The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-06
coal company Of that city.
Difference in Badges.

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The delegates in attendance wert
divided into three classes, each distin-
| guished with a different sort OF q
| badge.
Officers and directors Of the associa-
| ton, just nine in number, were desiE-
mated by red badges. There are seven
| directors and two officers, which just
make up the nine probably referred to
| in the Minneapolis special dispatch to
the Fargo morning paper which makes
| of this feature such a gross distortion.
The farmers elevator managers OF
the association present were designat-
| ed by white badges. There were prob
ably between twenty and thirty OF
| these in attendance.
Yellow badges designated the stock
| holders in formers elevators and 9TH
| er visitors to the convention. All told,
| there were about eighty present at the
meeting, representing the directorates
| and stockholders of the 500 elevators
belonging to the association.
Another Wrong impression.
| The Fargo morning papers special
dispatch from Minneapolis about the
| jamestown convention also erroneous
| ly stated, probably unintentionally,
that there were present 100 repre-
sentatives of the chamber Of COM
merce and Duluth Board of Trade.
So far as is known here there was
not one official representative of the
| Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce or
| the Duluth Board of Trade in attend
| ance at the convention.
| Present were just twelve representa-
| tives of grain commission houses or
Minneapolis belonging to the chamber,
| and one commission house representa-
| tive from Duluth. ~
This is slightly different from 100
chamber of commerce representatives
present" All told it is not believed
the total attendance reached 100.
Result of Resolutions.
It is generally believed throughout
| the association that the resolutions
adopted yesterday will have strong
| effect on congress and the present
rules committee of that body which is
framing the rules for the invesEig
~ sba 1Ilnnr1g9lls Chamber OK Goni-
;neree.
II The association, not satisfied with
iAhe chamber OF commerce and the
Eboards Of trade, also desired to see
lrncl1 an investigation. At J the same
tiinie however it wants TO sec
Thorough Investigation, so asks con-
i gress to see that the Equity Co-opera'
l tive exchange is included.
/ Ac Congressman Manahan OF Min
Inesota introduced the resolution ask
| ing for the investigation Of the cham-
ber of commerce, some Of the mem
l. DeIS Expressed uOuDL "liShACA NS
would be equally fair in turning the
searchlight on the Equity Co-opera-
| tive exchange, which corporation ne
| is accused of representing in congress.
| 1t is always customary and practlce
Of congressional courtesy to name the
| introducer Of prevailing resolution
as chairman or at least to membership
! Of the committee created by such
resolution, in either the senate or the
| house.
| In the appointment Of Congressman
| Manahan. all that a large number or
farm grain dealers at the recent con-
vention were hoping for, is for fair
treatment. They believe there would
prove greater satisfaction If Speaker
Clark or the committee on committees
would name someone than Manahan.
Concluding. Session.
In the concluding session yesterday
afternoon President Stutsman or tne
state railroad commission addressed
the convention. He spoke on dockage
subjects and stated that the card
prices sent to elevators giving quota
tions for local purposes do not con-
troll grain prices and had so been held
by the attorney general.
The next speaker was x: e. Miller
OF the department OF agriculture at
Washington.
AaricuTturalist Spoke.
Mr.. Miller Of Washington is an as
sistant in the bureau Of plant industry
of the federal department OF agricuI-
ture and is most conversant with the
, Standardization of grains, on which
subject he spoke.
In part Mr.. Miller said: s.s
"This topic which am to present
here is one of great interest, not only
, to those handling the different grains
lin a commercial way, but to the pro-
ducer as well.
'"That there are problems dificuit
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