Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-08-05

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the Associated Press and other news
agencies upon authority given by the
member Of the council Of defense, who
drafted the order providing for the
taking I'VE of all elevators in the
their operation by the coun-
Gil OF defense. This order was deliv-
to The Herald representative and
to the local correspondent Of the As
ISOLATED Press by a member OF the
published locally and sent out over
the wire without being changed in any
effect. The following day the anthem
ITCHY Of the order was denied by As
sistant Secretary John B. Brown, who
had already used the story'in his own
newspaper, The Courier-News, and
this denial was given the same pub
licity in the independent press OF the
state and the Twin Cities as had been
given the original order Is reported
passed by the council.
the resolutions adopted here Satur-
day will in all probability, be made
the basis for further attaches by the
Townley organs and organizations in
this state upon the Independent press
of, North Dakota and the Twin Cities.
The state bankers association advises
that its resolutions r directed. parti-
cularly at newspapers published out
side the state which have published
in fact, and then have proceeded to
draw from these garbled stories their
erroneous editorial conclusions, to the
detriment of the faith and credit Of
North Dakota in general and to the
Injury Of the newspapers in particular.
The resolutions follow:
Whereas, certain reports freely cir
culated in our state and in heighhpr-
ing states, by publication in news
papers. news items to the effect that
the council Of defense had taken over
ordered a moratorium on the fore
closure Of chattel mortgages, and
Whereas the credit and good name
OF the state has been seriously in
5ured by misrepresentation and mis-
statements Of the facts in certain
newspapers, more particularly those
published outside the state, first, as
to the taking over of the elevators and
second, as to the intent and purpose
Of issuing a moratorium on the, fore
closure Of chattel mortgages;
BE it Resolved, that we, a special
committee appointed by the executive
council of the North Dakota Banker4'
association to meet with the executive
committee Of the state council of de-
Tense for the purpose Of inquiring into
and giving publicity to the facts in
connection with such harmful pub
lished statements and for the further
purpose of comforting with the state
council Of defense in their efforts to
work u financial problems and poll
cies made necessary by war condi-
lions. do sincerely d~eprecate the hasty
and ill-advised conclusions arrived at
by representatives Of certain news
papers without their having made a
necessary and proper investigation
which should be made in all cases.
1.-THE publication of rumors garbl-
ed news items and wholly false state
ments has done a very serious damage
to the credit of our state; reacts d.
rectly upon the work Of the banks of
the. state, and hampers their efforts
in financing the farming and stock
raising interests of the state, and
B II. further resolved that this
committee pledges the loyalty Of the
bankers and financial interests Of the
state in p continuance of their efforts
to finance the farming, livestock and
kindred interests of the state and
asks the cooperation Of the public
press in a more careful investigation
of rumors and items Of news the pub
LEGATION Of which, without proper In
vestigation may be harmful to the
credit of and to the financial interests
of the state"
The resolutions are signed by W. G.
Mcdowell, c. E. Batcheller, J. J.. Nierl-
ing, F. w. Cathro. and w. c. Mac
fadden.
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