Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-07
MINUTES OF THE DISTRICT
UNION.

The district unon of the Farmers
Society of Bquit met in the Durango
Trading company's store at 1880 p.
m. on Saturday, April 2, 1910
The meeting was called 10 order by
President j. w. McDermott and after
explaining and expressing regrets that
he had to attend an important ditch
meeting, he resigned the chair to Vice
President j. w. Pecinovsky.
The minutes of the last meeting
were then read and approved. and
the chair declared the regular order of
business suspended in order that the
potato suitation in this district might
be fully investigated.
The secretary read the estimates
made by members from nearly every
township in La Plata county, showing
the total amount OF potatoes in each
township that will be offered for sale
this spring. The total amount in the
county was estimated at twenty-three
carloads, and as that is less than the
loile mar heL Will COiSuiht, IL WAS
after full and fair discussion uuani-
mously agreed that no marketable po-
ltatoes should be sold for less than 81
per hundred
Delegate McGuigan then took the
floor in defense of the theory that the
Farmers Society Of Equit can accom-,
plish its purpose of getting fair prices,
without going TO the trouble and ex.
pense of collecting information about
the supply of and the demand for farm
produce. Several other delegates sup,
ported that view in part and it was
stouIly opposed by Delegates Kristen
sen, King. Pearson, the secretary and
others, who contended that the only
way the union can accomplish its pur.
pose is by going to the trouble and ex-
pense OF asceriaining as near as may
be the exact relation between supply
and demand in the home market. The
discussion of this important question
was carried on with a good deal of
heat for about two hours; when the
secretary took the floor and moved
that It he the expressed sense of the
meeting that the prices OF farm prod.
uets are governed by the law of sup
ply and demand. The motion was sec.
onded by Delegates Pearson and King,
and it WAS carried by majority vote.
The question of adopting a uniform
ORC % .,r f,r Ia; :; 1;rt t..z
was then taken up and after full dis
cussion it was on motion decided to
recommend the Mammoth Pearl
Vice President Pecinovsky then took
the floor in favor OF having a union
store In Durango, and as the union is
not yet ready TO start one, he moved
that members be advised to trade with
the Durango Trading and Mercantile
company, and make their store the
farmers headquarters. The motion
was amended that members are ad-
vised to offer their eggs for sale at
the said store until the union price
can be obtained. The motion was car.
ried as amended.
The committee on the high school
tax then reported that after invesii.
CATION II had reached the conclusion
that the question could be settled with
out taking 1t into court. us under the
present scnool law provision is made
for the settlement of such questions by
the county superintendent and on ap.
peal by the tsate board Of education
The committee reported that It had de.
cided to submit the question of the
equity as well as the legality of the
extra tax to these higher school author.
tiles and the committees decision was
approved and 1t was retained in power
by unanimous vote.
1t was then reported that County