St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-22

grievances complained of were too
real to be denied or explained away
TELL TALE PICTURE.
L. Lamberson, secretary of the board
OF trade, is the cashier of the Bank of
warren, and knows as much about
the troubles and the results as any one
IN the town. Mr.. Henderson furnished
the pictures from which the cuts in
mondays q o was made, showing
the wheat piled up along the right of
way during the blockade. Henderson
said the board of trade had made an
unsuccessful effort to secure a site for
an elevator He told how they had
looked forward to the visit of the rail-
lodu commissioners expecting they
would show them a way out of the will
derness. The board of trade certainly
ne said, had proved all that it had al
ieged, and when the hearing was adj
Journed and the commissioners had af-
iorded them no show of relief. thew
were almost desperate. They knew all
mat the commissioners had told them.
TOT they had studied the laws relating
20 the grain business.
Then came Mr. Burdick with a re-
quest for hearing before the board
OF trade, and his presumption in de-
!enoing the elevator people, discredit-
ing the quality of the wheat raised in
TINS section and finally giving us the
he as TO the amount of grain marketed
When there was nearly three times as
much in store at the time as he was
willing to admit had been received dur
ing the season
to look into the charges that had been
made some of the elevator people
thought the matter had gone far
enough and were willing to call the
matter off, and abandoned the project
to establish a store, bank, machinery
yard, etc.
ALL INTERESTS SUFFERED.
Andrew Melgaard, cashier of the
State Bank of Warren, said that every
business interest in the town suffered
on account Of the course pursued by
the elevator companies and the inabil-
lty OF the farmers and other independ-
ent shippers to secure cars to haul their
wheat. The farmers were the greatest
losers, but every dollar they lost was
just so much taken from the wealth of
the county, and the loss meant much
to the people, for it was just so much
money that would never be replaced in
circulation there. The DETECTION of the
wheat to East Grand Forks and other
points meant loss in the purchase of
goods from the merchants of Warren,
but the loss incurred when the farmers
sold their wheat at 5 or cents below
what it was worth was a loss to every
one except the elevator people.
r. Glavin, who was employed by
the board of trade to assist the farmers
in shipping their wheat, was busy
man for several weeks last fall and
early in the winter
Many of the farmers lived miles
away and would not be in the city in
time to get their orders for cars in be-
fore it was too late. To get around this
difficulty the merchants and business
men each went to the road and per-
sonally entered orders for cars, which
were turned over to the farmers when
they arrived. Then Judge Mills, of the
railroad commission, prepared the blank
request for Mr.. Glavin to order cars
for the farmers. and they were hon
ored by the railroad company.
Mr.. Glavin's work was of lasting ben
eft to the farmers who shipped their
own wheat. He taught them how to
make out all the necessary papers for
shipping and consigning their grain,
and they were so we'll pleased with the
result that many Of them will never
sell another pound of grain to a line
elevator 1t is estimated that the wheat
handled at Warren after the blockade
was raised. netted the farmers an av-
erage of six cents a bushel more than
they would have received had it not
been for the movement by the bust
ness men Of this town.
SPREAD ON PRICES.
Another cause for complaint ex-
planned by Mr.. Glavin and corroborated
by all others, was the spread" on
prices maintained by the line houses
at Warren, the difference at terminal
points between the several grades,
while at Warren it was from one to
three cents, as is shown in the follow
ing table:
Grades. At Terminal At Warren
Difference Between. Points Cts. Cts.
No. / hard and No.
northern -. .M OF
No. l northern and No.
northern ........ 01 O3
No. northern and No.
northern ........... O1 CO
Thus it will be seen that No. hard
received by the elevators as No. 2
northern afforded the purchaser an ad-
ditional profit Of two cents q bushel
besides his margins, dockage, etc. If
the same wheat was sacrificed at No
northern. then the spread gave the
purchaser four additional cents of vel
vet" After the track shipping was
begun, this margin was cut down and
the local prices followed those of the
terminals, and the farmer saved from
one to two cents when he received
the proper grade, that would have
gone into the Golfers of the wheat bar
ons had it not been for the fight on
this as we'll as on the other points
raised against the combine
Here are few samples of the way
the town suffered:
Martin Sand. who lives about eleven
lead of wheat and refused to accept
the prices offered by the line houses
They were the only ones that had room
to receive grain. He hauled it back
home, and the next day took the same
load of grain to East Grand Forks.
making six cents a bushel by the OPP
Grafton
SAVED SEVERAL DOLLARS.
Anton Hill. one of the county COM
missioners, who lives twelve miles
northeast of Warren, brought some
wheat here, but could get no price for
it. He hauled to East Grand Forks
and saved several dollars by the deal
Over 10000 bushels of wheat were
hauled from the Lord Ramsey farm
to East Grand Forks, and it would all
have been marketed here had the
market been fair.
Others who sold large quantities of
wheat at East Grand Forks, and who
formerly marketed their grain at War
rem, were F. Mcclellan, Levi Lick, w
NJ. Mcclellan, John Mcclellan, John G.
Smith and W. L. Davis. These are
only a few of the heaviest shippers.
H. J. Beardsmore and s. S. Trickey
each sold about 5000 bushels at Key
stone.
1t was estima ted that there were
diverted from Warren. by reason OF