Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-03-15
GRAIN MN ORGANIZE
Meeting of the Dealers at Des
Moines and q State Association
Formed.
Discussion Of the Various Questions
Connected With the Grain
Business.
Mutual Telephone Representatives
In Session Bell Man Elected
From Meeting.


Des Moines. March 15.-The Iowa
Grain Dealers Association was organ
49,. ,,,..,,aa, - 1,as Mo;nes nv /,
ABOUT 10 iowa gram ouse's az . n.y.
ing called for the purpose by the Cereal
Club of Dies Moines. The grain men
,.;a o,os;,e in tho
"s'S' - - $3.50
evening With a lunch ana ''si'l Nauue-
Vile entertainment. The Following Off
GERS were. elected. President, j. q. King,
~ = ns.xyo,f
l4aurens' secfetars measure ~ -
lected by the governing board; govern
inc hoard ofs Ave members r. i. Wright
az Minneano,is. n. i. Edmunds. of Mar
chg r, NiIliran. of jefferson, Phil Dietz
of ,yalcott b. T.. Bowen. of Des Moines.
During the afternoon the association
q dontef n constitution and bylaws and
adiourned to await the call of the gov
erninp hoard. No action of any kind
was taken az, Legislation or freights The
Iowa association is organized as an in
denandent body but a resolution was
adonted fayoring the affiliation of the
association with the n.s.ional associa-s
tim
The meeting was called to order in
the afternoon by Cant. Nj. r. Russell.
nresitlent of the Cereal Club, who served
rs chairman at the meeting. G.. A. St:b-
hins of Coburp. acted as secretary
There we're several gentlemen named as
candidates for4the office, of president of
the association. and e. A. Lockwood
vac elected. but refused to serve
In onen;n.- the meeting Chairman
pnssell smoke in. mart as follows.
.,rh;s meetinp has been called that
tho grain men of Iowa NAV do what
the;, neiehbors in Nepra ska Illinois
and other grain states have done long
ago LET us organize TO remedy the
mu,titud. Of evils and perplexities that
ohstruct The road 10 success. Iowa
.tands AT the front rank as a grain
,rov;ne Stata and holds the nroI,d req
ord az being the only state that has
,a,,ar l,roYn a cron fa;lure And still
with this record for the state the grain
,,,a,, ,,,al.a ,ass ,,,ona, ON IN. amount
invested than any other class of bust
,.s,. ,,.n
what ;s the tronhleo First and not
tho .Ieast 10 the uncertainty of fregh,
ect Some means ShOtild be devised
nv which steady and uniform rates
could he maintained. This meeting Vii
nrohably- take M the ouest1on of grad.
inc eraip Won viii he expected 10 de.
terr,ine how ii is that n dealer load.
three cars of differently graded grair
the same day ont of the same bin. AL
boprht from The same man raised II
the same field and threshed or shellee
on tn. same day. The terminal shor
weight grievance viii also bob up w,
have been defeated by one vote in oul
efforts i'm the legislature this winter /,
have the nm ;l,st lien la " modified. Their
is no Justice. ia compelling the grain
dealer To nav for grain twice when 20,
have no way of Knowing that the. part,
ceiling ym, the grain has III mortgage,
fo,. his rent, The legislation asked /,
remedy this evil was right.
The members of orr association ar.
MOI confiaed to any one class OF dealer,
nor Ia any one section. Thru its ehee1
weight burea,, al Kansas city the Kan
sas assoeiation has benefited she trad