Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-23
Battle Fo.,rl. X Coz Operation
. ~: In Marketing Of Grain
Nest Important Issue With North Dakota Farmers Today Is
Their Fight for an Open Market
at Terminal Points
D. c. r. Darnes.

Waterman tell us of the night
What its signs OF promise are"
The struggle of the farmers of tn
Northwest fol. the establishment 0
better conditions in the marketing O
cropss-particularV Of the grair
crops has been long and arduOus
and expensive. They realized. years
ago, that when contending as indtvid
uals' against the combined forces o.
transportation monopolies, organiza.
tiOns Of elevator men, and millers
their chances of obtaining q just
share of the proceeds Of their; crops
were of the slenderest. They ponder
ed the maxim, in union there Is
strength" until it was so engraved
on their hearts that they were cas-
lily led into all, sorts of organizations
which seemed to promise the rewards
which come from united endeavor
But unfortunately, the battle to Oe
fought was one where skill in the
methods of the trained business man
and financier, rather than the accept
ance of a correct motto nby the band
led ahrotherhoods Of the farms, was
to determine the issue. Lacking the
leadership of keen; shrewd,- well.in.
formed business men, so many fail.
ures have marked the history Of
farmers organizations that even the
recent successes Of: tco-OperatiOn in
such cases as the Cooperative Cream
cry, the Fruit Growers. associations,
the Livestock Shippers Association,
and most of all, in the local Farmers
Elevator. Associations have not sui
feed their q~uesti0nings as to the pos.
sibilities of success In the movement
inaugurated by the Equity Coopera.
tive Exchange for the direct market
ing of grain at the great terminal
and distributing points.
Stronghold Assaiied.
And verify the entertainments with
which the Grain Monopoly has but
tressed itself around, in the Chambers
of Commerce of Chicago, Minneapolis
and Duluth, with the allied forces Of
the railroads, the warehousemen, the
banks and the specializing commits;
sion houses, do institute. o seemingly
iny,llnerable defense. But the attack
of the Equity. upon this stronghold is
hacked by the eternal principles Of
right.
When the Equity demands for the
farmers the right to market their
grain through their own agencies
without paying tribute to any com,
bine," it makes an irresistible ap-
peal to- the American senseS0f justice,
to the Americans love Of democracy,
and to the universal hatred of. Mono
poly and Privilege. s,:ssls ,.ys
1.-THE Essentials off, succsss.H.
But, q. unity alone has not been
able to win when opposed by trained
organization, so. the righteousness Of
q course, alone, does. not command
success; otherwise the world would,
long ago have been converted into q
Paradise. What we have written will
suggest the following as,4the essen.
tails for a successful cooperative re-
form: r
L. A cause based on the immu-
table principles of Right, and
economically sound. h.
2. A capable and inspiring lead.
.ership.
3. An organization sufficient in
numeral strength. and financial
resources TO command respect
and to Stand Alone"
4. Persistent loyalty even to- the !,
point of sell -sacrihce--on the
part of individual members to
the organization.
& 1t is, because all of these essentials
mark the rise of the Equity Coop.
erative Exchange, that l believe in
the ultimate grand success Of the
movement, in which 1t is the pioneer.
for the destruction Of the Chamber Of
Commerce monopoly and the substi-
tuition of the free marketing of grain
at all the terminals.
4 Righteous Cause.
A free market means the opening
to every n having grain to sell, OF
all the opportunities now mOnopolized
by the members of the Chamber OF,
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