The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-10-31
Sees COOPERATION
AS near AT HAND
EUGENE MEYER, SAPIRO AND
AND OTHERS SEE FARMERS
READY TO WORK TOGETHER


Denver, Col.-Eugene Meyer, Jr.
managing director of the War Fin
ance corporation; former Congress
man Frank w. Mondell of Wyoming
director of the corporation, and
Aaron Sapiro of New York, member
of the LOwden committee named by
a recent conference Of governors and
other officials in Chicago to direct
the cooperative marketing movement
told the American Wheat Growers,
Associated here this afternoon that it
mihgt count on cooperation of the
Lowden committee and the War FL
nance corporation in the attempt to
make cooperative marketing effect
1--WE.
"Conditions are now more favorable
for the rapid organization of coorper-
ative wheat marketing, groups than
any I have seen before" Mr.. Meyer
said. Mr.. Meyer, in company with
Mr.. Mondell, has just completed a
tour of the northern and northwest
ern wheat growing areas.
Mr.. Sapiro this morning urged the
committee to indorse the recommen
dation of the Lowden commission that
no local or state group be allowed to
affiliate itself with the national
movement unless it pools minimum
of SO percent of its wheat. The mark
citing expert also made it plain that
any previously existing differences
between himself and George G. Jewett
of Minneapolis, manager Of the asso-
citation, and others had disappeared
and that the fullest cooperation be
tween the association could be de-
pended upon.
'The American Wheat Growers, as
sociated,' Mr.. Sapiro declared, is the
only cooperative marketing organiza-
ton founded upon and conducted in
line with correct bahic principles and
methods
Carl Gunderson of Mitchell, S. D.,
lieutenant governor of his state, pre-
sided at the open meetings today. The
executive committee at both morning
and afternoon sessions considered
changes in the bylaws of the associ |
alton and plans for cooperating with
the Lowden committee. The conven-
ton ends tomorrow.
Farmer-Banker Fellowship
Lincoln Neb-A fellowship be-
tween the banker and the farmer
which shall amount to more than a
perfunctory or casual relationship
was the keynote of program agreed
upon today by the agricultural COM
missions of the American Bankers
association at the last of two-day
session.
Upon a statement of it's belief in
.hree fundamental agricultural poll
s-diversification. sound coopera-
i've marketing and Improvement of
init efficiency on the farm-the agri
cultural commission built a plan for
the farmer and the banker
nto an alliance of understanding and
mutual assistance in every part of the
The machinery of the plans in
,ludeE the organizationof bankers
committee on agriculture in every
ederal reserve district, then by states
hen by counties or groups of coun-
les.
No single special program, it was
pointed out by the advisory council
# agricultural educators, will serve
or the whole country. Over the
Whole country. however, the bankers
will be committed in general to close
with the agricultural col
eyes, to encouragement of boys and
iris clubs as the hope of new
generation of competent agrarlans;
nd to the development of new agri-
ultural enterprises in states which
oday stand or fall as a single crop
rospers or fails. I