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AUDITOR REPORTS WHEATGROWERS RECEIVED AVERAGE OF 18 CENTS BUSHELS MORE THAN NON-MEMBERS I The Idaho Wheatgrowers Association netted members 18c a bushel over the average market price received by wheatgrowers outside the association, and members should feel remarkably well pleased with the results obtained, according to the statement of the Edwin A. Wilson Company of Twin Falls which made the audit, completing it July first. Copies of the audit have been mailed to members of the association in the various parts of the state. A difference of $1.70 a hundred between the peak and low price received for the wheat over the season was a condition almost without precedent and result ed in considerable amounts in excess of the average price, bein^ paid members of the association whose wheat was in the early pools that were sold. This dif ference according to the report was over $18,000 and will be compensated for when the next crop is har vested. Directors of the Association anticipate that the general expense of their organization will he greatly reduced this year. First the preliminary expense of organizing an office will be eliminated. Second the volume of wheat handled will be incomparably great er. Third, interest paid for temporay advances, in surance, and miscellaneous general expense will be materialy lowered, due to a steadier market and bet ter organization. The average price received by the Association was $1-7 0y 2 per bushel. The total expense amounted to $ .12V4 per bushel and the reserve to supply ing capital amounted to $ .0314 per bushel making a total deduction of $ .15y 2 per bushel. Directors believe that this amount can be materially reduced during the comin : work ■ ing season The audit as presented to the membership fol Jows IDAHO WHEAT GROWER'S ASSOCIATION BALANCE SHEET AS AT JUNE 20TH, 1921. ASSETS; Cush in Banks . Due from Members . Membership Notes Receivable Roy Platform and Equipment $ 46,822.68 18,024.54 1,180.00 1,941.26 $ 66,968.48 LIABILITIES; Duo Members Operating Reserve Reserve for Cost of Roy Platform Reserve for Organization $ 67 , 207.91 6 , 639,81 1 . 941.26 1,180.00 $ 66,968.48 Twin Falls, Idaho, July 8th. 1921. To the Members of the Idaho Wheat Grower's Association; At the request of your Hoard of Directors and Manager, we have audited file accounts and records of youv Association for the period commencing August 1st, 1920, mid ending June 20th, 1921, and present a summary of our report herewith, It wouM appear that the members of this Association should foci rc nmrkabiy well pleased wllh the results of ihis, their first year of operation. In the face of u declining market and season of groat financial stringency, your grain was sold at a price considerably In excess of the prices paid by local dealers at your point of shipment. Tim average price received by tile Association based on No. 1 Bed Wheal was $2.84 per hundred or $1.70(1! per bushel. Tho total expense amounted to per bushel und the amount for a reserve to supply working capital as provided by your by-lawn, was $.08(1 per bushel, or a total of $.15(4 per bushel. Substraotlng Ibis amount from the average price of $1.70(4 per bushel leaves $1.55 per bushel net to members. The average price paid by local buyers during the season was $1.37 per bushel or $.18 less than the not amount realised by members of the Association. This Is shown In tho fol lowing exhibit; No. I lied D Ileal. Basel Average price received Less deductions for expenses, etc. $ 1.70529 per bushel .15346 per bushel 1.55183 per bushel 1.374 Net nmounl realized by members Average price paid by local dealers per bushel $ .17783 per bushel The Association also disposed of nearly $16,000 worth of wet wheat at Tin average price of $1.46 per hundred gross. Tills wheat,« we are told, was not acceptable to local dealers and would have been n total loss had the .Association not been operating. Your finances have been eared for lu u business like way, as evidenced by letters from several banks, notably one from file Utah Natlonul Bank of Salt Luke City, Utah, who re-dlseounted nearly $100,000 worth of the Assn elation's paper. Their latter congratulates the Association for the prompt 'manner In which their obligations were eared for, and expresses their entire satisfaction In the results of their business relations. It will be remembered that wheal opened strong al the commencement «of the season, and the highest prices were received for the first ten ears shipped. Your by-laws provide thal loans may be made to members In an .amount equal to 75'/i« of the resale price. Early loans made on this basis «exceeded the amount finally credited the members, (based on the average price received during the season) by $18,024.54: This Is nn unprecedented condition that will probably not. occur again. The result la unfortunate In that It was necessary to deduct this amount from the balances due other members In the (Inal settlement. The. Association bus accepted Interest bearing notes from membra to whom they have over loaned, to be paid out of the first ssIch made this fall. At that time full payment will be made to All oilier members, together with Interest for the use of tlioir money. To accomodate certain members living in the vicinity of Roy, a loading •platform was built at a cost of $1,941.26 This amount lias been charged to members using this plstform, and credited to a Reserve Account. If the plat form ls sold to the Warehousing Corporation the proceeds from such sale will be returned to the members who have paid for the same. Organisation expense amounting to $6.156.07 has been credited with the amount received from memberships amounting to $2,665 and net commissi« ... received for selling grain for the Twin Falls Association and others, amount ing to $905.63. The Association holds notes given In payment for memberships amount ing to $1,180.00. A reserve has been set up against these notes to he used for •organization purposes when collected It Is hoped that cash received from '.this source will cover most of the cost of organization Iu the future, thus «decreasing the expense to be charged against sales. Our complete report Is on file at the office of the Association at Ameri can Falls, and the management Invites its Inspection by any member who desires to do so. Net gain to members Yours very truly, THE EDWIN A. WILSON COMPANY, Certified Public Accountauts. fly Edwin A. Wilson. IDUIO WHEAT GHDIYKR'S VSSOtTVTION OPER ITING STATEMENT PERIOD FROM AUGUST 1ST. 192«. TO JUNE HATH, 1921 $325,028.78 Net Sales .-,. KXPHN8ES. Insurance .. .. Interest Paid tSUtionery, 8utlptles and Printing Telephone aud Telegraph .Salaries ..•**. Postage ... Revenue Stamps Testers. Trucks and Equipment $ 460.24 1,562.83 807.32 369.37 2,891.69 46.25 6.00 281.45 } I AMERICAN LEOIOW OPINO BACK TO FRANCE | Ji I . jzæm&k z W -é\ •TÄ t -r ' -. Sit j.. I Æ& ? T." \ jptiV A, 4' ** V, ; I 3 Y\ - H Ï / V V w / Y 7 ■ * - i ><• V ■/ * [ m mm ■ ^ V*. . „Yifk, -K >' The American Legion is sending a pilgrimage back to France. The delegation will sail from New York, Aug. 3. More than two hundred« representatives of the various posts will make the trip, guests of the French nation, to be present at the unveiling of the Flirey Monument. With the new national commander, John G. Emery, present, Ambassador Jusserand presented the first replica of the monument to President Hard ing then extended an official invitation to the American Legion to be the guest of the French nation at the unveilin right, are: President Harding, Ambassador Navy Theo. Roosevelt and Commander John ing. In the picture, left to 1 Jusserand, Ass't Sec'y of 1 G. Emery. Economic Means Better Than Potitics Says U. L. Burdick The speech of U. L. Burdick, presi-, dent o fthe North Dakota Farm Bur-i oau Federation, was the outstanding| feature olf the meeting at F./catello, ; May 16th, when President Howhid of ; the National Farm Bureau accomp&n- • lcd by his committee toured the west to obtain the general sentiment re gnrdlng wlirat pooling. The Press has obtained n report of Mr. Burdick's speech In full and through Its columns on the Farm Bureau Pago Is passing it on to Its readers. i know something about Idaho from a distance, I guess all the United States of America knows something about Idaho. To mo two figures stand out more prominently than any others. I think of Senator Borah und Col. Evans (American Falls-— present) and 1 believe another gentleman of in ternational reputation go) his start in Idaho lllg Bill Haywood You see ut w lut I u disadvantage I am. (Laughter.) As announced by ITes. Howard. I am from North Dakota, there thirty-trine years, seen the de velopment of the state ua some of you have In this section of the country. Every time I urn Introduced us coming from the state of N. I). everybody be gins to sit up, so I have It that much over tho other speakers. They 0 know what kind of an animal can ■omo from N. I). where all the hanks are going broke, etc. v you about the state of N. D. a bunch of fellows just like you. have their political troubles sometimes. Of course. If interest does lag Iu poli tics over there, we will he in favor of 1 he recall ho Interest will not lag. The things which the people of North Dakota have tried to do over there iu a political way are just the things.you are trying to do In an economic way, and t liiluk the final result of she lut» experiment will bo finit moat of the people will gel behind the way of doing It in an economic way instead of a po litical way. * have lived 'ail! ' '. I will toll They are They Resorted To I'olltlrs. The American Farm Bureau Fedor Organization Expense Director's Expense 1 lundi Ing and Storage Inspection and Weighing . Freight ..... Demurrage . ..... Switching Charges .. . 1,584.54 285.00 16.224.67 . 1,082.96 498.38 4.00 9 79 Total Expense Operuting Reserve $26,1J 3.29 6,639.31 Total Deductions $ 32,732.60 Available for Distribution to Members $292,276.18 Advance to Members ... . Coat ot Roy Platform charged to members using same Balance to he paid to members $251,161.56 1.941.26 38.188.37 Total . ..... WHAT THE CALIFORNIA BANKERS THINK OF COOPERATIVE SOLUTIONS $292.276.1S AS BANK OF ITALY "California has led the nation In the successful development of Cooper ative- Marketing among growers. Among the best of files«' Is the California Prune 4!- Apricot Growers, lue. To add one cent per pound to the growers' prune price, adds a million dollars to Uris Valley's income. To insure the association highest success guarantees the Valley's biggest Income, Everybody ought to boost for the Association." —BANK OF ITALY, by W. E. Rlauer. Vice Pres. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SAN JOSE "The renewal of the contracts to perpetuate the Prune and Apricot As sociation is absolutely necessary to maintain the value of the property In Valley and the income of every resident." —FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SAN JOSE, by W. S. Clayton. President. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF FRESNO "Every hank is a reflection of community prosperity. Every Fresno hanker can speak vvith authority of the change that has been wrought in the ratstn Ass«H'lated Raisin Company. "I Indorse most heartily the California Associated Raisin Company and urge every grower to sign a contract without delay." - -FIRST NATT. BANK OF FRESNO, by O. J. Woodard. Pres one., a fourth, a fifth, right in a row..f How long do you mink any bunch of! farmers can last putting in 100 to 600 acres for five years and never get ting a bundle? We didn't get a bundle ation, through the leadership of Mr. Howard and others, seems to make a strong ; where. You are trying to go ahead and ; do something that you yourselves can • do, Independent of any political lnter ference. But as a last resort, and when people outside the state dictated to the farmers, you cannot blame them for having tried to do in a political way what they did not then seem able to do in an economic way, as was the case In N. D. appeal to the farmers every ! have lived there since I was two yeara old, and conditions got so there that before a. man was mentioned for Governor in a convention, ho would promise away every appoin tive office of the commonwealth. Some men «ven went so far a to name the pages! A man hud to bind himself so, or he could not be governor at all. One who could be mentioned later transferred hts activities to Alaska, Alexander McKenz-e Is file first let ter of his first name. Now that is why North Dakota started out on a wild chase. I am not a Nonpartisan. I was Lieutenant Uovernor when the League started. In fact, two years ago 1 had an Idea that 1 ought to be Governor and 1 opposed Frazier, aud when file election was over, 1 found I was about the only person in,the state wlui thought, so. for 1 was sound ly defeated. But if anybody asks me why the banks in N. 1). failed, I wilt toll hint it was not the Nonpartisan League. have to Farmers Closed Out. Up tu file time I left N. D., forty banks luul closed—mabe thirty more have closed-—I don't know, but you famines know why they have closed, and it you don't I am glad to tell you. The reason the banks closed is be cause the farmers around the hanks closed. They lost one crop, another, a third for four years, didn't bar* aay chance, | for it didn't rain. I've got a boy seven i years old, and it hasn't rained on him i (only once) since he was born—and that was In the winter time when it didn't do any good. Now thal is the reason the banks failed. The Mate of North Dakota is not financially bank rupt. There is no state in the union in any better condition as regards debt. With our 280,000 quarter-sections of land, our state debt is 90c a quarter section. The state does not owe a quarter as much as a great number of banka do in N. D. N. Dakotans All Right. I live in a town of 5,000. We are in a livestock country, and one state bank owes four times as mach as the whole commonwealth of N. D. The bank is all right; it has not closed, and will finally pay out all right. Things will finally come out all right In N. D. because the people are all right. They are just like you and I They know they have made a mistake in following off after some fellow that had an autocratic machine of his own. They were trying in the wrong way to put over what we are trying in the right way to put over now. We have signed up 21,000 members in four months in that state, and at least one-half of them are Nonparti sans. They are going to let us sell their wheat, because we can sell it better than they can sell it. The adu cational work has been done In N. D. Some of us lost some jobs we thought we wanted, but 1 would rather be President of the State Farm Bureau than to be Governor, any time. .Must Have a hiring. Their feeling in N. D. is just like yours hare. You feel the time has come in America when the fellow who lives on the soil and tills it must have a living. We feel that the whole struc ture of this democracy is built on the soil, and that If a man cannot make a 'decent living on the soil with his fata lly, the whole foundation of the repub lic Is at stake. ed It • During the past fifteen years, the average wage of the farmers has been jj $6(10 a year, with 4.6 members to the family. You can understand from that file condition of agricultune, and why all the seaboard states are losing the agricultural population. It It had not been for the free land In these west ern states, It would have been, the same here There are 6 500(000 lärm- I ers la the U. S. now. The free home-1 steads of the West will soon, play out, : and we wil be right back to the s.une conditions in the older states. Of the $500 the farmer receives for the 4.6 L'rn^7 r Y ° f h -* 8 f r Uy V $-00 la chargea up. for w hat they raise $240 in money, divided Dp you know that during the last j twenty years the farmers have paid more than 2 per cent more interest on I any money they needed than any body j eise ? In their kind of business they J lmvcn t had any long terms of credit, i At times when you could have made something on livestock, just when you I wanted to hold your stuff to mature ! it in order io make a profit, yon had to i-vliii» it. to market because oi '-Lo ( short, term of credit. These pertinent, lacts are getting home to the men in j i this country more than they ever have before, aud we are all waking up j that something must be done. | Interest Higher. , j In this American Farm Bureau, Fed created, we already have a million and a halt of men who live on the farm who see iu this the last call to bring the enthusiasm back ttat it is entitled to. The men of brains and college eduea lion ought to be found on the farms; but you do not find many of them them there, because the whole« policy is to educate the boys and girls so they don't have to be identified with the i soil. I can look forward myself to | learning comethiu« that would make it I possible for me not to identify myself 1 with the soil. A*, homo I had to drive oxen, and I was glad to graduate so : 1 «mid be free from the soil. One ! time I drove that team of oxen devils I 22, miles to see a celebration, and got I there at night just iu time fij see fireworks go up \Ae must build belter houses every where on the farms so that our bojs n< * K ? r,s Stay thc ! 6 ' 1 bollevo 1 " ha ' ,n * a11 the conveniences we can «>« , tar,n to n ' ake , P'f asattt - Hul how a f' * ou K° inK *° ?? tha ' wb,!U you «a\ en t any money. How are you going to do that when you are going broke? How art» you going to do it when you *re selling wheat on the market for half the cost if production? j How are you going to rip it with every 1 sheep west of the Mississippi River mortgaged for $4.80 more than It is worth' I worm. and eat. among nearly five people! _ f Accurdi ngto th census of 1920 there f j 1 CENSUS« STATISTICS REVEAL ILLITERACY IN IDAHO CITIES are 4,924 illiterate persons 10 years of age and over In the state of Idaho, ''ilUterate" meaning unable to write. Of this number 914 are native whites and 2,501 are foreign born. In the total population 10 years of age and over the percentage of illiteracy is 1.5, which shows a diminution since 1910. when it was * By counties the percentage of illiter acy ranges all the Clearwater county to 0.2 in Jerome and Teton counties. ay from 5.S in The Census Bureau reports that in the population of Boise, Idaho, as enumerated in January, 1920, there were 286 persons 10 years of age or over who were illiterate In the sense of being unable to vi rite. Of this number 176 were foreigu-bom whites and only 25 were native whites. The percent age of illiteracy in the total population 10 years of age and over is 1.6 which ' ! « The Census Bureau reports that iQ|» the population of Pocatello, Idaho, as T enumerated in January, 19?0. there were 483 persons 10 vears of age oril,, over who were illiterate in the sense of being unable to write. Of this num ber 402 were foreign- born whites and only 27 were native whites. The per- i centage of lllitera«.'y In the total popu- ! lation 10 years o' age and over is 4.1 shows a decrease since 1910 when it was 4.1. For the native white the per centage is 0.2. and for the foreign-born white. 9.4. i ffTT PLANNER SEEK FITERE FOR SEW CITY OF AM. FA (Continued from page 1) inexperienced tillers who have expect ed to reap without sowing. However even during the worst of these years, some of the better farmers report a fair average yield. If transportation rates had been favorable and had the market been settled these growers would have realizéd a decent profit. Such fair yields coupled with the bumper crops of favorable years make It appear that a large proportion of the so called dry farm land is poten tially profitably productive. There may never be the large profits once expected from them but given normal world conditions and consistent in telligent effort—dry farming will be come a highly dependable industry. As the world demand for food becomes greater and as the productivity of the wheat growing centers of the world inevitably diminish in productivity, the more will such land as these with which we are concerned come to the front. 0» The Increase It is the planner's belief that dry farming in the vicinity of American Falls will materially increase rather than decrease in importance and that this Increase can be depended upon for a certain amount of growth in the new town. Of the irrigable lands, there is the alrady supplied lower end of the Afcerdeen-Springfield* tract which may be developed more intensively and the untouched irrigable land extending northeastward from the town. There two projects, if fully developed, would add probably some fifteen hundred or two thousand people to the population of the new town. Raising I,United The stock-grazing industry, because of the limited pasturcage, probably cannot be materially expanded but with a reasonable conservation, of pasture lands, this industry can bo jj e ld stable. Manufacturing development is more uncertain. It is true that; the move m ent of population westward, and the excessive transport&ion rates is good ^o tend to force a decentralization of in<j U8 t r y from the East—westward, n ul where in ^ W est it will estab I Ush [t8elf i8 uncertain, depending ^pon ma ny factor» including avail : 0 f p 0Wer> raw materials and nlarke[ and community attUudes ,, n _ couutered . Xhla latar is a coualder . ftble £actor . A broad minded and progressive municipal policy often at tracU i U( j U stry to a commuuity which otherwise somewhat unfavored. Power ami Wheal j American Falls has plenty of power and is central to much wheat, woo. I and other agricultural production. " j s not improbable that with the proper J encouragement from the citizen, ex i tensive industries such as niiliiug aud WO ol scouring will develop in the new I lov/n. That of course would mean ! 1:iuc h additional growth Ilian there is tin influence of the ( ^oviirnmuut ofiiccs, both county and federal. With an increase of popu j i a Lion the* location of the county seat in American Falls will become of iu j cleaning importance, | Other Factors j Other miscellaneous factors in the prosperity of the new tow l The general healthfulness of the lo cality, (2.) The increased number of tourists who will be attracted by the tiuusual engineering work which will have been accomplished here_and who may be encouraged to tarry a while within the town, and (3) The reservoir and power plant which will require a certain operating force and i the former of which will become | attractive such diversions I affording such diversions 1 ing, etc. This is the sum of the resources of : the new town as the planner sees ! them. Some of them are self suffirn I ent. Others, if realized must be coax I e d and fostered by a progressive '.he|community spirit, in view of their possibilities it is difficult to see how the most discouraged and pessimistic individual could give the new s«te aver enitrely to jack-rabbits and re-established sage brutsh. A Favored Spot Tims far we have considéré,! only the (oral factors. For one who has but recently come from the East or Urst time. ' oouatrv \t là hi j ust V vh-u this wpatorr appreciate 1 conuIriton T. htl u f° U " try , ls in its sand storms .,n,i u inters, mois Sre bnn ,h t " arc ' ty ot I put on the other hand are Ibe great fertility of the soil high produetivitity •„ the mountains and the It are; (1) an as boat as hoat town to this splendid new with its when reclaimed; ... great expanses, f u j' d "te strange lure and appeal of it f content 1 < ' ast *' rD< ' r back less content with hts cities permanently to itself The Snake River Valley is a part of this Great West, a particularly fer tile and. favored part. With the de velopment of western markets and with relief of transportation difficul ties .this valley win come rapidly to its own. Its town and villages will j prosper. Many communities are more 1 , by !," cation -ban is American Falls but still American Falls is in the zone of Influence but be more or less stimulated by general good lhat ley at large. or attracts LMIll with and cannot any may effect the vai . v'ieu* »h i if ' H * 1lre Here .» Ih . ln . e ***bt of the summary .. ( ' aru ' us conditions, there is u * ure for tb c new town. The . hesitates to portray that fu a» 1 * 5 a |' )rl<>us| y for he agrees with , h , e "t 3 onc * declared that there ' .... , . one "J™ °f fool bigger than ! pessimist and that an optimist. 111 founded hopes and foolish visions are as disastrous as chronic hopelessness « and it is not the planner's desire to ™.'v Ur V k fU, , UIV of ,he fown too iQ|» nu ? n ^ » P* ann i K S for the new T ht*en necessary for him above factors of growth oril,, • lals b * s interpreation of Possibilities, when it was 0.4. i the percentage is 0.3. ! foreign -bom white. 20 6 which shows an increase since 19"0 For the native white . and for the