The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-07
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The North Dakota wheat pool be-
gan operations in modest way twJ
years ago with an initial member
ship of 800 Since then the mem
tcrship has mounted to the 10000
mark, which is indicative of the
popularity of the cooperative idea
in this state. At the present time
about 80 per cent Of the crop of TINS
state has been signed into the pool,
but the officials and the members
realize that "a full measure ofsuc-
cess is not possible before at least
30 per cent of the crop is marketed
through the farmer-owned sales
agency. This involves signing up
10000 growers and this is the goal
set for the membership campaign.
Leaders are confident that this can
be accomplished, and the zeal which
has been displayed by the farmers
and businessmen throughout the
state indicate that the leaders have
not been too optimistic.
Not only are North Dakota wheat
producers embracing the plan OF
but growers throughout the nation
are joining efforts in the sale of
their product t the present time
wheat pool associations are operat-
ing in thirteen states with varying
success. The latest achievement in
this direction are in ndiana and Kan
sas. n the former state the Farm
Bureau Federation sponsored "a
wheat pool campaign, with the as
sistance of the Lowden committee,
and when the drive closed on May
"a, seven million bushels had been
signed up.
In Kansas, the Kansas Wheat
Growers ssociation and the armers'
Union, which both have been oper-
atnig wheat pools the past year,
united their forces under the guild
ance of the Lowden committee, and
this spring conducted "A membership
drive that netted 10000 bushels and
leaders expressed confidence that
this would be doubled inside of sixty
days.
In aCnada the wheat pool move
ment has gained phenomenal head
way in very shirt time. The farm
crs Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta have formed wheat pools
with a total membership Of 10000.
About 100000 acres or SO per cent
OF the wheat acreage in Saskatche-
wan has been consigned to the pool.
In, Alberta the percentage is 20
Per cent and the pool has been
operating there successfully all sea-
son, while in Manitoba 100000 acres
have been signed up in big 1,O0O,-
600 project. The government of AL
bert ahas granted loan Of $1,000
0OC to- help the pool.
But the enemies Of the movement
arc not standing idly by and watch
iEr their profits slip away from
them. Knowing that North Dakota
is the greatest wheat state in the
Union and realizingg that, due to
ne limited supply Of the super-qual-
ity wheat raised in this state, pre-
sents ideal conditions for exempli-
flying the benefits of cooperative
sales, the grain trade is concentrate
ing it's efforts here in trying to dis
courage the farmers in their eff
forts to help themselves. Their
rode Of attack consists of spreading
rGmors Of failures in the cooperative
elsewhere, gossip that
originates in the minds Of those who
pass it on.
But the farmers are determined
that they must control the sale of
the irproduce and adopt the same
methods that has made America the
greatest commercial nation on the
earth, if they hope to secure that
r'easur cOf prosperity that is the
heritage of every Industrious Amsri-
can.