The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-06-21
STATEMENT FROM F. H. BARNES
RELATIVE TO THE JULESBURG
COOPERATIVE GRAIN co.

RELATIVE TO THE JULESBURG
COOPERATIVE GRAIN co.
Julesburg, Colo, June 20, 1928.
To the Stockholders of The Julesburg
Cooperative Grain Co., and all Others
interested:
"ln view of the fact that there has
been great deal said concerning my
connection with the said company that
has positively no relation to the facts
or truth in the case and has been gen.
orally circulated, have decided to ask
the Grit-Advocate to publish GER
tain statements that will give the
facts in writing.
''ln the first place want to state
why l made them, and that l hold
absolutely no malice toward anyone.
81 have been unable to get the facts
before the stockholders as whole due
to the smothering tactics of GER
tain element and their following. and
that you may get my ideas in writing,
when they cannot be warped either
Intentionally or unintentionally, so
as to not convey my claims and give
all chance to compare my statements
with the facts and determine whether
my statements are true or are false
as some parties have tried to- convey.
"My object in making some of the
statements are to give you my idea of
why we are where we are today and
give you my idea of remedy for our
trouble. l challenge any person or
persons to prove that I was ever in
any way connected with a fraudulent
deal in the transferring of any stock
or any other matters pertaining to the
""''''>H~'''7 "ffairs. I do not claim
ti'at did not "se all tho ,c-'.o- I h,1
to t::; 10 have the company's business
run in harmony with the bylaws of
said company and the laws of the
State of Colorado governing such cor
porations.
Il am DOS i've that they were not
conducted in harmony with either, and
for which am not to blame. as I did
all could in the matter and was Civ
en- the honorary name "crank" because
insisted that the managers should
give thorough and accurate ac-
count of all business transacted for
the company, and that the books
should be so kept that the condition
OF the con'pany's business could be
known at any and all times without
consulting the manager or any other
employee.
81 have always insisted that it is
the Boards and Managers absolute
and lawful duty to see that the rec
ords and books are so kept.
II contend that they have never
been so kept even though we boast of
Gloom business methods. I, as we'll as
others, as long as five years ago,
sounded warning as to what we
might expect unless our methods were
changed for the better.
"Th.t something has happened. no
one who wants to know the facts can
doubt.
III the cooperative movement has
tailed in Julesburg it is not the fault
ot the cooperative system, but the
fault of the local management.
I'VE talk about Germany's war pro-
paganda-it is infinitesimal when
compared with the anti-propaganda
spread about things that are vital to
the success of the company.
why, when the whole world ia
forging forward along the lines of
cooperation should We even consider
for moment backward step in this
line?
II find that I must shorten INV
claims and will give only a few cita-
tons to clear matters and will state
that am anxious to meet committee
and prove to them any claims that /
have made.
Il made the statement that a certain
cash item was never charged against
Mr.. Beadle's cash account until It was
done under my supervision during the
last days of December. 1919, although
the cash was collected weeks before.
The same thing applies to other cash
items. l never mentioned the stock
book. neither was it brought to the
meeting. I referred to the journal
Of the year 1919. The book brought
was a ledger for the year 1918 and
was used by Mr.. Beadle for some
memorandum entries.
"When said book was brot I made
the statement that that was not the
book to which referred and Mr.. H;ob
made the statement that It was onlv
a memorandum entry. knew before
the book was brought of that memo
randum and did not saw that Il wa.
not Sans work. did not then
or do not now admit that / had made
a mistatement in the matter. ad-
mitted that the writing in the memo
entry was Sans.
ITO prove my contentious I ask Won
to refer by committee or otherwise
to rage 10 Of the 1919 Journal. from
which source the cash was charged to
Sans cash account. From Septem-
ber. l, 1919 to December 81, 1918. the
cash was never balanced. Many ac-
counts were not balanced. Many