The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-06
NOTABLE SPEAKERS ADDRESS Farmer
GRAIN DEALERS IN CONVENTION AT
CITY HALL YESTERDAY AND today
CORPORATION Wact~ord Of the HourW. a.. Stutsan
and j. u. Worst Of the Agriculture College
Principal Speakers Yesterday--cood Program To-day

/ dressed the meeting upon the subject
Of. The Value Of Cooperative organi.
cations" He said in part:
When l acsepted plare on the pre-.
gram assumed large responsibility
and a good deal of endorsement be-
cause l am not familiar with the pur-
pose, only in general way, of this
organization. l was very anxious to
learn what could and am glad !
had the pleasure of listening to the
excellent addresses by Mr.. Stutsman
and the many side addresses, ques-
tons and answers, that followed.
have been talking cooperation for a
great many years and am very much
in favor of a closer cooperation
among the producers in this state
which means the farmers. l have no
remedy to suggest and I came here
this afternoon very largely to listen
and to learn. And if I should say
anything on the subject of co-opera.
ton it would be indirectly rather than
directly and think perhaps to repeal
an address that delivered here some
years ago on the subject of co-opera-
ton that has been in operation for
years in some of the old countries
would not be out of the way. do
not believe the system that is in OPP
Grafton in Holland would be appli.
cable to this country but some modi-
fications of it might be made use of
here to a very great advantage. The
reason they developed a system OF
cooperation there was that it was abb
solutely necessary in order to exist.
In Holland the farmers not only
produce but manufacture and distri-
butte their products The farmer fol-
lows his grain or his product and con-
trolls every movement until his fin
ished product in consumable form is
delivered to the consumer. do not
believe we can do that in this coun-
try but this Farmer Elevator system
is long step in that direction.
l want to say to you farmers, and
men interested in agriculture in this
state, that it is my conviction that
until we can effect systems Of coop.
GRAFTON where we can work together
and work for each others's interests
comparatively, rather than individu-
ally we must submit to being the prey
of every sort of organization in the
country. We have always taken the
position that if the agricultural col
lege can point the way by which you
can make two blades OF grass grow
where but one grew before, you will
know how to take care of that extra
blade and not give it away to some
one else. When we consider the state
of North Dakota, a country perhaps
as large as any country beneath tae
shining sun, that has such a virgin
soil and contains so much wealth,
what wonderful possibilities there are
here in this state.
If we were to follow out the prin-
cipals that have been in practice in
Holland for years, you would go one
step further. You would subscribe
money, take stock and with that stock
you would build Touring mills all over
the state. You could grind all t1e
wheat grown in the state, sell it in the
form of -four instead of the form of
wheat. You would save million dol
lars a year on the freight you pay on
dirt for which you now get nothing.
If We could do that, if we c6uld grind
all the wheat purchased in this state
lin mills owned and controlled by the
men that grow the wheat, then we
would sell -four instead of wheat and
if we had agents here appointed by the
people Of the state and 10y the gov
eminent to find market for flour in
the markets of the world, for there is
a market for flour and always will be.
l say If this could be done then the
worlds price for -four, whether Paris,
Liverpool Australia, or any other
place wherever there is a market for
flour, that this market would fix the
price of every !bushel of wheat
J. NJ. Johnson, manager OF the Farm.
ers Elevator at Thompson gave a talk
on Accounting"
Very many do not know where
they are at half of the time until the
commission man comes out and closes
them up. / have been put on this pro.
gram to speak of accounting and it is
a subject I know very little about.
Following Mr.. Johnson's talk the
subject of issuing storage tickets was