Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-13
FARM BOARD PLANS
WOOL COOPERATIVE.
Group Acts After Conference
With National Market
Council Members.

The Federal Farm Board will meet
at Chicago early in October with Off
Gals of all wool cooperative market
ing associations and producer-oWned
warehouse associations to form a ma
tional cooperative sales agency and
an advisory council for the commodity.
The board announced this plan yes
terday after conferences with officials
of the National Wool Marketing Coun-
Gil and other wool associations.
A similar petition is expected to be
received by the board tomorrow from
officials of the American Cotton Grow
ers' Exchange. At the boards Offices
it was indicated that on the basis Of
the present organization of leading
cotton market agencies the selection of
an advisory council for that crop ap-
peared to be likely.
Coordination Needed.
The decision of the board to with
hold funds for the time being from
the Wool Marketing Association was in
keeping with its policy to bring about
as large an amalgamation of market
ing concerns of each major commodity
as possible. A statement by the board
declared that sit is apparent that one
of the major problems confronting the
wool associations is need for the CO.
ordination of their selling efforts"
The boards conference with the wool
officials developed that of this years
800 ,O0o, ooO-pound clip of wool, approx
mately 100000 pounds will be
handled by members of the National
Wool Marketing Council; 100000
pounds by co-operatives who are not
members of the council; 100000
pounds by farmer-owned warehouse
companies of Texas, California and New
Mexico, and 100000 pounds by local
cooperative pools in Western States.
The board said that this total of nearly
10000, 900 pounds, or rs per cent of the
Nations entire wool clip, represents
be handled by national cooperative
marketing cooperation.
May Form Council.
The selection of an advisory council
for wool is considered possible by the
board because of the superior organi-
cation methods which have been de-
veloped among the wool co-operatives.
The commodity advisory councils are
authorized under the farm relief act
and their function is intended to be
that of generally supervising the pro-
duction and marketing of the crop for
which they are appointed.
BY agreeing to the formation of a
large national marketing corporation
for wool, the board would bring its CO.
operative marketing program to the
third crop. A marketing corporation
has been organized for wheat, and the
board has taken steps to make such
an agency possible in the Florida citrus
fruit area. Next the board will consider
the marketing needs of cotton and then
intends to examine the tobacco
situation.
The incorporation of $4,000 900
marketing concern for fruits and vege-
tables, to be known as the United
Growers of America, plans for which
were announced in New York last night,
was accomplished without the official
knowledge of the Farm Board. Some
of the boards members were familiar
with the undertaking, but the board
announced that the plans for this or
ganization had not been presented to
it. The organizers also have asked for
no Endorsement by the board and the
latters members were said to be in
whatsoever concerning the agency.
Can Make Loans.
1nasmuch as the concern is presumed
to have been organized in keeping with
the general provisions of the farm re-
officials to make application for loans
should any need for funds develop and
for the board to grant such loans If
1t satisfied itself that the concern prop
erly represented the fruit and vege-
table industry.
The most adaptable way to perfect
a national marketing program for cot
ton will be discussed by the board with
a group of trustees of the American
Cotton Growers Exchange, one Of the
most important cooperative asSocia-
tions dealing with the commodity.
The group will include G. o. Moser,
president of the exchange; C. G. Henry
of the Arkansas Cooperative Cotton
Growers Association, and U. B. Blalock
Of the North Carolina Cooperative Cot
ton Growers Exchange.
Both wool and cotton are regarded
by the Farm Board as crops in which
the cooperative marketing movement
will take hold rapidly. Cooperative
dealing with this COM
modify are considered to be more
closely knit than those in some other
branches of agriculture, notably wheat,
the formation of commodity councils.
Share Supervision.
If a commodity council were formed
for cotton, as is anticipated for wool,
this body would assume large share
of the supervision over the welfare of
the crop with which the board is en-
powered to invest it.
President Moser is one of the lead
ing advocates of the cooperative mar
keting movement. He was instrumental
in receiving approval of the National
Institute meeting at Baton
Rouge, La, recently for the setting up
of the National Cooperative Council,
q trade association which Is expected
to be organized in Washington shortly.