The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-11-18
WHY NOT
LOCATE IT HERE
Tho Fargo Forum Tells Of q Huge
Packing Plant That Is To Be
Located,
In one OF THREE CITIES
Namely Fargo, Valley City or MI
not And Is To Be a Society
Of Equity Holding

The Fargo Forum of Monday
evening tells of an announcement
of the fact that the Society of
, Equity is going to build a huge
, packing plant worth S5OO,OOO in
the State Of North Dakota at the
one Of the above mentioned cities.
The news item as it appeared in
the Forum is as follows:
ut seems to be up to the people
of Fargo whether this city is to
get large, modern packing plant
that will cost $5OO,OOO.
ut has been announced that at
a meeting of the North Dakota So
ciety OF Equity, held here the first
of the month, it was decided to
erect a large packing plant that
would be built entirely by farmer
capital and that this great plant
will be located here or at Valley
City or Minot, all three places be-
ing under consideration and the
matter Of finally choosing the To-
cation being in the hands of a
committee which was appointed
by the Equity society and is COM
'Iposed of c. j. Lee of Valley City,
Arthur Walton of Minot and M.
p. Casey of Lisbon.
This committee now has the
matter of site under considera-
ton but it cannot belearned when
it will make a report and it would
seem that FargO's chances to Sc
cure this big plant rest with the
people of the city.
The packing plant, which will
be modern and complete one in
every respect will be built entire
ly by The farmers of the stale who
have realized for long time the
value of live stock in the state but
who find that under present con-
. ditions the raising of live stock is
not profitable To make It profit
able they believe that the thing to
do is to build their own plant here
in the state and dispose the
manufactured products of the
plant largely in the state and The
territory tributary TO it.
! The farmers of the Equity So
ciety seem to have tlle idea that
Fargo people are averSe to farmer
organizations and ii would seem
that this is the time for the people
of the city tn prove to the farmers
that this is not h" truth regard
less OF what may have transpired
in the past to give ihe farmers
this impression.
or course from a purely ~
ness standpoint Fargo speaks for
itself and would be an ideal To-
cation for a plant Of this kind for
the simple reason that this is the
logical distributing point. 1t is a
business matter to the farmers
and the indications are that they
will look at il as such.
ITO Fargo such plant would
mean much as ii would bring in
$50 families of people who would
also bring other business and
capital
I'm building this plant the far
mers of North Dakota will be call
ed upon to take stock which will
be sold at S25 per share in order
that all may gel in on the prOpo-
sition. Tt is understood that con-
siderable amount has already
been subscribed. but campaign
will be made in every township in
/ the state during which every far
mer will be seen personally on the
proposition"
To US it seems that this society,
has overlooked the very best place
in North Dakota and before they
make any report as to the site,
I'VE deem it advisable that they
lshould come to Wahpeton and
look over the territory and FEAST
bility of locating such plant here
and all other advantages over any
other point in North Dakota.
] With the new railroad coming
into Wahpeton in the spring and
with the railroads already here
the above named cities in North
Dakota will be in the back ground
as to railroad advantageous and
the territory supplied by them.
The Commercial Club should inn
mediately get busy and try and se-
cure this plant for this city as it
would mean a big thing for us.
With the $50 families that this
institution would bring to the city
where It'll is to be located is not to
be sneezed at by any city no mat
ter how large or small. New hou-
ses would have to be built and the
cost here would naturally be less
than at the other three points and
any one can see that this matter
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