The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-07-18
Dixon's RecOrd-Herald
Makes Lying Accusations
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MONTANA WHEAT GROWERS
FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES
Special to The Record-Herald.

Special to The Record-Herald.
ScObey, July 14.-Warning of an
attempt to raid the treasury of the
Montana Wheat Growers association
to obtain funds for uses in the cam
paign to support the presidential can
didacy of William Foster of Chicago,
has been issued to- members of the
association in this part of the state.
The attempt to gain control of the
funds of the cooperative marketing
organization is said to be led by State
Senator c. E. Taylor, who recently
objected to the declaration for Sen.
La Toilette by the executive commit
tee Of the Farmer-Labor party after
having presided at the St. Paul con-
ference which was Outlawed by the
La Toilette platform. Another ring
leader in the drive On the association
is said to be August Nelson, ex-em-
plOye who was released by the pres
ent board of directors some months
ago.
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The attempt to secure the Wheat
Growers associations reserves, said
tc amount to approximately $150,0OO,
for political Use heads up in the cleo
ton of the board of directors which
will be held August l. The Taylor
Nelson faction has circulated petitions
IN seven of the ten electoral districts
OF the organization, in each of which
they have placed a nominee on the
ballot. Because of the light vote
which is customarily cast in the cleo
ton Of directors, the Foster support
ers hope to be able to muster enough
votes to elect men thought to be
amenable to their program despite
the fact that they form only a small
minority Of the associations total
membership.
The campaign eff the Taylor forces
is using the Producers News Of Plen-
tywoOd, formerly organ of the Nom
partisan league, in attacks on the
present board of directors and man
agement of the Wheat Growers asso-
citation which allege everything from
mcompetency to downright thievery.
Many thousands of copies of the pa
per carrying this sort of material
have been circulated throughout the
state and special editions are said to
be planned for the final days of the
campaign.
The situation has still another
phase, in that the Taylor Nelson fac
ton advocates the use of association
funds In the purchase of st. Paul
elevators controlled by the receivers
of defcnct Minnesota farm Organi-
cation. These elevators, according to
officers of the Montana association.
are located outside of the MINNEAPOLIS
milling district and their use for stor-
age OF association wheat would add
an additional four cents a bushel to
present terminal storage charges
Part of the attack on the present
board of directors is based on the
statement that the association has
been negligent in its duties to other
/ arm organizations because it has not
already leased or purchased these
practically unusable elevator proper
ties.
Election in August.
The present personnel of the Wheat
Growers organization is not taking
an active part in the fight except to
point out to the membership that men
pledged TO honest and economical OBJ
Grafton should be elected directors. |
Attempts are being made to secure
large vote in the August election,
to prevent control OF the association
and It's heavy reserve funds from go
ng INTO the hands of a group bent |
solely upon political activities.
Ihe Iaylor-Nelson campaign first
got under way, it is said, when the
present board Of directors refused to
appropriate funds for the campaign