Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-03-05 | Page 1 | National Union of Farmers Urged at Illinois Gathering

National Union Of Farmers Urged At Gathering J J Ill March Representative 5 5 Representative farmers of the corn belt states of Illinois Indiana Iowa and Minnesota gathered here today to plan for expansion of the movement for cost cost cost of production plus reasonable profit to every county in those states Official figures show that farmers were forced off ort their farms In this tills country in 19 1922 and in 1923 1823 J Haney Harvy Robil- Robil of the th national farmers union sold said Indications are arc that more than twice that number will alIt II follow them i lo II 1924 The farmers farmer of the i United tes Stites constitute third one one of oC the population et they receive only one of oC the Income Lait Latt year veal 8 per cent of ot tub farm 0 miners ners In the United States lost their farms The Th reason w waS nothing clo elo than that they oro obliged to sell their products product for w o e ha have hae e the tho remedy Farm Farmers r mut organize o Into loto a 0 l farmers union along the th lines or of ora ofa ofa a hbO laboi union on a n commodity buls These Thee steps are ar necessary First determination of oC what hat con con- constitutes constitutes rot cost of or production sec eec second sec second ond determination or of o the tho mini mIni- mInimum minimum minimum mum or basic price pric for or corn or other products based on cost or of production plus reasonable profit third thorough organization of oC farmers to withhold corn from the market when the price offered Is less than tItan the price tIed fixed Through this plan the th flow Jow ot of I I corn to the marke market marker will be b auto auto- automatically automatically automatically otI I regulated and d dand I and au an orderly marketing of or farm I products will sill II follow as an tabi table result Mr tir said ld the th movement had been counties In Iowa and 20 In Illinois an and 1 that the union had hall been be n In- In Incorporated incorporated In Incorporated In Illinois 10 Iowa Jo-isa a Ip- Ip diana IQ-diana diana dlana and OlIo Ohio j IQ-j I