The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 13, 1921, Page 12

A Straight Road to Grain LL > Profits ~——and No "Ruts v ~ Way is Open for Every Grain Grower to Give Himself A Square Deal All have wanted to change the system. But each has recognized his inability to do the job single- handed. To provide the opportunity for the farmers of this country to get together on a sound business basis, market their own crops and get a fair price for those crops, there has been organized a great na- tional co-operative grain marketing association— U. S. GRAIN GROWERS, Inc. THIS is your association. It has been organized by the farmers of Chak UST as long as we farmers continue simply to J produce—and then call the job done—just as long as we continue to dump our crops on the ‘mar}‘lket for manipulators and middlemen to play with— ‘ Just that long will we suffer low wages and low investment returns! This is simply a statement of sound business fact. All farmers realize this. The plan will eliminate the manipulator who now practically controls the.price of grain. It will greatly reduce price fluctuations. It will cut transportation costs. It will prevent mar- ket gluts. It will provide a system of credit to the farmer. Sane, orderly marketing will save millions of dollars annually. But most of all, it will remove many of the risks of the present marketing system which affect the stability of price and the farmers’ ability to plan for the future. When the Solicitor Calls— Say “YES? The membership fee is §10. That amount pays your membership for as many years as you continue to be a member. It is not an an- nual fee. It is paid but once. : this country themselves, through a committee of 17 practical- minded, nationally-known, representative farm men. It is a non-stock, non-profit, co-operative organization — entirely farmer con- trolled. It is endorsed by practically every farmers’ organization—Farmers’ National Grain Dealers Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, State Granges, Equity, State Farmers’ Union, State Farmers’ Grain Dealers Associa- tions, Equity Co-Operative Exchange and others. It is an organization of farmers, by farmers, for farmers that will completely handle the marketing of your grain—and give you back every cent the consumer pays, minus the cost of ‘handling. Established’ Markets and Fair Prices Not Left to Chance or Luck The one big way this organization Here is your opportunity to show that you are really in elevator, in turn, agrees to sell will help establish the grain indus- try is by contracting ahead with millers and other big users for a year’s grain supply. But the U. S. Grain Growers, Inc., can only do this if it, in turn, has full assurance that you will market your grain through this national co-operative selling organization. When you join this organization, you are asked to agree to deliver your grain—except that used on the farm or sold locally for feed or seed, or otherwise sold with the ap- proval of the association—to the nationkl association, through your local elevator, for five years. The your grain through the national or- ganization. The plan simply nationalizes the present system of marketing through local co-operative eleva- tors. You can sell your grain un- der either of four options—direct to the local co-operative elevator— consignment—pool one-third or the exportable surplus of the wheat crop—or 100 per cent pool. You run no risk in making this pled e. No one can make a profit in which you de not share. All of the officers are members and sell their grain in the self-same way. B e o o R st i i s W 2 ! Al authorized representatives of U. S. Grain Growers, Inc., carry an arnlng ¢ jdentification card with photograph and signature of bearer and signa- tures of the President and Secretary, with official seal of the company impressed so as to cover the corner of the photograph and signatures. Insist on seeing the card. PAGE. THIRTEEN earnest to help solve the big farm problems we have all been talking about so much. Solicitors will call on you soon. When they do call, and ask you to join, there is just one answer that you, in fairness ‘to yourself, your farm, your country, can make —an emphatic “YES!” We will be glad to send' you a free booklet that will give you the full details of the plan. Write today. U. S. Grain Dept. of Information, (Desk D) ) U. S. GRAIN GROWERS, Inc., Chicago, Il ' You may send me, free of charge, the booklet explaining your direct grain marketing plan. Growers’ Y A e S PP S et S LA s 5 : lnc. St o R FL Dotesadnndiossins EEEETRRP PP CHICAGO: TLL. - - Pii: vaus s biians s wdorige s Bhate i i - -~