The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-19

mended that Mrs. Smiths report be
adopted and this was carried.
1t was decided to purchase two
Singer sewing machines and return
the two domestic kind that the school
now has. After allowing a number
of bills, the meeting adjourned.
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From Thursdays Daily.
| Grain dealers from points in Min.
nesota are in attendance upon the
sessions of the state association
which began this forenoon at
| 1920 in the Free Press hall and will
continue through tomorrow. The OBJ.
| ject of the Farmers Grain Dealers
association is to advance the COM
mercial interests Of the cooperative
organizations which are engaged in
handling grain, to acquire and dis
seminate valuable business inforrna.
ton among it's members. There are
| seventy-six farmers elevators which
belong to the organization, and the
members are scattered very gener-
ally throughout the state.
Welcomed BY the Mayor.
After being called to order by the
president, Rev. P. X. Edwards, Of
| st. Johns Episcopal church of this
city delivered the invocation. Mayor
Taylor was then called upon for
the address of welcome. He said
that on behalf of the people of Man.
kato he extended a most hearty well
come to the men attending the con-
vention. He spoke of the commission
form of government now being used
in Mankato and it's advantages, and
told of the many permanent i'm
provements which had been made in
the city during the past year. After
wishing them a most pleasant meet
ing he extended to them the keys
of the city.
President in Response.
L. A. Smith of Truman, president
of the association, responded to the
mayors address. He spoke of the
unusually good attendance under
such unpleasant weather conditions
and said that the showing was very
encouraging. He thanked Rev. Mr..
Edwards and Mayor Taylor for their
part in the program and said that
the men present would try by their
conduct while in Mankato to deserve
the respect shown them by the may
or. He then told something of the
object of the organization, and spoke
of several matters of business which
would probably come up for discus
sion during the convention. He said
that there are now 275 farmers ele-
vatOrs in the state and that some
effort should be made to bring the
others into this association. He also
spoke of the matter of dues, saying
that most other organizations OF
this kind have dues of $40 or more
and some of them a joining fee OF
SIS. .....s.H
The Financial Report.
The minutes of the last annual
meeting, held at Mankato January 5
and 6, 1911, were read and the finan.
cial report heard. The secretary re.
ported that January 1, 1911, there
was on hand s144.02; received dur
ing the year on dues and assess
ments, $40, total cash. $6S4.02.
Orders paid during the year, $559.50,
cash on hand January /, 1912,
$124.52. -.
HI. J. Farmer of Arley at this
time said that the people Interested
in the elevators were anxious TO-
know just how the association money
was expended and he moved mat
COPIES of the financial report be
made and sent to every farmers CO.
operative elevator in the state. The
motion carried unanimously.
P. r. Peterson of Hardwick was
called upon for a speech. He dis
cussed various. methods of running
elevators of this kind and gave a
fine talk. d,
Change Convention Date.
It was suggested that the time for
the annual convention be changed
from January to some other time OF
year. because of the large number
of other conventions in which farm
ers are interested, coming in that
month. and because of the frequent
bad weather. A motion was carried
that the matter Of changing the time
of meeting be left to the board or
directors, the time to be some Tune
between the first of January and
the middle of March. There was a
good deal of discussion over this,
but the general opinion OF the men
was that there should be some
change made in the date.
Good Seeds and Good Roads.
This afternoon George NJ. Palmer
spoke on Good Seed and Good
Roads," He told the delegates what
has been accomplished in achieving
both.
e. G. Dunn, secretary of the Iowa
Farmers Grain Dealers association,
gave an address on What Our
Neighbors in Iowa Are Doing for the
Cooperative Movement"
Miles K. Culver spoke on Co
operative Education" w. l.. Johnson
of Kenyon was on the program for
a talk, but he was delayed by the
cold weather.
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