The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23

Many Of the disputes existing heretofore Pc
tween the farmers and elevator men Will De
avoided III the future. Several railroads re-
port the number of bushels Of wheat carried
from Dakota from Aug. / to Nov. 10. 1857,
as follows:
Burlington. Cedar RAPIDS & Northern. 255,75
Chicago. Nil. 4 1t. Paul (estimated) . !. o0 Y ~.
Chicago q Northwestern. -. ..........2 2 SSo.oose
Minneapolis d Pacific. ................ 1a 4 ia
Northern Pacific lsept. i TO Nov. l5). 25a
ST. Paul, Minneapolis ~ Manitoba. 80. 100000
The number Of bushels of wheat at pres
ent stored In the elevators 2 warehouses
OF Dakota is over 20, OO0; add to the
above amount the wheat yet unthreshed.
and that stored in private granaries, ana tne
s, OOO, 900 bushels neces ary for home con-
sumption and seed for 1888, and it MAKES
60, OOO, 900 bushels. o low estimate ror inc
year 1888. 'sWhat shall be done to relieYe
the people of the embarrassment and loss
through wheat blockades ?" is the question
heard on all sides During the shipping
season the large number of cars OF wheat
from Dakota caused u complete DiocKad a.
Duluth, st Paul, Minneapolis and W
like difficulties in the future. the
commission recommends that every
farmer who has not q granary OF his own
build one before the harvest OF 1883 Inc
material for a granary capable or hoiding
two thousand or more bushels OF Wneat VIII
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less than the price paid for storage IN one
season-and will serve the farmer a double
purpose; first, it will, in a measure. keep
the knowledge of the number OF bushels OF
marketable wheat from the speculative
members of the boards of trade in Eastern
wheat markets and will thus keep the price
of wheat out Of their control. 1t viii also
put a stop to q .4G
CORNERS IN WHEAT.
Sccond-If every Dakota farmer had his
granary he could clean his wheat, thus saw
ing the dockage and the needless charge for
transportation of the same; his wheat would
be in better condition for the market, n
he could employ the time during the early
fall months occupied in getting It to the
markets in preparing the soil for next sea-
In Duluth and Chicago has been quoted at
20 and ~ cents, the same grade Of wheat for
May delivery has sold for SO to 81 cents per
busheL The farmers may urge that pressing
obligations with high rate Of interest COM
pei them to rush the bulk Of their wheat TO
harvest. but such action places them
at the mercy Of the wheat
dealer, who can buy the same
grade Of wheat in q glutted market for 10
or Is cents per bushel less than he could six
months hence. Which is the greater sacri-
flee, 10 per cent per annum on borrowed
capital, or 80 and 40 per cent that he loses
on the price OF his wheat in an overstocked
market? The commission does not wish to
be understood as advising the farmer or any
other person to tak chances on the future
price Of wheat; but it does desire that the
farmers of this territory should receive
every cent for their wheat TO which they are
justly entitled. A general system Of private
granaries would enable the farmer to place
his wheat on the market so gradually that
doors, instead of his being obliged to beg
elevator men and railroads to take his grain.