Phillips County herald., 1923-06-28
INTERESTING WHEAT
GROWERS MEETING
HELD FRIDAY NIGHT
GOVERNOR WILLIAM e. SWEET,
GEORGE G. JEWETT AND JOS.
PAssoNNEAu, SPEAKERS
Cooperative Marketing Main Subject
For EvenIng-Many Things of
Interest to Farmers Told

A large and appreciative audience.
greeted Governor William E. Sweet,
Joseph Passonneau and Geo. C. Jew
ett, at the Court House last Friday
evening.
This meeting was one of series
held at Sterling, Holyoke, Jalesburg.
Yuma, Burlington and Greeley be-
tween June 22 and &C. The meeting
was under the auspices Of the Colo
RADIO Wheat Growers Association and
State Bureau of Markets.
All three spoke on 'State and Ma
tional Cooperative Marketing" each
handling the subject from a little diff
ferent angle.
Governor Sweet was the first speak
er OF the evening and he spoke in
favor of the agricultural policies he
advocated during his recent cam
paign. He told of the work being
done and the things that were being
in the legislature in be-
half of the farmers and in telling Of
this, said he was not here for ap--;
plause, but that he was just here to
tell the people that he was accom-.
plishing some of the things he prom
ised the farmer to do IL elected Gov
ernor when he was here last autumn
on his campaign trip. He strongly
favors unions and organizations Of any
kind that are helpful and believes In
pooling the state or nations crops
until living wage and fair profit can
be realized from it. This is only =
business proposition and untisthe far
mers get the management OF their af-
fairs on . business basis he thinks
there will be no prosperity. For with
out agricultural prosperity there can
be no real prosperity. for the prosper
ity OF the world depends on the far
mer and what he has to sell.
Governor Sweet was forcehl
speaker with pleasing personality.
He had q message and he knew just
how to give ii to his audience in an
impressive way.
Joseph Passoneau is state director
Of markets and Is an organizer Of
some OF the nations most successful
co-operatives. and was called to be
Colorado's director OF markets. from
Kentucky where he had Just COM
pleted the organization OF the tobacco
producers.
Approximately 75es OF the Amerl-
can crop is being marketed through
cooperative organizations of pro-
ducers identical with the association
OF wheat growers which has been
formed In this state. MIR. Passoneau
spoke to the people on the Colorado
farmer and their solution. He advo-
catos an organization for the whent
growers similar TO the organization OF
the tobacco producers as the only so
luton to the problem.
George c. Jewett. general manager
OF the American Wheat Growers
Associated. said during his address.
Wheat producers Of America need
never expect stable. profitable mar
kets until they take action OF their
own accord to see that their product
Is economically and efficiently mar.
keted"
Then he went on TO say. what is
the solution In wheat today? Three
fourths OF the years crop is marketed
In three months after harvest. Ter
mlnais are glutted. railroads cannot
supply cars fast enough and certainly
the consumers OF the country cannot
eat fast enough to keep up the de-
mand. The break n prices has more
than temporary effect II coutin-
ues throughout the year. and 40 u re-
suit our markets assume a level far
blower thnn wheat producers arc
Justly entitled to-
He said Just suppose the Standard
oil Company threw three cfourths OF It's
annunl production OF gasoline on the
market In three months what would
happen to the price OF gasoline and
who would be to blaneG That Ia tho
condition In wheat today. the speaker
declared He said the only practical
remedy was the cooperative market.
ing moyemene.
Tho American Wheat Growers
Association and the state organisa-
tons will do for wheat what tho
STANDARD OIL Company doea for gaso-
ttn.