The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-01-12
SOLUTION OF FARMERS PROBLEMS LIES
ONLY in COOPERATIVE MARKETING, SAYS
BINGHAM, CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL COUNCIL
Tariff Juggling or Federal
Handling Of Crop Surpluses
Should Not BE ResOrted to
Until Cooperative Market
ing Has Been Given a Fair
Trial

Washington. Jan. H. 1P) Only
tariff juggling or federal handling
of crop surpluses, lies solution Of
the farmers problems, the national
council Of farmers cooperative mar
keting associations was tolu today
by its chairman, Robert w. Bing-
ham of Louisville.
The council, in annual session
while coMmittees of congress were
debating various farm relief pro-
posals, heard Mr.. Bingham appeal
for thorough trial Of cooperative
marketing by growers, with govern
mon. support but not interference.
Relating that the joint marketing
movement had reached its present
stage only after a long fight. Mr.
Bingham declared the leader of the
movement in this country ''now sits
in the white house; and we who have
dreamed and hoped for this day
we must now follow that leader"
Officials Give Recognition
The most important development
in cooperative marketing during the
year, he said, was the "unreserved
recognition" Of the movement by
President Coolidge and Secretary
Jardine.
Crediting cotton and hurley tobac-
co marketing associations with great
successes, Mr.. Bingham admitted
that what the movement is actually
going to accomplish with the great
national products, we cannot now
speak with assurance"
I'VE are just at the threshold of
the real accomplishments Of coopcra-
tive marketing" he added, and 1--WE
are learning from our failures to
make our new efforts promise great
success"
Refers To Canadians
Commenting on demands from tho
ment-controlled export corporations
and recent attacks on the tariff, the
speakers declared that Canadian
wheat growers, selling three -fourths
Of their crop in the world market,
with no governoIent surplus corpora
tiOn or tariff to help, were receiving
greater returns than were American
growers.
"The Canadians arc organized
he said. "Only a small part of our
growers has learned organization. It
is not the tariff which counts; it is
organization which alone can enable
the farmers of this country to get
the Benefit Of their own good wheat,
either in the face Of Il tariff or in
the absence Of a tariff"
Americans Falter
Mr.. Bingham said Canadian grow
crs "lOOked over the line and saw
what wbs being done by cooperation
in America. They had courage
enough and vision enough to organ
ize on American lines for the hand
ling Of their great world product.
They are solving their problem out
Of their own strength and their own
courage, while we in America still
falter before our own picked rene
dy. We kick it aside and run down
to Washington ask the great father
to hold our little feet in the path of
prosperity.
II shall never favor, the interfcr-
ence of government in the market
ing Of farm crops until cooperative
marketing has had fair trial on
large scale and has proved fail
urc. Before urge men to become
peasant minded, to ask some one else
to work out for them what they can
do for themselves, must first ex-
haust every opportunity to keep
them independent American farm
ers."