The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-14

The third rule Is one which compels
one out of every three members Of only
firm to be actively engaged on the
South St Paul live stock exchange
This would mean that the Equity co.
operative exchange would have to
have over 1000 farmers working in
South st. Paul in order to comply with
this rule.
The matter of whether the farmers
will be admitted to the South st. Paul
live stock exchange is left entirely
with the board of directors of the
South St. Paul live stock exchange,
but they have been informed that the
Equity cooperative exchange will
open for business on Oct. l, so if they
refuse to grant the farmers a mem
bership, the farmers will open their
selling agency as an independent firm
Some months ago the Equity farm
ers Of the northwest began passing
resolutions favoring the city of St.
Paul and condemning the city of Min.
neapols. Many business firms in the
city of Minneapolis demonstrated, say
ing that the city Of Minneapolis was
favorable to the farmers and that the
business organizations of the city were
favorable to the farmers, and that the
farmers were at fault by blaming the
city for what one or two organizations
in the city were trying to do to the
farmers. This sounded very we'll at
the time, and possibly had some eff.
feet on some people until the recent
hearing before the farm loan bank
commissioners, at which the accredit
ed representatives of the business or
CARNATIONS of Minneapolis filed with
the farm loan bank commissioners a
copy of the Cooperative Man.
ager and Farmer, in which charges
against the farmers organiza ton were
made that were so dishonest, rank and
unjust that no representative Of the
chamber OF commerce firms will meet
a representative of the farmers or.
ganization in public debate and de.
fend the charges made in this con.
temptible sheet. This act alone on
the part of the representative of the
city OF Minneapolis should convince
the farmers in the northwest that
whenever possible they should favor
the city of St. Paul and the business
interests OF st. Paul in preference to
patronizing the business interests of
a city that would allow a commercial
organization to insult the farmers of
the northwest by handing out such un-
just and dishonest charges as those
made by the COOPERATIVE Manager
and Farmer as evidence in any hear
| ing. The farmers of the northwest
should not patronize the business in.
terests Of city that is not willing to
give them the privilege of marketing
their own products in their own way
This st. Paul has done and the farm.
ers OF the northwest should appreciate
the same and show their appreciation
by making st. Paul the greatest mar
ket In the northwest for all farm pro-
ducts.
For months the Equity cooperative
exchange have been sending out slips
warning the farmers in the country
and especially those interested in the
Equity cooperative exchange not to pay
the least bit of attention to the stories
! circulated by the grain combine lust
before grain starts to move this fall
and as a rule we think the warning
has been pretty we'll followed; how
ever a former employee of the Equity
cooperative exchange who was dis
missed on account of drinking, gamb
ling, passing bad checks, etc., has
started runlOr that the exchange is
financially embarrassed, has poor man
agement, etc., and one North Dakota
banker at least has listened to his tale
OF woe. The exchange, however, is il
a position to say that they were neve
in better shape financially than the,
are today and the prospects for tn,
future are tattering to point wher,
they are almost unbelievable. If any
one believes any Of the stories tina
have been circulated by the grain com
bine about the Equity exchange an
its management, let them call at tn
st. Paul office and be shown.
When the farmers of the northwes
gather in st. Paul on Dec. 5, 6 and
to dedicate their terminal elevator an
, celebrate the establishing Of an hol
est grain market, they will have tn
privilege of listening to a fighter VIII
{ is OF a different character than the o.
} binary Equity fighter. l.. C. Ives,
: .Airmount, S. D., will give the farmer
!. a talk on the early day history of tn
northwest. Mr.. Ives was one of tn