Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-01-28
ME- GRAIN AND STOCK GROWERS
Filth Annual TriState Convention Is Held .. r~oo
Interesting and Instructive Addresses N,ado.

Y The fifth annual convention of the
4 rrj.state Grain and Stock Growers
q ,ssociation was convened Tuesday at
3 me Fargo opera house. The annual
j address of j. A. Johnson, president Of
a the association, was the feature Of the
Il hrenoon session. President johnson
i took occasion during his address to
1 detail some Of the evils of the eleya-
Il Tor and machinery trusts, and also
4 turned his attention to the beef trust.
! III this subject lie said:
."You have it in yolr power to de
feat the formation at least in the
mture of these trusts. Your power lies
IN the ballot. If you will attend YOUR
nrimaries and conventions and make
gnyery man who aspires to a seat in
Il 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-
htures that will prohibit their fOrma-
lion and pledge themselves not to
vote for any man for United States
senator wntil the man or men who
,sDjre to these exalted positions will
hedge themselves in writing before
election that they Will use their votes
and influence in the same direction,
YOU will soon see a difference. There
much as votes, or the want Of them;
THEY will do anything you demand,
II 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 powcrlass
with the new trusts as You are to-day
with the elevator trust. You viii adj
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 your grain
but the price is the same at each Gle.
vator. That trust has made million.
aires out OF a few mon at the expense
of you and others, who are at theil
mercy
Until this year the elevator com
panies contributed, In reply to 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
by the various elevator people after
THE last grain growers convention,
should not expect that any OF then
would contribute a cent toward tina
proposition again. The elevator PEG
pie feel that while they have contrib
uted for several years past to tins
proposition that matters have been al
lowed to be discussed in these meet
tngs which were distinctly detrimental
to the interests of the elevator pee
ple'"
J. H. Worst. president of the agri
cultural college. was the next speake
and he outlined in an interesting man
ner the work Of the convention.
Prof. j. H. Sheppard, Of the agr1
cultural college, was the first speahe
at the afternoon session, on Breed
Ing Stock for the Northwest.
The address of Prof. Sheppard wa
enthusiastically received, and it wa
pronounced by all a very able ana i
structive discourse. When he ha
concluded Prof. Susan NJ. Red OF ID
agricultural college, was introooce
and delivered a very instructive pap
on Domestic Science" She hanole
her subject with master mana al.
brain, and the paper will undouoteuI
prove one of the best and most Il
structiye OF the congress.
l.. A. Huntoon of MoOrhead, with d
address on Manufacturing Corn fo
der into Beef and Pork, loIIo"e'
u Mr. Huntoon is an orator Of no mea
& ability, a sound reasoner ana II al q :,
Interesting talker, and for about tive
ty minutes highly entertained MS d
d ditors. A paper on the shelter DC
for Stock and Remedies for lnsec,S !
furious to Animals" by Prof. Waio[o
z Of the agricultural college, cohclu1'
b the first days program.
N "Wednesday, Jan. ~.
To.d,v,s sessions of the Tri-Sta
Grain and Stock Growers assoclaI'
were large attended, a greater nul
Der being present than has ever pei0
attended an annual meeting OF the d
Il ISOLATION. :,
Il President Johnson announced u
ID follor,;,,,- oor,, m tiff eS.
Ia Committee to Report on the m
ECumber Bill-Capt. D. l.. We,!tnah
EFrazee. MINI; 2. D. Chllos !
, ka.5okston, MINI, and ?. J. Rance
EWebster, N. D. 49,
n committee on Future of the ASS
Ec,ation-J. H. Sheppard of the NOT n
Snakota Agricultural college; \.
4 koverstad. of the government ST. ~ =
H. Crookston. Mimi; S. ": y: rag
Hard, Niagara. N: D; w = 9 eT Re
Hsd u, Dakota Farmer. Gary, S -
H. carnine, Aberdeen, S. D.; L.
Hueland, Edgeley, n, D.
4 prof. Hoverstad of the exper,me :,
d station, Crookston made tne opt tn;,
n address this morning, his theme '0''