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Show IMPROVED MARKETING MGJEED Cooperative Action Through Farmers' Organization Is Urged As Only Cure For ; the Ills of Agriculture. "Organization is' the only thing that will cure the evils that beset the path of American Ameri-can agriculture' declared C. S. "Farmer" Brown at a meeting in the Utah stake tabernacle, Monday evening. "Most of the leaks of agriculture agri-culture are group leaks and can only be stopped through group action, ac-tion, which is organization. Compared Com-pared with industry and labor, ag-rioulture ag-rioulture is woefully under-organized. A comparison worked out by economists shows that while Industry Indus-try is organized to 80 per cent of its possibility and labor 60 per cent, agriculture falls to a 33 per cent rating." Hall Presides More than 500 farmers, most of them from Utah county, were in attendance with a fair representation representa-tion from Wasatch and Juab counties. coun-ties. The meeting was in charge of Jesse Hall of Payson, president of the' Utah County Farm Bureau organization. or-ganization. Mr. Brown, who is employed as a "public relations" man of the federal farm board, emphasized the need of cooperation and organized organ-ized effort on the part of the farmers. farm-ers. "The farmer who is not within the fold of the farm bureau organization organ-ization is enjoying the higher prices made possible by an organization organ-ization supported by dues from his neighbors. He is not only riding on the other fellow's wagon, but he is dragging his feet," he saidt Cooperative Marketing Urging more support for cooperative cooper-ative . marketing i agencies, Mr. Brown pointed out that economists rated industry in America 95 per cent efficient in marketing, labor 65, and agriculture only 30 per cent efficient in the marketing of its products. Answering- the critics who claimed there was no problem in agriculture, he quoted the report of Virgil Jordan, noted economist who summed up a survey of several sever-al years with the following statement: state-ment: "Agriculture is not a going concern and hasn't been since 1913. If something isn't done soon to stabilize agriculture, not only will agriculture fail, but the entire economic eco-nomic structure will become honeycombed hon-eycombed with weaknesses and collapse." Urging support of the federal I farm board, he said: "The farm board is your creation. It's your i friend. It stands on one end of a price curve and the organized farmers should take their place at the other end of the line. The farm board question is not political ind j should never become a partisan 1 issue." Mr. Brown gave as the three fundamental principles for the improvement im-provement of the farmers' plight: j Minimize speculation; prevent inefficient in-efficient and wasteful methods in distribution; encourage and organize organ-ize cooperative marketing concerns to permit an orderly marketing of crops and minimize a surplus, i Brief remarks were made by George Stallings, president of the Utah State Farm bureau; W. J. Thayne, manager of the Utah-Wasatch Cooperative dairy; County j Agents Lyman Rich and Anson B. Call, Utah county; Russell Keetch, i Wasatch county, and A. E. Smith, j Juab county; L. L. Bunnell, mom-I mom-I ber of the county road committee. : Two selections were played by a . string trio consisting of Prof. Le-; Le-; Roy Robertson, Prof. Elmer E. ' Nelson and Gust'ave Buggert. Jay Keeler played an organ solo, and Ralph Eurch sang a vocal solo. |