The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-12-09
THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1885.
EXCESSIVE ELEVATOR RATES.

EXCESSIVE ELEVATOR RATES.
The following circular has just
been issiied by Nj. A. Marvel, gen.
eral manager Of the St. Paul and
Manitoba Railway Company; 1T is
important as showing what will be
urged by many people; the necessity
for some legislation that will prevent
the abuses and wrongs inflicted by
The grain buyer upon the farmer,
which haye grown to be so fragrant
and oppressive that the great Mani
toba Railway Company feel called
uppn to intervene for the projection
Of the producer: '
" ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. l, 1886.
TO Station Agents:
OCCASIONAL complaints reach this Office
hat wheat buyers are, at some stations,
making prices for wheat that, with: freight
charges added, leave an unreasonable
charge for the service performed by them.
You are adYised' that the elevator com-
psnies along our lines guarantees to make
their receipts good at Minneapolis or
Duluth for the same quality and quantity
Of grsin their; ticket calls for, given at the
various elevators along the line. -.
This enables anyone delivering wheat, to
sell bis ticket and get the SAM grade and
sama' weight at Duluth and Minneapolis,
ieas tho freight and advertised rates for
handling and selling.
Elevators are required. alsa, to receive
and ship grain ttar ahy party desiring them
y Do 50. At their u,'Iasa, advertised rates for
handling.
Whore elevator companies, Or individuals
layiag' elevators or warehouses on this
s~smpaay's property, refuse to do this, or
where they refuse to guarantees grades as
shove indicated, agents will promptly re-
lisrt tAs stn@e 70 this Office BY wire giving
IL ~ ..a. Y 4 ssn iji;i : q %iadi,iau.l 50
refusing,
Agents will keep this circular posted in
. . conspicuous place at the station for the
information of the public,
If complaints ore made to any agent that
tayers sre exacting too great 4 difference
between the price paid in the country and
the quotations. At Minneapolis or Duluth,
This Office should at once be advised, with
the prices paid for each grade at the
station on the day when complaint is
nsds.
On the day this circular was issued,
the quotations pfNo. ] wheat we're, al
Duluth, .77c,; Minneapolis, 74c.; Far.
60, Soc; Rugby Junction, 500. The
difference between the last named
price and that at Duluth 10 manifeshyy
,nordinete; it should not be more than
18 or 20 cents at most, and it would
seem no more than an act Of justice.
and the railway company is taking E
step in the right directiop,' to correct
the grievances and alleviate the bur
dens that press SO heavily on the
wheat grower.
With the prevailing prices fo1
wheat in this part Of the country, i
requires emo ghost come from hi
grave" to tell us that bankruptcy ane
ruin are the inevitable results Of these
starvation figures.
A change must Don come or the
farmers will cease to grow wheat, anc
perhaps, after all, that is "a consum
nation devoutly to be wished" anc
the apt advice Of Mr.. Hill, president
of the Manitoba system, may then b.
heeded, and farmers will learn tt
diversity their crops and above all tt
turn their attention more to stock
raising, for when MI. Hill said, as hi
did last May at the banquet to thu
Montana cattle kings, that "the da,
for high priced wheat is gone forever
from this country and will never re
turn As long as wheat is raised fo'
export" he uttered what must soor
become a prophecy fulfilled: The
game Of speculative foot ball which
they play in the Chicago pits with the
4O.tOD, 900 bushels surplus is what
aeryes to keep the price Of wheat
down, and it would be we'll fol, the
country il, AZ Mr.. Hill then suggested,
HE farmers were to buy this surplus
and dump il into Lake Michigan-they
would make money BY it. But a
this cannot be done. the next best
ming 10 do is not to grow 80 much
ahsat, grow some other crop, 90 Y
Kissing cattle, and il would not b
lsne before wheat would bring (
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