Cooperative Stabilized Marketing of Farm Commodities - The Yoakum Plan - Profitable and Placed Commercially on an Equality With Other Major Industries

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Copyright and preservation front matter precedes a 1928 business proposal authored by B. F. Yoakum, presented through Columbia University Libraries preservation microform records. The core text argues that farming must shift from legislative supervision to modern business methods, organizing farmers to industrialize production and stabilize marketing. It presents the “Stabilizing Market Control” plan: regulated production, nation-wide commodity marketing with separate Federal charters, producer-run organizations, and boards to stabilize prices so farmers can earn profitable, enduring returns.

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Cooperative Stabilized Marketing of Farm Commodities

Regulated Production

Stabilized Marketing

A System to Stabilize Prices

Boards to Stabilize Marketing

MASTERNEGATIVENO.95-82442-13 # COPYRIGHT STATEMENT The copyright law of the United States (Title 17,United States Code)governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrightedmaterials including foreign works under certain conditions.In addition,the United States extends protection to foreign works by means ofvarious international conventions,bilateral agreements,andproclamations. Under certain conditions specified in the law,libraries and archives areauthorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction.One of thesespecified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be"used for any purpose other than private study,scholarship,or research."If a user makes a request for,or later uses,a photocopy or reproductionfor purposes in excess of "fair use,"that user may be liable for copyrightinfringement. The Columbia University Libraries reserve the right to refuse to accept acopying order if,in its judgement,fulfillment of the order would involveviolation of the copyright law. Author: Yoakum,BenjaminFranklin Title: Cooperative stabilizedmarketing of farm...Place:New York Date: [1928] # COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET RESTRICTIONS ON USE: TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA 35mmREDUCTION RATIO: aX IMAGE PLACEMENT:IA 3-31-95 DATE FILMED: TRACKING\#: ns05779 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM.PA. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ 2.0 mm A阳ci关LMN门hrMWA abcdetghjklmnoprstuVwy21234567890 1.5 mm ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 4.5 mm ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnodqrstuwxyz1234567890 3.5 mm 200 mm F CUCFE IVL ABILIiKEIIU UFFAkil CC2UDI1ES…… ## 3.F.Yoakun Columbia CHnibersitp intheCitp of etBork LIBRARY School of Business # SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | Cooperative Stabilized
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How Farming Can Be Made Permanently
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An Equality With Other Major
Industries of the Country
“THE YOAKUM PLAN”
BY
B.F.YOAKUM
535 Fifth Avenue
New York | | --- | 13(l丽Those who have given thought to the situation—farmers,Congressmen and the public—have losthope of anything worth while being accomplished forthe farmer through legislation that contemplatesGovernment supervision or control.The time has arrived,even the advocates of suchlegislation must admit,for the farmer and the Con-gress to consider farming from a practical businessstandpoint,to adopt a plan that will place agricul-ture on the same high commercial level as manufac-turing and other great industries.BuounessWith such a course in vietw,I am undertaking tolay down the basic principles of such procedure.Must Adopt Modern Business MethodsFarm products are the chief source of our nationalwealth.D250.5Farming is our greatest industry and must be placedon a self-supporting profitable basis if national prosperityY7is to endure.Therefore all are vitally interested in apermanent solution of this problem. COOPERATIVE STABILIZED MARKETINGOF FARM COMMODITIES Everyone who is familiar with the history of businessmanagement in this country knows that farming is manydecades behind the wonderful progress and profits madein other lines.Farmers do not receive anything like theirproportion of the national income or earn profits on theirproducts that are comparable with those of factories ormills.They cannot do so until they are organized on thesame broad lines and adopt the effective methods that areso largely responsible for the growth of modern business.3 Farming,to be enduringly successful,must be indus-trialized,placed on a solid business foundation.To bring this about the essentials are: I.Regulated Production. ## 2.Stabilized Marketing Production American farmers ca

FAQs

What problem does the plan say farmers face under current conditions?

It argues farmers are many decades behind other business sectors, receive an inadequate share of national income, and cannot earn profits comparable to factories or mills without organization and modern methods.

How does the document propose stabilizing farm prices?

It proposes regulated production and a nation-wide commodity marketing system that stabilizes marketing before the industry can be self-sustaining, with a market control plan aimed at maintaining profitable prices.

What structural elements are described for the proposed marketing system?

The plan calls for separate Federal charters per commodity, producer-operated organizations in a nationwide structure, and marketing boards composed of farmers, with presidential approval and possible state supplements.

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