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MKMUKU OF THE ASSOCIATE!) TRESS
VOLtME XXIV
section two
LA GRANDE, OREGON,
SATURDAY,' MAY 7, 1921
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FARMERS TO BACK
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MTKIIAltY DKiKST ilKS liKSl'MH
MOVK.MKXT
OF X.VTIOX AVIDK
I (The Literary Digest.)
I The greatest co-operative market
ing scheme ever attempted, it is said,
in this country, aims to give the
farmers control of the grain crop un
til it is sold to domestic or foreign
consumers. Thus it is planned to
get rid of the "grain gambler' ami
middleman, and t the same tini.j
stabilize grain prices over the entire
country. "Under the existing system
the farmer is gouged at every tuin,"
declares Labor, a railway labor organ
published at Washington; "because
the banks refuse the farmer credit he
is compelled to place his crop on the
market as soon as it is harvested, and
his own middleman. Ih-the words of
the Topeka Capital, the plan "does
noe propose abolishment of grain ex
changes or future trading but the util
ization of these facilities, all of which
are bound to be good; the outgrowth
of trade evolution.'' As Sheldon 5.
Clinc points out in the Washington
Star:
"Some of the programs under con
sideration, and upon the working out
of which real progress is being m ule,
are almost staggering in their mag
nitude. For example, there is the
proposal for co-operative marketing
of the great grain crops a venture
with turn-over figures running into
tions. and the bcs,t legal talent they
could find for tho work in hand, met
iA Chicago early last month with the
idea of taking up the slack between;!
farmers and consumers, and inciden-j.
Itnlly leaving the middleman out in thejj
I cold. Proverbially tho hardest of all i.
people to organize, as the .rn'-gj
Courrier-News reminds us, tho farm
ers at last got together and decided to
dispose of their grain "by the same
methods which California lruit-grow-
crs have found so successful. As wo
arc told in the Chicago Daily News:
"Farmers are to market their git in,
as far as possible, through a co-oper-
ativo organization. Warehouses and
sales agencies are to be established
gradually and the hope is that even
tually every link in the chain of the
marketing of grain will be controlled,
through chosen directors, by the farm
ers themselves. Dumping is thus to
be avoided and supply is to be adjust
ed to need the sumo as in other indus
tries."
"The organization will sell only to
cash buyers.
j Training for Track and Field I Gleaning
naturally he gets the lowest price of j billions of dollars. This isn't any idle
the year." "The trouble with the dream. It is a hard, matter-of-fact
present marketing system is that it, business proposul upon which ici!
is too elastic; it always sags a little money is being staked. And it is
at the farmer's expense," explains the j backed by the leading orgunizati ns
Wichita Eagle. The contrary, how-1 of farmers in the country, such as the
ever, obtains with the California fruit ' National Grange, the American Farm
growers and other co-operative 01-1 Bureau Federation, the Kquity Sn-i-
gamzatiims, we arc told, and tho uty, the National farmers Union, the
farmer is to take a leaf from their
book. Instead of handing over his
crop for distribution to an independ
ent mitliilennn, he becomes, in effect.
Farmers' Equity Co-operative Ex
changes, and the grain dealers' asso
ciations.'' Representatives of these organi.a-
JXECTK1C1TY FOR EVERY FARM
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Tho Observer'' ill run series of nrtldra on training for YarlouN
events by William I,. (Hill) Ha) ward, veteran, athletic, train-
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The Shot l'ut
Tho shot put is an event 4a which
strength and wolght aro tho dcto--minlng
factors, but ono -mils'. also
have a knowledge of the form so
as to get the benefit of his woiglit.
Speed Is tho one requirement that,
all putiors must have if they ex
pect to bo successful. If tho ath
lete Iuih all throe weight, speed
ami strength iji-" 6Hot is bound to
go a satisfactory dlstunco. Form
is thou very important. This can
bo n'.oulrod only by cotislm-.t prac
tice '
Tho best form for putting the
It will not speculate and shot vtl bo found in the follow
ing 'points takon up separately,
tl tr." are two viy to hold tno
shot; soinii place It with the main
weight resting on tho tlugors and
as tho shot is leaving, the hand It
Is nipped with the wrist and tips
of tho flugors. Ono must bo vory
strong In tho wrist and lingers to
ho ablo to do this. Many who uko
this stylo liavo not tho strength
required, and when tho arm Is push
ed in tho final effort tho wrist and
lingers give away and mouioiitum
i' th" shot l leiuxl'd and l!io en
sequenco is that distance Is lost.
I would not recommend tho form
to scholastic athletes for tho pres
ent. . A aafo form and ouo used
by the majority of shut ipul-tors is
to let tho shot rust on I ho basu of
thu fin pels, thumb and llttlo linger
used to f ui in a pocket wiih the
oilier fingers. This is tho' first
Ihlng to learn.
will not sell grain to speculators. As
soon as a large enough volume ot
grain is going through tho farmers'
association the hazards of purely
speculative trading will be .so great
ly increased that there will be no jpy
in it any more.''
"This plan is of the stuff of which
real economic progress is made," be
lieves tho Haltimorc Sun. As this
paper sees it:
"Briefly, at least one-third of the.
wheat crop of till farmers who choose
to try it out may be pooled and sold
by n national sales asociution of which
the farmers themselves are the stock
holders. This organization will sell
its grain wherever and whenever it
likes; its primary object, of course,
will be to give the producer the best
price possible for his product. It. in
volves no direct or immediate war on
tho present group of middlemen or of
dislocating the present system oi at
tribution. Hut its operations win in
evitably tend to link producer and
consumer more closely together.''
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News. Tells of Merits.
"If the grain-growers can thii3 in
sure fair price and no more to
tho grower they will, succeed.'
Dut if the grain-growers begin' to
raise tho price, and to bleed the pub
lic through a monoply, then co-operative
scheme will fail;" asserts the In
dianapolis News. I'"or a plan of this
kind must take into consideration ine
neonlc who tonsumc billions of bush
els of wheat, nays The News, there
fore, "the public s pockctbook is deep
Iv concerned." What will the con
sumer get out of the farmers' scheme ?
Will he in turn be compelled to form a
co-opcrativo buying agency, tnus ei-
im natine more middlemen: ine nc-
nttle Times assumes that this will not
be necessary. That the proposed plan
has in mind a "square deal for tho
consumer. In the opinion oi me i-ui-
go Courrier-News, ..the farmers will
have their hands full in their lignt
with "the gamblers, the bankers, the
big exporting ebneerns, as well as tnc
speculator-controlled worm mantel in
grain." This laBt snag is of consid
erable importance, it seems. "If the
farmer proposes to eliminate tnc mid
dleman's large profits, he will have
with him all hand and the cook," pre
dicts the Seattle Post-Intelligence. At
the same time, admits this p-iper, be
will have competition. I-or
European wheat-fields are coming
buck to something like pre-war pro
duction. Australia, Argentina, lnilia
all the world's myriad acres of nod
ding yellow grain confront us as
price-governing factors. Many of
these grain-growing nations owe us
money; they want tj send us goods to
meet their payment of interest anil
nrincinal
"There will be many ruts in thei
road to be steered clear of, uch ruts
the unscrupulous promoter, the
gullible farmer, the farmer who tra
ditionally wants to do as he please;
with what s his own; tno legal proo-
Icms, such as the status of pouled
wheat as collateral for loans made
during the. growing season; the fin
ancial problems, such us organization
of growers finance corporations to re
place the farmers' old friend, his local
banker.
"And last, but not the lr.-isl, the
consumer. Does the scheme ultimately!
benefit him? 'lieciuFe-lot there be
no mistake about it, and let it bej
clearly understood row- if it does not ;
work to the ulljnrite liciiefit of the,
consumer, the whole scheme will fail, j
If the producer, coming into control, I
pwives himself s gr..-i!y as the mid-;
.lb-man, the lonsj-siiffi r'M .' public may ;
lake recourse in a co-op' lative buyinr
Hssor-V.iion and bring ofi another - co
lnomie -evolution." '
How to Hold Hut Shot
Tho rcvorso may next bo Iriod
from .a stand, holding' tho shot in
the right, usBuiiilng tho putter Is
right handed.' 11 should bo hold
snug against tho neck, ou and u
HI lie in front of tho sliouldor. Tho
left arm is hold up pointing in ul
most an anglu that thu shot will
travel, I ho left slilu racing tno di
rection of the'pul.' Thu loft foot
Is placed against tho too board or
near tho edgo of tho circle. The
right leg should bo slightly bent at
tho knoo and the arm so hold thai
it fecla tho strongest with shot
rostiiig in front of tho shoulder.
Thu olhow should bo hold In u 'Iri
sh mn in give tno bust urlvo to
tho shot upwuird and forward. One's
Insllnrt should toll whuthor the shot
Is held correctly or' not, Tho ath
lete Is now ready for the "re
verse" In which tho final effort
Is matlo. Tho body Is quickly turn
ed with I ho beginning ot tho for
ward motion so that tho right leg
will bo In tho position held by tho
loll at tho beginning ot the final
cuuut. Tho luU arm and leg aro
brought buck with speed tu give
body more momentum in turning,
landing on right foot. The tlnal
effort Is vory Important and should
bo practiced until mastered. I
would advise beginners to start wi;h
a light shot as theio is consrder
ublo strain ou the shoulder oud el
bow. When tho rovurse Is mustered,
tho puttor muy try tho hup across
the ring. This Us done taking a
position at the back ot tho ring
diroetly opposllo tho too board in
tho same form as Blurting the re
vorao with tho exception that tho
loft log is swung forward and back
ward to .gain all possible momon
thul tiho body can carry. Tho right
knee la Btlghtly bent forward roiidy
for'a uprlng fumard. Tho movo
mout should bo mado so tho left
fool will Btriko ucar tho too board
and right abJiil tho middlo of tho
ring. This will glvo tho puttor the
3U1U0 'position hold when Blurting
tho put. Tho roverao is mado hero.
No lime should bo lost In making
the reverse at tho end ot tho first
hop. If you do tho speed galuod
across the ring ill the Unit hop is
lost and a poor put Is Hie rosull.
in going across the ring tho move
ment should bo smooth and just
skimming tho ground. A bad fault
a groat many have Is Jumping loo
high In I lie hop. Ucgluuers should
not work for dislauco until tho
form Is manlored. l'rogresn will
bo vory Blow t first, bur the uth
lute miiHt be patlcut and success Is
bauud to come. Attor tho puttor
has poi-fecteil I ho form hu should
nut 'llt hard every nttompl, us il
will soon kill thu arm, but should
work for speed - by doing ' Rliort
dashes as a sprinter. A good pill
Is always the result ot good olo
vatlon.
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A now automobile accessory sends
warmed gusollno to tho primer.
ready for Ignition, whou u Blurt
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l-'ace
Shield l-'or Motorists.
paliint lias boon l:,u. (I tor a
silk gun 7.0 faco shield to hoop dust
from tho eyes and noso of niito-bolists.
Ilusincss Picking Up.
The summer business nt tho Soda
Fountains is looking up somewhat.
All seem to be good und ready for It
That is what wc notice at Al Cain's.
Palace Confectionery Co.
glass panels that slide into thi Vc".
of an automobile euabio a car tu
bo convened 'from one of the upeu
tyipo Into a llmousino in about' one
in I mi to. -
Tool to Spread Casings.
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a new tool for spreading automobilo
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Novel Automobile link.
A novol auloll.i.!lo 1,, tt fastens I
tlio gears In reverse position bud
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Warns of l.llliliialliiii Lack.
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intake manifold, a wliistlo has been
Invented to warn a motorist that
ho circulation ot lubricating oil In
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lulllals on ltaillator.
To mako automobiles distinct ire
a Now York Inventor has patented
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:..;r. th. r.rires. consulting the
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