The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-20
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movement Much of what this com
pany had done was a revelation to
the delegates. The balance sheet was
secondary If yau want the co-opera.
tive movement expanded you can help
by shipping your stock to this COM
mission house. Clarence Chamberlain
of Sand Creek, Mont, and Ole Lund
of Elk Mound, Wis, were reelected,
and D. D. Kennedy was the new mem
Der elected to the board.
On Tuesday, December IL and
again on Wednesday, December 13 the
delegates discussed the business of
the Farmers Union Terminal Associ-
alton, the affairs of which have been
taken over by the government and the
new young giant, the Farmers Union
Grain Terminal Association which has
had a most astonishing growth I'M
der the skilled management of M. w.
Thatcher and the direction of an alert
board. All of these men are cooper
ators to the Nth degree.
The total net worth of the Farmers
Union Grain Terminal Association on
October 81, 1889, was $628,782.03. This
Farmers Union wheat marketing or
ganization handled 100000 bushels
last year. 1t is efficiency itself itself
Patronize your Farmers Union eleva-
tor and keep the control of your pro-
duce in your own hands.
Address by Thatcher
In an address that spot-lighted the
meeting, M w. Thatcher unfolded the
history of the Farmers Union move
eyes of a vast audience. A steno-
grapher took notes as he spoke and
it is hoped that this history will be
available to all of you in the very
near future.
On Tuesday evening the directors
of the elevators and the terminal en-
ployes attended dinner. Hours of |
important discussions concerning the |
grain business of the northwest fol- |
lowed the banquet On Wednesday |
evening the elevator managers met |
with the terminal employees and dis
cussed vital questions concerning the
grain trade. All felt these conferences
most worth while. The annual re-
port of the Farmers Union Grain
Terminal Association should be di-
gested in every local in the northwest
wheat country. 1t is your business.
Hayes Stark of Joplin, Mont, C.
l.. Warning of Mott, Mont, and Filing
Knudson of Edmore, N. Oak, were re-
elected directors. All of the members
of the Farmers Union Terminal Asso-
citation were reelected in order that
it's affairs may be concluded.
The delegates were delighted to
have representatives of the FSS and
FCA address them. Messrs. ]. E.
Wells and John Fraser told how the
U. S. government is doing it's part to
assist co-operatives in the northwest
This attitude has much to do with the
forward strides of the Farmers Union :
On Wednesday afternoon December :
13, the managers of the oil stations
met with the officials of the Farmers
Union Central Exchange, Inc, to dis
,uss their particular problems.
Thursday the delegates gave their :
Undivided attention to the business of :
he Farmers Union Central Exchange. I
Fhe annual report to the stockholders =
)y General Manager E. A. Syftestad !,
made each Farmers Union members
hest expand a little farther. This =
vas another triple B report. This is
mother organization that is the pride
# the northwest" Whenever you +
'uy tire, a'battery or gallon of 4
,as at the local Farmers Union Oil
station you are welding link in the -
cooperative chain. Study this report =
arefully in your local The net worth 7
f the Farmers Union Central Ex- " "
hange on October 81, 1899 was $751; "
1928. Roy Larson of Minot, N. OAK, =,
William Sanderson of Black River ~.
'alls, Wis, and H. R. Hanson of = =,
Mimi, were reelected to 81
he board of directors.
Another outstanding address of the ,
leetings was the one by C. j. Mitchell
the credit department of the Elk m
hange. Mr.. Mitchell knows the CO. al
perative movement from A to and ty