The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-06-07
Foundation Laid for Build
ing Northwest Coopera-
tive Organization
MEETING HERE rs
LARGELY ATTENDED
Details to be Worked Out by
Committee Under Direc-
tion of Experts

The foundation for the organiza-
ton of the Northwest Hay Growers
association was laid at an all-day
meeting held in the American Legion
rooms here Monday. The meeting
vas attended by about Is delegates
representing all of the larger alfalfa
producing districts of Washington and
Oregon.
The sentiment of the meeting was
unanimous in favor of cooperative
marketing organization to bring un-
der control at least Is per cent Of
the surplus alfalfa tonnage of the
Northwest. This sentiment was set
forth in strong resolutions prepared
by the resolutions committee and
adopted by the meeting.
Details of the proposed organiza-
ton are to be worked out by H. S.
Hull, president Of the Yakima Farm
Bureau, Lee M. Lampson, manager
,of the 3-Rivers Growers association,
T. A. Hunt, president Of the Oregon
Hay Growers association and j. F.
Schreiner, of Yakima, who are to
be assisted by Boyd Oliver, Of the law
hrm of Aaron Sapiro, of San Fran
cisco and H. C. Cherry, attorney for
the Yakima Farm Bureau, who has
made special study of the state co.
operative marketing act. The con-
tract and marketing agreement will
be drawn on the Sapiro plan and the
by Mr.. Oliver, who recently assisted
in forming a similar organization in
organization work will be supervised
Texas.
This organization committee will
hold its first meeting in Prosser at
10 o'clock Wednesday, June 13. In
the evening of the same day there will
be meeting of the growers at which
time Mr.. Oliver and Mr.. Hunt will
speak.
Large hay growers who attended
Mondays meeting express the opin-
ion that the present plan appears to
come nearer guaranteeing the realiza-
tion Of the dream of an organization
to stabilize the price of the North.
vests surplus hay than any move
ment that has yet been undertaken.
Speakers at the meeting all stress
ed the fact that there is a demand
Tor the surplus alfalfa hay if the hay
growers, and the dairymen of West
ern Washington can only be brought
together. This fact was very forci-
oly presented in paper prepared by
Everett S. Dam of Seattle. Mr.. Dam
says that each year he and his BROTH
ers market 1000 tons of hay from the
Diamond d" ranch at Priest Rapids.
Tor several years they have been
selling direct to the dairymen of Pu-
get Sound, at prices very satisfactory
them and to the dairymen. He
stressed the fact, however, that be-
.ofe nay can be successfully marketed
: must be properly grown, properly
sufed and graded. Not all of the
'ame Tor poor markets is to be laid
tne system of distribution but to
poduction methods.
resident Hunt of the Oregon asso-
ss'on spoke along similar lines show
s tnat his organization had made
so0o IN spite of the fact that it had
zen forced to compete with unor-
au,zed hay. He said one of the vital
- Oh the hay grower is more
quate method of financing his OPP
n.n .'ons' SO that he will not be COM
l.u u to dump his hay soon after
oh,: hs. IN order to meet his financial
ma. 1iis connection Ward M. Buckles
c,ss cser of the Federal intermediate
st;.... oank, at Spokane, said his in
.,.;.. s..on would do all in it's power to
he -, N nnancing the hay growers.
had .aat as yet the federal board
De aot listed hay as one of the sta
hanL i'oditles ~ upon which the Credit
an make direct loans. He said,
able sr' :. ne would do everything pos
list n get hay put on the approved
should sees no reason why loans
.Os 1S- oe made on warehouse re-
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