February, 1918 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
95 
Cranberry News 
By Mrs. S. N. Whittlesey, Secre- 
tary Wis. State Cranberry 
Growers’ Association 
The 31st annual meeting of the 
Wisconsin State Cranberry Grow- 
ers’ Association convened in 
Grand Rapids, Wis., Jan. 8, 19l8. 
Owing 1 to bad weather and con- 
gested conditions of railroads 
caused by high wind and heavy 
snowfall, arrivals were tardy and 
many were not able to come at 
all. After a long (in time) and 
very roundabout trip from Chica- 
go, President Searls was able to 
reach us and called the meeting 
to order at 10:00 a. m. Also on 
account of time consumed in this 
trip, Mr. Searls was not able to 
give us his usually prepared ad- 
dress but gave a talk dwelling 
principally on the Black head Are 
worm — a pest that now threatens 
great destruction unless stringent 
measures are taken in proper time. 
The minutes of the 30th summer 
meeting were read and approved, 
as were reports of Treasurer and 
Secretary. The two latter not 
differing greatly from those of a 
year ago. Owing to uncertainty 
of liabilities from destruction of 
records last February, it was 
dr emed best to be sure of same 
before making inroads on assets in 
evidence. These will now be 
taken ( me of and the results pub- 
lished in our 31st Annual report. 
By unanimous vote of the house, 
the Secretary was instructed to 
cast a ballot for the old officers, 
namely : Andrew Searls, Presi- 
dent ; F. J. Hoffman, Vice Presi- 
dent; H. J. Gehbardt, Treasurer, 
J. J. Emmerick, member Ex. 
Com. ; and Mrs. S. N. Whittlesey, 
Secretary, for the ensuing term. 
The entire morning session was 
devoted to business and reports, 
the discussions from which ought 
to prove fruitful. 
A number of valuable papers 
were given in the afternoon, no- 
ticeably “Co-operation Between 
Banker and Grower” by Guy 0. 
Babcock of the Wood Co. NatT 
Bank. “Observations and Sug- 
gestions by A. N. Chaney, gen- 
eral manager American Cranberrv 
Exchange. “Shall We Adver- 
tise?” by Herman J. Gebhardt, 
Treasurer W. S. C. G. Ass’n. 
“Value of State Fair Exhibit” by 
( has. Schlosser, Chicago manager 
Wis. Cranberry Sales Co., “Mar- 
keting” by S. N. Whittlesey and 
“The State Fair” by Chelcie 
Treat. 
The only drawback to this in- 
teresting meeting was the absence 
of many members whose presence 
we enjoy and whose help and co- 
operation we need. 
Farmers Want to Share in Respon- 
sibility of Winning- the War 
It is unwise to deny one-third 
of the people of the United States 
any real part in handling the 
problems of the war. The farm- 
ers are constantly told that the 
war will be won by the food they 
supply. \ et the farmers of Amer- 
ica have today little voice, if any, 
in deciding the great questions, 
even the food and farm questions, 
upon which the issue of the war 
depends. So far as we have 
learned there is not a single gen- 
uine farmer, representative of the 
organized farmers of America, in 
any position of authority in the 
Food Administration, the Advis- 
ory Council of National Defense, 
or any of the other special boards 
charged with the conduct of the 
war. When contrasted with the 
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We make a specialty of War- 
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recognition properly accorded to 
organized labor and the vast possi- 
bilities entrusted to the represen- 
tatives of organized business, such 
treatment amounts to notice to the 
organized farmers that their part- 
nership is not desired. 
Sustained or increased produc- 
tion is impossible unless the or- 
ganized farmers of America are 
given a voice in the conduct of the 
war commensurate with the im- 
portance of their part in winning 
it. 
