The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-01-20
MASS MEETING
MONDAY AFTERNOON
At z O'clock ?. n. 70 Consider tho
Proposition Of the STATE Equity
Packing Plant
BIG TURNOUT LOOKED FOR
And Then tho Site Committee For
tho Equity Will be Notified on
What We Can Offer

tne lilly Hall, a mass meetlng OK
the people of Richland County and
This vicinity, will be called to-
gether for the purpose of discuss
ing the means and plans that
the people of this county and vi
cinity can offer to the Society of
Equity, through their site COM
mittee to induce them to locate
the plant here.
1t means that you as citizen
of Wahpeton, Richland County. OF
as a member of the Society Of
Equity of the State of North Da-
kota should attend. 1t is some
thing that you cannot afford to
miss, unless unavoidably detained
The proposition of locating it
here is within our means. If you
are for your home town and Rich
land County, then you should at
tend. If you don't care whether
your home town or county, or
whether you as a member of the
Society of Equity should prosper,
you had better attend, because
something may be said that will
set you to thinking on the right
track. 1t means more to this coun-
ty and vicinity than it actually
does in dollars and cents. The
facts in this case are as follows
With the Packing Plant here, an
unlimited market for your stock
will be right at your back door.
10 a consumer it will mean that
your neighbor will receive the
profits sent out Of the state.
Ii means a place where you can
sell your cattle. sheep and hogs
at the highest market prices. 1t
means that the valuation Of your
land will be raised. and it will be
a fact that a hundred dollar acre
land will be a reality all over the
county.
This meeting of course is call
ed to discuss this proposition OF
bringing this plant to Wahpeton
and naturally What Wahpeton
Has to Offer. The Times doesn't
know what can be offered, but we
do know that we have to offer the
best possible location in the state.
That alone is worth something to
a plant of this nature, where sue
cess is one of the main features
of any business. outside of the
site proposition, we have to- offer
one of the best water system in
the world, a dandy sewerage sys-
tenn, and third, cheap power. In
power lies a great money saver 1"
"a concern of this nature, as it
uses great deal of energy. The
power cost of operating is Il large
liability. Cheap power is actually
worth many dollars and cents in
a years operation of any plant.
and i'm a number of years, it will
save many thousands of dollars
to The consumer.
Wherein the state have they
a better water system, and some
arrangement could be made to
obtain it from the city at a small
minimum over the actual cost, if
not on cost basis. We can sup
ply all the water that they can
possibly use without increasing
the size of our. plant here.
A committee will undoubtedly
be appointed at this meeting to
confer with the site committee of
the Equity Society. Mr.. G.. j. Lee,
chairman Of this committee who
lives at Valley City, told in a let
ter which he wrote to the Com
mercial Club of Wahpeton that he
would come down to this city af-
ter our meeting here, provided we
done anything along these lines.
and interview the committee ap-
pointed. Thusly, it means that ev-
erything that can be brought to
bear should be done SO, as every
little thing will count.
Fargo has at this time, offered
fifty thousand dollars and a free
site. but people don't want to let
this scare them in staying away
the meeting. BE there as you don't
know just how much your help
will be needed.