The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-06-27
WHEAT GROWER
POOLING PLAN
BEING URGED
Chairman Of Organization Com.
mittee Issues Statement
on Matter
FOR COMPULSORY POOLING

FOR COMPULSORY POOLING
Grand Forks, June 2,.--George E.
Duis, of Grand Forks, chairman OF
the organization committee OF the
North Dakota Wheat Growers Asso-
has issued lengthy state
ment in which he discusses the prog
ress OF the association in the fOrma-
ton of it's wheat pool in North Dakota
and also discusses the United States
Growers Inc.
Explaining that the state associa-
ton is the outgrowth Of the National
Wheat Growers Association, with
Headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, he
declares that the association has q
membership of 100000 actual wheat
growers.
Wants Compulsory Pool
He objects to the United Grain
Growers Inc! plan for wheat pool.
The Grain Growers have an optional
pooling plan, while the Wheat Grow.
ers is compulsory plan. He con-
cludes his appeal to farmers to sign
the Grain Growers pooling plan:
..The United States Grain Growers,
Inc, is Delaware corporation and on
their Board OF Directors North Da.
kota is represented by one director,
Mr.. u. l.. Burdick. He is, also, as l
understand, Associate Counsel for the
When the election is
finally held for Directors North Da-
kota may not have single represen'
tative on the National Board. As
Wheat Growers, ! maintain that we
should have a voice on that Board In
the marketing of our product We
are the second largest wheat growing
state in the union, and sometimes the
first. 1t is, of course, to be regretted
that any Farm Bureau members
should use their organization to, In
any way, further the interests of the
United States Grain Growers, Inc,
especially here in North Dakota,
where we will have practically no
representation in corporation that
will completely be dominated by the
corn states, to the south OF US.
1.-THE North Dakota Wheat Growers
will be absolutely controlled by its
members, in North Dakota, who are
wheat growers. The contract Is sur
rounded by every safeguard, and the
National Selling Agency will be con-
trolled by the members from the
wheat states. A number of plans
have been evolved by the United
States Grain Growers, Inc. The prin.
cipal one evolved is the pooling OF
elevators. There Is also the consign.
ment plan, and here in North Dakota,
understand, the 100 per cent pool.
ing plan is advocated. In other words,
different plans will prevail in differ
ent sections Of the country, all con-
trolled by the National Board.
1T seems to me that any grower
OF wheat should understand that il
North Dakota pools 100 per cent, and
other states consign their grain, there
is no advantage whatever for North
Dakota; in fact, it would be detrt-
mental to them to have a different
plan from other states in the same
organization. The Wheat Growers
Association has the same plan in all
of the states. 1t is a compulsory pool
ing plan. The United States Grain
Growers, Inc, expect to organize a
National Financial corporation. They
are going to sell 800, 1000, 900 worth of
stock to farmers and others. 1t will
be principally to others that the stock
will be sold.
"The Wheat Growers Association
contemplates doing business through
regular banking channels. They main
tain that q bonded warehouse receipt
on a carload Of wheat Is the best pos
sible security that can be offered to
any National, Federal or State bank,
and the very best financial authori-
ties advise us that the financing OF
our wheat will be our least difficulty.
Our organization is going rapidly for
ward. We are asking the North Da-
kota Wheat Growers to join US, be.
cause we have real Wheat Growers
Association, and not a Grain Buyers
Association, or an Elevator Assocfa'
ton. We have not any large sums OF
money in our treasury with which to
nay salaries and expenses. Our Off
GERS are working without pay, and
appeal to the Wheat Growers to aid
us in getting our minimum sign-up OF
80, 600, 900 bushels as early as posi-
BILE. so that we can begin functioning
on the 1921 crop. / appeal to the
business men and bankers of North
Dakota to get behind this movement
and save the wheat grower, who Is
so essential to the business interests
Of our state.
Business Men Aid
Business men of California got be
hind the Fruit Growers so enthusias
tically that there never has been any
difference Of opinion between the
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