Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-11-30

The Jamaatown Alert t0it,r,0 ally makes reply 70
statcmente contained In The Times Ia an inter
view with the leading spirit Of several 9tufsmsn
county farmers who hauled their wheat to vsliey
City nnder the impression that they could not get
fair treatment at Jamestown The Alert ingeni.
nuly trips mp the informant in some OF his state.
ments and seems to doubt that he 10 well posfed
as we a. thst tho Times 10 unprcjudiced in the
publication II complaints. It also doubts that
the number Of loads OF grain reported were haul
I'd here. The article in question being simply ~
inter siew aud not editoria lily indorsed, itis no
concern OF the Times ifthc farmer ''iel' down.
in some Of bis statements; unsophistics,ed per
sons o,tcn do when they cross swords with .
journalist who trips up on technicalities. But
there must be meth ny radically wrong, or the
farmers would not haul their grain thirty dso
miles for market. As to the farmer's education
and the amount Of grain marketed here the Times
did q resort to an examination OF the omentsl
acquiren,ents in the ore case nor ehumera,ien Of
loaded ,esms in the otLer, but the Alert can rest
assured that he fact. given ATE just % received
from he agy rieycd PARTIES them elves without
prejudicial color *. At this distance the Times
Of course cannot well Judge Of whatever merit
there may be IN the two SIDES OF the question: snd
therefore does not wish to enter into any contre.
versy iu the ma.,er.-Vslley CRY Times, s,r,,,s ~
We assure the Tines that We had no
thought of conveying the .ml ress'on that
t was prsju'!,cs': in its report Of the
matter to which the aboye refers, or that
/, ed,torialiY youcied fol, the truth VI Or
endorsed The statements ,msde by the
farmer WIN suugAt out ITS reporter to ~
interviewed up'1Jthesubject. s'E
IL may be pfasona,ly presumed and
safely a.s~nplfi That no gram merchant,
mllIss.,r any other ayocAtlpp VIII m
!lenti"n.Ily do business tor noti,.ng or st
! loss, aud II any grain merchant oters
mGro than the market vxlue OF gram It
exp 'sss t,m - tue s,i.p'cl,n that be
makes ~ w. IN some other way, Tbe
mills may ut times be caught tn such =
snap that they can better afford 70 pay
more than ,,,arket price of whcst than IL
staud idle, bat the miller who would
make such his regular. practice wonld
soen .,c IN p.is.,,on. to retire from the
business. The difference Ia freight be-
tween JsmestOwn and Valley City, We
are informed, Is two cents per bushel 10
favor nf the latter, and II the farmer can
afford 10 haul his wheat thirty. ave miles
with the raiiroAd Compauv
|. 10 t,s privilege to do So, hut he should
do his kicking ayA,psistbe railroad COM
psny aud not aRaiilss our sieYators.
w Whenever Nm elevator, we care not
whether It te W Vslley CITY,, jamestown
nr any where el>e, offers more than the
market value for gram our advice to the
farmer would be to have n also weighed
nv some aus..ie pariy unknown 70 the
hnver Tho .,leva ora At JAmeAt0Vn will
elevate, clean and load into the cars the
farm, rs' wheat for two and half cents
D = bus,.rl, the margin on which they
buy, and would rather do 1t than to buy
the wheat and take the chances OF loss,
in shrink aye and price in shipping to
Dalutt, 90 that the way is open 10 any
farmer to send his wheat to Duluth in
a. good condition as that sent by the
grain merchant and at IN elevator ex.
pensc of two and half cents per bushel.
S0Me Of the farmers N tins county tried
il she pose ssooou aDd law no deesfo -
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