The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-04-02
SUPER-COOPERAnVE
B0ARDOF DIRECTORS
ELECTION IS REASON
Marks Turning Over Of Business
Affairs Of e Grain Organ
izations in Merger
TO cENTRALIzE MARKETING
Knits Agricultural Organization
Interests Closer Than
Ever in History

FIRST annual meeting Of StockhOld-
crs Of the Farmers National Grain
corporation. super-coopcrative, will
be held at the Sherman hotel In
Chicago, April 8. according to an
announcement today to The Bismarck
!. Tribune by officials Of the corpor-
alton. Election Of the board of d.
rectors will be the principal business.
The new board will meet for organ
ization Immediately after its election.
With the closing of the stock books
on March Is. % grain c~ooperatives,
representing all parts of the country.
were declared eligible to participate
IN the stockholders meeting and cleo
ton. Nominations for directors will
be made by stockholders and meu-
bers at the meeting by whatever
method they deem advisable. al
though these nominations will be kept
as nearly in line as possible with the
ALLEGATION set out In the corporations
by laws.
Stockholders eligible for participa-
ton in the meeting include the Gen.
trail States Grain association, Indian
apolis: Oklahoma Wheat Growers
association, Enid; Farmers Educa-
tional and Cooperative Union. Kan
kakee, Ill.,: National Farmers Eleva-
tor Grain Company COOPERATIVE. Chi
cago; Farmers Union Terminal as
ISOLATION. st. Paul: Indiana Farmers
Cooperative. Elevator company. In
dianapolis; Ohio Equity Exchange
company. Lima; North Dakota-Mon-
tana Wheat Growers association,
Grand Forks; Kansas Cooperative
Wheat Marketing association, Wichi-
t.; Kansas Farmers Union Jobbing
association. Kansas City, Mo-; Ohio
Farmers Grain and Supply assoct-
alton, Fostoria: Equity Union Grain
company, Kansas City. Mo-; Agricul-
tural Corporation Of Maryland, Bal
timore; Northwest Grain association,
Minneapolis; North Pacific Grain
Growers, sRosatia, Wash: Farmers
Westcentral Grain cooperative. Oma-
ha; Equity Union Sales company,
Aberdeen, 8. D.: Equity Union Coop
erattve ExciIangc.~Enid. Okla: Michi-
gan Elevator Exchange. Lansing;
Farmers Cooperative Commission
company. H9tchinson, kansas; the
South Dakota Wheat Growers asso-
citation, Aberdeen. and the Minnesota |
Wheat Growers association. Mime
apoliS. r.
1T will easily be apparent. from the
lineup Of present stockholders that
the Farmers. National Grain corpor-
alton has made tremendous strides In
The Capitalization Of the cooperative
grain marketing movement since its
organization a few months ago." said
, statement from the organization
department. of the corporation.
Progress Of the corporation indicates
not only Z long forward step by grain
toward complete control Of
yrain marketing through their own
,rganiEttons. but also q closer knit
Ing together OF the farm organiza-
Ton interests Of the country than
heretofore has been regarded as DOS
d6le. Both Of these developments may
ged justify the grain producers Of the
United States In the belief that their
problems. arc well on their !
ny toward solution"
Since the = organization Of the ]
farmers National Grain corporation
ut summer its affairs have been In {
he hands OF the incorporating board q
{ directors, selected by representa- {
Ives o9 existing large grain COOPER {
ttves. The meeting Of April 8 marks
be turning yer of these affairs to a
be actual holders Of stock in the cor t
grafton. 1