The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-02-21
WHEAT LEGIsLATIoN
OUTLOOK IMPROVING
Organizations In National Capital
From Many Farming States Now
Working for Passage Nc
Nary -Haugen Bill.


! port the McNary Haugen Export Cor
poration bill was developed in Wash
ington last week, the outcome of the
conference called by President Cool
idge to consider the northwestern agri-
cultural and financial situation. The
agricultural delegates selected by the
President, after urging upon congress
the enactment of the McNary Haugen
bill, perfected an organization to CO.
ordinate the activities of the men
from different states who are at the
capitol supporting the plan to estab-
lish federal corporation to increase
prices for wheat and other farm pro
duets to basis corresponding to the
pre-war purchasing power enjoyed by
those products.
Representatives of farm organiza-
tions and other interests from 12 agri-
cultural states were present at the
meeting. The states now included in
the organization are Washington, Ore
gon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma and Iowa.
Other sections of the country are soon
expected to add their weight to the
movement.
George G. Jewett, general manager
of the American Wheat Growers AS.
sociated of Minneapolis, was named
to head the legislative group and ac-
cording to plans outlined at the meet
ing representatives of the various
states are expected to remain in Wash
ington practically continuously until
the McNary- Haugen bill is enacted in
to law. The farmer group win work
in cooperation with Washington rep
resentatives of the National Farm
Bureau Federation, the National
Farmers Union, the Wheat Growers
Associations and other established
farm organizations which have en-
dorsed the McNary- -Haugen bill.
The proposal for federation of
forces in support of the Export Cor
poration bill was strongly endorsed by
Senator Gooding of idaho, Senator
Sterling of South Dakota and other
Legislators from farm sections who
were present at the first meeting of
the group. Tn addition to these
men the McNary Haugen bill and the
plan for co-ordinated support received
the endorsement of Senator Norbeck
of South Dakota and Congressman
Scott Leavitt of Montana, Burtness of
North Dakota, Clegg of Minnesota,
Ketchum of Michigan and other mem
bers of the house and senate.
Support for the McNary- Haugen
Export Corporation bill received an
unanticipated but powerful stimulus
in Washington last week as result
of the Northwestern financial confer
ence called by President Coolidge.
The conference, after considering
methods for relieving the banking sit
uation in northwestern states, the re-
suit of low prices for farm products,
turned over to the agricultural dele
gates who had been called by the
president, the task of selecting pro
posed legislation now before congress
which should be endorsed. These ag
ricultural representatives numbering
in all about thirty men of northwest
ern farm sections, unanimously urged
upon congress the enactment of the
McNary Haugen Export Corporation
bill, with resolutions including the
following:
"The agricultural delegates here as
sembled take this occasion to urge
upon the sixty eighth congress that
they enact into law, for the relief of
agriculture, the substance and basic
principles of the McNary- Haugen
to restore farm purchasing
power, and the Norbeck- -Burtness
measure for government credits to
promote diversification Of production
in wheat areas, both of which meas
ures are now before congress.
The group appeared before Presi-
dent Coolidge with copies of the reso-
luton, and spokesmen from different
states urged administration on sup
port for the McNary Haugen bill. In
the conference with the president, G.
c. Davis, commissioner of agriculture
Of the state of Montana, was spokes-
man for the agricultural interests of
that locality; George e. Duis, presi
dent of the North Dakota Wheat
Growers Association, represented
North Dakota; J. F. Reed, president
of the Minnesota Farm Bureau, repre-
sented Minnesota; Lieutenant Govern
Or Carl Gunderson represented South \
Dakota; Commissioner of Agriculture
g. L. French, represented Washington;
9. p. Mix, represented Idaho; T. G.
Vim, manager of the Utah Wheat
Growers League, represented Utah
and A. r. Shumway, president of the
Oregon Cooperative Grain Growers,