The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-07-11
FARMER LABOR PARTY is NOT AN issue
ateFial Where Petitions Were Written AS Long AS Sig
G E: Were Genuine, and Expressed sentiment of

this controversy, and who have been
playing politics for the past two
years, and that is one of the things
that the opposition to the present
management desire to abolish for all
time.
What MANAGEMENT Done
The present management of the As
ISOLATION has done these things:
l. 1t proceeded with the primary
by publishing the ballots in the
wheat Grower. against opposition
of Director StOner.
| z. When a number of the members
OF the organization, preceded to
nominate candidates to appear on the
ballot, by letter, as provided for in the
bylaws, the management called a
meeting of the Board of Directors
suspended the operation of the Asso-
citation, refused to proceede with the
detection of new Beard of Directors.
and passed a resolution to submit a
proposition to the membership to dis
solve the Association itself in
stead.
! 3. When the date for the annual
meeting occurred, as provided for in
the constitution and bylaws. Cresap
and StraWman declared holiday.
sent the employees out of town, for
bidding them to appear at the office at
! that date, and changed the locks on
the doors of the office at Lewistown
! so that the members attending the
annual meeting could not get into the
otficie to hold their meeting, compell-
ing them to- meet in the hall and adj
Journ to a later date.
4. The returns of election indi-
Gated that the dreams of Cresap and
StraWman to dissolve the organiZa-
ton, IN order to prevent an audit and
the turning over of the organization
down signally Cresap and Strawman
still refused to call the annual cleo
ton OF Directors, until thew were
forced to dc so by the threat of
Mandamus
D. Cresap and Strawman then at
tackled those opposing them in the
Official organ, the Montana Wheat
Grover" send for Jewett, and took
the stump together with all of the ex-
plOyes of the Wheat Growers Asso-
cation and sent circulars out with
the primary ballot to all members.
presenting their side of the case. ali
at the expense. of the membership of
the organization and without a state
ment Of the cause of their opposition.
Surely remarkable situation is
existing when it becomes necessary to s
do these things. All of the men nom
mated by those desiring a new man
agement are good, capable, intelle
gent men, who are ardent supporters
Q! the Pool idea; men whose only am
Dltlon is to make the pool a success.
iIhessfs. Cresap and Strawman have !
oeen IN the management for three .
years now and they have made a mis-
cradle failure of it, as every. member
OF the Board of Directors know. as ,
Wei as every other person who, has !
made an investigation of the matter
Al all and every member eff the Asso- =
daClon is fully aware that the man
ageinent has not made good. Every 3
knows that the management :
4as cone things thAC it cannot iust'f, :
II explain, nor does it try to Justify =
II explain. The membership knows !.
nat the head Office does not answer .
eCteTs-that it refuses to keen the :
membership Informed as to the ar $
IVlIles OF the Association; that If Is :
lot running as pool but as a c67n- >
MISSION mouse; that it sells the grain :
o the elevators to which it is deliv- :
red, or cOnsigns the same 10 MINI.
commission houses; that it practical
stores no grain; that it sells less
nan a Quarter Of its grain to milIers
ma none to exporters; that it is dom
IaUed by the Minneapolis chamber of
commerce; finally, as run, it is not
oOl at all. but the pretense Of enc.
no that 1t IS paying officials high
5lafIeS Tor rendering no service =
whatsoever; that the farmers deliver
1" wheat tc the Association can sell =
al the elevator for cash, for morr
honey than they have received for tho
ame from the pool, after waiting ali
inter, and for the reason that the ~
armer cannot pay the pool officers ~
y uOlhg the very same thing that z
icy can dO themselves, namely. sell -
70 the local elevators, and get as ~
uch out OF it, as if hey sold it them el'
ives direct, thus net contributing to III
e expense OF maintaining a mem -
i OF dummy officers at Lewistown: e el1
e members know that the Associa- q
1n IS neither storing, cleaning, or n ,,ls
.o!eesslng CT doing thing that Jus e.
teS their eXlstanee at all: and the ~
sIlDers also know that all of these up
HigS not done, can be done. and ~
ne prOftably. and that is the reason D.
ey Joined the pool and promoted it. -. .
=, Pool Can Be Success STl
The pool can be made a success: # NJ
4 secure better price for the lils
leaC grower: 1t can establish a CO. -
7faUlye market; but the Association 10 lIo.
ler the management of Cresap and MY
'aWman has not done so. t EIa
Cresap has Failed slle
Jresap and Strawman have not L lar
le so, because Cresap and Straw az tl@'
n and Jewett have willed other INA 4
e, because their arrangements o..
n the Minneapolis Chamber of gro
nmerce will not allow them to dc t tlssl
star
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making preparations to begin o .il'''