The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-07-07
DR.. Englehard Replies

ject to deceive and mlSlead those VINO
were not present at Topeka. MIR.
Hoffman could have been elected a
member of the board had he SC de-
sired, but he, as well as majority OF
the stockholders, desired a board COM
posed exclusively Of farmers.
The statement that Mr.. Butler was
elected to the board by the largest
majority of any director is true; but
the sophistical writer resorts to a
lawyers trick and fails to state how
this was brought about. Under the
corporation laws of Kansas, every
stakeholder has the right to vote his
share or shares of stock cumulative
as many times for one person as the
numbers Of directors to be elected. AS
there were nine directors to be elected,
he could vote each share OF stock nine
times for the same person, while all
the rest Of the stockholders voted their
stock for nine different persons.
The writer of the article referred to
was employed as organizer and while
SO employed and paid for by the COM
pany, gathered number of proxies
which he voted nine times for Mr..
Butler and SO made the election of Mr..
Butler possible; had he voted those
proxies for all nine directors, the re-
suit would have been very different.
The writer further says: This
will mean that the rapid growth of
the association near Lincoln during
the past few months will be stopped
This will be somewhat discOuraging
TO the Nebraska farmers This is
another gratuitOus assumption on the
part of the writer. The interest of
the farmers in the neighborhood of
Lincoln or any other part of Nebras-
ka will be scrupulously taken care of,
II they desire to join our company
Nor shall they be lacking in our
earnest solicitations to join us, nor in
our best endeavors to assist them in
doing SO. We cordially invite all
farmers in Nebraska to join us and
we faithfully promise them that we
will use our best efforts to help them
and honestly take care of their in
terests.
The Farmers Cooperative Shipping
association has no antagonism toward
Independent or other farmers asso-
cations. it has only the kindliest feel
ings and best wishes for them.
Our company is endeavoring to
build up solid business organiza-
ton; it has neither time nor inclin-
| alton to play opera bouffe. We have
no quarrel with any one, except those
who wilfully and maliciously misrep-
resent it. F. ENGLEHARD,
| President Farmers Cooperative
Shipping Assn.
| Rising City. Neb
THE Independent gladly accords
space to DR.. Englehard to correct any
errors which may have been in the
article referred to by him. Substan-
TALLY all of that article was written
by Mr.. Vincent of Omaha, as Dr. En-
glehard intimates, and by request of
The Independent in order to obviate
the necessity of guessing how much
was true and how much was false in
the Associated press reports of the
Topeka meeting.
1t now appears that The Indepen-
dent might better have guessed. And.
as a matter of Judgment. it seems
that perhaps the Associated press re-
ports of the cat and dog time at To-
peka were not grossly exaggerated.
The Independent cannot undertake
TO maintain permanent arena for
warning co-operators but feels that
DR.. Englehard is justly entitled to tell
his side of the story. But the matter
must stop there. as far as The indie
pendent Is concerned. 1t is willing
to give freely of its space to assist in
any forward movement in co-opera-
ton: but il is not-and will not be-
the organ of any particular faction.
The Independent has faith in CO.
operation. II believes cooperative
elevators and stock shipping associa-
tons are good things. not only as re-
CARDS immediate results In a pecuniary
way. but also in teaching men how far
cooperation can be carried success.
fully. But The independents prime
mission is TO teach but one phase ol
co-operation-and that is Cooperative
Voting
So while II views favorably ever,
other honest. earnest attempt 10 bet.