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Show NOW COMES AJARMERS STRIKE I Loss of a Billion In Values Is Resent-1 od By Growers. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 16V- na liouwido producers' strike to c mlrnt tho falling prices of fnrnt products vas urged in n eall sent out lodiv l the National Fanners' union to its local unions throughout the count rv The call, in the form of n m lu-tion lu-tion ntopted nt the national convention conven-tion of tho orgnnlsation hen, wml forward to scorctnries Of local hrrnchen of the orgnnisntlon, wlmdi represent producers of grain, po'ion, wool and live stock, gold to nnmlier 800,000. The iiroKed strike was urged in retaliation for what the convention, con-vention, considered abnormal deflation defla-tion in prices of farm products, through which it was nsserted American Am-erican farmers hnvo been robbed of one billion dollars In reduced Value of produnts now on hand. All fanners were, urged to hold this ) ear's prodtie lion from tho mnkrets "until pivfit-mnking pivfit-mnking levels" were restored Itcduction of production in the future fu-ture was threatened in nnolhcr n o-lution o-lution "unless the prices of our products pro-ducts nre fairly readjusted." A con ferenco of representatives of nil farm crs' organisations of tho couutr) 'm called to meet in St. Louis, December lflth, to consider the creation of n nn-tionnl nn-tionnl fnnn marketing board. The resolutions were ndoptcd in ox ecu live session Inert evening after consider-nhlo consider-nhlo dlscusion. Concerning th l Iouis meeting to create n national farm marketing board, Charles S. Ilnrrctt of Union City, On., who was elected iiresident of tho union fur the fifteenth consecutive time, said to-dn) to-dn) : "The purposo of tho meeting is not to form or create a comer, bu' to find n reasonnhlo wny to mnrkot our products. The tirhnn poK)iilsiion should welcome Mich n step ns it is tho instability of tho market (hat has caused inflated prices for them mid deflated prieea for tho producer " Other resolutions adopted nt the executive ex-ecutive session included ono urging strict enforcement of tho liiumcm-tlon liiumcm-tlon laws, and doiortatlon of aliens seeking to overthrow the governiumt Iegislatioii for the recoil of United Slates senntora and representatives also was urged. |