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FRENCH DEFENDS COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AGAINST ENEMIES Seems to Be Well-Financed Combative Propaganda in State— Wheat Growers’, Egg and Poultry, and Dairy Associations Are Severely Attacked. By E. L. FRENCH, Director of Agriculture. There seems to be a well financed propaganda in some parts of the country against further creation of farmers’ cooperative marketing associations. An example of this is in a communication received by the department from a farmer in one of the southern states, enclosing a quarter page advertisement in his local newspaper, which consists of an article by the Commercial Editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the substance of which is that cooperative associations in this state of Washington are going on the rocks; that the men who are tied up with contracts to such associations are trying to get out; and in general terms that such associations do not render such good service to the farmers the commercial agencies. The Wheat Growers’ association is the first object of attack. This article, for example, says the banks refuse to finance farmers belonging to it; that they are having difficulty in procuring bags; and country banks are pressing for settlement of the accounts of the association. Amongst Other Statements. Amongst other remarkable statements in the article is that “due to the construction of the Panama canal a new world wheat market has been opened to wheat from the three Northwestern states and Montana, which has given higher value to the grain. Heretofore wheat in this district was based on Chicago. All this has gone and with it the thirty cents a bushel grain spread which enabled coast buyers to ship to that market.” Of course, every one here knows that Washington wheat never has been shipped to Chicago; that the price here has always been based on the Liverpool price; that the surplus grain from this coast has been shipped to Europe for more than fifty years, and that the only difference the Panama canal has made is to shorten the route and thus to reduce the freight cost of grain to Europe. The only new market opened in recent years is that of Asia, and the opening of the Panama canal has had nothing to do with that market. Is Merely Sample. This is a mere sample of the misstatements of the article. The best answer to the attacks on the financial standing of the grain associations is that the war finance corporation has just advanced $2,000,000 to the Washington association, $1,500,000 to the Idaho association, $1,500,000 to the Montana association, and $5,000,000 to the North Dakota association. The Washington Egg and Poultry association comes next under attack.
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Original index title | 267a |
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Full-Text | FRENCH DEFENDS COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AGAINST ENEMIES Seems to Be Well-Financed Combative Propaganda in State— Wheat Growers’, Egg and Poultry, and Dairy Associations Are Severely Attacked. By E. L. FRENCH, Director of Agriculture. There seems to be a well financed propaganda in some parts of the country against further creation of farmers’ cooperative marketing associations. An example of this is in a communication received by the department from a farmer in one of the southern states, enclosing a quarter page advertisement in his local newspaper, which consists of an article by the Commercial Editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the substance of which is that cooperative associations in this state of Washington are going on the rocks; that the men who are tied up with contracts to such associations are trying to get out; and in general terms that such associations do not render such good service to the farmers the commercial agencies. The Wheat Growers’ association is the first object of attack. This article, for example, says the banks refuse to finance farmers belonging to it; that they are having difficulty in procuring bags; and country banks are pressing for settlement of the accounts of the association. Amongst Other Statements. Amongst other remarkable statements in the article is that “due to the construction of the Panama canal a new world wheat market has been opened to wheat from the three Northwestern states and Montana, which has given higher value to the grain. Heretofore wheat in this district was based on Chicago. All this has gone and with it the thirty cents a bushel grain spread which enabled coast buyers to ship to that market.” Of course, every one here knows that Washington wheat never has been shipped to Chicago; that the price here has always been based on the Liverpool price; that the surplus grain from this coast has been shipped to Europe for more than fifty years, and that the only difference the Panama canal has made is to shorten the route and thus to reduce the freight cost of grain to Europe. The only new market opened in recent years is that of Asia, and the opening of the Panama canal has had nothing to do with that market. Is Merely Sample. This is a mere sample of the misstatements of the article. The best answer to the attacks on the financial standing of the grain associations is that the war finance corporation has just advanced $2,000,000 to the Washington association, $1,500,000 to the Idaho association, $1,500,000 to the Montana association, and $5,000,000 to the North Dakota association. The Washington Egg and Poultry association comes next under attack. |
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