Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-29
would a substantial granary

capacity would SuDSantlal granary
cost?
A.-One to hold 1900 to 5000 bushels
can be built for about 81 cents per bush
ell, outside of labor, which farmer him
self can perform.
R.-As you will ship all your grain in
bulk, what facilities will you have at
Portland to handle it?
Ave are building there an elevator
of 100000 bushels storage capacity,
equipped with all modern improvements
for handling bulk grain. Before ship
ping it by ocean it viii be properly grad
ed, cleaned and sacked. We will be able
to unload $40 cars, clean $4,000 bushels
and sack $4,000 bushels in 10 hours.
R.-Do you intend to sell sacks to the
farmers?
Ave shall conform to the prevailing
custom in SO far as we are obliged to.
R.-What is the sentiment of the far
mers regarding your system?
An some localities they are strong
ly in favor of it and express great salts
faction. In others they are skeptical
because they think. We do not intend
to buy sacked grain, which, as I stated
before, is erroneous. In many sections
they will build great many granaries.
R.-Do you propose handling or stor-
ing grain for others?
Ave shall operate our houses as
public elevators; that is, anybody who
wishes can put his grain in our hands,
for which we will issue negotiable re-
ceipts. These receipts anyone is at lib
erty to buy, and if they wish us to ship
the grain for their account we will do so.
R.-Will you, through your system,
be able to facilitate trade, as between the
farmer, country merchant and exporter
Avery largely, providing they
wish to avail themselves of it. It fire.
quently happens that the country merch-
ant is unable to sell his wheat because
of his inability to get cars. Anyone
holding our receipts is not obliged to
wait until he can get cars to particular
station to ship his grain before selling
it, as we will exchange receipts issued by
our country agents for ones on our ter
minal elevator in Portland for Ike
quantity and quality, paying accrued
charges and freight, delivering the
wheat at once if wanted.
R-Will you handle barley?
A.-Yes; to handle this crop we are
building an elevator especially equipped
with the most improved appliances for
handling this grain. To this house from
all other stations will be shipped the
barley we shall buy to be cleaned and
properly classified before shipping east.
Q.-Where is your market for barley !?
A-Practically all will go east of the
Rocky Mountains.
Q.-Such being the case, and all bar
ley being shipped in bulk, it would seem
as though the money put in sacks for
this grain is tax that can be avoided {?
A-That is fact. Money invested in
sacks for barley is virtually thrown
away. If the farmer has lot of wheat
aud barley, and threshes his barley first,
he can use his wheat sacks to haul his
barley to market in; but he should only
tie them: then when he needs them for
wheat they will be in good shape.
Q,-How do the country merchants
regard your enterprise?
A.-Some look upon it with disfavor,
Ei4if9 others acknowledge thai il t their
opinion it is only question of few
years, at the most, when all must adopt
elevators. In some localities find that
some jealous merchants are trying. to
prejudice the farmers against our sys-
tenn of handling grain. Such business
methods will, as a rule, result in our ia
vor. We have great confidence in the
future of this country and are putting
great deal Of money into solid improve
ments, which indicate that we have come
to stay, and it is by conducting our
business in an upright and businesslike
manner only that we hope to grow in
favor with the several communities
where we shall operate. You can say
that we will have an agent located here
soon, and all we ask is that farmers give
us call and chance to buy their grain.