Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-01-28
THE Grain AND STOCK GROWERS
Fifth Annual Tri-State Convention Is Held at FARGO
Interesting and Instructive Addresses Made.

The nth annual convention OF the
Tr-State Grain and Stock Growers
association was convened Tuesday at
the Fargo opera house. The annual
address Of j. A. Johnson, president of
the association, was the feature of the
forenoon session President Johnson
took occasion during his address to
detail some Of the evils of the eleva-
tor and machinery trusts, and also
turned his attention to the beef trust.
On this subject lie said:
You have 1t IN yClr power to de-
feat the formation at least in the
future of these trusts. Your power lies
In the ballot. If you will attend your
primaries and conventions and make
every nan who aspires to O seat in
your legislature and congress pledge
himself in writing, before nomination,
that he will vote for laws both in the
state as well as in the national legis-
iatures that will prohibit their forma-
ton and pledge themselves not to
vote for any man for United States
senator wntil the man or men who
aspire 10 these exalted positions will
pledge themselves in writing before
election that they will use their votes
and influence in the same direction.
you will soon see a difference. There
is nothing that scares a politician so
much as votes, or the want of them;
tthey will do anything you demand,
n you make them promise in time.
unless you will take radical measures
you will be bound hand and foot in a
few years. You will be as powerless
with the new trusts as you are today
with the elevator trust. YoI will ad-
NIT that while there may be half a
dozen or more elevators in your town,
all competition has been killed. The
agents all strive to secure you grain,
but the price is the same at each ele-
vator. That trust has made million
aires out Of a few men at the expense
OF you and others, who are at theil
mercy.
until this year the elevator COM
panies contributed. In reply 10 an in
quiry made by me some time ago as
to whether they would assist us, one
of the general managers answered in
part as follows:
Judging by the statements made
b, the various elevator people after
tthe last grain growers convention. ,
should not expect that any of them
would contribute a cent toward that
proposition again. The elevator peo-
pie feel that while they nave contrib
uted for several years past to this
proposition that matters have been al
lowed to be discussed in these meet
ings which were distinctly detrimental
to the interests Of the elevator peo-
ple.'"
J. II. Worst, president of the agri-
cultural college. was the next speaker
and ne outlined in an interesting man
ner the work of the convention.
Prof. ]. H. Sheppard, of the agri-
cultural college, vas the first speaker
at the afternoon session, on Breed
ing Stock for the Northwest"
The address of Prof. Sheppard was
enthusiastically received, ana 1t was
pronounced by all a very able and In
structive discourse. When he had
concluded Prof. Susan M. Reid Of the
agricultural college, was introduced
and delivered a very instructive paper
on Domestic Science" She handled
her subject with a master hand and
brain, and the paper will undoubtedly
nrove one of the best and most In
structive Of the congress.
L. A. Huntoon of Moorhead, with an
address on Manufacturing Corn Fod-
der Into Beef and Pork" followed.
Mr.. Huntoon is an orator OF no mean
ability, q sound reasoner and in all an
interesting talker. and for about TWEEN
ty minutes highly entertained his au-
ditors. A paper on the Shelter Belt
for Stock and Remedies for Insects In
furious to Animals" by Prof. Waldron
of the agricultural college. concluded
the first days program.
Wednesday, Jan. 20.
To-day's sessions Of the Tri-State
Grain and Stock Growers association
we're large attended, a greater num-
Der being present than has ever before
attended an annual meeting or the as
ISOLATION.
President Johnson announced the
following committees:
Committee to Report on the Nc
Cumber Bill-Capt. d. L. Wellman OF
Frazee, MINI: e. d. Childs OF
C~rookston, Mimi, and p. J. Rance OF
Webster, N. d.
Committee on Future OF the Asso-
ciation-J. Fl. Sheppard OF the North
Dakota Agricultural college; T. A..
Hoyerstad. Of the government station
at Crookston. Mimi; s. w. r. Pack
ard, Niagara. N. D.: w. +. Greeley.
editor Dakota Farmer. Gary. S. d.; N.
e. Carnine, Aberdeen. s. D.; l.. A..
LELAND, Edgeley. n. D.
Prof. Hoverstad Of the experiment
station. Crookston. made the opening
address this morning. his theme being