The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-10
Brothers.:

Brothers.
We your Committee designated to make an in
vestigation of the North Dakota Wheat Growers
Association, and report back our finding to your
body, report as follows:
We your Committee left Plentywood, pursuant
to the instructions of the Executive Committee of
your body, Wednesday, August 4th, via auto for
points in North Dakota, to first interview the
farmers who members of the Organization,
who have been delivering wheat to the pool since
its organization, as to their disposition towards
it, and, second to visit the office of the AssOcia-
ton at Grand Forks, North Dakota to meet and
interview the personelle of the organization and
acquaint ourselves as far as our limited time
would allow of the ability of the management
and its good faith, and third, to Minneapolis, to
interview those who have been identified with
cooperative marketing since the idea was I'M
dertaken, and others who might throw any light
upon the activities Of the North Dakota Wheat
Growers Association in particular
Your Committee composed Of Art. Wankel, Sec
rotary of your honorable body, the Council Of Ac-
ton, Brothers Charles E. Taylor and Eng Tor
Minot, N. D., on the evening of Aug 4th, where
it was met by Mr.. Hinkel, member of the Board
of Directors of the North Dakota Wheat Grow
ers Association, and a field man for Emmons and
surrounding counties in Southwestern North Da-
kota
Mr.. Hinkel, who has been on the Board of Di-
rectOrs since the organization Of the pool spent
several hours with your Committee going over
the experiences of the organization, its mistakes,
its accomplishments and its problems. Mr. Hin
KEEL was exceptionally frank and seemed to hold
nothing back.
Mr. Hinkel accompanied the Committee to Dew
lis Lake, and to Grand Forks, North Dakota The
Committee divided up, Brother Wankel spending
part of the time with Mr.. Hinkel, and Brother
Taylor part of the time, for the purpose of ques-
ticning him upon points as they came to mind,
that might throw light upon the condition of the
Association At Devils Lake the Committee
and Mr.. Hinkel join d by Mr.. Rindy the
organizer in that territory and it spent the af-
ternoon and the next morning interviewing mem
bers of the North Dakota pool The following
afternoon the Committee arrived in Grand Forks
where it spent several hours with the officers of
the Association going through the different Off
ces and departments: Pres. George Duis was not
present being in Montana on business in connec-
ticn with the Association. The Committee left
Mr.. Hinkel and Mr.. Rindy at Grand Fords,
proc e led to Minneapolis, arriving there
Saturday evening, August 7th. That evening and
Sunday spent with Mr.. Arthur Rueber and
such information as he had was received, discuss
ed and analysed. Sunday noon, Mr.. Wankel be-
ing pressed to return to his farm as harvest
was on, left for Dooley, Montana, while the re-
naming members of the Committee Mr. TAYLOR
and Mr. Torstenson met through the kindness of
Mr. Rueber, Mr.. Devaux and Mr.. Jeklin, sales
man and traffic manager of the American Wheat
Growers and Mr.. Frederick, manager, and Messrs.
LETTERS and Cornell of the Minnesota Wheat
Growers Association, and also the new manager
of the South Dakota Association.
The afternoon was spent with these gentle
men reviewing pool problems and discussing the
work of the North Dakota Association on the
terminal market at Minneapolis and the general
policy of that organization. The Committee then
returned to Grand Forks N. D.. arriving there
Friday morning August 9th and spent the re-
mainder of the day at the offices Of the North
Dakota Wheat Growers Association discussing
the information which the Committee had re-
ceived and questioning the officers on the basis
of this information. Pres. Duis was present. The
officers frankly answered all questions Your
Committee then returned to Plentywood
The officers of the North Dakota Wheat Grow
ers Association invited Bro. Taylor to go to Win
nipeg to attend the meeting of the Cimmittee of
the International Wheat Pool, to investigate and
study the Canadian Wheat Pool, and question
the officers of the Canadian Associations con-
corning their relations with the North Dakota
Wheat Growers Association to secure first hand
the Canadian criticisms of the North Dakota AS
sociation. Mr.. Taylor with the authority of the
other members of the special committee, accept
ed the invitation and visited Winnipeg, arriving
there NE evening of August 10Th, and spent sew
eral days there, returning to Plentywood Thurs
day, August 26th.
Mr. Taylor, however, owing to unavoidable de-
lay did not get to Winnipeg until the evening of
the 10Th of August, after the Committee for the
International Pool had adjourned and some of
the delegates and officers of that organization
had left Winnipeg, including some of the officers
Of the Canadian Associations. Although he re-
NAMED in Winnipeg four or five DAVIS he failed