Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-05-24

N1lN oillNS4o anu VII CSlO1 VI t1lC
Iowa State Farmers Grain as
ISOLATION. Iowa has for years
been the battle ground between
the fight of cooperative COM
panies and organized monopol-
les, and the officers of the Iowa
State Farmers organization are
generally known as men of char
acter, standing and determina-
ton in this work, and after
spending several days in this
city looking over the entire pro-
ject, interviewing Ashland peo-
pie, talking with the directors of
the Ashland Advancement asso-
citation, for them to endorse the
project, is the highest tribute
that could be paid. The follow
ing is their endorsement, made
after a thorough investigation
of this company:
I'VE, the undersigned officers
and directors of the Iowa State
Farmers Grain association, here
by report that after a personal
visit to the city of Ashland, and
an investigation of the North
western Cooperative Coal &
Dock company, we are fully JUS
titled in believing that the or
ganization Of the company is
legitimate and commendable and
that the claims of the company,
in our judgment, is deserving of
the support and the cooperation
| of the farmer cooperative COM
panies of the northwest.
-. H. Brown, president, Rock
well, Ia; C. G. Messerole, secre-
tary, GoWrie, Ia. ; Peter German,
treasurer, Dougherty, Ia.
l.. T. Barringer, director,
Ruthven, Ia"
Certainly this endorsement by
these men of the state of Iowa,
to say nothing of the endorse
ment that has been made by
many other representatives of
cooperative companies that
have visited Ashland, and the
attitude of Ashland people in be-
coming stockholders to such an
extent, ought to be a full and
complete answer to this article
! of Mr.. Bornaman's, and it oc-
ours to me that efforts in this
direction to restrain the grow
ling power and greed of organ
lied monopolies, that control the
various products of public neces-
sity, should be met with general
approval, for it is only in this
way that combinations as the
coal trust will ever have their
power over the northwest abat-
ed in any way.
have been watching the pro-
: gr2ss Of this company closely
and outside Of the criticism of
Mr.. POrdaman, | have failed to
find any except those published
IN the official journal of the
Northwestern Coal Dealers as
ISOLATION, and it certainly should
be apparent to every fair-mind-
cd man, that if the Northwest
ern Coal Dealers association is
criticising the Northwestern CO.
operative Coal & Dock Co., they
certainly must realize that this
company is the entering wedge
that is to break their power in
the northwest, and rid the coal
consumers of this region of their
diction and domination. I was
surprised to read the article of
Mr.: Bornaman's, and have been
still more surprised to learn
within the past day or two, that
his article is being used by men,
bers of the Northwestern Coal
Dealers association for publica-
ton in different newspapers in
the northwest to hinder, if pos
sible, the growth of the North
western Cooperative Coal &
Dock Co.
If Mr.. Bornaman's criticisms,
and his article are of such value
to the coal trust that they are
trying to give it general publica-
ton, then it occurs to me that
this in itself is the best reason
any man can advance as to WHY
the coal consumers of the north
west should heartily approve
and endorse the growth and en-
vancement of the Northwestern
Cooperative Coal & Dock Co.
The coal trust of the northwest
sees in the organization of this
company, the handwriting on the
wall, that means a dissolution of
their unlawful and greedy COM
bination, and certainly they will
utilize every method in order to
prevent any loosening of the