The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-27
ORGANIZERS ARE
WELL EQUIPPED
With TALK WHEN
Sent TO BUYERS
Supplied With Effective
Pointers on How to Meet
All Arguments
JUST BEGINNING,
PROSPECTUS SHOWS
Proposed $5,OOO,OOO Cor
poration-No Half Way
Work Here

work Here
The Consumers United Stores
company is a corporation organized
by the officers Of the National Non
partisan league; organizers that
tour the rural districts separating
farmers from their valuable posses
sions" 20 to the farmers as rep
rresentatives Of the National Non
partisan league" and the store prop
osition is being run under the
auspices Of the NOnpartsan league
throughout its president and eXeCu-
tive board" according to the pros
peCtus" supplied to the store or
ganizers by the organization cam
.paign manager, Mr.. BrintOn.
The Forum today presents in full
the prospectus used by the organizer
II is the store cOmpany's selling
ak" and the organizers are pre-
pared to meet all kinds of argu-
unents that the farmer might ad-
vance why he shouldn't put his
money into the store proposition, to
the argument that too much power
is being placed in the hands Of the
league president, A. G. TOwnley.
How to meet the hard luck, poor
crop story" is one Of the most In
teresting sections Of the selling
talk"
Dealing with the question Of sur
rendering power to Mr. Townley, the
organizer doesn't mince words:
.r "And the Nonpartsan league
proposed to give Mr.. Townley
and his associates all the power
a can to secure the goods
for the league members" is the
way this feature is placed be-
fore q prospect.
Using League Name.
Immediately after The Forum first
exposed the store proposition, an at
tempt was made and still is being
made by the league leaders-by Mr.
Townley and his crew Of trained or
Panizers, agitatOrs, lecturers and
newspaper men, and by his long
string Of newspapers-tO separate
the store issue from the league.
III was and is contended that the
league has nothing to do with the
store proposition. If that is the
case. then the organizers who were
sent out with the prepared speech,
deliberately misrepresented the sit
uation.
Organizers Well sehooIed.
As stated in The Forums initial
article on the store question, the or
Ranizers are we'll sChOOlcd for their
work. They are put through a course
Of economies, prepared by Arthur
Lesueur, and they are trained to de-
liver the prepared talk to the
farmer.
Dominate Whole State.
That the store company launched
by Mr.. Townley was organized for
the purpose Of dominating the whole
mercantile industry in the state is
clearly evident from study Of the
prospectus, or prepared talk
The prospectus, in full, follows:
INTRoDUcTIoN-PoWER OF Or
GANIZATIoN.
FIRST understand you are a
member of the NOnpartisan League?
You realize then that the League has
accomplished a great thing. 1t has
shown as has never been shown be-
fore that farmers can work togeth-
err That farmers have great power
when they move together in an or
sanitation like the League. More
power than any other group Of men
when they set out to do a thing.
MISTAKE NOT TO USE POWER.
SECOND-Now, it would be a
~
crime for the farmers Of North Da-
kota with all the power they now
have, not to use that power for
their own and immediate benefit. |
You will agree with me that il you |
had the power and the opportunity to |
do something for yourself and your |
family and your farm, AND DIDN'T |
DO IT, you would not he doing right |
By yourself nor your family nor right !
By the investment you have in your !
farm.
POWER OF COLLECTIVE BUYING.
THIRD-If all the farmers around |
tname of town. would appoint one |
man as buyer with power TO buy all
the things that the farmers need in
this community, you will agree that
you could buy your merchandise and |
daily wants much cheaper than you
are now paying; you will agree with
me that liz all the farmers in North
Dakota would buy all the things !
they need through one organization,
through one man, they could get
their goods for half the money they
are now paying, for less money than
now pay Sears and ROebuck.
OBJECT OF YOUR VISIT.
FOURTH-Now that is why / am
out here today. To explain to you
what the NOnpartisan League is GO
ing to do for it's members RIGHT
AWAY, so that they can reap a
benefit, an immediate benefit from
their organization, FROM THE
POWER IT HAS WHICH YOU
AND THE OTHER FARMERS IN /
THE STATE HAVE MADE POS
EIBLE.
The Nonpartisan League is
going 70 establish, as fast as the
ground can be covered, a local
store in every county in the
State, and eventually two, three
or four stores in each county,
but Just now we are going to put
% one In each county in the most
central and best trading center.
n addition, We are going 20 put
IN q warehouse and distributing
place in such places as Minot,
Mandan, Fargo, Grand Forks,
etc, places where we can ship
goods IN carload and trainload
lets 70 get the benefit of car
lead and trainload freight rates
and then distribute the goods to
the stores in the section of the
State surrounding the ware
house.
FOR instance, We are going 20 put
81 s warehouse as well as a retail /
tore ia the city Of Minot, 70 supply