Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-01
PAGE REVIEWS
WORK OF FARM
CONFERENCE
Continued from page IL
Herald Specal Seryice

~f~~~k ASk AC-l
Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 2S.-Re.
moving politicians and inexperienced
men from grain marketing orEaniza-
tons. and placing in them grain men
who know their business will be thor
ouGh1y discussed at the eleventh an
nual convention of the North Dakota
Fa<mers' Grain Dealers association,
which opened here Tuesday.
The challenge to politicians and in
experienced men was delivered Tues
day afternoon by P. A. Lee of Grand
Forks. secretary of the association, in
hts annual report Nj. Lees report
Will be accepted az a modus operandi
Tor b convention, and it is probable
that the suggestions he put forth will
o part Of the associatdon's pro
gram for the coming yea
MI. Lee is emphatic2lly opposed to
h organization Of new marketing
organizations to handle grain at ter
m1nals. The most practical" he said.
most economical method Of enterine
h terminal marketing field is to op-
crate through the existing machinery
BY organizing commission firms or a
firm to handle the growers grain al
n terminal markets through the ex-
listing channels, building from the To-
cal farmers' elevator companies az
the foundation. and upon which the
terminal marketing as well as the ex-
porting agencies must rea.
YIN Insaro Practical Men.
This will in a measure insure the
Management Of the marketing agen-
cles as well as exporting agencies in
the hands of experienced, practical
grain men rather than place the man
agement of such business in the
hands Of politicians and dreamer.
who have had little or no experience
and who. there is reason TO believe,
1umped into a proposition like this in
order to keep before the public eye"
Mr.. Lee, in his report. does no,
think that the plan of the Grain
Growers, Incorporated, the most eff.
clsnt for tho marketing OF grain, and
when he stated that it would be better
to use the existing machinery, he had
In mind the attempt of the Grain
Grcwera. Incorporated. to start new
machinery for this purpose, which
may DO managed by inexperienced
men.
HIS opinion of the relationship be.
tween the elevator men INC the Gfatr
Growers, Incorporated, is more brief.
~ stated in the following excerp,
from his report:
vator company is not permitted tt
buy the grain n sell it again wher.
ever he can get the best market Thu
elevators r obliged to receive tbs
grain, keep it separate from any 9th.
er grain they may have bought, o,
own. or received in storage, with nc
terminal contract or arrangement
made for the disposal of the same
amount Of storage capacity. from do.
ing any business outside of the U. S
Grain Growers grain. only in The
event Of being able to lease Other
houses n operate such other hous.
for the special purpose Of hand.in,
said U. S. Grain Growers grain.
States Objections
The elevator company Is prohtbi.
ed from entering into any con,rac
to buy U. s. Grain Growers, grain, blu
ON he other hand il it has signed ;
contract it must receive U. S. Graf,
Growers grain offered to it and han
die It as stated above. The elevate,
company must keep a separate &C
count of all y. 8. Grain Growers
grain and keep such in sue!
a way that it will show how n.uci
U. 8. Grain Growers grain each grow
er has delivered: what advances 1
any have been made on it, which b,
the way would be suicidal On the par
Of he elevator company but which
no doubt some OF the members Of tha
organization Will be asked to do.
III on the other hand, the loca
elevator company could receive q. s