The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-04
FARMER GRAIN
DEALERS HERE
FOR SHOP: j P:.TALK
Three Days Convention of 1nde-
pendent Elevator Men to
Begin Tuesday
INTERESTING 7 PROGRAMS ,y()' J;
Men Prominent in Oreanizat tion
Work and in Government
Service Slated
INTERESTING PROGRAMS

With representatives of the United
States department OF agriculture and
men i0f national prominence in farm
organization movements on the pro.
gram, the; Farmer Grain Dealers as.
sociation of North Dakota, composed
OF managers and stockholders indie.
pendent farmers elevators, will open
its seventh annual convention at BIS.
marck auditorium tomorrow afternoon
Tor an interesting three days session.
PECULIAR interest attaches to the con.
ventiOn this year because the fed.
eral regulation OF grain grading and
marketing and the supervision Of the
manufacture and marketing of flour
has presented new problems for the
farmer grain dealers-problems, a
prominent western farmers elevator
manager stated recently, which
threaten the very existence of indie
pendent elevators everywhere.
The convention will be called to
order tomorrow afternoon by Presi.
dent A.. A. Lane Iof Sherbrook. An
address OF welcome from Secretary
George N. Keniston of the Bismarck
Commercial club and the response Of
the president will be followed by an
address by Governor Frazier, j. NJ.
Still of, Beach, Charles T.. Eckerle,
general organizer, and R. C. Miller,
federal grain supervisor Of the United
States department of agriculture,
have places on the afternoon program
In the evening M. r. Meyers will
speak on Cooperation and Democra-
cy"
c. H. Bailey OF the United States
bureau Of chemistry will talk on RE
ducing the Grain Dust Explosion Ha.
zar(f" "Wednesday morning, and q.
L. Packard Of Elliot and p. E. Knud-
son of Eckleson will have places on
the program. Wednesday afternoon
j.. W.. Shorthill, secretary of the Ne
braska Farmers Elevator companies,
and member Of the national agricul-
tural congress who has been selected
by the administration as member Of
the price.fixing board for farm pro-
ducts, will talk on ''The Organized
Farmer at Washington. Cliffird
Thorne, ex-chairman of the Iowa rail-
way commission, will talk on "The
Railroad and are American Farmer
+. s. Betz of Chicago, ILL.,, on Audit
ing and Bookkeeping" and James A.
Little, rate expert with the North Da-
kota railway commission, will give an
address. The annual smoker and So
cial session will be held Wednesday
evening.
Thurcday morning Attorney Gener.
al William S. LANCER will discuss
ways and Means of Detecting and
Regulating Discrimination In Price Be.
tween Farmers Elevator Companies
and the Mills" and there will be
papers dealing with the value of local
ly-owned mills in connection with ele.
vator companies and price Fixing,
and Who Did It" \.
The annual business session will be
held Thursday afternoon. An attend
ance OF several hundred delegates and
visitors is promised. The weather Of
the last week has been unusually mild,
and II It continues, many farmers
elevator men from central North
DSkoH win be able to drive IN with
comfort. A number Of enterta tainn6ne
features have been planned ior tks
veek and : successful convention q