The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-19
SIX FARMERS union
OFFICIALS TALK AT
JAMESTOWN MEET
s. D. Chief Praises Junior Or.
ganization; Disapproves
Of AAA Program
SESSIONS WELL attended
Speakers Thursday Incl Y d .
Everson, Siftestad, Peter
son, Smith, Nolin
SESSIONS WELL ATTENDED

son, Smith, Nolin
Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 1o.-(R-
E. H. Everson, st. Charles, 8. D., ma
tional president Of the Farmers I'm
ion; E. A. siftestad, Minneapolis. gen.
eral manager, Farmers Union Central
Exchange; ]. l.. Peterson, Bismarck,
vice president Of the North Dakota
union; Otis Smith, general manager,
Farmers Union National Grain cor
poration, Joe Nolin from the
Farmers Union Oil Co., and Ralph
Ingerson, Minneapolis, assistant man
ager Of the Farmers Union Exchange
were the speakers at Thursday after
Moons session Of the North Dakota
Farmers Union convention.
G. G. Talbot, state president, pre-
sided. The armory was filled to ca
pacity at every session.
Everson pointed out what he de-
clared was not good government and
then showed ways OF lettering condi-
tons according to his idea. He COM
plimented the junior organization In
North Dakota, saying that II members
of the Farmers Union today had be-
gun when they were juniors conditions
would not be as they are today.
Disapproves Of AAA
He spoke his disapproval OF the AAA
and said that II Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Henry Wallace was compelled to
60 to farm and live only on what he
earned he would not have such ideas
as he has about agriculture. He scored
the processing tax, saying that pack
[ers arranged for It two months before
it was put on and that now the con-
sumner was paying.
II believe any person who will take
more than the rightful earnings of
society is morally guilty and any one
who accepts less than their rightful
share of earnings Is fool" the ma
tional head said.
IT you farmers had what rightfully
belonged to you through all the years
you would not need to borrow money
to buy feed or seed but would have
enough saved to take care of your
selves and have little more to loan.
If farmers all belonged to a CO.
operative organization and went to
Washington with a solid front they
could get anything. I should like to
see all farmers get the cost Of pro-
duction, store their grain on their
farms, which could be done through
organization.
Production Control Wrong
"You small merchants better get on
the sida of farmers or you will be
all dressed up and no place to go.
High prices always come when the
farmers have nothing to sell. I think
cooperation should be taught in
schools. Trying to curtail production
Is all wrong. What we should do is
to adjust the earning power to the
consumption needs Of consuming pub
lic."
siftestad showed the growth of the
oil business and declared the value OF
cooperation was plain and was the
only way to bring about JUSTICE. He
spoke Of commodities handled by ex-
changes and told Of the pro-rating
back to the consumer. The oil bust
ness growth for 1928 has been from
172 to POI companies; from 425 tank
cars sold in 1929 to 2879 in 1894.
Smith discussed the Grain corpora
ton, pointing out how it functions,
from the small elevator and to the
corporation and the board Of trade.
He pleaded for q constructive pro-
gram.
Ingerson traced the oil company from
its infancy and urged all to buy from
their own concerns. He pleaded for
education along cooperative lines for
the future.
Facts Of OIL Business
Nolin gave facts and figures in the
oil business showing that 50 towns in
this state have oil companies; that
the Farmers Union sells n per cent
Of the gag used in the state in a year:
that it sells ash per cent OF the kero-
sene sold in the stat and IS per cent
Of the tractor oil or on the whole 80 Is
Of the petroleum products sold in the
state. The other 66 2-3 per cent Is
shipped in by IS oil companies.
Directors nominated follow: Talbot,
jamestown, and o. M. Dickey, Tuck
er, directors at large: E. H. Buckle,
Ramsey county; Curadnik, Nelson.
Emil Rosenberg, Benson for the first
district: Alex Lind, williams: r.. j.
Kitzman. McHenry; John Haldi, ST.,
McHenry: Charles Stretch, Bottineau,
second district; A. w. McColl, Nc
Kenzie. Alex Monty. Billings. Theo-
dore Gustensohn, Hettinger; third
district: Albert 'Hegge, Grant, Mathew
Dahl. Emmons, fourth: Matt Mulhol-
land, Wells: Martin Anderson. Eddy,
Gordon Tomlin, LaMoure, H. J. Bond,
stutsman: for fifth, H. w. McInnes.
Trail: Otto Bruins, Griggs for sixth.
One will be elected.
Livestock director, four to be elect
ed: G. w. Fine, Benson: O. H. Olson.
Eddy; q. H. Knobel, Stutsman; Dave
Bartelson, Montrail, and G. G. simp-
son, driggs. Delegates to national
convention, two to be elected: Talbot,
w. 8. Handley. Sargent: A. H. Hoff-
n1sargent: z. s. Greene, Stutsman,
D. !. Todd. Williams: Fine.