The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-10-02
Welcomed to Iowa by Gov
ernor Shaw.
M0CAULL IN RESPONSE
History of the Organization Re-
viewed by Pres't Lockwood
TWIN CITY MEN SHOW UP STRONG
Chicago Crowd Make an Impression
A Drive About Town This
Afternoon.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 2.-The annual
meeting of the Grain Dealers National
association opened in Des Moines this
morning with the largest attendance IN
the history of the association. Since early
last evening, special trains have been
bringing in delegations from the leading
cities of the country.
The delegates from the twin cities ar
rived at o'clock this morning in a spe-
cial car over the Minneapolis st. Louis.
Chicago sent a delegation 275 strong in a
special train over the North -Wwestern. 1t
cial train over the Northwestern. 1t
arrived at o'clock last night and was
welcomed by a committee of the Des
Moines Cereal club and the Iowa State
Military band. A special committee went
to Ames and turned over the keys of the
city to Captain Ike Rumsey, one of the
deans of the Chicago Board of Trade.
Specials over the Burlington and the
Wabash brought large delegations from
St. Louis, Kansas City, Peoria, Memphis
and tributary points. Fully 1900 dele
gates are assembled and there is the
greatest interest and enthusiasm.
The Des Moines Cereal Club has made
excellent preparations for the reception
and accommodation of all visitors and the
decorations of the grain in the Audi
torium where the meetings are held, are
Of striking beauty.
Work Begun.
The convention was called to order at 9
o'clock this morning by President B. A.
Lockwood, of Des Moines. Governor Shaw
welcomes the grain dealers to the state
in an address that set forth the tremen-
dous agricultural resources of Iowa. He
said less than per cent of the state was
waste landl Forty per cent of the state
was devoted to producing cereals. In
1900 this 40 per cent produced over 9OO,-
OOO, 900 bushels OF corn, 100000 900 bushels
of oats, %, 900 900 bushels of wheat and
vast quantities of other grains.
Mayor ]. ]. Hartenbower welcomed the
guests to Des Moines and H. Lafayette
Young bespoke a welcome for the Des
Moines Cereal club.
The response for the east was given by
Charles England of Baltimore, for the
southwest by Henry Lassen of Ell Reno,
for the southeast by D. L. McKellar OF
Memphis, for the northwest by ]. L. Nc
Caull of Minneapolis, for Kansas City by
S. @. Woolson, for St. Louis by H. T.
Whitmore, and for Illinois by S. S. Tan
ner.
President Lockwood in his annual ad-
dress spoke Of the origin of the asso-
citation Nov. 9, 1896, and its first meeting
in Chicago less than five years ago. The
field for such an organization, he said,
included interstate work Intercommer-
cial relations, arbitration and appeal
boards, common carriers, laws of state
and national, terminal and central mar
kets, trade rules and customs, grain in
spection, car inspection, weighing, tele-
graph and telephone rights and customs,
insurance, dissemination of information
crop and weather bureaus and other i'm
portant subjects.
Arbitration Essential.
The president said arbitration was one
of the many important measures thai
should be put into active force at this
session and was necessary for the mem
berS, shippers and receivers alike. A
more uniform rule for the inspection and
grading Of grain in central markets was
needed reform.
The report of the secretary. and treasur-
| er showed that the organizations finan-
cial condition was improved over last yeaI
and also a large growth in membership
Last year the membership was ATS. This
year it is nearly 1000. The affiliated
membership was Ats. This year it is
nearly 2,000 The affiliated membership
last year was 209 and this year 1,645.
The report of the auditing committee
and of the executive committee, through
Arthur A. Savers of Chicago, on the re-
vised constitution and bylaws, closed the
forenoon's session.
This afternoon the guests were given a
ride about the city by the Cereal club.