Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-03-29
RURAL ACTIVITIES AND NEWS
OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER
GRAIN GROWERS END
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CONVENTION BATTLE
u. S. Grain Growers Gust Eckhardt,
Treasurer, Re.elect Gustafsoll
Lau Is New Ddrector

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Lau Is New DdrectOr
The first annual convention of the
"A 10. S. Grain Growers, Inc, held at
Chicago last week ended in a tumult
raised by defeated minority, but "a
new board of directors, elected dur
ing the meeting, has settled down to
\ to the practical work of handling
grain and going ahead with organiza-
ton work. VI
The atmosphere is gradually clear
ing, land the Important events Of the
convention begin to stand out over
the sensational incidents of factional
pickering that marked the session. So
far, the definite results Of the meet
ing are the following: @
G.. H. Gustafson, chairman Of the
Committee Of Seventeen and president
of the u. S. Grain Growers, Inc, dur
ing its first year of existence, was UNI
animOusly reelected to the board.
Frank NJ. Myers, secretary, and sew
en- other members of last years board
were reelected. .azs.
William G. Eckhardt, OF Illinois,
storm center for months, was defeat
ed.
Henry G. .Lau Of Tracy Mimi, who
cast the vote Of 40 Minnesota mem
bers as one Of the states three cleo
ted delegates, was elected to the
board to represent Minnesota Min
nesota representatives on the board
last year were w. r. Schilling and
j. NJ. Anderson.
y. F. Reed, president of the Min
nesota Farm Bureau federation, at
tended the convention, and was sug
gested as candidate for the board
of directors. He declined later his
name was presented anyway, and al
though not elected, he received 1885
votes in spite of the fact that he is
not member Of the Grain Growers.
The whole convention was marked
by repeated outbreaks of hostility be-
tween the delegates supporting Presi-
dent G,ustafson and the faction back
ing Mr.. Eckhardt, whose policies APP
peared to have caused intense dissat-
isfaction in several Of the. states rep
resented. Mr. Eckhardt was strenu-
ously SUPPORT by Illinois, whose Agri-
cultural associate is the chief credi-
tor Of the u. s.. Grain Growers The
dispute that broke out in the annual
meeting involved also the disagree
ment between adherents of cOmpul-
sorry pool and those who favored Civ
ing farmers chance to decide wheth-
er they should pool their grain or sell
through the Grain Growers by some
other method. Gustafson stood for
the latter method; Eckhardt and his
supports stood for compulsory pooling.
After three days of jockeying and bic
kering, the whole dispute came to a
head when balloting for directors be-
gan. Gustafson received Hiss votes,
the unanimous vote Of the member
ship as cast by the delegates. Eek
hardt received 1870 votes, not enough
to elect him.
the board; f. A. Nudge was chosen
IN Eckhardt's place. he
When the election results We're an
nounced, II. A. CoWles, one of the
Illinois directors, rose and protested
against Eckhardt's elimination. He
and other Illinois men said they would
decline to serve on the board. In the
midst of bitter alteration, adjourn
ment was moved and the convention
ended. The next step was a trump"
meeting OF some of the minority di-
rectOrs and delegates; so far, how
ever, none of the protesting directors
have resigned, and a majority Of the
board has been meeting to get the
marketing machinery of the Grain
Growers into working order
a rumOr was spread that the three
Minnesota delegates were backing the
Eckhardt minority and took part in
the trump convention Mr. Lau, Min
nesOta's new member on the Grain
Growers board, issued a statement
emphatically denying that the Mime
sofa delegation had supported the fac
tiOn opposed to the admins of
the U. S. Grain Growers. The three
elected delegates, Mr. Lau, Otto, Mel
son of st: james, representing SOC
members, and III. u. SaVerien OF Hal
lock representing 800 members, solidly
supported Mr.. Gustafson IS policies dur
ing the whole convention, Mr. Lau
declared. None of these three men
took part iii the runp convention, he
said. +ss . 5s sssS. /.
.The future Of the NE S. III Grain
5SI1OWSAS,
( Mr.. Lau said. - Theorists and persons
having slight unde rstanding Of econ
omy i'll business have been eliminated.
1t is now an organiza ton Of business
men rather than OF orators. The
board is a unit in giving practical
recognition to the co-ope tive .Seleya-
tor as the basis Of our w orlk u II
Appro ximately 800 acres have
been signed up for the growing of
sugar beets in the vicinity Of Fisher,
MINI, for this year, at the contract
price of So q ton, for the 1922 season,
according to reports to the state de-
partment Of agricult ure. Areas also
have been signed up for the growing
of sugar beets in the vicinity OF East
Grand Forks and Thief River Falls.
The Red River Valley Sugar Beet