Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-15
CENTRAL COOP
REVIEWS YEAR
livestock Authorities Ad-
dress Farmers on Topics
of Agriculture.
President Crandall Offers
Program He Thinks Will
Better Situation.

The 18th annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Central Coop
erative Association was held in the
Lowry hotel in St. Paul Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week with large
number of stockholders in attendance.
IF agriculture ever enjoys the dig
nifty of being self-supporting and un-
fettered from big business, it will
come from a united effort of coop
GRAFTON on the part of farmers" said
c. B. Crandall, president of the asso-
citation at the opening of the meeting.
THE greatest permanent progress
thus far made by agriculture is
through collective bargaining by CO.
operative marketing associations he
said.
After enthusiastically commencing
the sincere efforts of Franklin d.
Roosevelt to aid agriculture. Mr..
Crandall gave his own diagnosis of the
agricultural situation with sug-
gestions for remedying agricultural
ills.
He stressed the depressing effects
that foreign imports of meats and
lard substitutes have upon livestock
prices. 81 think the first duties of
government in dealing with over-pro-
duction would be to give the Amer
lean farmer the domestic market by
placing an embargo on all foreign
competing products. 1t is unfair that
the American farmer should be asked
to reduce his production to the capa-
city of his home market when large
proportion of that market Is now
flooded with foreign products. Duty
free vegetable oils are being dumped
on our markets in volume and annual
ly equal to the entire production OF
butter. Oils imported annually are
equivalent to the fat from 100000
hogs or to twelve million 1000 pound
steers. Millions Of pounds of beef
are also being imported each year.
1t is my opinion that the American
farmer should be entitled to the
American market
Stresses Eleven Points.
In his suggestions for assisting ag-
riculture, and particularly the live
stock industry of this nation, Mr..
Crandall stresses eleven points.
1. Relief measures should come
from an embargo placed upon every
important agricultural product i'm
ported into this country which COM
petes with American agriculture.
q. There should be free and un-
hampered flow Of agricultural pro-
ducts to public markets at the lowest
possible rates of transportation.
3. The unfair practices of trade in
determining price and net income to
agriculture should be removed.
4. The live hog should be stain
dardized, when sold for the account
of the producer, by government super
vision in weighing, grading, docking
and fill, so that the country buying
points will be on basis of equality
with public markets.
8. The government should exercise
every effort in re-establishing COM
mercial trade with the European
countries.
6. The federal program should take
out of production marginal and sub
marginal lands.
z. The Farm Credit Administra-
ton should be placed upon a more
liberal plan in loaning money on
farms, with a reduction in its pres
ent interest rates.
8. Production should be reduced
to equal demand through control es-
tablished at the market, which would
regulate the flow Of products in an
orderly manner and remove the con-
slant glut and famine that brings
about a radical fluctuation in daily
price levels. This would take away
much of the present advantage to the
packer and Spectator and would bring
about decided reduction in market
ing expense.
9. Our monetary system should in
clude basic money managed and
controlled by government that prices
may remain stable.
10. All public stockyards are es-
tablished and maintained for a suit
able and convenient place for the
sale of livestock. Its upkeep and ex-
pense of operation are borne COM
pIetely by the livestock producer who
patronizes the market. Therefore
the packer interest should be ex-
cluded from any executive authority
In directing the affairs of said stock
yards.
IL. 1t is well known fact that the
packers at the present time are the
largest feeders of cattle and lambs
In the United States. This gives the
industry an unfair control Of price
of livestock and meat products. There
fore, in fairness to the public and the
livestock industry. they should be