The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
questionable activities.
R R TIdEI ID DESTROY ORGAN
ZATION THAN LOSE ''0ANl'
CONTROL.

quSSOlOlldDle activities
R ( III DESTROY ORGAN
ZATION THAN LOSE 'OANl-
CONTROL
What does this action MO-.
means that Cresap and San tn 1t
realizing that they were 70 'iIlIaVnan.
troll OF the Association WI igSe Con,
destroy it than to turn i i rather
other officers: that by prevona ever 70
election of new Board of hung, M the
they could keep the organ; D1Il..e.ctors
their own hands and thus n rr-~'.on N
audit and the exposure of Fti ne an
vltles and the way they ba ,s1 actl-
the farmers money Res;J. spent
were apparently afraid tbat hay
management might make tbo new
success and thus thwart then p9Ol
ent and believed design to e.. appar-
entire pool movement in bebsiif ne
the Wheat Spectators and i''I Of
frightened at the turn of event Oelag
/ realizing that their dav of acc ,,,S ana
was at hand, they suspended ill., 1', Js
ton OF the new Board and $50 ICY
ted the proposition to dissolve LINT, 1
haps without an accounting ~ pei
members and complete exDosnTo we
TAKE DESPERATE
STEPS.
The Constitution and Bylaws Of il.
Montana Wheat Growers provida 4 Ls
methods for election of the Rosr5 "" y
Directors: namely by means If ~ nv "
nations and election bv ballot H.
! mail and in case that election i =.
1 called, then at an annual election =
the membership Of the Associate, /,
I the location of the Office at Lewis
town, the second Tuesday Of aoob
4 June, votes to be cast bv person ~
q by proxy. President Cresap ala NJ,
! issue this call, but anticipating that
! a crowd of adjacent members wor5
; voluntarily meet at the Offices of TIA
If association, in fact getting wind y
= the fact that they intended to do tbsi
~ very thing, he sent all of the en-
!, plOyes of the Office out into the conn
e try last Monday noon, ordered Then
% net to show up about the office a
- Tuesday, closed the offices, change
~ the locks on the doors, so that if an
. emplOye with a key should hapDen +
i; be found by any member, the doom
: could not be opened This was don
: to prevent the meeting of the men
/ bers in the Office pursuant to the co
ii stitution and bylaws, and with the a
III sign Of preventing the meeting, viii,
- could and intended to elect a ne
J; Board of Directors to take the pla
of of the old ones. On Tuesday, Ju
6a 10th, pursuant to the provisions
i the Constitution and Bylaws a nun
i Der of the adjacent members mi
- They found the doors locked: tn
= could find no officers nor employ
- They realized what had occurred.
- to be defeated they met in the hall
a front of the door and organic
~ There was not a quorum present
~ they adjourned, until Wednesd
~, June 25th, at p. m, when ev
~ member of the Montana Wheat Grt
va ers Association either in person or
s. proxy are urged to be present
- y assist in the election of a Board
~ Directors pledged to the above 7
80 gram, and thus defeat the obvious
~ sign of Pres. Cresap and Mana
W. ~" Strawman to destroy the Mont
- Wheat Growers Association in the
9Lo terest of the Minneapolis Chambe
c o9 Commerce, to ruin what they no Il
ave ave er can rule, and to close the BUSH
&c e of the Association without disclo
~ how they have spent the money
In IN which it appears that the fan
.'Irf have been looted.
~. oHC The time has come to act Ac
ond day.
anu anu This thing shall not be above
I'M pass.
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