
the fact that the Farm Bureau leaders offered IN snd
statement step down and out of the that would help to
bring the greatly desired the men who prevented
the selection of committee to consider the matter nave LAID
themselves open to criticism.
the Farm Club leaders honest about the matter
why didn't they ndorse the principle of the the
selection committee to try work out the details and why
visable?
Are the Form Club leaders honestly concerned about the
welfare farmer? Are they concerned about providing the
farmer with the apoweu organization that would result from
consolidation they concerned chiefly about THEIR OWN
JOBS?
They talk about Bureau creating jobs and send
the state at big when it not necessary
men last year the bill will be considerably less than that this
year. While report of the NJ A secretary shows that S2
18S07 spent for field alone by that organization in the
last year this force of field that has been carry
ing every Of the state the poison propaganda directed
against the Farm Bureau.
Editor of the Farm Club official organ implied in
speech his convention that the Farm Bureau ha6 attempted
withhold farmers the details of the proposed merger YET
the details of that in the hands of the NJ F. A. two
weeks before the of their dated August 15 publish
ed and mention of the proposal made in that paper
The details Of the proposed plan given to every
the state and hundreds OF them printed the plan full
But the leaders of the Farm Clubs made not single effort pu
the information before the membership the NJ F. A. that
Farm Clubs convention could act on it inteligently
The editor Of NJ F. A. official organ charged that the
mttee stacked against him because suggested tina
the eleventh man be selected by committee of farm editor
which he have been member He did tell his
venton that three weeks before his convention held
sent the NJ F. A. calling attention the fact that ther
might be objection to the method of naming the eleventh
offering let the Farm Club convention itself the eleventh
any fair desired Yet the gs of that letter
printed in the Missouri Farm Bureau News three weeks ago.
TheFarm Bureau leaders made honest and sincere effor
to give to the farmers Missouri the thing that
ed The proposal ITSELF the method of presenting it and the
ves that actuated the Farm Bureau leaders all shout
Heaven of the honesty and sincerity of the Farm Bureau folks
And the Farm Bureau leaders still challenge the Farm Cu
leaders to meet them part any effort to be of svc
to the agricultural interests and welfare of the stateFam Bu
News.