The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-26
S2.25 WHEAT Is
DEMAND MADE BY
ELEVATOR men
Resolutions Reported At
Today's Session Pro-
pose Standard
U s.. TERMINALS
ALSO ARE URGED
Change Name to Interstate
Cooperative Association
Today

l. The Interstate cooperative aSSO-
citation is the name adopted this
morning by the new organization
that was formed, on Wednesday in
Fargo, to succeed the Directors and
Managers association of country ele-
vators. ]. A. Axtell, Fargo. has ac-
cepted the position Of secretary,
treasurer and general manager Of
the association and announced his
acceptance at the meeting this morn
ing.
Chairman Ralph A. Hill, Sutton,
presented the report of the resolu-
tions committee which was referred
back after it was read to have a
paragraph on price setting by the
association added.
The resolutions recommend the
guaranteed price Of 1925 per bushel
for wheat at terminals. This may be
changed by the committee or the as
socia alton when the resolutions are
reported.
Other recommendations are:
The establishment by the govern
ment Of maximum prices Of flour and
other products Of grain and a limit
of rs cents a bushel for grinding.
The establishment by the govern
ment of elevators at seaboard and
other terminal points.
Prohibition by the government of
undue speculation in food products.
In this connection it is recommended
that the government assume control
Of all grain exchanges and boards of
trade that they may be made open
markets and not governed by any
private monopoly.
In the purchase Of grain the gov
eminent is urged to deal directly
with cooperative institutions own
ed and operated by farmers.
The government is asked to furn-
ish funds for financing cooperative
farmers elevators.
Again the government is asked to
take steps to prevent exorbitant
prices charged for farm machinery.
The resolutions extend the thanks
of the association to the city and the
Commercial club for courtesies and
the Equity Cooperative exchange
for the banquet rendered members of
the association on Wednesday even
ing.
Central Buying Plan.
A central Office for purchasing
supplies will be maintained in Fargo
by the Directors and Managers as
ISOLATION of Farmers Elevators. This
decision was reached at the meeting
held in the Fargo Commercial club
rooms Wednesday afternoon. It was
also decided to increase the mem
bership fee from S. to $25 for each
elevator. The central organization
consists of five directors who were
elected yesterday and they are to
have the full management of the
business of'the association A presl-
dent and executive officer chosen
from the directorate constitutes the,
executive committee. M. w.
Thatcher was elected president, and
the position of secretary
and general manager was rendered
to J. A. Axtell, Fargo, who will give
his answer to the association to-
day.
Pres. August Nelson, Crosby, N.
D., called ]. G. Critics, St. Paul, to
the chair during the discussion of
the proposed changes in the plan of
organization. There was consider
able discussion and the Bennett
proposition was given the cold
shoulder as several of the members
were of the opinion that the associa-
ton could handle it's own business
better than to trust It to an outside
concern. 1t appeared from the dis
cussion that the Roachdale system
was not new and that all corpora
tive systems are now working
along the line that is called equity.
The movement to get somewhere
and do something" necessitated rails
ing funds to finance the organiza-
ton. While some of the representa-
tives said they did not know what
the directors OF their companies
would do it was generally agreed
that $25 for each elevator was a
small amount and that the existing
annual fee, SIS, would not finance the
proposed reorganization. When the
motion to increase the membership
fee to $25 was put it carried unani-
mously.
In place of the unwieldy organiza-
ton, with one manager and one
director for each member company,
it was decided to concentrate the
management in a small board. Just
how many members there should be
and how they should be chosen was
discussed at some length and the
decision was to elect five directors,
from as near to Fargo as possible,
and leave the management with the
board Nine nominations were made
and the following Ave directors were
elected to serve until the annual
meeting in January: G. H. Bruins,
Oriska; c. II. Opdahl, Marion; NJ.
w. Thatcher, ST. Paul; j. A. Axtell,
Fargo. and D. /. Manning Nortoa-
vile.
Purchases OF supplies-coal, Irvine,
-four, etc, will be made through the
central Office and this office may
ultimately become the channel for