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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1923
Page
5
The passage champions farmer co operative marketing under Capper Volstead urging unity to lower costs and boost profits. It notes government tools to curb price fixing and monitor cooperatives with the Secretary of Agriculture authorized to seek court action after 30 days if undue price elevation persists.
The Farm Bureau is praised for its achievements in agriculture and policy. It is credited with fostering the agricultural bloc in Congress, securing extensions of War Finance programs, reducing freight rates, enabling cooperative marketing, and establishing farmers service stations nationwide. The piece emphasizes the Bureau’s leadership and impact on farming communities.
A farmer and his son ride home with two flour sacks after selling produce. The boy asks what price was given and what price was asked, noting the merchant’s different views on payment and cost. The farmer ponders the question of value as they ride.
The piece argues for active farmer support and organization, stating farming is the world's key business and that farmers must be heard in national councils. It stresses timely signs and the need for cohesive action to secure economic recognition and prevent being left behind.
A fragmented excerpt describes early film scenes showing farm life and a Western chase with Indians and cowboys. It notes farmers rising in Congress and mentions a film shot sequence titled the Farm Valley and a process of making cinema on the Plain.
Gray Silver, Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation, heads the agricultural bloc in Congress and has steered more farmer backed bills than any prior congress since Philadelphia’s early Capitol era. A West Virginia farmer born in 1871, he runs Shenandoah Valley orchards and farms in Illinois and Arkansas, breeds Shorthorn cattle and Shropshire sheep, and ships cattle wool apples rice wheat and corn. He holds offices in farm loan, mutual fire insurance, and mutual telephone groups and served two terms as West Virginia state senator.
The town backings for a chautauqua lecture course or fair grow from farmers who spend, advertise, and wear town stickers to beat rivals. The piece urges residents to join the farmers’ organization, noting national growth, town prosperity, and mutual aid through stronger farming standards and local participation.
The American Farm Bureau Federation with state federations funds one year fellowships for graduate students to analyze the entire marketing process, starting with cooperative dairy marketing. Studies run in Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Texas and California with future work on grain livestock fruit cotton tobacco and more. Professor Theodore H. Macklin leads the dairy project at Wisconsin and will digest final reports and supervise a seminar with twenty to thirty students.
In March 1920 at the La Salle hotel Chicago farmers from 28 states with 456000 members ratified the American Farm Bureau Federation constitution. They formed a national body to advance farmer interests collectively, marking a significant organizational milestone in U.S. agriculture.
Public sentiment likens the farm bureau to a church praising its value to the community. People express worry it might fail and hope others will ensure its continued operation even if they do not join now.
Dr. W H Waker of California, a longtime active member of the National Farm Bureau Federation, was unanimously selected as vice president for 1923.
Drafted letters from Farm Bureau contest entrants urge fathers to join to secure their children a better future. Authors cite co operative marketing, education, safer communities, better roads and homes, fair government, and cultural opportunities as reasons for membership. A student note from New Hampshire mentions improved dartsmanship as a playful incentive. Indiana Farm Bureau marketing shows substantial fund totals.
Oscar E. Bradfute commonly known as Obie is beginning his first term as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. A renowned farmer from near Kern, Ohio, he has served as president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and as a trustee of Ohio State University. Bradfute is famed for breeding Aberdeen-Angus cattle and has repeatedly earned top honors at American livestock shows. He helped champion the farm bureau movement and has held many unpaid roles to aid farmers nationwide.
John W Coverdale, long time organizer and first secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau, led county agent work and helped form the American Farm Bureau Federation. His career spans farming, state and national service, shaping farm bureau expansion.
Growth in the Monontalia County Farm Bureau purchasing division in West Virginia led to the formation of the Monom fai a County Farmers' Exchange company. Incorporated with $50,000 camel stock, split into common and preferred shares of $20 each, to secure a suitable warehouse and place of business for commodities.
Farmers' cooperative organizations have sometimes failed, but they have succ embedded so often as the average business man under similar conditions. The selling of any product is an operation that demands specialists.
Bernard M. Baruch argues agriculture needs aligned credit and marketing. He proposes a centralized, departmentalized finance system to boost three rural credit classes, warehouse stored crops, and expand foreign markets to maintain farm product values and tighten global economic ties.
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