Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-17
It's FARMERS SIGN
CONTRACTS WITH
us. GRAIN GROWERS
MEETING HELD AT GRAND RIDGE
ON MONDAY WHEN DEBATE ON
ORGANIZATION is STAGED.

The United States Grain Growers
Organization is being organized thru
out the entire county, and is meeting
with marked success. This morning
the following bulletin was issued from
the Office of the La Sale County Farm
Bureau, which tells of the work of the
organization, and of its growth during
the past week.
The bulletin read:
"The organization work of the u.
S. Grain Growers is meeting with
marked success in La Sale County.
One hundred seventy-fve Growers
Contracts were signed last week and
arrangements have been completed
with twenty-five elevators to handle
the members grain.
"In localities where the opposition
has done more in spreading its typical
false reports the farmers are particu-
larly anxious to Join the U. s. Grain
Growers. At Peterstown, on last
Wednesday, in "A debate between s.
Fred Cummings, representing the u.
s Grain Growers, and Mr.. Parkhurst,
representing the Board of Trade, the
Board of Trade man admitted that the
contracts of the U. s. Grain Growers
were safe, sound and clean and that
not a single representative lawyer
had ever claimed otherwise He also
acknowledged to the audience that
the contract had to be for a term of
years, in order to be a business pro
position by means of which contracts
could be made with such business in
stitutiOns as members Of the National
Millers' Association Mr. Parkhurst
further acknowledge that the Board
Of Trade knew right now that they can
never stop the u. S. Grain Growers,
that the farmers organizations are
sure to win their fight and establish
themselves a place in the business of
marketing grain in the United States
"At meeting at Welland the Board
of Trade side was strongly represent
ed, and after thorough discussion of
the matter, the whole audience under
stood the proposition and the opposi
tion being put up against it. The di-
rectOrs OF the elevator signed the con
tract at once and an overwhelming
majority of the farmers in the vicinity
signed the Growers contract
"At Grand Ridge on Monday night,
Robert n. Clarke Of the T. s Grain
Growers. had been asked to speak
Without the knowledge Of those who
had arranged for the meeting. an op-
position speaker, Mr. Charles Adkins
of Piatt County, was brought in AS
in other places, this helped markedly
in bringing out a clear understanding
Of the Grain Growers organization
While farmers have clearly in mind
cooperative efforts which have failed
through various reasons, they also
have in mind that this is the first time
"slush fund has ever been collected
by the opposition to fight the farmers
organization This fact alone is lend.
ing momentum to the movement and
is assuring farmers that this whole
matter has been so carefully and
thoroughly worked out that the Opposi
tiOn are in dire straits trying to Op-
pose it, Since the admissions have
been so generally made known that
the t. S. Grain Growers will succeed,
the opposition tactics are now turning
toward creating whatever suspicion
they can, advising delay and doing
whatever comes in mind. to cause
farmers to prOCrastinate