Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-07 | Page 14 | Farmer-Labor Alliance, Plan

x i Montana Man Would Unite Cooperatives . CHICAGO, Aur T (By A. P.) Bringing- farmer and city laborer Into a n on political alliance to flcht tba big a cost of msrksting their products is tha schema of Q. . r. Ixrwrla former president of the Montana Farmers Society of Kyulty. who has opened- a small wnr house here. "There are many farmers coop eratlve societies throughout the country, he explained, "and J here are othera In the city. Our purpose la to ally the farmer and the city laborer. We are handling honey, potatoes and fruit for the farmers, and aro sending furniture and cloth-ifig cloth-ifig hack to them. We beejaa with KO.OOo pour, da of Idaho honey. The farmers out there have bi. discouraged. Thev have been nocking to the cltlea. We told the city laboring men tt waa us to them to keep the farmers on ths rami, else they would corns to the rlty and make gruater competition for Jobs. "By forming an alliance with (he South Chicago labor assembly we obtslned a warehouse and alerted to work. We have marketed apples from Montana, walnuts from Ten-neaaea Ten-neaaea and potatoes from Minnesota. Minne-sota. We ara selling cigars, gloves' and clothing to the farmers, ths product of city coopsratlves." "W sre not affiliated with any political group." declared Mr. Loa-ne. Loa-ne. "We have no political ambitions. ambi-tions. Ws want to form a nationwide nation-wide alliance eventually to bring these two classes of cooperatives together In a way never before I known " I