Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-14

OF IMPORTANCE;
SAYS GEO. DUIS
Far-reaching Influence Elk
pected From Gathering, in
Opinion Of Chairman.

The formulating of plans and the
passing of bylaws to complete the in
corporation of the North Dakota
Grain Growers association at the
meeting here today of the board of
directors will have a ~far-reaching in
fluence in the development of agri-
culture in the United States, was the
opinion expressed in the opening ad-
dress OF George e. Duis of this city,
who as chairman of the organization
committee called. the meeting at
which he presided.
The gathering was we'll attended.
almost all of the directors being. here.
Mr.. Duis in opening gave a brief
summary Of the work accomplished
by the association, and analysed the
causes which finally led the executive
committee to incorporate the asso-
citation under the laws of North Da-
kota- He told of the meeting of the
national board in Chicago last winter,
at which it was decided that each
state take steps in completing the or
ganization before an attempt was
made to nationalize it, with a view
to later establishing a central mar
keting organization.
5000 Members in State.
Mr.. Duis stated that in North Da-
kota there at present were about 81
600 signed up members, but that 1t
had been impossible to sign ND the
3O,0OO,000 bushels of wheat, which
was the quota decided upon for this
state at a meeting in Grand Forks
following the national meeting.
The purpose of the association as
stated by the chairman, was to con-
troll the marketing Of the wheat raised
in this - ~,-l
to make it possible for the farmer to
sell his wheat for the cost of produc-
ton plus a reasonable profit on his
investment. This, he said, was a very
laudable object, and one that every
farmer should. back to the Utmost.
Farmers had been competing with
n another long enough, he said, and
it was time that they learn the lesson
of cooperation that the entire world
had now accepted as a way out of
the many difficulties confronting it.
The speaker also touched upon
what he considered some of the flaws,
of the present marketing system, and
practices on the grain exchanges in
the country, and expressed the opin-
ion that the only permanent remedy
was for the to take matters
in their own hands and market their
own grain.
The first bylaw that came up for
discussion and which vas acted upon
this afternoon was that pertaining
to the appointment of a director by
the president of the Agricultural Col
lege of North Dakota. 1t was decided
that this director be not given a vote
in the proceedings of the board.
The board would have twenty regu-
lar members and the one appointed
the president of the Agricultural
college.
Among the members who attended
the meeting here today are the fol-
lowing: Geo. E. Duis of Grand
Forks. president of the board, A. J..
Scott Of this city. secretary, NJ. S.
Blair also Of this city, O. G.. Bothen,
Aneta. T. G. Thompson. Thompson,
D.; A. Meechen, Edinburg. N. D.;
A. N. Winge. Van Hook: A. o. Omlid,
N. D.; A. R.. Josund,
Cathay. N. D.; A. G. Peterson. Grand
Forks; A. ]. Mcdonald. Devils Lake,
N. D.; G. H. Maloney, Webster. N. D.;
Senator N. Nelson. Emerald. N. d.