The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-17
men
REFLECT ALL
their OFFICERS
Capital Stock Increased to
81, 100000 At Stock
holders Meeting

J, M. Anderson, St. Paul, was re-
elected president; Magnus johnson
himball, Mimi, vice president; q. A.
Thtel, st. Paul, secretary treasurer;
and II. b. Wood, st. Paul, and ]. G.
Bergh, Hendrum, Mimi, directors of
the Equity Cooperative exchange at
the annual meeting of stockholders
held in Fargo Wednesday. The
capital stock OF the exchange was
increased from 100000 to $1,000
900.
Reports read showed that net
profits of the exchange for the last
four months in 1917 were more than
$36, 900.
The stockholders adopted resolu-
tions favOring an appropriation to
aid farmers in purchasing seed and
feed this spring, endorsing Gov. Lynn
J. Frazier and his co-workers for
the courageous stand they have
taken for the producers of the state,
and pledging support to the govern
ment In the world war.
The resolutions follow:
In the world war, our country's
welfare is our supreme concern. We
unreservedly yield allegiance to our
government and proclaim an abiding
the courage of our soldiers. Our boys
are with the nag. and our nag is at
the front. with love and patriotism,
therefore, we pledge ourselves, and
our ungrudging toll, to win the war,
and secure for all men everywhere
the right of life, liberty and the pur-
suit OF happiness. We especially
pledge ourselves to the mighty task
OF feeding our armies and the toilers
of the nation, by planting every acre
we can reach and harvesting every
buahel we can gather II is ours to
sow and to harvest, during the long
hours that our boys may be able to
strike heavy blows when their day
comes on the far fields OF Europe.
CoRdemn German Imperialism.
German Imperialism and corporate
monopoly are each In eternal conhlct |
with the spirit of cooperation and
democracy until universal co-opera-
tion IL the rule OF nations and the
practice OF mankind. This war is only
another angle to our old, old hght
against greed and brutal power and
we are brave in our faith that 1t is
the final fight for the emancipation
of humanity.
while supporting our government
in everything, and especially in feed |
ing the forces lighting for freedom, |
we are not unmindfuI of our plain |
duty to ourselves as farmers, and |
therefore, we assert again that grain /
gambling must so; that the market |
place must be fair and free that cor
ercise public functions nor proflteers
masquerade as patriots unchallenged; |
that producers in the country and |
toilers in the towns shall be free to /
cooperate together and with each /
other for mutual protection against /
parasites on the public body and the /
buccaneers of business who never
speak OF equity without sneering, nor 1
measure manhood unless in terms Of
money.
FFaHter IL Commended.
I'm state affairs we commend Gov
ernor F'raEier and his loyal co-work-
eFa for the courageous stand they |
have taken for the producers of the
state, and we heartily approve of the
Efforts of Congressman Baer to secure
4 suitable appropriation for seed to
aid farmers without means who with
out help would be unable to serve our
in this time of stress.
The grain inspection department
81 North Dakota under DR.. Ladd and
ais deputy, j. A. McGoveHn, has rem.
dafed n great service to the grain
growers 81 the whole northwest. To
Encourage them I'm their work and
snable them to render stttl more eff
feckive service, we urge appropriate
to make a separate and
department for carrying
On the work of grain inspection and
grading"