| Show we need a chamber of agriculture As well As a chamber of commerce by 11 A WHEELER president U S chamber of commerce unless we ire indulge in complete government paternalism wherein tilt government becomes the original buying and selling agency of everything wo we must conclude that the system of limited price thing is as undesirable 4 ns as it is mi lin american and should ho be now abandoned 10 with nil possible speed A word of suggestion with regard to unified marketing of natural productions whether they bo be products product a of soil mine or forest violent price fluctuations duo due to overproduction or imperfect marketing facilities cannot bo be in tile public interest marketing associations of producers should be developed tind made as legal for minerals ralis or timber as for live stock cereals and fruit furthermore choto should bo be a chamber of agriculture even ns as there is a chamber of commerce it should he bo a federation of nil all of ilia alie agricultural associations and farm bureaus it would constitute a great factor in promoting efficiency and would enable industrial production and production through their respective chambers to work together whereas wo we now often find these interests antagonistic because of the absence of means through throng rai 1 which tp jp operate cooperate co this brings us its to the question of the measure of operation cooperation co which in tile period of readjustment should bo be permitted under government supervision to all producers of commodities calculated for domestic consumption its 08 veil ivell as for export c the war taught ul many lessons of value and ono one of these was that the practical suspension of trust laws during tho war when manufacturers of both war and commodities were are brought brou glit into int intimate imato association with each cadi other under government supervision proved of great value in producing economics in product productive ivo costs and in uso use of needed materials while under the supervision of governmental boards or agencies acro stabilized and the public interest served in III the days of readjustment upon which wo we have entered there is k great necessity for a continuation of choso rights lights of association if i competition if is successfully mot met in foreign markets or competition in the domestic market between ionic production and choso that will presently como come into this country from foreign producers |
