Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-05-06
The Elevator and Wheat Problem.

The Elevator and Wheat Problem.
from Annual Report for 1901
Under the laws Of the State, the Commissioners Of: Railroads
sppe slSG W ths hsndi1 GG% ~eigSing and in s3o !s g % Of grain ;nss and d1 ssed dtG
to establish all necessary rules and regulations for the weighing
State, as for such rules and regulations may be necessary to en-
force the provisions of Chapter l26, Session Laws of 1891, or Of
plants of fraud or oppression in the grain trade of this State, and
to correct the same as s,h far aS:t t may , be in pt ther R9Te nnon +ho e1+
day Of August, 1891, adopt and put into effect certain rules and
regulations ysgg1 "a for r., the ii, inspection peG ~h. of g. grain int and ndb gGye mara6n9s of 6 gp t2ie
State under the law is a mootsd quest ion that lat has as not 99eGy tos been
Pa15io v VIGOROUSLY 10y as 'f follows: . aXi elevators aIS; iass or ~ warehouses sin ses1 To-
Gated or to be located at Grand Forks, Fargo, Wahpeton and Fair
mount, in this State, in which grain is stored in bulk and in which
is stored in such a manner that the identity Of different lots or
COMPENSATION MP eation ar hereby declared to be pubic warehouses;"
while Section 4 of Chapter l26 Laws Of 1891, says that "all build
or which may be hereafter erected and operated by any person or
psr5Sns, e as SaT;pp. s eGlRagtn storine, e shipping or or ha s1diti s0 gr sae
for profit, are hereby'declared public warehouses, and the person
ing said buildings, elevator or elevators, warehouse or Warehouses,
which are now or may hereafter be located or doing business
orators reside within this State or not, are public warehousemen
within the meaning of this act, and none Of the provisions Of this
ence to the buying. receiving and handling OF grain Of standard
grades, or or h in 1Sggard .. to sd the d p15ties ve efsr5ng su wh;f g1f f5a 5 fr sa aE1
The Board decided that both laws we're operative (and the
Attorney General Of the State SO heid), but that the public ware
houses should be classed under two heads. The elevators located
termed terminal elevators, and should be classed "A" while the
other elevators should be classed It" but as yet there are no ee-
rules and regulations govern the general elevators Of the State
under the "B" class.
Shortly after the PRONUNCIATION Of these rules the line ee-
vator COMPANIES doing business in this State informed us through
their secretary that our rules were obnoxious to them, and unless
rum rpy their 81 elevators as public, but would run them only as private
houses; 4. e., they would become buyers only and would not store
or handle grain for farmers.
The rules to which they offered objections, and under the en-
forcement Of which they would not operate their elevators, were
Rules Is, l6, II and Is, which we herein quote:
The several warehouses and elevators doing business in this
State a public warehouses are. permitted to make the following
For receiving, elevating, insuing, delivering and twenty days
Storage after the first twenty days. one-half cent for each ff-
teen days or fraction thereof; and shall not exceed five cents for
six months. e ~ ~
houseman, for the benefit Of d;t the owner n:n,;nn sh;nnina insnao+;on
in North Dakota, transfer charges, commissions and all other
legitimate charges, motto exceed four cents per ushela and fractions
Any farmer selling his storage tickets to elevator company
within twenty days after their date, shall pay no storage.
RULE XVI.
Every warehouseman doing business as a public warehouse
tor nnn shal1 b Gsu c9, TO be a f 5len 1n b ssSn pre eriyy ru %StSV Which ST sh s1Y1 be-
designated Wheat Register" in which shall be entered in ink:
First. Date of receipt of any grain.
Second. From whom such grain is received"
Third; The grade.
Fifth The Wight Of docksge for dirt:
Sixth. The net weight Of grain when docked-
Seventh. The price paid per bushel.
Eighth. Acolumnf for remarks; sstored" if stored; "purchased"
if purchased; appealed" if appealed from decision Of warehouse
man, or any other remarks that may be pertinent to the subject.
RULE XVII.
The warehouseman Of each warehouse, or elevator shall, at
the close of each business day, make out a detailed report upon
blanks furnished by the Commissioners of Rairoads), showing
the gross number of bushels of grain of the several grades received
during the day, the number of bushels of dockage on same, the
price paid per bushel on same, and if any cars have been shipped
out, the number and initial Of each car, the number of bushels in
each car and the grade of grain therein; to whom and to what
point consigned; which report shall be certified to as being correct,
and duly signed by the warehouseman, and forwarded by mail to
the Commissioner of Railroads within the grain district as pro-
vided in Rule 10.
RULE XVIII.
Each elevator company operating in this State shall furnish to
the Commissioners of Railroads a daily report of the prices to be
paid each day at every elevator operated by them, which price
shall be based upon the Minneapolis price at which the wheat pur-
chased can be sold and delivered Of the day before, dedqcting