St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-31

| barons was akin to that of all others.
| Wheat that could only be taken in by
the local houses Of the combine last
fall as rejected had since been sold
within two cents Of the market price of
No. hard at both Duluth and Mime
! apolis. On one car he had shipped to
Duluth his profit had been six cents a
bushel and on four other cars the gain
had been from $50 to $40 on each car.
The elevators at Argyle, after the crops
| began to move, had no bins for No. 1
! hard or No. l northern, although they
did have room for No. 2 northern, No.
and rejected if the wheat was a grade
! or two above the one at which they
! could induce the farmer to part with
it. Then came the spread in prices of
| from one to two cents between grades
above the margirf of difference at ter
minal points and the excessive dock
age. This all came out of the pro-
Queer. and the result was that only
! those who could help themselves
sold to the elevator companies. These
We're squeezed the hardest and while
they were in the worst condition of any
at the start they were compelled to pay
| the highest tribute to the elevator own
ers. Mr.. Keye had intended erecting
an independent house but was unable
to secure site without extending, at
an expense OF from $500 to $1,000, the
railway company's side track. He
made applications in stime to have had
his house ready by the first of Novem-
still on file. He believed the business
men Of Argyle should join in building
large house that would serve as
menace to the extortion Of the line
companies and ensure the producer
fair return for his grain.
HOW GRADES VARY.
j. P. Myhre resides four and half
miles southwest of Argyle and raised
$500 bushels Of wheat last year. He
was unable to secure cars for direct
shipment during the busy season SO
he sold 1000 bushels in the local mar
kets. He only was able to get No.
for it at first and refused to sell at that
price. Two weeks later the same buy
ers offered No. 2 northern, and he sold
1,200 bushels for the local market price
for that grade. Then he hauled 500
bushels from the same bin to Warren,
although the distance is over six miles
further to that point He was well
paid for the extra haul, however, as he
saved a grade thereby, receiving No. 1
northern for the wheat and only being
charged one pound dockage, half a
pound less than at Argyle. Mr.. Myhre
has decided to load the balance of his
wheat, 5000 bushels. from the track
and ship direct to the terminal mar
kets.
Eugene Labine, who resides in the
town of Bloomer, seven miles north
west of Argyle, raised $500 bushels of
wheat He hauled some wheat to the
local elevators and they could only
give him No. 3 for it. They might have
taken it in as No. northern but they
had no bins for that grade. Instead
Of accepting the terms offered by the
baronS he loaded the wheat into a car
Skinned n
the returns came he was more than
pleased, for his wheat had been graded
No. hard and he had made eight cents
a buShel over the best offer Of the
agents of the combine. He has shipped
five carloads altogether and has good
reason to feel happy over the result
and to congratulate himself that he
escaped the clutches of the barons.
Charles Standberg, who lives eight
miles west of Argyle, shipped one car
to Duluth that the local buyers graded
No. 8. At the terminal the wheat grad
ed No. 2 northern and he gained be-
tween six and seven cents by the oper-
alton, taking into consideration the
handling charges spread in prices and
the difference i'm dockage. The sec
ond car he shipped was of better quail.
ity, and the price offered in the local
market was for No. / northern, but at
Duluth it graded No. 1 hard and he
made three cents a bushel on this ship
ment. eLe ,zaGsr y.t.
Oscar Forstrom. who lives nine miles
west of town, shipped one carload to
Minneapolis, and gained several cents
bushel by passing by the elevators
mere. N-. h9@assa ~" =N
Joseph Derfault, Who lives three
miles west of Argyle, has sold con-
siderable portion of his wheat at War
rem, obtaining better prices than here
= Ia Sni Ri RI mol lie.
and it netted him Al cents a bushel
The best offer Of the local buyers was
81 cents, and his gain. by the trans
action was cents, over $50 on the car
load.
HAULED TO MIMIC. 's"'
Thomas Story and Andrew Story live
in the western part of the county, be-
tween the Snake and the Red rivers.
Early in the season they hauled across
the Red river, through Mimic, on the
Great Northern, to Voss, four miles
beyond, where they We're able to sell
their wheat at a fair price. Their
later shipments have been from
Argyle to Minneapolis, direct from
track.
Alfred Labine raised $500 bushels
of wheat on his farm, eight miles
northwest of Argyle, in the town of
Parker. He had sold some of it at the
elevators here, and some of it was
graded No. 1 Northern, and the bal
ance No Northern. Being satisfied
from the experience of others that he
could make money by shipping direct
he had hauled a carload to the track,
and would load it as soon as he could
secure car.
Clovis ProulX hauled carload of
wheat and the elevator buyers offered
him 80 cents for it, and the track
buyers Al cents. This was close to the
end of the year when the markets were
demoralied and he shipped direct to
Minneapolis. The market fell of all
along the line and the returns gave him
1874 cents net. This was nearly a cent
above the offer Of the elevator people.
Gustave A. Carlson, farmer living
four miles east of Argyle, hauled in a
lead of wheat and the elevators had
no room for it because they claimed
it had been touched by frost He
hauled another load that was No. 1
Northern, but could only get No.
Northern for it so he hauled his wheat
to Warren, where 1t was graded No.
l Northern, making a difference of 2
cents a bushel over the best offer he
could get at Argyle. Since that time
he has hauled alb Of his wheat to
Warren, seven miles further than to
Argyle. -
]. F. Webster raised 5000 bushels of
wheat on his farm seven miles east Of
Argyle. During the fall he could only
get No. for this wheat, but now the
same grain is Being taken in by the
same elevators at No. 2 Northern. The
wheat was all stored in the same bin
and there was no difference in quality
between that offered during the fall
and that which is being marketed at