The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-24
News Notesof Equity Exchange

week with a very unusual request.
They had decided to start little CO.
operative enterprise of their own and
wished the assistance Of someone who
had more or less experience in this
line. After their wants were made
known, the president Of the exchange,
j. nj. Anderson, volunteered to give
them the assistance wanted. Mr.. An.
derson procured the license from the
clerk of courts office, secured min
lister from nearby parsonage, and
without further delay the new coop
GRAFTON was incorporated, and bride
and groom went on their way rejOic-
ing, with the best wishes of the entire
Office force of the Equity cooperative
exchange. p
No one connected with the st. Paul
Office was aware of the fact that w.
A. Smith, of the Equitable audit COM
pany, was a public speaker of no mean
ability. Recently Mr.. Smith went to
Medberry, N. D., to audit their set
of books, and being present at the an
nual meeting was called on to speak
in behalf Of the Equity. For one and
one-half hour he delivered an address
that would do the Equity cause credit
in any community. The fact that Mr..
Smith could deliver an address of this
kind was not known at the st. Paul
Office until ]. H. Slater, Of Medberry,
visited the Office this week. Mr..
Smith will no doubt be called upon to
repeat this stunt at other elevator
meetings in the very near future.
Last Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
B. j. League invited a number OF their
friends for boat ride on the Missis-
sippi river. Mr.. League has fine
launch, and the trip of ten miles up
the river was enjoyed by every guest.
In the Aug. 8 issue of the Organ.
lied Farmer on page four we notice
that the editor has offered some criti-
cism in regard to the Grain Growers
Text Book, No. 2. We wish to recog-
nize the justice of Mr.. Tanks critisism
and in explanation will say that dur.
ing the months of June and July, when
everyone connected with the st. Paul
Office was just as busy as they could
be trying to keep up their work in the
office and make as many meetings as
they could in the country, the execu.
tive committee employed person to
get out the text book, and in justice
to the person undertaking the work.
will say that they did very we'll, un.
der the circumstances. However
they had no knowledge whatever OF
the history of the organization or the
fight that the Exchange had gone
through. The result was that while
the text book is good as far as ii
goes, anyone familiar with the Ameri
can Society of Equity or the Equity
cooperative exchange can readily see
that the person getting up this text
book knew nothing about the past his
tory of the organization. The eX
change is very sorry that these omis
siens have happened, but they were
not intentional and were the result
of employing an outside party with
no knowledge of the past history OF
the exchange to edit this text book.
On Aug. 10, at the Flour Exchange
building at Minneapolis, occurred the
annual meeting of the appeals board
of the grain inspection department tt
make new rules for the coming year
At the meeting representatives of the
farmers of the northwest and repre-
sentatives of the Equity cooperative
exchange, the only grain-sellins
agency outside of the combine, were
present and demanded a hearing
Some lively discussions followed, in
which J. M. Anderson, president Of
the Equity cooperative exchange
Benjamin Drake, their attorney, and
J. G. Critics, the general manager
represented the Exchange. Repre-
sentatives A. F. Teigen, Magnus John
son, L. c. Spooner, Emmett Thomas
Will Pearson, C. E. Mills, James Bur
nett, and other represented the grain
growers and the law makers of the
state of Minnesota. The charge was
freely made that the appeals board
were not conducting their department
in accordance with the Minnesota
state law, and the result of the dis
cussions seemed to be that the law OF
the state should be followed to the
letter, and if it was not right new
law should be passed, and the old one
appealed. DR.. Ladd, of the North Da
kota Agricultural college, was present
and spoke in the interest of grading
grain according to milling tests and
not according to it's physical appear
ance. The board of appeals were
openly warned that they were going
to be taken to account by the next
state legislature for some of the
methods which they have used during
the past year. 1t is hoped that the
squabble before the board of appeals
will result in a more careful applica
ton of the state law in regard to the
grading of grain 1t is also hoped
that it will hasten the day when grain
will be judged by it's milling value in
stead of by its physical appearance.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Tilbor, of Great
Falls, Mont, were pleasant callers at
the st. Paul Office last Saturday. They
autoed through from Great Falls to
st. Paul, and report the roads rather
rough for automobiling. AS a result
they did not make the trip in the time
they expected to make it.
In recent issue of the Co.Opera
tive Manager and Farmer they advis
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