The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-21

OF NORTHWEST
FORCES ASKED
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NSohtAHuSQ itoHi DdSc
business men and political manipula-
tors who have sought to obtain con-
troll of these cooperative groups
for their own selfish pur-
poses. find today that great
many farmers who ought to- be mem
bers of various cooperative associa
tons and many business man who
ought to be Il strong supporter of
these, are disinclined to join or help
because of Il feeling that there is not
a sufficient audit, supervision. or
control of these cooperativcs to pro-
tect the membership of the organi-
cations. do not know whether this
criticism is we'll founded, but l am
sure of this that it should be look
ed into with every care and, if it
! should seem desirable, legislation
should be enacted providing for such
supervision and occasional audits as
would protect the interest of every
man joining these organizations. l
feel that every cooperative associa
ton that is managed on the square
would welcome any reasonable legs
lation along that line, and those that
are not conducted on the square
should be compelled to submit to
these audits and to such supervision
i'll order to protect those whose
money and property is invested
therein or entrusted to the care of
such cooperative group.
There is one other form of CO.
operation in which you and | are
mutually interested. You come from
various cities of the Northwest and
while each one of you is interested
blcms of your particular community
and state, we are all, am sure, mu-
tually interested in the welfare and
reputation of this great Northwest
ern region as a whole, irrespective
of community boundaries and state
lines and that each should develop
such Il cooperation in correcting the
wrong reports. in spreading reliable
information, and in creating truer
and higher appreciation of the Non III
west among the people of every 9TH
err section of the United States that
the Northwest may hereafter be APP
preSiated at its true value.
Wrong Impressions
81 am sure that You have found,
as | have, that no matter where you
go, East, West, North, or South, the
tales that are told, the Impressions
| that have been left as to social, econ
| omic, political and climatic ccndi
tions in our section of the country,
are largely unfair and unfounded;
the minor things that may be wrong
have been enlarged and emphasized
and every evil report repeated with
a good deal of feeling while no men
tion is made of all the great advant-
ages possessed by the Northwest in
soil, in climate in population, and
in industrial conditions.
| There was a time when some of
you from Minnesota even felt that
it was all right to pick on North Da-
| kota, to over-emphasiZe our faults
and foiblcs, and to make us appear
the horrible example to keep others
from slipping. / am sure, however,
that today you feel the community
Of interest of all of these Northwest
ern states and that our economic SOL
idarity means that if any part of the
Northwest is suffering in the eyes
of the rest of the world because of
lack of information or mass of
transformation, that not only such
section but the whole Northwest will
be the sufferer thercfrom and that it
behooves all of us from the great
Northwest to work together to the
end that more correct information
and more just appreciation of the
greatness and strength Of the North
west may be implanted in the minds
and hearts of all the people of the
union. I am sure that you of your
organization are heartily in agree
ment with this thought and l hope
that not only your organization but
the organizations within every other
line of business will find some way
of joining in strong and aggressive
campaign to bring to the people Of the
union true knowledge and correct
appreciation of every phase Of the
life of the people of the Northwest"