The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-06
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The first day Of the meeting Of the
yarmers Grain Dealers Of the state,
At the city hall, was notable success
In every way. The attendance, accord
10 the officers of the association, is
gratifying, and the interest is more
manifest than at last years meeting.
The grogram is given is not the
same as the published list of speakers,
ant is highly satisfactory, and the
practical benefits Of the meeting will
se great.
Owing to the fact that Secretary
lnkenholz has been i'll in Rochester,
him., hospital, he was unable to be
present in person, but his address and
report was read by an assistant. In
uhstance, he said:
IF we are to accomplish for our
selves an dothers in the Farmer Ele-
yator movement what should be &C.
Gomplished we must all (and that
means every farmer elevator man
present whether stakeholder, officer
or directory make an earnest effort
FOR increased mem bership. 1t is ask
ing too much of the secretary under
che existing circum stances to do it all.
Ehe best plan that l can think of is to
maet with the directors of any COM
aany who are not members and pres
asst this matter as best you can,
show them what we have done in
legislative matters, in the matter of
Bookkeeping and progress and tell
them that the secretary stands ready
at any time to help in any way he
possibly can, to clear up any difficult
ties they may meet with in connection
with the Farmer Elevator business.
There is another matter which I
wishe to call your attention to. That is
that strong effort is going to be
made in the near future Tor miss my
guess) to organize another so called
Farmers Elevator Association, having
for its purpose to induce the Farmers
Elevator to ship their grain to the In
dependent Exchange in Minneapolis.
Whether thi sis the right course to
pursue remains to be seen. l, for one,
do not look at this effort with favor,
because the promoters are not clear
and above board, with their intentions
and are trying to gain foothold I'M
der false pretences. TO illustrate:
On or about December 30th, 1912 there
appeared in the Courier News of Far
20, on the front page, an article call
ing for meeting to be held in the
Sons of Norway Hall for the purpose
Of organizing a State Farmers Eleva-
tor Association. A call was issued in
she name of c. B. May of Harwood,
North Dakota, for this meeting in the
hall for January 18th. In looking
over my files, found that E. C. May
was an officer of the HARDWOOD Farmers
Elevator Company and that his COM
pany. had paid part of their member
ship fee in our association for 1912.
I, as soon as possible, wrote Mr.. May
Informing him of our association but
that what was wanted was an asso-
citation to find the best way to sell
farmers grain which he thot was a
step further than we had gone also
wrote the Courier News to correct
The wrong impression given in the De-
cember article
Before introducing the speakers for
Tuesday afternoon Mr. Lee said that
be had heard questions asked regard
ing the purpose of the Farmer Grain
Dealers Association of North Dakota
and said the best way to explain the
object of the Association was to read
tuC plCoLDlC VI INC COuSllLullOu
which clearly sets forth the object.
The first speaker on the program
was Mr. w. III. Stutsman, chairman
of the railroad commission who spoke
on the Relation Eristing Between the
Elevators and the Railroad Commits
mission and How the Commissions
Good Offices can be Csed Between the
elevators and the Railroad Compan-
les" He said in part:
MI. President and Gentlemen of
che Grain Growers Association: Sec
retaY Bowman wrote me a letter
some time ago inviting me to appear
before this association at this time.
The railroad commission consists of
shree commissioners elected by the
people for the protection of the rights
of the people in connection with tran
portation of freights and passengers.
The members of the present commits
sion have felt that there is room for
= great deal Of work on the part of