The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-04-15

has been heard about q terminal ele-
vator owned and controlled by the So
lciety and up TO the present time Of
writing no money of any consequence
has been paid In on the proposition
Some people have been not a little
disappointed that the society should
diverge from It's original intent, viz:
Equitable prices for farm products.
The venture OF the society, or Of Mr..
Anderson for and in behalf of the so-
ciety, or for and in behalf OF himself,
viz: That of exploiting Mexican lands
to citizens of our State. The follow
ing letter is, to say the least, inter-
esting.
! The Common Good Ia magazine OF
reform and progress) IN its issue OF
November, 1909, published at SIS Front
street, Fargo, publishes on page forty
four of said issue, the following, pur-
porting to be a letter from the Ameri-
can Society Of Equity:
Casselton, N. D., Nov 3, 1909. Land
Finance Co, VIM. Lemke, president and
manager. Dear sir: It has been my
good fortune to have visited Mexico
twice 1t is impossible to describe in
a few words that wonderful country
~ hiAoW anu dppESCldIe MG4AcO OiAS
must see 1t.
was particularly impressed with the
cattle raising possibilities. On the
Marquez tract which your company
owns, / found an abundance of water
and luxuriant growth of grass. ]
consider this the finest grazing tract
in America.
In the valleys Of this tract 1 saw
cotton, heniquen, tobacco and great
variety of fruits.
did not see your $4,000 acre tract
but was informed by the governor of
the territory of Tepic and other prom
inent men that it was the finest tract
of agricultural land in Mexico
feel confident that any investment
in your company will mean a return of
over ten to one in less than ten years
Yours truly,
]. M. ANDERSON,
Sec and Treas.
State Union American Society of
| Equity.
Now there is only two ways of view
ing this letter, one that Mr.. Anderson
was duly authorized by the board of
directors to write that letter, and the
other that Mr.. Anderson used his of
/ fee to promote his own private end.
1 ! hesitate at this time to believe that
he was influenced so to do, from sordid
motives, that any commissions that he
received from his work in behalf of the
Land Finance Co, he would turn over
to the treasury of the society, and not
use them for his personal benefit. That
the society should undertake the sale
of Mexican land, is to say the least
questionable.
/ The statement or insinuation that /
am running a political news bureau is
false and has for it's object, not so
much to draw attention to me, but
rather, to injure if possible in the eyes
of the people, the most able and con-
scientious man that ever represented
North Dakota in the United States
Senate.
The statement that / have ever
coupled the name of Senator Nc
Cumber with the society of equity or
have. tried to convey the idea that the
society was supporting him politically.
! is false.
The statement that have tried to
/ use the society through me tried to
influence the society of equity for his
own selfish ends, is false.
| The farmers of this state can form
their own opinion whether Mr.. Ander-
sons motives are pure and whether the
Mexican land venture is used by him