The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-01-29
FARGO AUTHORITIES CLASH WITH
SOCIETY OF EQUITY LAST NIGHT
Bitter FEELING CuItimateS in Serious Tr0ubIe..-
Local Man Bitter in DenounCln0 Worst
and Others.

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of the law, but I questioned at tn
time and do so now, the right of tn
police to order us out of the hall ant
to surrender the platform to the GROVE
with Smith.
Audience Leaves.
"The police were followed by thu
chamber Of commerce representatives
Senators S. j. Works, Attorney E. j
Grover, Editor Fleming Of the Coop
erative Managers and Farmer, and sew
eral managers Of farmers elevators
The audience showed their dlsapprov
al by leaving the hall and meeting
again and continuing the Tri-State
Grain Growers convention until it:
final close.
Makes Charges.
II personally believe that Mr.. Worst
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Hardy were ir
the league with the chamber Of com
merce in arranging this shameful per
Torrance, and that they used the pc
| lice of Fargo in the mal-treatment that
was accorded us. l was pleased to
see the police present as I thought
they were there to restore order and
could not believe myself when with
out warrant they ordered us off the
platform. We are going to investi-
gate this matter further in order that
the general public may know the in
fanny with which the chamber of COM
MERGE is waging war against the
Equity Cooperative exchange and the
farmers who are supporting it,
Following the affair at the city au-
ditorium the Equity leaders gathered
their followers at Labor and Assembly
hall where George E. Lostus, J. M.
Anderson and others addressed the
meeting. The action of the police
and those held responsible was round
ly scored.
None of the speakers on the official
program of the Tri-State Grain Grow
ers' convention for yesterday after
noon, which had been set aside for the
meeting of the American Society Of
Equity, delivered their addresses; the
reasons assigned being in the case of
George S. LOTUS and J. M. Anderson,
that they had been speaking most of
the time for two days previous, and
were not in physical condition to ad-
dress the meeting yesterday afternoon.
Urges Cooperation.
In the place of J. M. Anderson, Ira
M. Chryst of Hudson, Wis.,, president
of the national body of the Society of
Equity, spoke. His address was on
cooperation, and he showed the nee
essity of it, and gave instances of
what it could accomplish if carried
out.
N. F. Sharp, national organizer for
the Society of Equity was the next
speaker. He urged upon the farmers
to unite in such an organization as
the society which he represented, and
said that so long as the farmer does
not join in concerted efforts and as
:ert their rights they will continue to
be the prey IT those who I've on wat
they produce. He was met with lib
eral applause and seemed to make a
good impression on his audience, which
: was one of the largest Of the entire
convention.
Chicago MethSd.
Methods employed in the conduct OF
the grain business on the board OF
trade in Chicago was the main sub
ject of the talk given by s. H. Greeley
a member Of that exchange. He
touched upon the trading in futures
which is carried on there and showed
what harm they could do to the pro
Queer of the grain In the way of Jug
Cling the prices. The manner in which
the large warehouses were used In
storing grain and then used in spec
ulation either for raising Or lowering
the price Of wheat and other grains
was told by Mr. Greeley.
There is no way in which grair
merchant who is a member of the ex
change can do business honestly anC
succeed" said the speaker.
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