Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-05
Campaign to Organize Fifty
Elevator Companies With
in Next Sixty Days.
COOPERATIVE CONCERN ACTIVE
Association Recently Organized Is
Sending Out Its Literature Broad
cast to Iowa Farmers, and Is max.
ing Strenuous Efforts to Interest
Them In tho Movement.
Special to Times Republlcan,

Special to Times Republican,
Gowrie, Dec. 5.--Not much has been
heard about the association of Coop
erative concerns since its organization
at Rockwell month or SO ago, but
the organizations officers have not
been idle. A campaign for the or
ganization of a farmers elevator COM
pany at fifty different points withip
the next sixty days has been commence
ed and the literature of the associa-
ton is being sent broadcast to the far
mers OF Iowa c. G. Messerole, or this
city, secretary Of the Farmers Grain
Dealers Association. organized is Just
now busy sending out two circular
letters to members outlining the cam
paign for organization OF the farmers
grain trade. The letters make inter-
esting reading, and are as follows:
"Co-operative Grain Companies Of
Iowa Gentlemen: Thru the courtesy
Of J. A. McCreery, secretary OF tho
Farmers Grain Dealers Association Of
Illinois. am sending your company by
express a package OF pamphlets con-
tanning the address Of Thomas Lamb,
Jr., delivered at the special meeting
of the Farmers Grain Dealers Asso-
citation of Illinois held in Springfield,
November / and 2. Are Farmer Ele-
vator Companies an Evolution in the
Grain Business?' is the title Of the ad-
dress, and 1t is considered by all those
who have heard or read 1t as being the
best article ever written on the sub
ject Of farmer elevators. We trust
company will see that they are thor
oughly distributed among your stock
holders, for 1t will not only be Of in
terest to them, but will awaken an en-
thusiasm which will tend to make them
more loyal and staunch supporters of
their company. 1t would seem to US
the quickest and best way to get one
cent wrappers at the post Office ana
mail them out, for this address will
sound the key note of campaign a
bout to commence for the organization
of fifty new companies within the next
sixty days.
"Our plan for the winter campaign
Is to have every one OF the thirty-flve
farmer elevator companies in the state
resolve itself into a committee to or
ganize at least one new company at
some station in your county during
December or January. This you can
do and we believe you will And it to
your advantage to call special meet
ing Of your stockholders to talk over,
not only this matter, but other matters
pertaining to the best interests and
welfare Of your company. Get one or
two good speakers that are full Of en-
thusiasm for the work, and by the
time Of the annual meeting Of this
association in February there will be
seventy-fve farmer elevator compan-
les in Iowa instead Of thirty-fi five. There
must be no backward movement ana
there is no such thing as standing
still. We are either moving ahead or
backward"
It may be that in the course Of two
or three weeks will be able to get q
man thoroughly versed In cooperative
matters and good speaker to come to
Iowa and address every cooperative
company that desires to call meeting.
We cannot get UP much enthusiasm
without getting together and touching
elbows, and we hope you will at least
call a special meeting of your stock
holders in the near future to consider
ways and means Of Immediately push
ing this work along.
"The only expense to you in connec-
tin with the package we are sending
Is the few cents express charges. and
we urge you to get this address into
circulation as quickly as possible.
yours truly,
&c. G. MESSEROLE, Secretary"
"Co-Operative Grain Companies Of
Iowa. Gentlemen: We copy the follow
ing from the Chicago Tribune:
"The State Grain Dealers Association
of Iowa, which achieved some unenvi-
able noteriety last summer in trying
to boycott grain dealers in Chicago and
elsewhere who bought grain Of indie
pendent dealers in that state, farmers
elevators, or others not members Of the
association, is still trying hard to be-
come the Standard Oil trust of the
grain trade in Iowa. Local receivers
were calling attention yesterday to the
efforts of members Of the association
to buy corn in that state about cents
cheaper than elevator interests here
are willing to pay for 1t, nice mar
gin Of profit for the country dealer. s'A
Local grain men say the efforts Of Iowa
dealers to get corn from the Iowa far
mers at starvation prices is keeping
down the movement from that state.
Farmers know the prices offered are
too low compared with Chicago rates,
but the Iowa dealers. 1t is said. show
the farmers the postal cards sent them
from headquarters fixing rates and
claim that is all they are offered from
Chicago"
The letter closes by asking the MEM
bers to give the article wide circulation
THREE MEN DROWNED.
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