Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-03-27
The State POliticO-Seetl Wheat
Syndicate Gives Notice to
this County
That it Must Take Care Of It.
self i'm this Very ImpOr-
tant Matter.
A LaNIOure County Farmer DE.
iversa Message Direct from
the People.
The Latest About Seed Wheat.

endorsed by Governor Miller and in
charge of Bankers Wells and Lyon and
the commissioner of agriculture, has
notified Mr.. Boynton of jamestown, that
Stutsman county can not be granted any
seed from them, as it is able to care of
itself. Circulars have been received an
nounc;ng this decision, after Mr.Boynton
had been requested to get an estimate of
the amount needed. The farmers by
that proposition were to be charged a
dollar bushel for 65 cent wheat, the
same to be put out by elevator companies
and the pr1ce reduced when 1t came to
settle with the elevators, if there was any
money in the fund to protect the eleva-
tors from losses, which fund the Twin
City parties claimed to be raising with
wonderful success. 1t goes without
saying that no farmer will ever believe
that there would be any Lloney left for
him in such scheme.
With the failure of Governor Miller's
promise to get farmers of this county
seed wheat, a number OF the citizens in
terested in getting full crop raised in
the county, have set about to do what
can be done themselves, and The Alert
believes that they have devised about
the only practicable way to accomplish
1t. No foreign syndicate will have to be
depended on to get the gram.
A preliminary meeting Of citizens of
jamestown and the county has already
been held, and by notice published else
where, it will be seen that another meet
ing has been called for Saturday, the Goth
by Mr.. Boynton and Mr.. Clinton Wade,
as the committee, to complete the
arrangements proposed, or to devise any
new plan that may appear desirable.
The plan now generally deemed the best
for all, is to get as many taxpayers and
those interested as possible to unite in
requesting the commissioners to pledge
the credit of the county for whatever
necessary seed to the really needy farmers.
It has been estimated that not over 5000
bushels will be required in all. This
credit is to be pledged only for the
deserving needy, as the call states. 1t
is not believed that over 100 bushels will
be needed by any applicant, excepting
perhaps three or four who may require
the extreme limit of $50 bushels. The
applicant will be asked to sign the seed
wheat application, included in the law
passed by the legislature, and the price,
which is yet to be determined, will be as
little over the net cost of the wheat as
al estimate can be made. OF reasonable
allowance for losses, which the county
must stand. 1t is natural to suppose
that some loss will follow, bnt it will be
very little. Some one will be given
authority to issue ticket Of instruction
to the elevator, stating the amount the
applicant Deeds. There will be no ex-
penses in looking after the return of the
seed and no high priced men employed,
as was to be done in the syndicate deal.
This last plan is local, homo affair
entirely and Will be conducted upon
neighborly, helping--hand principles,
avoiding all partisan or political intlu-
ences. 1t is community's effort to help
the farmer get in a crop, and no cheap
advertising method of a political char
actor