Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-02-07
Farm Bureau Backs
Resolutions From State
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tinue to be the necessity to reduce at
times and on certain crops. Marketing
agreements for non-basic crops. and
for fluid milk, will receive more at
tention from now on than they have
received down to this date. Licensing
of distributors will come into the MIC
ture more wildly along with market
ing agreements.
MIA will have much of its price
liking taken out either by a rewrit-
ing of the law or by the National In
dustrial Recovery Board, but MIRA
Will continue as sort of guiding in
fiuence to labor and industry. The
Codes will not have so much to saw
about price-fixing and price-stabiliza-
ton; they will not to correct every
little inferior trade practice; but thew
will continue to recognize labor. to
eliminate child labor, to do away with
sweat-shop conditions, and TO act gen.
orally in semi-judicial way in pro-
tectlng industry and labor.
he present session of Congress
will be graphing with all these and
other problems. Some of the legisla-
ton OF not over two years standing
will need considerable rewriting: all
OF 1T will need amending more or less.
Farm organizations in this continuing
legislative effort are working togeth-
er. We have a program which covers
twenty or thirty projects, every one of
which is of the keenest Importance
either to all our farmers or to large
groups in agriculture. The Farm
Bureau is decided factor in reflect
ing public opinion at Washington so
that the President of the United
States, members of the Cabinet, and
the Congress, listen to what we want
done.
In his annual address, President
Josiah w. Jones, in stressing the
value of farm bureaus to the farming
industry, deplored the waning interest
of Montgomery County farmers in the
county farm bureau, stating that the
membership of the organization had
gradually decreased in recent years
until now it is only about one half
of what it once was. He indicated
that membership would soon be con-
Quoted in an effort to revive inter-
est and increase the enrolment.
Otto W. Anderson, county agricul-
ftural agent, gave resume of the
activities and accomplishments of his
department during the past year. He
also referred to the work of the All
clubs of the county under direction Of
Albert A. Ady, assistant County agri-
cultural agent. He stated that there
are more All clubs and more All
club members in Montgomery County
than in any other county of the state
and congratulated the boys and girls
belonging to these organizations upon
their accomplishments
A deatiled report of Mr.. Anderson
will be published in The Sentinel next
week.
The following directors were named
for 1885 by districts: Laytonsville,
Ulysses Griffith 4th; GAINESVILLE, R. L.
Hickerson; Poolesville, Harvey ].
White; Rockville, E. T. Claggett;
Colesville, G.. R. Candy; Jamestown,
Thos. C. Darby; Bethesda, R. C. Rid
dick; Olney, VIM. Haines; Gathers
burg, Lee M. Howes; Potomac, Ches-
ter F. Claggett; GAINESVILLE, W. W.
Hodges; Damascus, E. S. Walker;
Wheaton, D. W. Simpson.
Directors at large are: L. A. Darby,
J. w. Jones, w. c. Poole, c. Bready,
George c. Fry, James D. King.
Delegates to the State Convention
in Baltimore are as follows: Ulysses
Griffith, G. j. Thompson and E. S.
Walker. Alternates: w. W. Moore, W.
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