Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-12-22
EQUITY HELD
MEETING HERE
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON
ALL IMPORTANT
MATTERS

The Marathon County Society OF
Equity held its quarterly convention
last Thursday in the city hall here
with Il. X. Schilling of the town of
Cassel, vice president of the society
in the chair in the absence of Ben
Lang, president, who was in Madison
at meeting of the executive board
The meetink was called to order in
the morning with only part of the del
egates from the county locals in at
tendance, Many of these, howev
rived in time for the afternoon SEES
sion. which was largely attended
Letters read by Alvin Brehm of Col
by secretary, called attention to the
= resolution passed at the state conven-
ton at Eau Claire recently. which
provides plan of iiquidating the
state Indebtedness ana conducting a
drive Tor members, business and CO
operation This resolution provides
for per capita assessment of two
dollars against each am every person
who is now, or who within the two
years last past has been member
in good standing of the Wisconsin
state union.
Marathon Quota
In collecting this assessment The
county is made the unit The Nh
thon county quota, according to Mr..
Schilling, is about $1,000, A large
part Of the present debtedness. he
said, is due TO the .act that many
members took advantage of the offer
last January to pay only $3.50 in
stead OF the $500 yearly dues fixed by
the state convention. Dues for this
year were fixed by the Eau Claire con-
vention at $500. reduction from the
former $500 that was not approved by
all the members, many of them feel
ing that the sum should have been left
NJ the larger figure. Mr.. SchiHing
stated that he believed that the society
would receive the whole-hearted sup
port IL merited and that the debt would
be wiped out
The delegates to the state conven-
ton, Robert Hamilton OF the town of
Hull, and Mr.. Schilling, told OF the
action taken at Eau Claire. A COM
mittee on resolutions consisting OF 10
Seph Hremsreiter of Athens. William
Schneider of Edgar, and Joseph Jones
Of Sratford. was appointed by the
chair. after which the meeting adj
iourned tor lunch.
The resolutions committee present
ed their report at the afternoon meet
ing and the following resolutions were
adopted
A resolution asking the county To-
calls along with other farmers organi-
cations 10 get back of the proposition
Of organizing the cheese factories in
the county according To either the
plan of the Eqaity Dairymen's associ-
alton or that of the Wisconsin Cheese
Producers federation. endorsing both
plans and leaving II To the locals I'M
dividually TO decide which plan they
would take up.
A resolution favoring a county wide
cleanup campaign against tuberculo-
sis in cattle and a petition to the
county board for an appropriation as
sisting this.
A resolution leaving Il TO the secre-
tary of each local 10 collect the as
sessment of two dollars against each
member according to the state reso-
luton providing for the payment OF
the state Indebtedness.
A resolution urging the purchase oi
the Il luity Veterinary Book" vol
ume just issued by the society anC
selling for $500 copy
Elect Schliiing
The election of Ben Lang 10 tn,