Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-05-25
,-sarketing Grain.

modes OF eACoiOion pi
jus sanouse companies, ! will
Dc 'aaer to the following facts:
: " Pc .ss month of December, Janu-
se |ns '.ry and March just passed,
viii fe.oIlv large percentage OF
an nsrota wheat has been graded
the local buyers under in.
Cans from their employers and
n, Yea Of s cts. a bushel less than
10y PRIV a. No. !. The statistics OF
~ ! If South Dakota wheat sold
onolis during the same peri
= mat a considerable per cent
|, \ waeat bought as No. must
osNo. 1;further, an examln-
. The daily Minneapolis mar
~ ,hat time shows that No. 2
IA for but two cents below the
Ma / Result: BY this I'M
! 81 F.,,ding and buying of No. l. at
y y No. . which has been resold
O;,s =. ~ No. / in Minneapolis, the
,D,,,, lbs have made the s cts. a
stsp1 4 IN addition to their regular
"a when the grade has re-
Inc same they have generally
'eyl "a about 8 cents additional. BY
sias unjust grading the producer who
iss "a them his wheat has sus-
Sa =. loss of 10 TO II cents per
y Selin price alone. These ara facts
4 farmers by a little inVestlga-
lyad .an determine for themselves
hs~transaction appears to me less
s.ohlo than a barefaced steal.
i. h discussing the matter of grades
!, perhaps well to mention a sub
Connected Herewith which in
.os the profit of the warehouse
49, [..nies to a considerable degree,
,ely; at some point located toward
~.e,minal end Of their territory
Al ! | erect cleaning houses equipped
i VII proper machinery for the rapid
he Oadinp. cleaning and reloading of
Il at the minimum Of cost which
animated at one pound of wheat
bushel, and this dockage to cover
4. kt cleaning is deducted from the
J hers wheat although it be abso-
win Nv clean. BY this cleaning pro-
De the dirt and foreign matter is
Moved. very often improving the
5e which gives an added profit, be-
,tsa X making a considerable saving in
own Esh., the screenings are ground,
rss3 ed with bran and shorts and sold.
' Ga tognizing theinjustice that Is often
T.. Itted upon the producer in the
Esage of grain, our present legisla-
! passed a law prohibiting the
va kkape of grain. While / hope for
d results, ! do not now sec how
are to be obtained. The law
r. probably do away with dockage
sg now practiced only to revive it in
enc bther form substantially as follows:
pEse first the nominal price OF
eat to be 60 cts. per bushel or one
END t per pound. Jones hauls a load
wheat that the buyer estimates TO
ION btain three pounds OF dirt per
5. Ehel, or only ~fifty-seven pounds net
ma wheat in each sixty pounds gross.
sea- will logically follow that the price
ter build be ~tifty-seven cents without
,es EEkage; while Smith with a load con-
M hing five pounds of dirt would re-
nsna We but tifty-tiye cents, In other
-Ed rds the price is docked. In all
ne pes the farmer would be obliged to
nv Fept the price offered OF not sell.
be matter does not seem contrOlla-
II I'd by legislative enactment, and in
VA pad OF proving a benefit, | fear for
Feral reasons, it may offer an excuse
=. Traditional extortion. 1t is accept
rod as good business policy that when
find a man who proves to be ex-
%rtlonate, deceitful or dishonest, to
ftail your business relation with
cS3 n, and If possible drop him alto
'pa iher, and the application of the
me principle may perhaps prove the
I,rl Nt rapid and effectual in solving
III y problem. / find that many
rls dners feel that they are treated I'M
IVY In marketing grain and gener-
: blame the local buyers. This /
dh Fiiese In the majority of cases to be
PluSt, although / can hardly see how
IaOraole men knowingly become the
~ ~ 'iing tools to mulcth their neigh
Ri 1t should be remembered that
.h local buyer is under bonds to his
lpoyers and must strictly follow
q hstructions-that he generally
Tson a monthly salary and has &c
! .uuiary interest save that OF deliy.
" ny such amount of grain and OF
p grade as his books show he has
!. unused. Should he purchase a
- Aeu cars OF wheat as No. 2 which
td sehpioyers sell as No. | he receives
Oas psfs OF the profit OF the transac.
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