Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1916-02-24
CANDIDATES ENDORSED
BY EQUITY SOCIETY
COOPERATIVE Elevator Company
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and Packing Plant.

Minot, N. D., Feb. 18.-The en-
dorsement of the progressive Repub-
lican and progressive Democratic
candidates for electors, delegates and
committeeman to the national con-
vention, marked the close of the an
nual session of the American Society
of Equity here this evening.
Grant Youmans Of Minot was
named an Equity representative to
go to Washington Immediately to op-
pose the Moss-Hollis rural credits
bill. P. M. Casey and A. NJ. Maxwell
of Turtle Lake were reelected to the
board of directors of the society.
The convention decided to ask
North Dakota congressman to vote
for the confirmation of the appoint
ment Of Brandeis as supreme court
justice.
Resolutions were adopted endors-
ing prohibition on q nationwide ba-
sis, women's suffrage, proposed ex-
tension OF postal savings banks to do
general banking business, govern
ment ownership of munitions factor
les, federal merchant marine and gov
ernmeat ownership of railroads.
The United States attorney general
was ceneured for failure to prosecute
the Minneapolis chamber Of COM
merce and the Chicago board Of trade
and the convention went on record
as opposed to any vast program Of
preparedness.
Only Small Packing Plant.
The packing plant committee sub
mitted q report recommending the es-
tablishing of a small plant at first,
with view to establishing other such
plants at different points in the state
later on. This report was approved
and it was decided to place the stock
at SIS per share. The methods Of
financing the proposed plant was left
to special committee of five.
Organize Elevators.
The formation of a cooperative
elevator comraay, to bring about bet.
ter results in the conduct of the busi-
ness, was approved yesterday by the
North Dakota Society of Equity.
The organization will he launched
Immediately.
Its duties will be largely educa-
tional, although it will engage in the
handling of claims for shortage, ex-
cess rates, charges for cooperating,
etc., that elevator companies may
have against railroads.
It also will ultimately consider the
question Of forming central buying
organization to buy supplies for farm
ers patterning after the plan adopted
in Montana, which urges the farmers
elevators of the state not operating
on the cooperative plan to re-incor-
porate as cooperative elevators.
Under the plan outlined A. M.
Baker will retire from the active Sec
retaryship of the Society of Equity
and will become director of the main
work of the new association, promul-
eating it's campaign of publicity and
education among the elevator men of
the state.
The president and vice-president
of the new organization are to be ex-
perienced elevator men.
One feature will be the holding of
meetings of elevator managers, while
another will be the installation of
uniform accounting methods.
The adoption of the plan followed
an all-morning discussion Of the sit
uation. the problem being presented
by NJ. p. johnson, president of the
society.
Campaign for La Toilette.
Approval Of the plan whereby farm
ers Of the Northwest may make an
excursion to Washington at the time
of the next presidential Inauguration
was obtained last night by G. J. Lee
of Valley City.
E. G. Quamme Of Finley addressed
the convention on rural credits, point
ing out the need for legislation along
that line. Leon Durocher and M. V.
Boldly also spoke.
Walter E. Houser, campaign man
ager for Robert La Toilette, last
night opened the La Toilette cam
paign for the North Dakota endorse
ment for president.
In an address before the state con-
vention of the American Society of
Equity he condemned the Democratic
administration policy Of prepared
ness, and assailed Colonel Roosevelt's
candidacy as an even greater danger
to the country.
Dorr Carroll Of Minot, head Of the
Progressive party Of North Dakota,
defended Roosevelt and his policies.
Frank Hellstrom of the Demo-