Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-09-16

change voted to sell. 1t is further
provided in the proposed contract
that if the stockholders of the Equity
voted to sell, the U. S. Grain Growers
not only must pay actual value of
the properties, but in addition must
pay an allowance for development
costs of every nature actually ex-
pended and whether paid out of CAPT
tai, earning or surplus.
"The U. S. Grain Growers, under
the proposed contract, agrees to es-
tablish no. other sales agency in the
entire northwest, unless farmers OBJ
ject to having their grain sold under
control of the Equity rather than the
U. S. Grain Growers. If any grower
or elevator objects to the Equity as
exclusive marketing agency, the u.
S. Grain Growers is obligated to mott
fly the Equity within 20 days, and
then to allow the Equity a reason
able time in which to induce such
shippers or elevators to withdraw
their objections The U. S. Grain
Growers further contracts, to the full
extent Of it's ability to make every
effort to direct the shipment and mar
keting of all grain produced in the
second zone,' through the Equity ex-
change. The second zone includes,
Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota
and Wisconsin.
''The Equity exchange, under the
proposed contract, may at any time
close it's facilities to the U. S. Grain
Growers, in spite of the fact that the
U. S. Grain Growers, is forbidden, by
the contract, to establish any other
sales agency in this district. The
Equity is guaranteed the right to re-
serve for it's own business all space
it deems necessary, and in the event
that the remaining space is made
quate to care for grain shipped to the
U S. Grain Growers by the farmers
of the northwest, the Equity is under
no obligation to supply sufficient
space"
The proposed contract, the farm
bureau directors declared, would es-
tablish, at the expense of the grain
producers, an organization to provide
more business for the Equity rather
than ii improve marketing conditions
or build up the U. S. Grain Grows,
Inc.
"The U. S. Grain Growers is COM
hitting suicide by looping off one
limb at time, if it signs such con-
tract with any organization" said
Colonel r. A. Wilkinson, one of the
directors. "It would be tied hand
and foot by this proposed contract
with the Equity, and the Equity
would not be tied at ALL
Because of the objections cited in
the farm bureau statement, the dir
ectors concluded, the state fedora
ton declines to ask the grain pro-
ducers of Minnesota to contract their
grain for sale through the U. S.
Grain Growers, Inc, until the pro-
posed contract with the Equity ex-
change is modified to give the U. S.
Grain Growers, not local organiza-
ton, full control of the grain so con-
tracted"
plan, as worked out by the Committee
of Seventeen, is to make any improve
ment in the present system of distri-
button, by preventing the Cutting of
terminal markets and consequent de-
preston or prices, the control OF CO.
Operatively marketed grain must rest
in the hands of the national selling
agency" the statement concluded.
eff one or two, or four or five organi-
cations market the grain of the U. S.
Grain Growers, Inc, just as they see
| fit, under no control but their own,
the establishment of a national CO.
operative grain marketing organiza-
ton would be utterly useless.
'The Minnesota Farm Bureau fed
Grafton hopes the proposal contract
will be modified so that the fedora
ton, in full confidence, can help to
unite the farmers of Minnesota into
a national corporation to market
their grain in an orderly manner
THE farm bureau has no desire to
dominate. 1t is a service organiza-
ton, established for the purpose of
cooperating with all farmers organ
izations for the best interests of ag-
riculture. It desires the fullest CO.
operation of all organizations in the
development of cooperative market
ing. At the same time, it feels that
it has grave responsibility to the