The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-05-21
BORNEMAN COMES BACK
He Explains That Mayor Williams Ex-
PLANTATION Does Not ExpIain-co-
Operative Coal Co. Discussed.

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Hallock, Mimi. May 2O.-To The
Forum; In your issue of May IL r.
find an article signed by Hon. Burt
Williams, mayor of Ashland, Wis,
headed Reply to Borneman's Article
ETC., etc"
There is nothing in the mayors
statement which would convince me
that the Cooperative Coal & Dock.
Co. is not a promoters SCENE. fail
to see the necessity of allowing 1925
600 of common stock, with a $4,000
dock, to promote the scheme, pay
heavy salaries and other important
items that have mentioned, all for the
benefit of the promoters. Supposing
the preferred stockholders would only
have use for 100000 tons of coal in
stead Of 250.O00 tens. What route
would the company or promoters take
Would they not take the bump
route? We find this to be the case.
with a good many cooperative
schemes that are advanced for the benz
eft OF the imam with the hay in his
hair" We find the Minnesota Farm
ers' exchange not successful because
it was started wrong We see the i'm.
quiry report, by a joint committee of
the Minnesota legislature into the
grain exchanges and a number of oth-
ers H like nature, fell Nat No cause
for complaint.
The Ashland Advancement associa-
tion advances promotion for its own
benefit, not for North Dakota or any
other western state. To land an en-
terprise of this nature would of course.
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Duluth or West Superior would be the.
proper ports for coal docks on account
of less freight to Minnesota ana Da-
kota points.
AS to the Iowa Farmers Grain as.
scciation. They are like a great many
other associations of this kind who,
have the habit Of saying yes because
someone else does. Almost nine-tenths
of the population of Iowa is now in
North Dakota and are very successful.
To continue satisfactory Improvement
they demand organizations with posi-
tive and solid foundations. I agree
with our friend. Mr.. Williams, that
Iowa has been the battle-ground for
bleeding the farmers bv means IT Coz
operative schemes and this has taught
them not to bite the second time The
Iowa farmers around our little city CT
Colgate, M D., will not invest one ,ed
cent in cooperative schemes and T
think you viii find the situation much
the same all over the state Y
If the coal trust journals publish my
articles they show their lack of brains
and judgment. They should push the
Co operative Coal q Dock Co.'S plans
In order to show in the archives anoth $
er failure for the imam with hay In.
his hair" I found my experience as
q shipper for more than twenty years,
most of that time bucking big compan-
les and consequently I can see nothing
but the picture of failure on the wall
instead of the wedge
Why not cut out the ,$225.000 Of COM
mon stock and various other items of
the same nature and allow them to.
go In as capital, for the benefit of the
company instead of going in the pro-
moters pockets. 1t seems to me, Mr..
Mayor, that your advancement assoc
citation should get their heads together
and advance better plan.
So far have failed to see any of my
rticles in the coal trust journals, but
according to the mayors statement,
they have accepted me as one OF their
associated members by using my arr
ticles to further their interests which
makes me feel too utterly too-too to-
find that ! have finally jumped on the
right track. In order to meet the diff
ferent trusts most of us realize We
must use the same methods they use
We find this 50 in grain, lumber. mach
inery and mercantile business, namely,
TO be strongly orxanixed Under this