The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-03
EQUITY MEETINGS full
OF SNAP and GINGER


This address had been scheduled for
the afternoon session, but the mayor
, was called away by important busf-
ness, and nothing was lost by the
delay, for the mayor was more tart
than usual. He told of some of his
experiences in shipping grain, all fav-
orable to the Equity. Then he de-
! voted few words to local politics.
He denounced the county commissions
ers for letting the contract for new
Jail in opposition to the expressed
ideas Of the voters of the county only
a couple of years ago. He called for
a government by the people, giving q
! touch also to the acts of Barnes county
| legislators at the last session. The
applause showed that the audience
was heartily with him.
After the reading by Mr.. Greedy of
expressions of opinion by various pub
! lie men of the iniquity of future trad
ing in grain, Geo. S. LOTUS took the
| floor. Mr.. LOTUS is not unknown in
Barnes county and he has card index
system of local politics at the tip Of
! his tongue and he is not afraid to NEIL
ton names when he goes into mat
ters that interest the Equity society.
He said that the interests were active
in Barnes county as in other places,
but he paid Barnes county the compli-
ment of saying that her farmers we're
always up and doing when their in
terests were at stake. He told Of tha
work of the Noltimiers, May, Schultz,
the Krugs, Senator Thoreson and
others. He told how the interests of
Minneapolis were out to do up the
Equity society by foul means, since
hthey were powerless when they used
fair means. He told how the action
now under way in which the state of
North Dakota seeks to declare the
society fraudulent had been taken to
the attorney general of Minnesota
commission of that state, and by them
found to be groundless. OF course the
inference was not complimentary to
the attorney general of our state.
Mr.. LOTUS spoke for several hours,
the meeting lasting until midnight, but
very few left the hall until it wax
over.
Two resolutions were passed during
the course Of the evening" The first
was that any manager of farmers
elevator who attended the meeting
this month under the auspices of the
Minneapolis chamber of commerce
should be discharged, the other that
the society objected to the granting
of one day at the Valley City Chau-
tauqua to the North Daktoa Associa-
tion of Managers of Farmers Elevat-
ors. 1t was the opinion of the soci-
ETY. that this association was working
against the interests of the Equity,
hence the resolution. ...
Tuesday morning Mr. LOTUS again
addressed the farmers assembled. It
was one of his characteristic speeches.,
and his audience was with him. He
was followed by A. NJ Baker. Mr..
Casey, of Lisbon, spoke on member
ship in the association. Mr.. Casey
wac fO1owod nv, NJ, yyoro,,, 80 yr.yu.
who spoke on the matter of having a
manager who is friendly to the move
ment. Several others made brief re-
marks on various topics and incidents
connected with the Farmers Elevator
association of North Dakota
That the farmers are in deadly ear
nest is shown by the character of the
response to the speakers. They be-
lieve in the Equity and in the integ-
rity of it's offers and they will stand
by them with their money and their
influence. Mr.. Lotus believes in 20.
ing into politics and promises warm
times for the representatives of the
people who do not support the wishes
of the farmers.
! Congressman James Manahan, of
| Minnesota, who was expected her on
Tuesday evening to address the Equi-
ty meeting, was unavoidably detained,
but the meeting was held just the
same, with crowded hall. The suit
of the state of North Dakota against
the society was discussed and polit-
ical matters were gone into quite
fully.
Among the pleasing incidents of the
evening was the suggestion by Geo.
S. LOTUS that Hon. Frank E. Ploy-
har was entitled to a vote Of thanks
for his faithful services to the resi-
dents of Barnes county. c. ]. Lee,
as chairman, then called for rising
vote of thanks to Mr. Ployhar, which
was thus responded to by every
one in the hall. This, together with