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Show ST. LOUIS FARM. COHENDED Arrangements for Cooperative Market and Financial Institutions Insti-tutions Completed ST. LOUIS, Dec IS! Preliminary trraruxi monts for launchlns; a national system of cooperative markets and financial fi-nancial institutions designed to rehabilitate re-habilitate the farming Industry were completed today at the concluding session ses-sion of tjie agricultural conference Inaugurated by the nutlonal board of farm organizations. The conference endorsed a nlan to establish nine grain handllug centers and will seek support of all farmers' co-operative grain marketing organix-itlorts. organix-itlorts. The project is designed to eliminate elim-inate tne' rni'idlemen and end speculation. specula-tion. These terminals are to be lo-caled lo-caled in Kansas City. Chicago. Qmafra, Sloux City. Oklahoma City. Minneapolis. Minnea-polis. Seattle, Buffalo and St Louis. Win HER MJBpTJXG. Representatives of agricultural In-iM In-iM sis in tho territory contiguous lo these points will meet January 1 to arrange for a convention at which the grain marketing organizations will be inNitd to send delegates t arrange for financing the project. The financial system advocated by the delegates provides for a national union of farm loan associations. The resolution covering the project stated 4,000 farm loan bodies have no opportunity of getting proper representation repre-sentation at Washington and charged i that tho policy of the federal farm loan board lias I" t-n to discourage al-J tempts by the association:! to form state federations. Resolutions were adopted protesting against amendments which, it was as-1 sorted, have been made to the federal farm loan act without giving an oppor tunity IUI i '.Miouiuiuuii f- " --.. makers and the associations. ANOTHER PROTEST. uother resolution protested against I the- PolndeXter anti-strlko bill Just passed by the senate. The conference recognised the harmful effect of strikes, the resolution stated, but con-i.sidrs con-i.sidrs 'that under certain circumstances circum-stances united protest is the only means of self-preservation tor ths 1 workers. Federal control of the packing industry in-dustry and passage of the Kenyon-Kendrleks Kenyon-Kendrleks bill was advocated in Sn- . other resolution. |