The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-04-08

cotton crop, seed included, or tho
hay crop, or the wheat sm>
Terminal Elevators the seIue.en. o..
0anlzatlon BY the eoe'sty ss Eqe
~ k~all Enforce Lsgstimats %.
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The Buffalo News, N. r., os ps3ru.
ary 7ta, in IN editorial conunstins
On an article published IN ths 1srpo
Morning Call, tho Forum ana othsp
papers relative to the cost Of probe.
cling wheat aid. 1T Il not 70 vsry
long ago. since dollhr whsak was
considered about the reasonable
goal for good steady prices IN tis
wheat market and by that was
meant dollar wheat at the market
ami not on the farm. Times arc
changing clearly. when the Society
Of Equity in the heart of the Red
River Valley wheat country can II.
que soberly that the farm price
should be $1.25 a bushel In order
to make satisfactory return on the
Investment. The question Is, what
are you going to do about It?
That Ia the question, What are Won
going to do about it? The Society
Of Equity mas shown the producer
ami the world what 1t costs to raise
wheat. It has shown the wheat
grower That he can secure just
and fair profit by organization, that
oganization is an absolute necessity
for the farmer.
Now every one knows that 1t was
by organization the Standard Oh
Co. made itself the most powerful
corporation in the world and that
all the present great industrial
combinations are buiided on the
same lines. So too the wage work.
er. Seeing the necessity for organ.
ization, found unions and like to
Standard OIL used means to enfores
ais demands which usually r.ads Hi
employer grant him. The patient
farmer conscious of his strength,
and not realizing that he was pay
ing for all Of the combinations Of
capital and labor logged along In
the even tenor of his way, working
from Sun to Sun that the world
might have food and in return 70
cetving board ana Clothes for him.
self and family suffering in silenos
when drouth or hail storms destroy.
ed his crops. Now what Is the wheat
grower going to do? The farmers
elevators have been Of considerable
benefit, but that Denedt is by way.
Of securing better weighs and per!
haps bette: grading. The real
evils are the board Of trade manipu.
latdons through dealing in futures
and the terminal elevators and their J
nefarious methods. The control Of
the market Is the all Important
problem, within that END OF it In his
elevators owned by the Society oil
Equity are a necessity. Already the
first elevators to be owned by the
Society of Equity have been plan
ned and options on locations IN
Minneapolis and Superior have
been secured. Subscription lists
are now circulating among the socie
ty members and half Of the amount
needed has been pledged. When TAD
elevators become an established
fact, the control Of the supply vii
be taken out of the hands Of tn
boards Of trade, thus de2riving them
Of grain In which to deal. AZ tn
Society will regulate tie amount b
be sold, too the actual demands
any remainder, being stored in, tn
Societies terminal elevators or I'd
main on the farm, there to remaN
until the consumer needs It. WITH
such state OF facts speculaticgA
Will be impossible and the PRODUCT
will receive the amount Of the va
ne Of his crop ws,en sold less y
actual cost Of handling It. Thi
plan when put, into execution vi
destroy the board Of trade and ID
old line elevators