The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-22

COMBINED ELEVATOR AND
DUMP" AND co OPERATIVE
SHIPPING.
We hope the readers Of "The Repre-
sentative" will not be slow to profit by
| the advice given them through these
columns, about how to profitable mar
| ket their grain.
ton among many farmers that they
are not receiving all the benefits that
| were possible through the disposal of
their crops. AS they have to submit to
a very excessive toll on every bushel Of
| grain they sell at the hands of their
local buyer, there is nothing to prevent
farmer from ordering a car from his
local station agent, shovelling his grain
into it, giving the station agent direc-
lions to ship it to central and COM
! petitive market, where he could receive
as much for it as the grain buyer re-
| ceives when he bought and shipped it.
The only difference in many cases is
| that in one instance it went in the name
| Of the grain buyer, whereas, if the farm
err shipped it, it would come in his own
name and he would reap all the benefits
derived through shipping their grain
direct to Chicago instead of selling it
| to the home buyer, and as the home
buyer Is not in it for love or for his
health, but to make money, the farmer
saves the home buyers profit, which in
inc nat, -
more than the farmer makes through
"a dollar saved is a dollar earned is
surely true in the case of farmers dis
| posing of their grain"
Tonica, ILL.,, April Is, 1895.
To the Editor:
! Dear Sir-The cooperative idea, be-
gun several years ago, is assuming pro-
portions little dreamt of at the
time of it's conception. The trend
Of everything in the commercial world
today is toward consolidation. Moth
ing illustrates the truth of the adage
in union there is strength" more fore
IDLY than the successes continually be-
ing achieved, in almost every avenue of
trade, through the medium of co-opera-
ton. This being the case, the follow
ing should prove Of interest to those
among your readers who appreciate the
| disadvantages under which they labor
in selling their grain at home, at prices
regulated by the middleman, instead of
| cooperating and shipping to central
| and competitive market.
At this place the farmers have recent
| ly organized themselves into an asso-
citation, and in cooperation with H. H.
Carr 4 Co., of Chicago, have erected a
Scott Patent Combined Dump and Ele-
vator. This invention, unique in it's
way, fills a long felt want, and offers the
only practical, and at the same time
economical solution of the difficulties
| that have from time immemorial stood
between the farmer and the profitable
| disposal of his grain. The back break
ing labor of shovelling has long been a
| discouraging feature of consigning
| grain direct; and the necessity of over
coming the difficulty is what suggested
| fered by the country elevator are here
| afforded
A word or two descriptive of the
dump and elevator may prove interest
| ing. Necessity is the mother of inven-
ton. About four years ago when Mr..
| H.. H. Carr first conceived the idea of
| soliciting direct consignments from the
farmers, the principal obstacle present
| ed was the extra labor involved as COM
pared with the facilities enjoyed by the
owner Of an elevator. To overcome this
difficulty time, money and brains were
exercised, and at last the idea, vague
at first, evolved ITSELF Model after
model was made and tested Some sug-
gested too much cost; others too much
area; and some doubtful capacity. A
combination dump and elevator stood
between the projectors and success.
Was American ingenuity to be baffled
| No. A device furnishing to the farmer
every facility for the loading of his
grain, provided by the country elevator
is complete.
1t is a simple structure, twenty feet
long, twelve feet wide. and eighteen
| feet in height 1t presents the appear
| ance of an elevator in miniature. When
the grain is teamed in bulk, the only
manual labor necessary is the drop
| ping of the tail-board, one horse doing
all the work. When next seen the
grain is in the car. If the grain be
bagged the labor of emptying alone is
| necessary From two to five minutes
is all that is required to transfer a
hundred bushels of grain from the
| wagon into the car. A string of teams
half mile long can be unloaded as
| fast as they can drive through the
house. Twenty to thirty cars per day
can be loaded, which capacity can easily
be increased if desired.
It is controlled exclusively by H. H.
| Carr & Co., who, in order to extend
their connection among the farmers have
decided upon the cooperative plan; and
stand ready to provide them with these
! modern conveniences at a price so far be-
low the cost of the cheapest country
elevator, that their general adoption is
assured. A number of shipments have
already passed through the house and
yielded an average of from one to three
cents per bushel above the best pos
sible figures that could have been OBJ
tanned from the neighboring grain
buyer.
Any one wishing information pertain
ing to the requisite steps to be taken
by community, whose interests might
be advanced by such cooperation, and
the erection of one of these elevators
should apply to H. H. Carr & Co., the
farmers commission firm, "a Board OF
Trade, Chicago. Yours truly,
]. w. SCOTT,
Assistant Secretary.
Tonica, ILL.,, Oct 22nd, 1894.
Messrs H. II. Carr & Co., Chicago, Ill.
Conference.-The dump and elevator
recently erected at Tonica by you is a
success. One horse will elevate more