The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-15
GRAND RESULTS OF THE GRAIN
GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
Half Million Dollars Saved to the
Farmers of Minnesota in
One Year.
One Million and Quarter Saved to
Minnesota and the DakOtaS.
The Supreme Courts Veto of the
State Elevator Knocked
EndwayS
RUSH THE ORGANIZATION AND
TAKE COURAGE.

The great success of the twine man
ufacture at Saltwater has been al
ready demonstrated 1t has saved
hundreds of thousands of dollars to
the farmers of Minnesota. The Grain
Growers Association has just shown
that it is capable Of saving mil
lions more to our people.
The readers of the REPRESENTA-
TIVE are familiar with the history of
the organization of The Grain Grow
ers Association of the Northwest" at
the convention held in this city on
July 18th. After electing Mr.. Bodkin
pres ident and Mr. HendricksoD sccre-
tary. it was agreed that as both of
those gentlemen had their farming
operations to look after, and could not
remain in Minneapolis, that we should
act as committee of one to see what
could be done to secure grain-hOuSeS
for the association at Duluth and
Minneapolis, and report through the
columns of the REPRESENTATIVE
We had already had some conferences
on the subject with Mr. Samuel Hill,
president of the Minneapolis Trust
company, Son-in-law Of Mr.. James J.
Hill, and a gentleman of large and
liberal ideas, and had received such
encouragement that we said to the
officers Of The Grain Growers AsSo-
citation" that we believed we could get
some help in that quarter.
After the convention we "tOOk the
bull by the horns." and had an inter
view with CUR old opponent, Mr. James
j, Hill. We put the matter to him
squarely, y,-that if he did not wish to
see all the railroad companies of Mn
nesota and the Northwest made bank
rupt through the bankruptcy of the
farmers; and the greater part of the
agricultural lands Of the Northwest
turned over to nonresident money
lenders, who would raise no crops and
consume no goods for the road to
carry, that something must be done
at once to relieve the producers and
increase their prosperity. We found
that Mr.. Hill had already been think
ing similar thoughts. and that he
thoroughly understood the situation.
nv uS iCNu NIti1 US UllC uISU OD-
ject was to get clear, as far as possible,
Of the middlemen, who did not raise
the wheat, nor transport it, nor grind
it, and who, for simply handling it,
took about one-tenth Of the rdlue Of the crop.
dad edized 41 pcr cept per a1,nunt on the
a0to,tm Of their copitnU
Then followed several conferences
with Mr. nof fn
obliged to go TO Michigan with our
son. Mr.. Hill said to us that the
Great Northern Company would place
at the disposal of the Grain Growers
Association" a large elevator in Min
neapOlis which they would secure, and
let the farmers Of the state have the
use Of it for the rent of half cent
per bushel on all grain passing
through it. But the Elevator Ring
got some inkling of what was going on,
and jumped in, leased it from the
owner, for one year, expiring
July 1895, thus cutting off our only
hope in that direction.
But this only served to irritate Mr..
Samuel Hill, and he "took the bit be-
tween his teeth and went ahead.
He issued the following circular, the
most important to the farmers of the
Northwest, that has ever appeared.
Great Northern Railway Line. East
ern Railway of Minnesota.
The Eastern Railway Company of
Minnesota desiring, under existing
conditions, to secure for the farmers,
elevator and shipping facilities at cost,
and the highest price for their wheat,
will, on and after August 10th. 1894.
and until further notice, put into eff
feet the following:
Rates for Handling Sound Grain
Through the Great Northern Eleva-
tors,
at West Superior, Wisconsin:
Receiving, Elevating and Discharg
ing Gncluding fifteen days free stor-
ag.) per bushel, ] cent.
Storage for each succeeding thirty
days, or part thereof, per bushel, J
cent.
No charge for cleaning and blowing.
From May 18th to December Ist the
right is reserved to limit storage and
charges at above rates to forty-fve
days.
The Great Northern Elevators. with
capacity Of 3,50O,O 900 bushels, situated
at West Superior, Wisconsin (office,
Duluth, Minn.), are operated under
The supervision of the Minnesota Rail-
road and Warehouse Commission, and
ire regular" on the Duluth Board of
Trade. w. C. HARRINGTON,
w. W. FINLEY, Gen. Man
Gen. Traffic Manage.
Approved: