Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-29
(Rv Arthur Lesueurl

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(Rv Arthur LeSueur)
: The mills should not be managed !
oy the AM board That runs or man
lges the elevators. The functions are
adverse and a~ntagonistic to each oth-&
y: The elevators win be run tcsobs
ain the best possible prices for grain
own way. The mills will be run tots
obtain the best possible prices forss
Hour while turning. back to the farm
ers OF the state the bran and shorts
Rnd other by-products, as cheaply al
It can be done and make. the mills
pay their own way. The elevators
will be interested In selling wheat as
high Aas possible; the mills will be In.
terested in buying wheat as low asS
possible; the mills will be interested
In buying wheat as low as possible,
The mills ought Sto be compelled to
Into comApetition with private mile
ers without advantage in their pow.
q to buy wheat. II, the mills and.
elevators an under n management,
they will be sure to cover the weak.
Of the mills II they are unahlea
to compete with private millsrs, hys
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they are showing strong in their re-!
suits. That Is with one board man.
aging both, the elevators would then
sell wheat cheap enough to the mills
50 that the mills could compete.
The farmers are interested in,
knowing Just what and which Of their,
industries are really serving them
successfully. The only way in. which
they can ever know this is by sepa-'
rate boards Of managers wholly inde-
dependent OF each other. They will
then each be . check, upon the other;
and upon themselves. so that in a few
years actual experience what ought
to sbesdone4 would be very clear. Some;
might pay and others not. It Is my
belief that all would prove success
full under such management. No
waste would here by separate
management, because many employ
ees will be necessary in each, and the
duties Of men appointed should re-
fquire them to give all their time to
the work. ~. M M ~ ~
Fourth: lake all these appointees
subject to popular recall. The recall
Isl not easy to invoke. The natural
spirit. Of fair play makes it hard to
recall a man when he is doing a fair
JOB. The. recall would. merely hasa
safeguard against serious abuses. TIE
robber up the tree says, Don't shoot,
mister, I'll come down." when he sees
the gum. s%{t
Fifth: Compel the industries and
the bank by law to charge enough for
the services which they render to
stand on their own feet and to pro-
vide sinking funds to- retire all bonds
whether the bonds be. state bonds OF
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guaranteed by the state.
Sixth: Allow either the industrial
commission or the banking board au-
thoritysSNtpt, compel a report FROM any
or ali 81 the boards of managers II
Fanny tfTJe and to" make examination,
of, their business no less often than
each two months and as often as the
examining authority might desire ev.
en- to as often as each day If the ex.
amining authority deemed 1t neces.
sary., 4,
Seventh: Forbid by law the mem.
bers of those boards to take any &C.
tive part iii. politics. Disqualify then
from being candidates for any elective
office.
Eighth: Make the exanlning au.
thority whether it be the banking
board or the industrial commission
the elected representatives Of -th.
tfpeopfesszaxhose3s dutys+sit shall be to.sA'
pervise.T but not manage the indus
tries Of the bank. Let the manage
ment Of all be in the hands Of tn,
best experts the appointing 'authorit!
can discover.
!. Ninth: Build or the foundation
that you already have. Do not try tt
branch out with either the bank OF
the industries until you have testet
out the units. with which the star
has been made. Don't try to built
from the top: Build from the bot
tom up.
Three Things to Provide For.
( Continuity Of arrangement.
(2) Capitalization of authority IL
management, sSi
)3) Responsibility in manage
ment. u
Continuity in management is neces
sary to secure efficiency; ~centraliza'
same reason. Both of them r SAT-
in the interests Of the people so loni
as they are made responsible to sons
supervisory authority that has a RICH
to examine, to investigate, and to re
port to the people what is being don,
by the managing authority. Thi'
brings responsibility home to thu
managers but does not deny them tn,
authority to act efficiently nor pre-
vent their handling business ant
financial affairs successfully. If thes'
principles are followed out, there will
be, no difficulty about a fair test o
the bank. the mills and the elevators
and these are the primary matters il
which the farmers are interested.
70. you members of the Nationa
Nonpartisan League, IL there be an!
in North Dakota who doubt the trutl
or what I have said concerning thu
tying up of the industries and tn,
bank to the politics of the state; i
you believe that this is not true,
want to prove 1t to you and. there
fore, Il quote from a supplement Il
the Fargo. Courier-News. dated Octo
Der 16, 1920, which reads:
a"Unless you vote NO five times OF
the initiated laws. and elect the In
dustrial Commission, Frazier, Lemke
and Hagan, all your state industrie
Will be for sale and all the legisla
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