The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-15

wheat where you please and sell tito HON youl
psssse II This way The
az elevator men ! shink s. bssss
of tie road nav sls deal On sh
business, and We will do all we can TO bring It
These assurances were repeated at other
At public meeting held In Milbank April
z, 1884, General Freight Agent A O. BIRD, of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road, said.
The road realized fully the necessity Of ef-
,oouraging settlement and of aiding the prosper-,
iy St S thst While
man the use Of cars when L can s. provided.
There are EMERGENCIES when We cannot furnish
knows OF refusal 70 furnish scars. There are
times when the road ID crbWded with work, an d
the freight drifts the cars allA In one direction
nish cars to any one II often happened from
the causes mentioned that they could not obtain
ths Bas
dividual shippers for cars should be considered
and granted the same as other shippers. Mr..
Bird gave like assurances at Alexandria, Red
whioi public meetings gets hsia w III on =
IS In every instance we have found the
railroad companies willing and anxious
to promote the welfare Of the producer OF the
great cereal which has given TO Dakota a
world wide reputation sf s. 81
S THE QUESTION OF GRADER
But neither the. "a lost liberal policy that
might be- inapg prated By the railroad COM
panies, nor the prfVl ege Of shipment Iby the
Individual Harmon, vii give relief to the great
mass OF those who cannon thug shtp, nor de-
all, or nearly all, the trouble We refer to
the question Of grades, Il It iis. ,of MOI Kind Of
use for this board or any other tribunal to
declare what shall constitute. No; i hard
wheat unless some tribunal exists, to whom
disputes arising az to whether certain lot
of wheat offered fors sale be! Is certain
whose Judgment, that of buyer or seller IT
either) Is correct 4 Grading wheat must
necessarily be largely q matterof Individual
Judgment, and where the elevator agent rel
fuses to receive wheat at the grade the pro-
stiles Of the farmer Will generally govern
him In selling az 4 grade below what be hon
,esAy believes he should receiver We may
perhaps be pardoned for here suggesting that
q remedy exists for this in the creation Of
some tribunal to whom this matter might be
referred. Pending the appenl, the wheat to-
be received by the elevator, q ticket stating:
9 date of receipt, number of bushels, etc to
be. given TO the seller. Samples to be carried
before the board OF appealsM hdse Judgment
TO be final, and wheat to be paid for at price
housing: We may ,atgges II further IN, this
connection, that the interests Of our neigh
boring State of Minnesota are almost fden-
itical with ours - this matter. and that any
action taken Dakota, looking to more
fully protecting and fostering the various in-
with that Of onr neighbor: IS 4, IL;
Y: II DocKIaE
One prolific source Of complaint and In
our Judgment Just one, is the prevailing
practice of docking wheat some number Of
pounds to the bushel for dirt 4 We found the
practice to be general Atsome elevators an
arbitrary rule was enforced, to dock two
pounds per bushel whether wheat was
cleaned or uncleaned we saw at one :el6a
yatoT Some s, 900 bushels OF No n hard wheat
hines running 1t through q tanning mill Yet
Two pounds per bushel had been locked for.
dirt We characterized this as ewindle No
doubt most. of the wheat offered for sale is
nncleaned but no arbitrary rule shoull fix
Sthe amount OF dockage We saw wheat at
Judgment contained from eight to ten pounds
of DIRT oats, buckwheat and seeds OF weeds;
per bushel We tried to provide against un.
reasonable dOckage by adopt ting and publish
Ing in our Rules for 1884, the following
prevail, nor shall clean wheat be locked at an.
Wheat not cleaned, otherwise fit for any partfc-
nlar grade, may be looked the proper amount TO
saaas sF ss ppos
It would seem that this dificulty could III a!
great measure be avoided IL the farmers
would clean their grain before marketing,
~ - ~ EVILS OF MIXING
We have heard Q great complaint In rela.y
non y n, 70 mixing grades; We have no remedy!
the purchaser had q perfectr light to do as he
pleased with his wheat. mix IT. or NOT Yet
1T is q fact that the value In the great smarts;
Of the world of our better grades OF wheat
has been seriously injured BY reason Of this
when elevated, and a lot OF No. i hard wheat
that would 80 grade In any; market In the
world, may be mixed In the bins Of the eIeva-
tor with On inferior grade, and shipped Is
MINNEAPOLIS or Duluth as No. i hard It
may pass inspection az such Il there happens
9t3 pc q STRONG demand and short supply at
the time: but the chances are that on It's arri-
val at Chicago or Buffalo it will be graded
down. The consequence directly Il. that
uyers are Instructed to he more rigid in {
grading; Or TO drop the price cent OF two :
creating an IMPRESSION that little. If 1any.
No. Il wheat tB raised in Dakota The most se,
rtous injury, however, is done the farmer WIN
ships his own grain. He must necessarily. If
.he has Any. large quantity to ship, do so
sne nearest The
charged, the elevator agent mixes the
farmers No. i hard wheat with an inferinr
grade, the cara VIII sconvey to: the distant
market wheat that Will not be up to grade
and the farmer win be woefnll dfsapp
tnlthe returns Of his shipment It has proved
very ificult 70 trace az, offense 81 the nature
wheat loses its Identity when elevated. - 81
5 We are OF opinion that II 1t be true that
g th,s crime has been committed land we con-
should be punished to the full extent al The
law; and We believe Messra Pillabury & Hnrl.t
but. George w Van DuBen & Co the Northarn
Pacific Elevator company, Messra Pratt and
others Whosown the principal elevators On
~. lines q the railroads Of Dakota, would
Of any agentsof theirs who tshouldso attefit,t
TO Dhent the farmara ~ - ~ IA
Il y appears to uH that Ia free. omen n arl,aA5
is q cure for the most of the MS Is which tiis
farmer Is subject, IN connection with the
Byafree open market We mean he N.Y. fcs
leget 81 chipping his grain directly III n,,vs
point shs desires, without nnn Necessary fiaja ~
at the same rate per car load paid bysownerSs
and proprtetors OF elevators; cars to be frIr.
n,sn sad aaa iaeilittes afforded for loading
ttcable, Of through the elevators, as the shin
per may choos at q reasonable charge fori
eleyatings tth3 proper. safeguards AGAINST
mixing the grain fter this the great law
81 supply and demand viii regulate the
whole subject better thar. all the stetutes poss
Hble TO enact u 4 ~ y
REcEIPga AND sHpadFNTg q IA
. Ne have the honor to submit. Ia co1,iaans
tton. herewith tabulated Statements 81 stha
receipts and shtpme nts Of wheat at the adifs
with the number and ppacity az he eieya.
tors. Our total eleYator oapanity is q! O(liSs
O00s bushels Our total ;aiipmerits throneh
public elevators and warehonses were ii Il;
107,92O Bushels, as follows:s W a 81
P II /, 4 lHprlhnt Sn 81.
N Elevator Co. 81 BIZ. ssi. s sss
sP.aEleyator Co.. on N p. roHd 4, :. 9. OOi. 2sS
Pratt AZ CO. and others, on line q. NJ