Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-12-30

laws. But II the people In other walks
of life do not violate any more laws
than the laboring man and the labor
organizations, there will not be any
greet amount Of law violation.
"Sometimes we must boycott con-
Germs to gain justice for the members
of the organizations. Sometimes we
must use other means to get what we
deserve. We need a union of farmers
just as we do Of craftsmen. We need |
a union of producers and the day is !
coming when we will have union Of |
consumer. We must cooperate if |
we are to get our just deserts and a |
fair profit for our labor and for what
we produce.
Nov 1t Is easy to stand up in a
hall and make resolutions. But these
same resolutions are better never
made If we forget them as soon as we
go out of the doors of the convention
hall. Go home and keep up the fight.
when you find neighbor who
could not attend your convention, tell
him of it. Tell him about the big
work you are trying and will event
ually do. Get him interested. The
big interests are we'll organized. They
have to be to protect themselves.
You must be well organized TO BEAT
them. Keep up the fight every min
ute. Organize and next year If each
one Of you farmers brings just one
more farmer to the convention this
big Auditorium will not be half big
enough"
G. ]. Lee:-"Some of our represent
atives are worthless. Some are worse
than worthless. We have one such
man in North Dakota. He is with the
big interests. Let's kick him out.
Let's kick out all who are not with
us. If our hired men at the state
and national capitals are no good,
let's pay them off and fire them. Then
hire men who can and will do what
we, who pay, demand.
1--WE farmers want the referendum
and recall. We want the recall to ap-
ply to every office. We want to be
able to recall the president of the
United States as easily as to recall
any other official.
E. o. Nelson:-"The business men
of st. Paul had foresight enough to
see the advantage of bringing the
Equity over here. They are benefit
ing daily as result and the Mime
apolis crowd is losing money and
much business.
"This open market in St. Paul will
be the biggest thing in the United
States, both for St. Paul and you farm
ers."
L. D. H. Weld:-"To show what the
farmer is doing our report says that
in 1906 there were ISL farmers ele-
vators and 1900 line elevators in Min
nesota. In 1912 there were 300 farm
ers elevators and only TT line eleva-
tors.
"On Jan. 1, 1914, there were 270
elevators in the state in which the
farmer owned more than so per cent
Of the stock. One farmer In every
five in this state belongs to some ele-
vator company. One-third of all the
grain handled in Minnesota is market
ed through farmers elevator compa-
Mes"
Magnus Johnson, State Representa-
tive from Meeker County:-I am
ashamed of the farmers of Minnesota
for letting North Dakota farmers take
| the lead in this convention and in
the organizing and backing of the
Equity Co-operatives exchange. But
Of course, Minnesota farmers are near
er Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
and consequently nearer the tight
drawn strings of that organization.,'
"The farmers are beginning to come
into their own, You farmers have
plenty Of time to think and you had
better think of this Equity movement.
It is to your benefit to do so. When
you are following the pillow, when you
are hauling grain, wood or something
else to the city or to the station you
have ample time to think. Well, some
of you have been thinking so hard
that this convention has resulted
And it will do more good than any
one other movement ever started.
"The Equity movement now is but
an infant in this line. However, it will
grow until it is greater than we can
now dream of.
'The farmers and not city people
started the Equity movement. And
we will make the Equity Cooperative
exchange the greatest body the Unit
ed States has ever known before we
are through. We know we are right
in our fight against the Chamber of
Commerce and you farmers know it