The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-12-15

Oe kakon This Seller Board would find it's first dufv Ia
decide how to get County Agents And here would
greater difficulty than that Of fnances-how to se
county agents No better way occurs to Us than
to insist upon an agricultural organisation Of the ALI
and let the county alliance select them Or let the
State Superintendent" actaaany other superintendent
q cooperative concern acts with ulI and despotic
power.
There should be state board Of thrse men. Su-
perfntendent, Attorney, and Secretary The coun
should have Official the County Agent The Coun
tygsnt should secure the contracts through Town
Agent The members Of the Beard should receive
mot less than $4,000 year. and hold daily sessions
both closed and open, the year around
The state officials should receive not less than ST.
and except the attorney occupy their Offices every
working day.
The County Agent should have $500, and be permit.
ted to attend to other business
This. you say, would be q vast expense Not 90.
this is not all Of the expense necessary The income
rom l6O, 100000 bushels Of wheat at zc bushel;
600 bushels OF corn at Ac and less than one
fth the cotton crop, without counting cattle and hog
charges, would amount to more than 81, 900, ,OOO
The Board salaries and office expenses would be
about $780, OOO The State Boards would cost 500 OOO
The County Agents would cost 1915 ,OOO-a total Of
about half q Million
The publication Of daily market report Of small
sze containing all orders Of sale for the counties and
states as well other items would absorb 80 to $40
OOO Teegraphic service would COST for grain wires
east 80 900, for transient service $5OOO Travelling
other expenses practically known to exist
to 100000. And still there is a heavy unexpended
balance.
W course, we realize that THE is figuring up among
the castles in the air. It is only done to exhibit some of
the ''mammothness' Of the traffic. and the immeasur
able losses to the agrcuturist when ordinary broker
age' alone amounts to 80 much
Does the farmer part with his grain or cotton? By
no means The County Agent would gather in the con-
tracts. These contracts would simply put into the
hands OF the Board the power to order the delivery of
certain amounts OF grain within certain period to their
order, upon guarantee Of check for same Or contract
to wait permission to SELL Such guarantees must in
clude provision for minimum price and limit date
They should provide for oneha third the gross
CROP No gran money comes into the hands OF the
board except for commissions. Credit certificates to
local banks would pay for the grain in cash.
Orders to deliver, or permission to SELL would come
from State Board to County Agent, and from County
Agent to farmer. Checks and cash minutia could he
easily and securely arranged.
By the second year the income would warrant the
payment OF 900 salaries to County Agent and their
removal to the county seat.
This matter looks like gigantic undertaking. But
it is not Every state and every county would organize
and it is only in it's entirety that it seems gigantic
better to organize with grain alone at first the OK.
penses and the size OF the Board and the number Of
states would of course be reduced
Five states could completely control the wheat mar
ket: the two Dakotas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Kan
sas The Boards expense would be reduced to onehal
the income before. There would be but $50 County
Agents if for wheat alone.
As great the undertaking may SEEM it is time to
get about it-and at once.