THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF N. A. 



ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. 



We, the undersigned citizens of the United States of Amer- 

 ica, hereby associate ourselves together as a society, herein- 

 after named, under and pursuant to the statutes of the state 

 of Indiana, same being an act of the general assembly of the 

 state of Indiana, approved March 6th, 1899, and being an act 

 entitled 'An Act for the Incorporation of Societies, not for 

 pecuniary profit, etc.," by the following articles: 



Article I. Name. 



The name of this society shall be "The American Society 

 of Equity of North America. 



Article II. Stock. 



This society has no capital stock and is not organized for 

 pecuniary profit. 



Article III. Objects. 



1. To obtain profitable prices for all products of the farm, 

 garden and orchard. 



2. To build and maintain elevators, warehouses and cold 

 storage houses in principal market cities or in all localities 

 where necessary, so that farm produce may be held for an 

 advantageous price, instead of passing into the hands of 

 middlemen or trusts. 



3. To secure equitable rates of transportation. 



4. To secure legislation in the interest of agriculture. 



5. To open up new markets and enlarge old ones. 



6. To secure new seeds, grain, fruit, vegetables, etc., from 

 foreign countries, with the view of improving the present 

 crops and giving a greater diversity. 



7. To report crops in this and foreign countries, so that 

 farmers may operate intelligently in planting and marketing. 



8. To establish institutions of learning, so that farmers and 

 their sons and daughters may be educated in scientific and in- 

 tensive farming and for the general advancement of agri- 

 culture. 



9. To improve our highways. 



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