St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-05

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The freight from the Red river valley
points to Minneapolis is the same as to Du'
luth, so that il may be set down as worth
13 cents more per buShel when landed in g
Minneapolis elevator than when il leave,
the country elevator in the Red river valley,
The inspection and elevator charges arr
also the same at Minneapolis as at Duluth,
SO that practically it may be put into
A MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR MILL
at the same price as on board a Lake Supe-
nor boat, with perhaps a fraction of cent
charges for transferring.
The bushel of wheat has cost on the
above figures trifle over ~ cents. accord
ing to whether or not it has been insured.
and how many commission men have had
the privilege of handling the tickets. In
the big mills it is estimated that the bran
and shorts pay for the milling, so that if no
one had made any profits, the albumen and
starch and gluten in bushel
could be turned out at little
less than 80 cents. The miliers
hesitate little to say just how much flouI
bushel of wheat will make. but from theiI
rough estimates it is put down at forty
pounds to the bushel or Whereabouts, a cent
and quarter pound. The miller gets a
profit on this beside the expense of handling
the flour. the commission man gets a profit
If he gets chance, the wholesaler gets a
proht from the retail dealer, and the retail
dealer from the consumer. Nobody knows
what these profits may be exactly. but reck-
oning each mans at 10 per cent, except
the commission mans and his at per cent.
and the cost is swelled by the time it is put
into the kneading pan to 6S cents.
Twenty-three movements have been
and "a ~ m -
have been allowed anyone. On this basis
the industry would not be as largely carried
on as it is. The farmer, the elevator man,
the railroads. the commission man. the mil
Ter, the wholesaler and the retailer each
wants the earth, and not one of them han
dies wheat or flour for fun or for his
health.
If the original bushel We're started alone
and allowed 10 take its natural course to q
mill in England. according TO the testimony
of men who know. it would weigh out not
much more than three peckS when il
reached its destination. A few grains drOp
OFF the farmers wagon. a little is thrown
out at the elevator for dirt, the ele-
vator man leaves a few grains i'm the
bin, few still remain in the ship after tn
bulk is mlOaded. the commission men charge
per cents that are far I'm excess of the cost
of handling and a reasonable profit that
are essentially the same in effect as de-
creaSing the quantity, the rats eat few
grains. the railroads sometimes charge eX-
orbitant rates. 50 that i'm the handling Of a
years crop more men get rich who simply
get chance to handle the wheat than
those that own or raise il.
NEA RIY CORRECT.
The above figures are not guess work in
any particular, but the careful estimate OF
men who have made it their business to
know such things. In practice. on the ay-
erage farm. they may not be found TO cor
respond with experience. but as represent
ing actual outlay, with the best IA
cilities, they are as near correct as
careful work and no little investigation can
make them. They are not very wide of
the figures given by the commissioner of
statistics for Dakota. 10 the Italian minis
ter for crop use lately, Mr.. Dalrymple'S
estimate of the cost of production being
only 80 cents per acre less than those of
the commissioner.