The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-18
WORK TO IMPROVE
FARM CONDITIONS
N. w. Agricultural Founda-
ton Appoint Committees
for Serious Movement
FOUR STATES BELONG
Waterways, Lower Freight
Rates to Be Pushed by the
Organization


of the Northwest Agricultural
Foundation was announced today
by it's president, DR.. John Lee
Coulter, president of the North
Dakota Agricultural College. The
tariff committee was selected when
the Foundation was set up at its
organization meeting here in De-
cember and has been active in tar
iff matters in behalf Of the spring
wheat area since that time. The
matter of appointing men to serve
on the other seven committees
awaited conferences with represen-
tative leaders of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota, and Montana.
These conferences have just been
completed.
The eight major committees,
each representative of the four
states and each devoting Itself to
it's own particular field, are on ag-
ricultural credit, balanced produc-
ton, land policies, marketing, re-
search and education, tariff, taxa
ton and transportation and water
ways. The chairmen of these COM
mittees were selected at the or
ganization meeting. They also
serve as directors of the Founda-
ton. Officers in addition to DIR.
Coulter. are: first vice-president,
John Brandt, Litchfeld, Mimi,
president of Land OIakes Cream
cries, Inc; second vice-president,
A. L. Berg, Baltic, S. D., president
of the South Dakota Farmers Ele-
vator Association; third vice-presi-
dent, James j. O'Shea, Roberts,
Mont, national secretary of the
Farmers Union; and secretary,
James S. Milloy, Fargo, secretary
of the Greater North Dakota AS
ISOLATION.
'"The work of the tariff commit
tee of the Northwest Agricultural
Foundation during the past three
MONTHS" DR.. Coulter declared,
"has demonstrated the need of
joint committees serving the four
spring wheat states. Its demands
for tariff adjustments on items OF
particular Importance to this Sec
ton We're carefully worked out
and were accepted by national
farm organizatins. The congress
sional delegations from the four
states accepted the tariff commit
tees recommendation as their
program. The committees work is
of tremendous assistance to nation
al farm bodies as we'll as ito our
congressman and senators.
"These eight major committees
constitute the Foundation. Il has
long been conceded that the fou,
states have interests very much in
common and these committees will
concern themselves with our own
particular problems. They will
interpret our viewpoint to nation
al organizations work on farm
problems as well as committees of
congress and other federal agen-
cies. They provide a proper We
hicle for united effort on the part
of Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota, and Montana.
"The Foundation has no salar-
led officers or overhead. The only
finances required are the expenses
of committee meetings and dele
cations which may be sent by these
committees to national conferen-
ces or to appear before committees
of congress or other federal agen.
cies. This nominal expense Is be-
ing met by contributions from
farm, civic and trade organizations
of the four states. Thru close as
ISOLATION with the four farm
schools of the spring wheat states,
farm economists are made avail
able to the Foundations commit
tees"
The personnel of the eight COM
mittees follows:
Agricultural Credit: DIR. Alfred
Atkinson, Bozeman, Mont. Presi-
dent, Montana State College,
Chairman; L. L. IStockston, Clarks-
ton, Mont, Presid emit, Montana,
Montana Farm Bureau; C. T. Jaf-
fray, Minneapolis, Mimi, Presi-
dent, 500 Line; F. "A. Klawon, St /.
Paul, Mimi, President, Federal
Land Bank; w. S. Moscrip, Lake
Elmo, Mimi; President. MINI
Livestock Breeders Assn; Cover.
nor W.. a.. Bulow, Pierre, S. ID. !;
F. w. Reinoehl, Larimore, Presi-
dent, Northwest Farm Managers
Assn.
Balanced Production: F. E..
Murphy, Minneapolis, Mimi, Pub
Usher, Minneapolis Tribune, Chair
man; Henry Arens, Jordan, Mimi,
Minnesota farmer; w. C. Lusk,
Yankton, s. D., President, s.. D !.
Chamber of Commerce; Dell Pat
terson, Donnybrook, N. D., North
Dakota farmer; Carl w. Lewis, La
kota, N. D., North Dako.a banker
and farmer; Fred WI. Sargent,
ChicaQn. I'll President Chica ro