The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-26
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William n. sanborn

We are in receipt of an official COM
munication from the Department of
Information. U. S. Grain Growers,
Inc" which contains matter of inter
est to many of our readers, and par
ticularly to those who have just af-
filiated with that organization The |
letter was sent us for publication In
the interest of the Grain Growers, and |
the part of especial importance with /
relation to future plans of conducting |
membership campaigns is herewith i
quoted, as follows
CHICAGO. April 23.-Strict bust |
ness procedure will govern all future |
activities of the u. S. Grain Growers, |
Inc. in soliciting grain producer men,
| berships for the association under new
/ organization plans, the details of
which were forwarded to all state or
ganiZers representing tn cooperative
organization in grain producing states
| by the officers of the farmers COM
pany today. Expenditure of funds for
securing memberships in new sections
of the grain producing states, with
i out due regard to results secured,
which characterized the solicitation
/ for members in some states last year,
will be brought to sharp and abrupt
halt by the provisions contained In
new contracts for state organizers
and farmers who are representing the
organization in the field.
Strict Check on Results.
"a strict check on results accom-
plished by farmers who represent the
association in the field, will be insti-
1 tuted. All existing contracts with our
field men are to be cancelled and
new contract put into effect. Fund2-
mental business procedure dictates
/ that we must put our field work on
basis which will exact efficient and
economical conduct of this work. The
new contract will protect the interests
of the association and the man who
IS giving his best efforts to promoting
the organization.
Fundamentally, the provision Tor
uniform efficiency in organization
work. will prevent the work in any
one section from being embarrassed
because the funds raised through eco
nomical conduct of the work are used
in another state or section where
funds are disbursed more freely for
|. promotion expense, as was the expert
ence last year"
i 400 Members in Wayne.
) While the letter quoted is dated
April 20, as released for newspaper
publicity, the new contracts referred
10 were doubtless mailed some days
previous, as the solicitors working In
!; this state were all called to meet in
conference at Indianapolis last Satur-
day. The officials of the state farm
bureau have not given out any lnfor-
: nation relative to the number IN at
tendance or the action taken. UP TO
this writing we have not been advised
that the solicitors have as yet re-
turned to work in this field. One OF
them informed us, just before leaving
for indianapolis on last Friday, that
more than 400 memberships had been
secured in Wayne caunty.
Chicago gives the total member
ship as being 1854 on April Y.
Poultry and Potato Clubs.
The Baltimore and Ohio railway is
preparing to make itself solid with tne
? poultry and potato club youngsters Nv
ing in the 81 Indiana counties through
which the road passes. The road is
offering 5000 in prizes and two free
trips to Washington. The prizes are
800 scholarships issued by Purdue
kand will be awarded by z. M. Smith,
state club leader. On the Washington
trips all expenses and the chaperoning
will be paid for by the road.
J The kind of fertilizer best adapted
for corn depends upon two factors, the
[ type of soil and the way the land has
{ been handled. Land which has been
Timed. MANFRED, rotated with clover
and literally fortified for wheat Will
i not need fertilization for corn nearly
: as much as lard which has been ex-
;. haustively cropped with little fertilizer
! or manure used. Almost all types OF
soil which have been very heavily
| cropped and mistreated will respond
to phosphate and potash and often to
q complete fertilizer for corn, declares
I S. d. Conner of Purdue.
Favors Prohibitory Tariff.
No man or set of men, regardless OF
how patriotic or well-informed, can
possibly frame a tariff to suit every
body or all interests. Every effective
tariff is the result of a hundred com
promises. World conditions are now
so greatly out of joint, and the need OF
trade expansion SO urgent in all Eur
C opean countries, that the task set fol
= tariff farmers is the greatest ever SCI
Il for American law makers. The abso
l. lutte trade needs of the almost ruined
h countries of Europe, countries owing
Y us vast sums which they lack gold tt
l. settle with, must be taken into &C
n count, in our own national interest
S and in the support of the economic
r structure of civilization.
B. C. Marsh, managing director o.
e the Farmers National Council, claims
a that the tariff bill reported by the
n senate finance committee: as the
d worst of the many gold bricks handed
r farmers by the present administra
e tion' How does Marsh manage to ge
d that way? He goes on to say that
l. tariff-farmers wanted to give farm
r ers the same protection as they d.
manufactured products the duty OF
d wheat would have been placed at 81 ;
a bushel, instead of 80 cents; on greer
" hides at least six cents a pound, in
h stead of two cents, on eggs at leas
35 cents a dozen and on wool 45c tt
n SOC a pound, instead of SO cents" H,
Al insists that: 1.-THE senate bill is evi
e IDENTIFY framed to permit manufactur
r ers to continue the profiteering the.
h carried on during the war" 1t is pos
sible that Mr.. Marsh may know lit
n tie something about farming and feed
Ic ing, but that he could frame a salts
e factory tariff bill is to be doubted
t supposing he had whole lifetime t,
o. do it in.
Arkansas Rice Growers