Evening star., 1922-12-14
Message to Meeting Here
Says Organization Is Neces-
sary to Federal Aid.
CANADIAN MINISTER
WILL SPEAK TONIGHT
Secretaries Hoover and Wallace
Scheduled for Addresses This
Afternoon.

Government aid to the farmer can
not be made effective unless the
farmers of the nation shall be organ
ized and alive to their responsibility
10 establish and use practical instru-
ments for the distribution OF credits
ana the accurance Of the most eco
nomical marketing methods, Presi-
dent Harding declared ina message
10 the council, read today at the first
session of the National Council Of
FARMERS Cooperative Marketing As
sociations at the New Willard Hotel.
The message was read to the council
by Senator Richard p. Ernst of Ken
lucky, and at the request Of Chair
man Bingham a unanimous rising
vote Of thanks was given the Presi-
dent for his declaration to the coun-
Gil.
NO single movement promises more
help toward the present relief and
the permanent betterment of agricul-
tural conditions than the co-opera-
tive marketing movement. the mes
sage said. The text Of the message
follows:
Text OF Message.
Several weeks ago. when YOU
called my attention TO the fact that
the National Council of Farmers CO.
operative Marketing Associations was
to meet in Washington this month
| was unwilling to deny myself the
privilege of meeting with the orgs~'-
cation, hoping it might be possible
10 do SO. I find now that. owing TO
pressure of many duties. that is i'm
possible. Hence. ! am asking you TO
express to the gathering my deep in
terest in its work and my hope that
most useful results may flow from
the Present session
Il know no single n,overr ent that
promises more help toward the pres
ont relief and the permanent better
ment OF agricultural conditions. than
this one. Whoever has cared to read
my recent message to the Congress
VIII understand the depth of my con-
| Viction about the necessity TO do
everything possible to help the farm
er through his present era Of de-
preston. / am anxious that the gov
ernment do everything within reason
and sound procedure: and ] am still
more anxious that the farmers shall
themselves cooperate to make the
governments efforts doubly effica-
cious. In the long run. government
aid cannot be made effective unless
the farmers shall be organized and
alive to their own responsibility to
establish and use practical instri-
rnents for the distribution of credits
and the assurance of the most eco
nomical marketing methods. This as-
sociation stands precisely for the
best. most intelligent effort to es-
tablish such methods. and TO teach
the farmer and his friends to utilize
them. Because I am convinced of
this. i feel that. this meeting is of un-
usual importance and significance.
and l wish you would convey this
expression in the most emphatic
terms
Hoover and Wallace to Speak.
sentatives of cooperative associa-
tons from all sections of the coun-
try. Secretaries Hoover and Wallace
were scheduled TO address the after
noon session today, and addresses
were TO be made at a banquet tonight
by men connected with the co-opera-
tive marketing movement. Manning
Dousherty. minister of agriculture
of Canada. was among the speakers
listed for tonight.
Chairman Bingham characterized
the message of the President a most
wise. stimulating and impressive"
The one aim of the American farm
er. Aaron Sapiro of California de-
clared in the keynote address opening
the conference. must be to merchan-
disc his crops instead Of dumping
them on the market. To accomplish
this. farmers must be organized. not
with the aim of fixing prices, but to
protect the farm industry from dump
ing of crops on market made by
middiemen.
Political efforts to better the condi-
tion of the farming industry. Mr..
Sapiro said. have failed. and it IS
now time for the farmer to remedy
his industry from within itself
through cooperative merchandising.
The farmer. the speaker added. is the
only man in any great industry in
the United States marketing individ
ually. and he suffers accordingly.
$4,000 Farmers Organized.
More than $4,000 farmers in the
United States are now organized in
merchandising associations. Mr.. Sa-
piro said, representing a billion dol
lars worth of crops merchandised-
not dumped on the market. The farm
er does not ask charity. nor does he
contemplate a raid on the Treasury,
however, that the government shall
not discriminate against him..
The program of the council meet
ing includes a complete review by
prominent speakers Of the co-opera-
tive marketing movement in the
United States. Other general topics
Of. discussion will be cooperative
financing and rural credits legisla
ton. common problems of co-operat-
i've marketing associations and how
to handle them; problems of each
commodity group and cooperative
Education of the farmer and the public