The producers news., 1927-12-09
SZnaNoS
WHEAT GROWERS COM.
NEEDS FUNDS FOR WORK

To the Members of the Wheat Grow
ers Association:
Minot, n D., Nov. 22.-The COM
mittee sleected by members and their
attorneys have arrived at what ap-
pears to be usual experience of any
movement of business undertaken by
farmers. We are convinced and en-
thuSiaStic over our cooperative un-
dertakings and support them from the
start. From that time on we either
cannot or refuse to look after an at
tend to our own business. It is said
truthfully a bunch of farmers cannot
make a uccess of anything. Almost
every failure of our undertakings can
be laid to individuals who know this
experience and are willing to take
selfish advantage of it; the feeling
that you can "get by" with anything
as an employee of farmers.
Regardless of the fact that this
Wheat Growers COmmitte was select
! ed by and arose from members alone
and have undertaken in good faith to
their best ability to do the work YOU
asked them to do and have done it
well now refuse to support them. You
know they cannot carry on their work
without money. You don't furnish it
/ like any other business and thus pra-
vent their going on. You permit your
self interested employees at your ex-
penSe and with your money like cut
tleflSh to cast a smoke screen over
their actions by false and Shiny prop
uganda through a paper that should
be yours, to insinuate that some other
interest (trade) is or will finance
your investigation and actions; that
Dehlnd your own committee is some
sinister interest" that is trying to
destroy your undertakings; that the
Things disclosed in black and white
by sworn testimony right out of the
mouths of your employees are not
true; that the conduct of those em-
ployees seeking honestly for the uc-
I cess OF your undertakings is of a
character which very little investi-
eatIoh on your part at the Ryan Hotel
IN Grand Forks would show absolute
~ 1alse. You listen to this stuff and
4 Delleve 1t. By such means these gen-
tlemen prevent you from learning tke
condition of affairs and their MANAGE
menu OF your business by inducing
you 10 tan to finance your own af-
Ialrs. You know that proper investi-
CATION and procedure cannot be carri-
ed on without money. These neonIe
Know 1t, too. They know if thew can
not get you to finance an Investigation
OF their conduct and the procedure
necessary to clean it up they are safe.
1hey have and use your money.
your stationery, your postage. your
employees, your paper, your records
OF members. None of these are avail
aDle 70 your committee. They must
even discover who are members in the
pest way they can. Your committee
ana other must give their time not
only to do their work for YOU but TO
Sohclt from you means to carry on.
II one OF them or some other mem
per Is secured to spend work and time
and money to solicit funds from Won
ana Is allowed even his expenses.
Ihese smoke screen artists use that
propaganda to force your people to
lay down" and quit for lack of your
support and necessary finance. Your
present committee has reached the
point where they realize they cannot
continue without finance. If you do
not furnish it, we will; ''Trade Talk"
is "Slop."
Your committee cannot 90 on with
out finance. Are you going to furn-
IN it or do you expect Someone else To
40 SO 1t IS up to you. You must