Show W ZVI 10 0 do 0 W farmers banners into B business u siness over washington W farmers have gone into business via tile co opera tive tire marketing route and to the tune of or more during 1023 1923 according to latest fl figures at the department of agriculture abric agric ul where a survey of the co obern tive associations to la being made this exact statement coupled with 13 F project for nn an interstate farm marketing association heading up at washington as described to president cooledge lind and the plans of tile national council of cooperative marketing associations for their new headquarters to transfer from chicago to washington gives promise that the farm coop co op will soon boon become as well known about the capitol ns as the farm bloc tho the coop co op la is it a slang phrase which lias fins been used u d for many years yearn to designate the loosely knit ass associations ocla of fannora who make butter and choose operatively cooperatively co or bargain operatively cooperatively co for the sale of furm farm products but in the last three years tile introduction of tile the california contract plan which guarantees guaran teea the delivery of the farmers entire crop to tile the association selling agents ling lias worked it a remarkable evolution in the marketing of most farm products and the coope co ope rati vei have nearly dearly nil all been signed up within the lost last three years erstwhile Hirst while farmery farmers recently turned business men attended in large bers mhd second annual convention of the national council of farmers I 1 cooperative marketing associations asso clatious clat ions recently held here almost every co operative who spoke described business operations running well up into the millions and showed allowed liow how thousands of producing farmers are joining the movement eacil each month in tile the expectation that operation cooperation co will stabilize market prices and eliminate most of the waste and losses that come collie from individual nl shipments to it mr ket where the farmer lias hns little or no re representation presen tation in tho the dealing operative cooperative co marketing said eald former governor lowden of illinois Is our now new national fint ional business policy thirty states and tho the federal government have passed laws establishing it the up renio court lias has rip approved proved these its as constitutional the department of agriculture the war trade board and the farm loan board and the federal reserve board are nil all behind the movement which was so badly needed to prevent farmers generally from going to the wall |