The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-05-11
DOZEN STATES FOR
NEW MARKET PLAN
National Sales Agency For
Handling of Grain
WILL SOON START
Meet AmericanWheat Growers
Association Set For
Minneapolis
Associated Press Dispatch. !


Minneapolis, May 7.-Representa-
tives of twelve state wheat grow
ers' associations will meet here
May IA to put into operation the
American Wheat Growers' Asseciat-
ed, Inc, the national sales agency
organized to market the grain con
trolled by the state organizations.
Plans for the national marketing
concern have been completed and
the project already has been rati-
fed by the majority of the wheat
producers associations.
The American Wheat Growers
Associated is the result of move
ment begun two years ago in Denver,
Colo. for the unification Of sales
activities of cooperative associa'
tions in various parts of the coun-
try. At that time, there were only
FIVE state organizations in active
operation Subsequently. however,
seven more state associations were
formed and the states now repre-
scented in the association are North
Dakota. South Dakota. Montana,
Washington, Oregon. Idaho. Kansas.
Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma.
Texas and Minnesota.
Amount Grain Pooled
The entire amount of grain pooled
by the state associations, estimated
TO be close to 100.000,000 bushels,
will be, marketed through the new
ly- formed national sales concern.
In the northwest, it absorbs the
Northwest Wheat Growers Assocf-
WI ~ NIinnoa
polls, which has acted as the Joint
sales agency for associations in
Washington. Oregon, Idaho, Mon
tana and North Dakota.
Methods of operation used by the
Northwest sales agency will be fol-
lowed by the American Wheat
Growers Associated, with its activl
ties broadened to include the CO.
operative wheat in middle western
and southwestern states. In the
Minneapolis markets, il will work
in cooperation with the marketing
board. of control, which consists of
representatives of the U. S. Grain
Growers, the Equity Cooperative
Exchange and the Northwest Wheat
Growers Associated. -
The Executive Staff
The executive staff for the new
national association has not been
selected, according to George c.
Jewett, general manager of the
Northwest wheat growers organiZa
ton, but probably will be named At
the May IA meeting mere when the
first board Of directors for the new
group will take office.
THE American Wheat Growers
Associated is controlled by board
upon which the twelve state as
sociations will have equal represen
tation," Mr.. Jewett said. ''In other
words, it is sales machine created
by the growers organizations, not a
super structure placed over them.
Each state association preserves its
own identity, deals with its own
mem bers, and merely unites with
other similar organizations to CO.
ordinate the marketing activities
and other work which can be most
efficiently performed by joint &C
ton" ..
Is Connecting Link
Mr.. Jewett explained that the
national sales agency forms the
connecting link between the state
association of wheat growers and
the milling and export trade.
1T will continue and expand the
uOIleSIiC U1dl hctll6 lloIu SlOWCl ~
mill, which has been developed by
the Northwest Wheat Growers AS
ISOLATED" he declared Export
operations will be carried on from
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,
and from gulf ports as we'll"
I'm addition to it's sales work, the
new national sales combination will
maintain supervisory control over
national publicity and give assist
ance to state associations In their
organization work, Mr.. Jewett add
ed. 1t will have complete control
of the financing of cooperative
wheat after it has moved from pr1 :
mary country shipping points and
out of the jurisdiction of the state
associations, he said.