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Show PRESIDENT PRAISES FARM CO-OPERATIVES I HARDING SEES ! I GREAT GOOD IN NEW MOVEMENT Cooperative Marketing Declared De-clared Big Factor In Farm Betterment IMPORTANT CONFAB J Every Major Product Is; Represented At Conference I WASHINGTON, Dec 14 President Harding In a letter read to,la at the I (openlni session of the national I- cll of farmers' CO -Operative marketing associations, declnr, d that le knew of "no single movement that promiai d i more help towards the present relief! and the permanent betterment of agio ag-io ultural conditions" than tne co-op-leratlve organization of farmers to I I market their products. IMPORTANT MEETING ! 'liat iLs sponsors say Is the most ! Important movement for farmers ever Inaugurated was launched here today with the assembling of the firs! ns 'tional oeuneH of -farmers co-operative , marketing .-Lssociations. relegates representing the associations interested interest-ed in every major product from cotton ol the south to California fruit came i to W ashington to take part In th j conference. The program included a complete dlsi iiHslon of the o-operatle market-ling market-ling movement in America, featuring the handling of cotton tobacco, fruit, ii . dairy products and other farm i, OO UJ. Other general topics of resolution were co-operative financing rural credits, legislation problems of co-op- . ratlve maritetlng associations and how to handli them; problems of each , oinmodlti group and co-operative , d-ucatlon d-ucatlon of the farmers and public The program arranged for today was devoted largelN to hearing today by Secretary Wallace, Secretary Hoov-.i Hoov-.i Dr. Julius Kllen. director of the bureau Of foreign and domestic commerce com-merce and representative Of farm organizations |