The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
nent officials. President Anderson

, and myself, were given an opportun
ity to state our case in detail, and the
directors then withdrew into exc
ecutive session to consider the propo.
sition. When they had consulted
.. for time Viee-Ohairman Mclean
came out of the conference room and
, announced to the newspaper men
that he had decided to make the fif-
teen million dollar loan to the Equity
Exchange.
81 feel especially indebted to Cong
ressman George NJ. Young, of North
Dakota, not only for his activity in
our behalf in arranging for the meet
ing itself, but for the strong state
ment made by him to the directors
in the interests of the loan."
| According to Mr.. Anderson the E.
guilty Cooperative Exchange will now
proceed to enlarge their facilities
for handling their business upon a
much larger scale. Grain will be
concentrated at the terminals at Min
neapolis, ST. Paul, and Duluth, and
there held for sale to the highest bid
der, foreign and domestic alike. While
the Equity will not attempt to 60 into
the export business itself it will be in
a position to handle orders or sale to
foreign buyers in million bushel lots,
while the loan by the Government will
directly benefit the growers of the
Northwest, members and non-mem-
bers alike, since the money advanced
to the Equity by the War Finance
Corporation will go through them and
to the farmers themselves.
| hot hn OF of >>1nn
upon the Equity Cooperative Ex-
change by this action Of the War
Finance Corporation, acting for the
government, will add new stimulous
/ to the cooperative movement through
out the country there can be but little
doubt. Farmers of the Northwest
will now feel that the officials in
Washington are manifesting an inter-
est in their welfare that will give
them renewed confidence in their ef-
forts to advance the cause of nor
macly.
Congress ressembled on September
21st but the House will not take up
it's regular order of business until
October 3rd. The Senate however is
in regular session and probably will
continue so until the end of the ses-
sion.
The anti-beer bill was made sub
ject of debate again as soon as the
Senate convened and it's adherents
will endeavor to keep the bill before
the Senate until it shall have been
brought to a vote. The tax bill, how
ever, is ready and waiting and Chair
man Penrose, of the Finance Com
mittee, will marshall his forces to
displace prohibition amendment in
favor Of the revenue measure. The
anti-beer bill held the floor before
the recess without much progress
being made upon it and such is the
case today. Many Senator's, not all
Of them awet" either, are opposed to
the latest dry act amendment and a
prolonged debate seems assured if
the revenue bill is not soon made the
order of business. At one time it
was hoped that the Senate would
have passed the tax bill by the time
the House opened for work upon Oc-
tober 8. This is now highly improb-
able, and even further delay is assur-
ed every day that the beer bill holds
the floor. Senator Denrose is con-
fident that the, tax bill can be put
through the Senate in two weeks
time and he is anxious to make the
effort.
According to Senator Stanley,
Democrat, of Kentucky, Senators op-
posed to the "bone-dr search and
seizure provision Of the anti-beer bill
are not wet" nor "are they friends
Of the bootlegger." Stanley enum-
rated those who opposed the present
act and the list included Lodge,
Borah, Shields, Watson, Ashnrst,
Randell, Reed, and many others. 10th.
Stanley and Senator Reed have bit
terly opposed the bill since it has
been subject of discussion, and
they are certain to conduct fill
buster against it's passage as long as
it holds the floor.
The German, Austrian, and Hung
arian peace treaties are scheduled
to come, before the. Senate but the
proximity Of their ratification is not
yet apparent. When the treaties
were first; discussed Informally it
was believed that they would be
promptly ratified by the Senate but
since that time certain Senators,
among them Borah, Of Idaho, have
announced that they will oppose cert
ain of the treaty clauses relating to
the ill-fated Versailles covenant.
Borah, as an irreconcilable, has al
ready caused one administration more
than a little trouble and may be a
thorn in the side of this one as we'll.
Many Democrats might welcome an
insurgency upon the part of such an
able Senator as Mr.. Borah, and per-
haps he will be able to command
much Of the following that he had at
the time he was hurling broadsides
at Mr.. Wilson,.
Senator Hitchcock, Democratic
leader upon matters Of foreign poll
icy, has already expressed his. ap-
proval of the pacts but his action
does not necessarily mean much as
to the genedal attitude Of his party
colleagues. Several Democrats op-