The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-17

WHICH lHe ploleSool cASlilplliiSu TO Cne
edifcation of his hearers. Vocalizec
methods had no place in this language
mere signs being used exclusively
Emanuel Esau was the big man, the
John D. Rockefeller of that time. Ow-
ing to his interest in their welfare
there was introduced among the In
dams the pumpkin, the bean, the
SQUASH and tobacco. The Mandans
proved the saviors of the Lewis &
Clark expedition. Clark made an
agreement with the Indians whereby
for one iron arrow head he was to
have nine gallons of corn. This ar
rangement proved highly profitable to
the expedition and had it not been for
the food supply thus secured the party
would have starved. In dry seasons
the Indians used the dust mulch in
preserving the moisture content of his
cornfelds.
Thursday Morning.
While awaiting the arrival of Pres
ident Johnson, c. B. Joss, chairman of
the committee on credentials, took the
chair and announced free and open
discussion of any subject the delegates
might wish considered, there being no
regular program for the forenoon SEES
sion. After repeated calls for A. E..
Wallie that gentleman took the floor
and made an excellent address. He
paid fine compliment to j. M. Ander-
son, saying that he was a loyal and
willing worker in the interests of the
Equity and one of the most reliable Of
fcials the society had ever elevated
to official station.
The arrival of President johnson,
who announced the receipt of tel
egram from Geo. S. Lotus, OCCASION
ed an outburst of applause from the
audience. The telegram read as fol-
lows:
81 congratulate your membership
for your success during the past year.
predict greater success the coming
year. North Dakota farmers, in their
independence surpass the farmers Of
the south, who are in the clutch of
monopoly and have no equity society
or non-partisan league to aid in any
attempt for freedom. My thoughts
are with you and were l physically
able would be with you as of old"
A. NJ Baker Immediately moved the
convention acknowledge the receipt of
this message in a suitable manner.
The proposition was enthusiastically
received and the chair appointed Mr..
Baker committee of one to prepare
a telegram in response. This was as
follows:
"Convention sends you greetings
and appreciation of your splendid fight
for the farmers and heartfelt and best
wishes for your speedy recovery"
The credentials committee, then re-
ported that 26 locals were represent
ed in the convention. The report was
accepted. ...,,.a efe .s.oj,c T.. 3, ;.
President johnson then announced a
free discussion, of any subject upper
most in the minds Of the delegates.
He suggested that for years he had
been, considering some feasible plan
whereby the Equity Cooperative and
Farmers, elevators might become, or
ganized along lines similar to those
employed by the, line elevators. This
proved to, be a subject of vital inter-
est to great many of the delegates.
J. G. Critics Of Lisbon questioned if
such scheme was practical, that it
would be too complicated to work sue
cessfully. He attributed the failure
of many farmers elevators to a lack
of knowledge regarding the true sig
nificance of cooperation. Many were
too niggardly in their policies. A live
and alert business manager was nee
essary for the success of enterprises of
this character. Local conditions cou-
pied with management spell the sue
cess or failure of farmers elevators.
A. M. Baker, manager of the Coop
erative Herald, published at Fargo, is
secretary of the organized Equity ell
evators of the state and reported that
IS elevators were in operation thru
out the state. He said that practical
scheme of accounting and we'll Or
ganized selling agency would be to
The advantage of these enterprises.
C. F. Lowrie, president of the A. S.
Of E. of Montana, was the next speak
err. While disavowing all claims as
an orator, saying that he was mere
farmer, Mr.. Lowrie proved himself
to be one of the best speakers to 'ad-
dress the convention. He said that
his hobby for years had been more
economic method of handling the ell
avator situation. He warned against
the influences that were operating to
ead these institutions away from the
proper course. He gave a detailed
account of the growth Of Equity So
cieties in Montana, where within the
past two years the membership has
grown from 200 to 1000. Several CO.
operative stores are already in opera
ton and a great saving is effected by
purchasing Irvine and machinery in
large quantities. The saving on plows
alone was around $18 on each pillow.
Mr.. Lowrie's address was listened to
with close attention.
Ed Keefe of Glenburn asked for
light upon the question Of farmers ell
evators, saying that his connection
with three farmers elevators had been
Neutrality-suspicious. being upon a
paying basis. 1t was moved and sup,
ported that committee be appointed
to draft a plan for state association
of cooperative and farmers elevators.
This committee, consisting of P. O.
Satire, Karl Knutson, ]. G. Critics, F.
Julian, Halvor Halvorson, H. M. Hen
erickson and A. M. Baker, was APP
nointed with instructions to ranor+ at