Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-09-04
More About the Contemplated Han
ding Of North Dakota Wheat
At Superior.
Minneapolis Papers Claim There i
Doubt About the Consumma-
ton of the Deal,
A Little Girl Run Over and Man
gled by the Switch Engine
At Mandan.
Minneapolis Worried.

A Minneapolis Tribune reporter was
on hand to interview the North Dakota
railroad commissioners about their West
Superior trip. In connection with the
following they have a sensational dis
patch from Grand Forks, claimed to be
an interview with Hill in which he de-
MES any knowledge Of the West Superior
deal. It is probable, however, Hill is
not telling his business to everybody he
meets, besides he would naturally inves-
tigate a deal in which over 100000
bushels of wheat was to be handled. The
Tribune says:
The elevator capacity of West SUPERB
or is about 100000 bushels. Of this
100000 is controlled by President j. J..
Hill of the Great Northern, the 100000
capacity is that of the Duluth Elevator
company with it's three big houses on
st. Louis bay over the state line in West
Superior. The company is controlled by
Minneapolis men. A. j. Sawyer is pres
ident and the principal stockholders are
we'll known on Change. The success of
the scheme of the North Dakota comis-
sion depended upon j. j. Hill and A. j.
Sawyer. They report that they have won
the approval of Mr.. Hill. This was ar
ranged before they left West Superior.
They came to Minneapolis last evening
to have a talk with Mr.. Sawyer to-
day.
Word was left at MI. Sawyer's office
this morning that the North Dakota
commissioners would like to meet him at
the Nicollet house. He repaired there
about lO:45 o'clock and went straight to
their room, No. 2OS, where a seance of
about 21a hours was held.
The North Dakotans present were
George H. Walsh, G. w. Harmon, And
rev Slotten, commissioners, and secre-
tary Edgerly.
Chairman Walsh did most of the talk
lng for the commissioners, although Mr..
Harmon made an occasionl sage remark.
The commissioners laid their scheme be-
for Mr.. Sawyer and asked him about the
elevator management. They made prac-
tically the following points: They took
the position that the North Dakota wheat
was better than Minnesota wheat, that
is, that there was a greater quantity of it
graded "No. l hard " than of Minnesota
and they wanted the state to get the
benefit OF this as an advertisement as
we'll as the increased price, which they
consider the grain ought to bring to the
farmers.
This was the principal basis Of their
objection to Minnesota injection. They
also wanted the revenue to be derived
from inspection by their own officials,
came out incidentally.
Tbav o1o;n,ol that +bo,, oo,1J ,.ll 4l.:.
wheat through the West Superior board
Of trade, and get a better price forit than
they could by getting the grain rated as
Minnesota wheat of the same grade.
The whole question of grain handling
was discussed, the Importance Of option
DEALS the propriety Of establishing a
Fargo or Grand Forks and 20 other
points.
MIR. Sawyer was not very enthusiastic
m%issioners that they were a little too late
to put their plan into satisfactory opera
ton. They argued that they would have
posed to do it this year, so that they
would be ready for a North Dakota in
spection system next year. They would
upoh AOll oNH ll1op0CplOu WllcUl-
or the plan worked a natural advantage
to them or not for the present season.
The question of abandoning the Min
nesota inspection at West Superior was
the point about which there was consid-
cradle discussion. It was proposed that
as West Superior was outside of the
state, the matter of abandoning the in
spection for this point might give Mr..
Sa wvpr Soma 1ovora ua on fha Mip1.co+o
railroad commissioners. He was asked
to go to St. Paul to see what concessions
they would make to the North Dakota
grain, and if possible the matter might
not be fixed up between the two states.
It was even proposed that there should
be a joint meeting of the commissioners
of the two states to talk the whole mat
ter over.
When this point was reached Mr..
Sawyer went out to get some lunch and
started to st. Paul to meet the railway
and warehouse commissioners. To an
Evening Tribune man MI. Sawyer said:
"The handling Of 100000 or 100000
600 bushels of wheat is no small matter.
Our meeting was on a matter of consid-
cradle Importance, but as we did nothing
there is nothing to give out. The COM
missioners insist upon establishing a
North Dakota grade, and they want to
make some kind of arrangement for in
specting their grain in the elevators.
They raise more No. l hard than is
raised in Minnesota, and they claim that
they don't get as much money as they
would if it was not confused with Min
nesota grades"
Mr.. Sawyer declined to give any opin-
ion as to the result of the conference.
He said he was going to st. Paul to meet
the Minnesota commissioners, and he
thought it possible that the Dakota COM
missloners would go to st. Paul to-mor-
row to hold a conference. He declined
to say what his West Superior eleva-
tors might do until the whole matter
has been disposed of in some way.
Chairman George Walsh was very I'M
communicative. He said: "We are
going to enforce the laws Of North Da-
kota. The reports in the papers of our
West Superior plan are right, I guess.
Nothing definite has been done and we
do not know just how the matter will
end. 80,