Arizona republican., 1922-04-15

IN MARKET TING
NOW IS NEARER
Representatives Of County
Farm Bureaus Meet In
Phoenix And Plan Cent
raj Marketing Bureau

Preliminary steps in the establish
ing of a. central marketing bureau to
work in conjunction with local COM
modify marketing organizations in
the selling of Arizona farm products
were taken yesterday at a. meeting
held at the headquarters of the Mari
copa County Farm Bureau in this
city by representatives from the var
ious other county farm bureaus,
county farm agents and others.
When perfected. the marketing or
ganization is expected to eliminate
the excessive speculative ventures of
the middlemen and to place on a
sound basis the buying and selling
Of Arizona products. The organiza-
ton would establish a. standard grade
and pack of the farm products and
establish the quality and reliability
OF the commodities on the markets.
The central marketing bureau
would also keep in touch with the
world markets on all commodities
and bring the buyer and seller to-
gether in a mutually advantageous
exchange.
Resume Work Today
Yesterdays meeting was in the
nature of an educational campaign.
The real work Of establishing the
DldH VIII DC Gtcli lCn LAll0 AllO4 Ah4@ So
o'clock when the farm bureau men
and county agents will reopen the
meeting.
The proposed union between the
Arizona Industrial Congress with the
state farm bureaus was discussed at
yesterdays meeting The feature Of
the meeting, however, was discussion
Of the feasibility and the necessity of
forming a cooperative marketing
organization and the question of the
support Of the state. farm bureaus by
a special mill tax.
Fred TAFT, president of the Mari
copa County Farm Bureau, addressed
the meeting on the value of COM
modify organization and spoke OF the
activity Of his organization in getting
better prices for wheat
G. NJ. Bridge. president of the Yuma
County Farm Bureau, told of the
methods now used in marketing al
falfa seed and hay. He declared that
it would be far better for the farm
ers to sell these products through
central agency rather than pay the
10 per cent commission demanded by
the private commission merchants.
J., l.. Bates, president of the Yava-
pai County Farm Bureau, and G. X.
Adanson, Cochise county farm agent,
spoke of the marketing conditions in
their districts and the value of CO.
operative marketing. Judge Nor
nlineer, also of Cochise county, spoke
on the subject.
George Kinne. president of the
Pinal County Farm Bureau, pioneer
in the establishment of cooperative
marketing organizations. told Of the
organization of the Southern Cali
ta fSt.nnyaf-ef oCc0rf1fi0I1
under the leadership of the late g
Harold Powell. He spoke at length
and described the many advantages
OF co operation in the marketing of
farm produce.
Although no definate steps were
taken toward adopting the co-opera-
tive market plan, the meeting APP
peared 10 be generally In favor of the
idea and in all probability today's
meeting will approve of the organi-
zation and take definite steps toward
perfecting It.
Those present at the meeting yes
terday were:
Maricopa county--Fred TAFT. DR..
Bugbee, j.. F. Johnson. Leonard Metz,
Dan Jones, z. w. Hudson and Il. G.
Heard.
Greenlee-Jesse B. Sims and W F.
Gilpin.
Wright.
cochise-C. R. Adamson and $. r.
Holdeman.
coconino-F. A. Chisholm and L.
A. Johnson.
yavanai-C. Y. Pickerell and L. L.
Yuna-George NJ. Bridge and E.
Pima-w. w. Roberts and c. 3.
santa cruz-L. w. Klinne and A. 2.
Smith
PinaI-George Kinne. Lawrence 6.
Williams, Fred Armstead and Dougal
Stewart
others present were C. S. Brown
and L. w. Wilson, of the State Fed
Grafton OF Farm Bureaus: w. NJ.
Cook, director of the agricultural ex-
tension service of the University of
Arizona and Professor Cunningham,
dairy Sreeialist of the univerSftY,