The Ronan pioneer., 1914-12-04
STATE FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS
HOLD BIG MEETING IN GREAT FALLS

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Mcdonald of Belgrade, F. S. Putnam
of Joliet, Charles McRea of Woodside,
James Griffin of Chinook, A. M.
Glazier of Rothiemay and Robert Ir-
win of Dunkirk.
Bylaws committee-W. X. Sud-
dith of Broadview, Fred Whiteside of
Kalispell, G. M. Carr of Hamilton.
George H. Stevens of Fort Benton,
C. S. Lowin of Stanford, T. S. Hogan
of Billings, w. J. Rankin of jefferson
Island.
The reports of the committee were
adopted and resolutions committee
composed Of T. F. Marsh of Kalispell,
Peter Peterson of Twin Bridges, P. j.
Anderson of Conrad, C. M. Parr of
Hamilton and Senator George Stevens
of Fort Benton were appointed to
report the following day.
Following this business the meeting
adjourned until the evening session
when there was social session, meet
ing of committees and lecture by
r. A. Blanchard, county agricultural
ist for Cascade county illustrated with
steriopticon views and short address
es by some of the leading farmers,
Prof. r. a. Cooley and DR.. D. H.
Riley came over from the State Agri-
cultural College to help what they
could in making the meeting a sue
cess.
There was a meeting of the execu-
tive committee to get it's business
lined up and after thresling over the
matter very thoroughly, it was de-
cided to employ w. D. Rankin oil
jefferson Island as the official secre-
tary and treasurer of the Federation
Thursday Forenoon Session
The forenoon session was called to
order by President W. V. Talbot after
which a short talk on the subject OF
alfalfa was delivered by DR.. W. X
Sudduth, of Rroadview. Following
this the committee on constitution anc
bylaws reported. This report was
taken up clause by clause and dis
cussed before adoption.
The first clause of the bylaws, re-
lating to membership and representa-
ton provoked a long and heated dis
cussion. This clause provided that
the organization shall consist Of al
+. regularly organized societies or clubs
Of farmers now in existence or to be
hereafter organized with member
ship of so or more. Some of the
members were strongly of the opinion
this should be changed to restrict
membership to bona fide farmers
which would have shut out of the
organization some members of the
grange and American Society of Equi.
ty, whose constitutions admit persons
who may be vitality Interested in agri.
culture but who are not directly en-
gagged in the tilling of the soil. II
was finally decided that such a change
would too closely restrict the mem
bership and by rising vote the
! clause was adopted as reported by the
!, committee.
Considerable discussion resulted ov
er the clause fixing the bssis of repre-
sentation as some contended that il
5 the basis should be placed at one dele
gate for each 100 members this woule
compel exclusive clubs with a mem
, bership of less than 100 to affiliate
, with one or other of the larger or
CARNATIONS in order to get into the
federation. However, the clause wa!
: adopted with the limit at so members
: Bylaws as Adopted
| The constitution and bylaws, al
} then adopted, are as follows:
"The name of the organization shall
be the Montana Farmers Federation
, "Membership:The membership shal
[ consist of all regularly organized
societies or clubs of farmers now i,
; existence, or to be hereafter organized
: with a membership of so or more, o
belonging to a general organizatio,
: having total membership Of so o
more in the state, which favor tn
{ purposes and comply with the laws o
a the organization.
5 "Objects-The objects of the or
!, ganization shall be to secure co-opera
l ton between all persons and societie
e interested in farming and to secur
e more equitable laws and condition
affecting the farmer, viz, just taxa
: tion economy of government, improve
: marketing facilities and an adequat
i, system of farm credits, better roads
, better rural schools and better socia
f conditions on the farm.
"RerreSentation-y all meeting