The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-11

COkato-H. L. Sand.
1glehart-Wm. Thomas.
Darwin. S. Shields.
OliscO-A. M. johnson.
Mallory-John Gordon.
These being entitled to vote elected the
following officers: President, C. H. Hop
kins; vice-president, Henry Feig; Sec
rotary, j. c. Hanley; treasurer, J. s..
Shields; board Of directors, First dis
trict, j. S. Campbell; Second district Jas.
Montgomery; Third district, Nels John
son; Fourth district S. W. Powell; Fifth
district, G. w. Day; Sixth district, John
BATE; Seventh district, C. A. Menage.
The election of Hon. Henry Feig, of
Kandiyohi county, one of the most prom
inent Republicans in the state, was graf
flying to the association, because it
tended to show that the new movement
was in no sense partisan one-it rep
resented men of all parties Mr.. Fieg
took an active and useful part in the
business of the convention.
There was considerable debate in refer
ence to the site of the state elevator at
Duluth, which was purchased by the
state under the operation of an act of the
legislature, passed some years since,
which was bought with the intent to
erect upon it large elevator, through
which all farmers could ship their grain
without falling into the hands of the
wheat ring. There was money enough
on hand, after paying $4,000 for this
site, to build the elevator, and steps were
being taken to erect it when the supreme
court interviewed and declared the act un
constitutional. 1t was the unanimous
opinion OF the Grain Growers Associa-
ton that this site and the balance of the
funds should be turned over to the So
ciety, either as gift or if that was
deemed illegal, as loan for long time
at low rate of interest; and a COM
mittee consisting of Hon. Henry Feig,
Hon. P. II. Rahilly and M. p Moran was
appointed to go before the legislature
and press upon them the Importance of
erty over to the Grain Growers Associa-
ton. The convention thought the leg
lslature would recognize the justice of
This, IN as much as the money in ques-
ton was not derived from taxation of
the whole people, but was obtained by
a Zee levied on farmers grain for in
spectlon; 1t was therefore properly not
a part of the states funds, but trust
fund, which the legislature had the right
to dispose of.
FARMER REPRESENTATION.
Quite dicussion arose over the pro-
priety and necessity of having practical
farmers upon all the principal boards OF
managers and commissions of the site,
especially upon the grain and railroad
board, the state prison board, and the
equalization board A committee conf
posed of Mr.. Hanley, Mr. Rahilly and Mr..
Donnelly, accompanied by twenty or
more members of the society, called up
on the governor, and urged this matter
upon his attention. A full report upon
rs
moth edition.
WHAT TO DO.
1t is very probable that we will be
able to send out in the big edition of the
18th or 25th, a copy of the constitution
and bylaws of the Grain Growers AS
ISOLATION; but it is not necessary that
our friends should wait for the appear
ance of this document; they should go
to work at once. AS no iniation fee will
be demanded they can withdraw if any
thing in the constitution and bylaws as
finally adopted is Objectionable to them:
kind
put we have no fear of anything of the
THE PLAN OF OPERATION.
1t will be asked how the Grain Grow
ers' Association is to obtain funds for
carrying on it's work. This is the plan
that seems to be in the minds of most of
the members:
AS it is now a farmer who sells
bushel of wheat in the Northwest for
shipment to the Minneapolis or Duluth
market, or any other market, pays a
commission man for handling it l cent
a bushel; this on crop of 100000, 900
bushels amounts to $1,OOO,OO0; this goes
to the great elevator rings and combines
1T is lost to the farmers under any cir
cumstances.
Now, suppose We can find one or more
grain dealers, perfectly responsible
men, who will agree to divide this
100000 with the Grain Growers Asso-
ciation-this would give $500 900 a year,
This would build tremendous elevator
at Duluth. and a farmers warehouse at
every station where one does not now
exist in the state of Minnesota. or the
Dakotas (there are 100 such already in
this state besides paying for a number
OF men to canvass the state and organize
branches of the Grain Growers Associa-
ton in every township where wheat is
raised.
This is large project, but there is
nothing about it that is impractfcable,
We have responsible buyers already who
offer to make such divide with the So
ciety; in fact the work has already COM