The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-21

bin. In the very number &C the Co
operators Herald which contains this
statement there axe printed rescau-
tons adopted BY the nenee-xhip %
the North Dakota union OF the Aueri-
can Society Of Equity NJ their annual
meeting in Bismarck in which the en-
tire course Of action og the Ncrparti-
san league senators and representa-
uveS in the legislature is approved
and the very men responsible for
framing this fake Terminal elevator
bill are roundly condemned
Whom does The Co-operatorS'
Herald represent in tts attack On Coz
srnor FTAEier2 II can not reDreSsnt
the EQUITY society OF the state. b.
elety stand VITA the governor and
with the men who were faithful 20 the
farmers interests At Bismarck
Quote ls6d a. Authority.
II is Unnecessary 20 defend Governor
FrazisT's action thus so Unexpectedly
attacked The objections 70 the bin
which he vetoed were very plainly told
Agricultural college. the veteran friend
OF the farmers A single elevator
within a Touring mill in cooperation
with it-an elevator as small as IL
would have 10 be with the appropria-
ton provided. would fail TO accom-
piish the purposes sought for it II
would not be OF anv substantial oene-
tt tn the growers Of the state
Such an elevator might furnish q
source OF personal profit 10 q few men
interested in eapitalizinE the farmers
cooperative movement 20 their own
advantage. but The Leader hesitaVes
10 believe that there are any in tha
ranks OF the Equity who would stoop
thus to exploiting the taTmers-
The farmers OF North Dakota and
other northwestern states so far have
resolutely fought the effort 10 use the
name Equity" as a means to the
private gain OF a few individuals.
though that menace has always been
present. II is certain that the mem
bership of the Equity society will
repudiate any such attempt and VIII
repudiate also this attack upon the
man whom they have honOred by plac-
ing in the highest ONCE in the state
and in whom they repose complete
confidence and trust.
spain to Every Reader"
The language in which The CO.
nor undoubtedly will give pain 20
every reader. They will resent refer
ence to him as a recent recruit" and
the intimation that he is not faithful
to their interests
Lynn ]. Frazier. by his manliness.
MS plain SPEAKING ms unQQeSNlOnG0
integrity. his simplicity and loyalty to
their cause has endeared himself to
every worker in the state. He is not
likely to be injured by such an attack
as that made by The Co-Operators'
Herald. nor can the great cause OF
the farmers suffer a serious setback
because of il. The main injury will be
to the Equity society. whose members
thus find themselves misrepresented
and the cooperative movement dis
credited through some strange freak
Of personal animosity whose origin can
not be explained.
The membership OF the Equity So
cietye and the hackers OF the various
true EQUITY enterprises. who have
made known their unanimous adher-
ence to the league program. the men.
in fact. who made the leagues exist
ence possible. undoubtedly will want.
to take prompt steps TO set their house
in order to see that thew are not again
attacked from the inside and to
guarantee that their trust shall not be
used as a means for exploiting them
But with that matter The Leader
has nothing to do. The men upon
whom the duty will devolve are per-
fectly competent to take care OF il.