St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-29

frequently, and as they are not So we'll
posted on the markets are in a worse
position and less able to cope with the
barons.
Hon. G. r. Roberts owns a farm ad-
Joining the town and was one Of the
first to thresh his grain, some of which
he landed direct from the machine to the
elevators. He sold wheat early, before
the blockade came or the wide spread
In prices was put in force, and it grad
ed No. 2 northern. Later, when the
rush of the wheat came and the eleva-
tors were having their own way, he
offered some of the same wheat to the
house that had bought the first that he
had hauled and the buyer refused to
grade it higher than rejected. Instead
of selling then Mr.. Roberts held his
wheat until the rush was over and the
market more open, when the same wheat
was again graded No. northern. Be
sides the difference in grade, there was
reduction In the spread between prices
for grade No. 2 northern and No.
northern of cent a bushel and a cor
responding Stiffening of the price for
rejected wheat. The loss he would have
sustained, had he sold during the block
ade, would have been about seven cents
a bushel
August Lundeen's farm is six miles
northeast Of Stephen, and two weeks
ago he hauled into town 200 bushels
of wheat, selling it to an elevator COM
pany at 35 cents on the grade of No 3
northern. Not being satisfied with this
he decided to ship the balance of his
wheat direct to the terminal market
Then he hauled 700 bushels piling it
in sacks alongside the track until he
was able to get car, and shipped it
direct. When the returns were re-
ceived from the shipment he
was delighted to find that
he had made a net profit of cents
bushel making $35 on the car. This
was outside the advance in the mar
kets, both local and terminal, of cents
a bushel, which afforded him an addi-
tional profit of $14 on the shipment
Henry Hopper raised 5000 bushels of
wheat on his farm, six miles northeast
of Stephen. He threshed early in Oc-
tober, and sold one carload, which grad
ed No. northern, for 3S cents This
was early in the season, and a few
weeks later D. P. Vollmers, who rents
some Of Mr.. Hoper's land, sold a car
load to the same elevator company
for 80 cents, this wheat also receiving
the grade of No. 8 northern. On the
dates of these sales the markets at
Minneapolis and Duluth were the same
and the
DIFFERENCE OF THREE CENTS
was squeezed out of Mr. Vollmers. He
needed the money to pay his thresh-
ing bills and to meet other expenses
and, being unable to secure car for
direct shipment, was compelled to &C
cept whatever the lords of the wheat
market would allow him. 1t was just
that much that belonged to him and
his family, but the elevator company
took advantage of his position, and his
loss was over $40.
Then Mr.. Hopper and three of his
neighbors joined together, exchanged
work and are hauling for one another
has carload alongside the track ready
to ship, then haul a carload for the
second member of the firm, continu-
ing until one carload has been brought
to the track for each of the four. When
the cars arrive all four work together
loading each one in turn. This plan
works admirably, and the other three
members of the party are August Lun-
din, Knute Anderson and Solomon
Lundin. Mr.. Hopper was one of the
farmers who was instrumental in Sc
curing cars for track shipment by the
farmers.
Solomon Lundin was waiting for a
car to ship his wheat which had been
lying alnogside of the track for four
days. He thought a record should be
kept posted at the railroad station
showing the requests for cars in their
regular order, and in this way all
would know whether they received cars
when entitled to them or whether there
was discrimination.
James Sinclair, a farmer living six
miles east of Stephen, raised 1000
bushels of wheat, and found that he
could ship direct to the terminal mar
ket and save five cents a bushel by
the operation. Mr.. Sinclair brought