Evening star., 1927-04-29
HOLDS TRADE MUST
GIVE FARMER AID
T. D. Campbell, Big Montana
Grower, Sees Industry
AgriCuIture'S Savior.
BY j. G. ROYLE.
II n NFt ~ ~ y =
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special DiSpatch 10 Inc otSFs
NEW YORK, April 29.-Thomas D
Campbell of Hardin, Mont, reputed tc
be the worlds largest farmer, has
81. 600 acres in Winter wheat in fins
condition and will seed 5000 acres ad
ditional in Spring wheat on Fall ploW
ing. He also will plant 5000 to 10000
acres to fax. These facts show con
clusively that he has confidence in his
own judgment. since he says no new
laws and no new preparations are
needed to put the farmer on his feet
again,
Seventy-fve per cent Of the prob
lens now troubling the farmer can be
solved by means of laws already on
the statute books, Mr.. Campbell de-
clares, but he adds that for the sake
Of the country as a whole something
must be done to restore the buying
power the farmer has lost in the last
six years, which he estimates at six
billion dollars.
Industry has been buying from it
self for itself for several years." Mr..
Campbell said. PAY rolls have been
hypothecate three to five years in ad'
vance. Unless something is done to
make the farmer a purchaser again,
industry in general is going to suffer,
for it must have the farmer to sell to.
Problem for Business Men.
"All the farmer needs to be pros
porous is to be given the same advan-
tages and protection by tariff regula-
tions which other industries have and
which labor enjoys through restric-
tion of immigration. But his position
is a question which demands serious
aff hTTct
and it is a problem which will be
solved by business men,
Mr.. Campbell declared he considered
the prospects in Montana for 1927 as
excellent and believed the proposed
mergers and changes in the railroads
serving the State would serve to aid
conditions.
AS to tariff protection, some agricuI-
turists in the Northwest believe the
tariff may have to be reversed. The
North Dakota Wheat Growers Asso-
citation is making strenuous efforts by
means of Questionnaires and other in
vestigation to determine whether the
Canadian system of marketing is
bringing in larger returns to the grow.
ers of the prairie provinces than are
possible to the farmers on this side
of the border.
What is the matter with American
wheat markets." the. association is
asking. why has wheat of the same
grade sold higher in Winnipeg than in
Minneapolis" The range of the two
markets at present is about 10 cents
bushel higher in Winnipeg than in
Minneapolis and Chicago.
The North Dakota Association as
eerts this is due to one thing-the
Canadian wheat pool. 1t is admitted
in Canada that the pool must be taken
into consideration before any large
deals are conSummated in grain. as
the pool controls approximately 65 per
cent of the total wheat acreage of the
three provincial pools operating in
Saskatchewan. Alberta and Manitoba.
Operation of Canadian Pools.
The extent of the operations of the
Canadian pools can be judged by the
greatly increased price levels which
have obtained for members since the
pools became dominant factor in the
Canadian markets. The three provin-
cial pools have contracts with 1880
growers of wheat and $1,000 growers
Of coarse grains. These pools have
elevators in scores Of communities.
The Canadian pool is negotiating with
the harbor commissioners of Van
couver to lease elevator facilities in
that port.
Montreal in 1926 shipped out more
grain than all the ports of the United
States combined, with a total of 1884,
b49, 1881 bushels, according to the Mon
treal Harbor Commission.
1--WE have a tariff of AZ cents
bushel on wheat" say the North
Dakota Grain Growers Association Of
f1cials. Comparison Of wheat prices
would indicate the tariff is a joke. The
tariff may have to be reversed to keep
the wheat of the United States out of
Canada"