New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-06-06
IS SUFFICIENT TO CONTROL
Membership OF New Farmers So.
ciety Large.
State Organizer Believe Farmers
Will Win Out.
Meeting at Sleepy Eye Poorly At.
tended But Enthusiastic.

Only small numberof the represen-
tative farmers of this section of the
county were present at the meeting of
the Sleepy Eye branch of the Ameri-
can society of Equity, which was held
at the city hall at that place Saturday
afternoon. The meeting was to have
been held at the opera house, but on
account of the inclement weather the
attendance was small and adjourn
ment was taken to the city building.
President 81. G. Hil1esheim called
the meeting to order and introduced
the speaker, Hon. W. G. Weber of
Rochester state organizer of the socie-
ty, who in short address set forth the
object and aims of the society. The
farmer, he said, occupied the pinnacle
in the business world. He is at the
same time producer and salesman of
the commodity which he raises. The
farmers of today are we'll educated
class of people, the outside world that
great school of experience having been
his chief source from which to obtain
his practical knowledge.
Farmers being both producers and
statesmen of commodity, said Mr.. We
Der, can dominate all their business
and control the market prices on their
goods, if they will stick together and
not dump their products onto the mar
kets at one time. The control of the
distribution Of farm products is essen
tlal to the betterment of prices. Farm
ers should be a solid mass of statesmen
and work for each others benefit. Mr..
Weber scorued the statement of rail-
road officials who claimed that the
scarcity of cars was the cause of ele-
vator men and the like being unable to
purchase grain, and attributed it to
the sound sense shown by farmers in
holding back their grain and thereby
getting better prices for it. Since the
foundation Of the society, three years
ago, Mr.. Weber said that enough
members had been enlisted so that one
fourth of the membership could domi-
nate all the business, that of control
ing the market and fixing prices on
their commodities. He attributed the
strength of the price Of wheat at the
present time to the even distribution
of the grain, and claimed that the talk
of a scarcity of wheat was not we'll
founded but that farmers we're holding
their grain back.
The speaker is evidently not in ac-
cord with the methods of the instruct
ors Of the state Institutes, as he gave
them a thorough going over and said
that farmers are not at the present
time trying to learn how to grow
larger crops but to grow less and get
better prices for their goods.
Following the speech, secretary
James Addy gave his annual report.
The society numbers over sixty mem
bers and a number of new members
were taken in at that meeting. The
organization was formed a little over
ayeara ago and has rapidly increased.
All Of its members are taking great
deal Of interest in the work of the
society and each one is predicting that
the society will before long accomplish
the ends for which it was organized.
Another, meeting will be held in Sleepy
Eye soon and with favorable weather,
a large number Of the farmers in the
county will attend.