The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-12
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OVER RESOLUTION
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fight, merely inviting the convention
to that city. On rising vote Man
dan won the honors.
Red Cross Committee.
One of the most important pieces
of legislation accomplished by the
bankers during their sessions in
Fargo was the appointment of a
committee on Red Cross work. the
members to consist of the entire
executive council. This executive
council went into session immediate
ly after the convention adjourned at
noon and appointed the secretary
and treasurer and then started to
discuss the LABOR situation.
The fifteenth annual convention, or
the thirty third anniversary of the
organization of the Dakota Bankers
association, came to a close this af-
ternoon, the members and their wives
making an excursion" to the circus
where a section was reserved.
Most of the bankers will return A.
their homes this evening.
Resolutions Adopted.
Endorsement of President Wilson's
aims in peace and war, allegiance to
the propaganda for the elimination
of waste, and denounclng a foreign
corporation reported to be solicit
ing business in the state using as its
corporate name the Bankers In
surance company were the outstand-
ing features in the resolutions adopt
ed by the convention.
I'VE pledge to the government of
the United States our united sup
port and we fully and whole heart
eddy endorse President Wilson in his
aims in peace and war as the
necessities of the situation demand
the prompt and full participation Of
the United States in this war
that peace which victory may en-
sue".
The resolutions also relate that
I'VE recognize the Importance of the
situation and urge upon all members
by every means in their power, al
legiance to the propaganda for the
elimination of waste in the use of
food supplies. The total supply Of
food now in the world is a definitely
known fact. Its rate of consump-
ton is also known and realizing that
within few months at the present
rate of consumption, bitter famine
confronts the millions of men, wo-
men and children in this world, we
urge upon bankers and their clients
the most rigid economy in the foods
now available.
Touching on the Red Cross the
resolutions adopted state that the
combined tenderness of the world
is expressed in the activities of the
Red Cross, and we pledge to 1t our
heartiest support. We urge our
members to enlist in it's membership.
To win this war we must hearten
and soothe, without stint, those who
bear its heaviest burdens, and We
ask our members to give as freely as
possible to this worthy cause.
The resolutions also relate that
the attention of numerous members
of the association has been called to
a certain insurance company located
in the city of Helena, Mont, and
soliciting business in the State of
North Dakota, which is using its
corporate name the Bankers" In
surance company, and as the use of
the word Bankers" has been mis-
interpreted in many instances as an
evidence that the bankers of North
Dakota are interested financially or
morally in said insurance company
BE 1t Resolved; that this associa-
ton and its members disclaim any
connection with said company or
any other company not connected
with a bankers organization which
employs the term, Bankers" as a
part OF it's corporate title.
Plea For More Soldiers.
A plea that the United States send
two million men to the front instead
of the few thousand was made by
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Gordon of
Winnipeg, surgeon in the Canadian
army medical corps, home on a fur
lcugh, in his address to the bankers
Wednesday afternoon.
Would TO God that America could
see us and would to God that Amer
lea would hasten her expedition for
ces to France" said the speaker. Il
can say to you Of the greatest repub-
lilo that the sun has ever shone on,
that come here not as a guest but
as brother and conditions must in
deed be strange when the subject OF
another nation comes TO address you
on the subject of war. The situation
is indeed appalling. Cur oppressors
were not satisfied but had to come
to the peace-loving country of Amer
lea to draw upon the youth of that
country, too.
Il tell you France needs your help
at once. More than two million
French boys lie dead at the front.
Two millions of the best men that
France could produce, men of the
best families. the scientists and stud
ents, the flower Of the nation. is un-
der ground. You will do your bit all
right. You couldn't do anything else.
But you must do it at once. The saw
ing of man power win be Immense
~ greater.
america has the right idea in in
creasing the number of airships. Get
your airships and get them fast. Get
bombs into the vases for the sub
bombs into the bases for the sub
are manufactured and into the am
munition factories. In that way the
war will be brought to speedy ter
mination."
Judge Ennerud Speaks.
Judge Edward Engerud Of Fargo,
scheduled to address the convention
Wednesday morning did not give
his message until in the afternoon.
He discussed legislation passed at
the last session OF the state legisla-
ture bearing on all phases Of the
banking business. Judge Engerud has
from time to time handed down i'm
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