The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15
The Fight Goes On

Those who believe that of speech freedom
to expound only side of story WILL of be pleased
to learn that radio chain serving Minneapolis last week
denied Land Lakes lnc opportunity to present discus
sion of the current row taxing co-operatives.
Those who believe that free speech the right of
all opinions be the arwaves through the
press will object the influence which Ben McCabe of the
National Tax Equality association able to bring to bear
on the network
Cal Karnstad told his listeners January 81
had started series of talks taxing cooperaves
and that after the first he had been shut off from
further discussion of the subject
Sitting discussion either side of this any other
question, will not solve the probems The practice
American undemocrac and of the kind of thing
recently fought about
while this happened 'front.' another battle
another front Inspired by the that able
to stop Announcer Karnads tax talks the Minnesota Rail
Warehouse commission dragging out ease
which the Farmers Union Grain Terminal association is the
goat.
The Farmers Elevator Guide Independent organ pub
hed monthly in Minneapolis having connection with the
Farmers Union, had this to say
eHere in Minnesota have recently strange spec
tace cooperative terminal elevator association being
tried by quasudcal state commission on series Of
charges which have been efecuay dsproved not only this
once, but at other times in the past
The hearings have been widely publicized by expert
press agency employed by the nsgator of the whole dis
such dsort and misepresen the facts
in the record we'll as the findings
much that might be said about the history Of
and of the personalities involved But here
briefly only the contention of the commission that
the association in question is not true cooperative
"The idea seems to be that Tom Dick and Harry
themselves together to perform certain services for their
benefit that may be called cooperative And if
the first group appoints Tom and the second group
appoints do together something of benefit to both
then that activity is not cooperative.
To put blunty it is the old question of the right
local coopees to join hands to perform useful and
essary too big for of them to do alone This
tendency has its manifestations all the wholesale and
featuring enterprises undertaken by cooperatves in recent
years (The practice is followed by businessmen
druggists etc. 1t these argescae operations which
the apprehensve fears of the forces of nrenched
monopoly
'he local cooperative looked upon just another
little business sold it's products and bought its needs from
privately owned big business 1t good customer and
big business solicited its patronage Now that
little businesses have found that they combine and do
the big business for themselves, the mud starts to fly
Running local elevator is quite occupation for
cooperative association Operating terminal feed
MILL or wholesale house factory lover 120 Of them
United Stateshat obviously hurts business big bust
big business has its peculiar and devious
If fighting back
so we have NTEA the Minnesota terminal case
and others and future all designed
cooperative business above the local retail level
the fat boys can't get with it. In the end they
will have yield to cooperatves the right to
business for the benefit of their members terrier
tapping the heels of big Percheron drafter makes
If noise but he doesn't do much damage.-Valley City
Times -Record.)