Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1920 — END GAMBLING. FARMERS' GOAL [ARTICLE]

END GAMBLING. FARMERS' GOAL

Plan* Laid tor Co-Oparativ* Market Ing and Loan System. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 18 — Preliminary arrangement* for opening a n* tional system of co-operative markets and financial institutions designed to rehabilitate the farming industry in this country were completed here this afternoon at the concluding session of the agricultural conference bald under the auspices of the National Board of Farm Organizations The conference Indorsed a plan to establish nine grain handling center* and will seek t£ie united support of all farmers' co-operative grain marketing organisations in carrying out the project which Is designed to elim inate the middlemen and end speculation. These terminals are to be located in Kansas City, Mo.; Chicago; Oma ha. Neb.; Sioux City, 1*; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Seattle, Wash; Buffalo, N. Y., and St Louis, Mo. Representatives of agricultural interests -4n the territory contiguous to these points will meet January 4 to arrange for a convention, to which the grain marketing organisations In the various sections will be Invited to send delegates to arrange* for the financing of the project. The financial system advocated

provides for a national union of farm loan associations. The resolution covering this project stated 4,000 farm loan bodies at present have no opportunity of getting proper representation at Washington ans charged that the policy of the federal farm loan board has been to discourage attempts by the associations to form state federations. Another resolution introduced protested against the Poindexter antistrike bill. Just passed by the senate. Federal control of the packing industry and passage of the KenyonKendrick bill was advocated in another resolution.