The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-01-29
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT FARGO
GRAIN GROWERS CONVENTION

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destroy free open competition, the
system known as the Grain Bulletin
price card system.
And it is resolved by the stockho[!'-
ers of the Equity Cooperative Ex-
change in annual meeting assembled,
that the officers of this association re-
quest the Department Of Justice at
Washington. to investigate the system
above referred to with a view to its
adjustment.
We recommend that the Board Of d.
rectors establish as early as practical,
, our own selling agency at Chicago,
Milwaukee, and Kansas City.
We recommend that the Railroad
F, Commission in Minnesota cancel H.
cense issued to commission firms who
are engaged in the elevator business,
or who purchase grain and sell same
in competition with grain received on
consignment
Resolved, That wa hearty endorse
the passage of the bill now before Con.
gress for the building and operating Of
railroads in Alaska by the government
of the United States, thar the people
of that territory may enjoy its speedy
and proper development.
Be it Further Resolved, That since
the coal beds Of the United States arc
the common heritage Of all the people
Of this country, and no: properly SUBJ
ject for tribute levyiuz or taxation:
Therefore, We demand that such
coal deposits be nationalized by QUE
government through the exercise Of
the right Of eminent domain
Resolved, That since from seventy
FIVE to a hundred thousand farmers 90
annually to Canada to bet: x their con.
dition, and their departure excites tho
concern of this country, therefore, in
OUT judgment, the government Of our
country should offer as good induce
ments to our farmers to remain here.
as the government of Canada offers to
*t:rsct them to its territory. To this
end we demand the erection OF public
warehouses at all the ;;reat market
terminals of the country by the gov
eminent of the United States, where
grain may be stored at such cost as
will cover maintenances; and under
such regulations as percentage of the
value of said grain may be drawn
against it.
Whereas, We believe that specula,
ton in grain futures, grain inspection.
public warehouses and commercial ex-
changes as at present conducted are
filled with abuses which demand fed.
eral investigation.
Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the
officers and directors Of this associa-
ton are authorized to take such &C.
ton as they may deem advisable to
ASSIST in the correction Of such abuses.
Whereas, A necessity exists for a
free and outspoken champion of the
cooperative cause; and, whereas the
stockholders and officials of the
Equity Cooperative Exchange as we'll
as all other believers in and workers
for true cooperation are under deep
obligation to the publishers of the Co.
operators Herald for its championship
OF the cause and its advocacy to the
fundamentals Of cooperation; and.
whereas, the said Co-operators Herald
is to be owned and controlled by a
purely cooperative company. it's pol
icy fixed and its future made secure
in the interests Of the farmers,
Resolved, That this meeting Of the
stockholders of the Equity Co.opera-
tive Exchange express to the publish
ers of the Cooperative Herald their
deep appreciation of its unwavering
fight for free and cooperative mar
ket and endorse its course as in the
interest of the farmers whom it seeks
to serve; and
Be 1t Further Resolved, That we the
members of the Equity Cooperative
Exchange select the Co-operators Her.
aid as our official organ and urge all
Interested in the cause to become sub
scribers at once and to use every legi-
innate effort to extend the subscrip-
ton lists Of and to patronize the ad-
vertisers who invite business through
their announcement in the Co-opera-
tive Herald.
Resolved, That copy Of these reso-
Luz ems be sent to the officers of the
Far'' ors' Cooperative Association OF
Sorth Dakota; the Farmers Elevator
On IF North noLo+, Hr.