St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-27

| IAiC liiuC, Dul alter Tie TuSn DeSdn 1t
had no bins for the higher grades.
| The two private houses, those Of Will
lam Kelso and Daniel Morrison, were
! full a good part Of the time. 1t Is gen.
orally claimed that the farmers could
save from four to seven cents a bushel
! by shipping direct. When the cars
were available the farmers loaded on
track and all who shipped in this way
were well pleased with the result.
Oscar Younggren, sheriff of Kittson
county, and he has held that office for
eight years, having been elected the
| first time the year he came of age,
owns large farm near Northcote. Mr..
| Younggren had been in the habit in
| the past Of selling to the elevators, but
experience had taught him to sell his
| own wheat at the terminals. He only
asked them to quote price on one lot
and they offered 80 cents. The wheat
was off grade, but he would not ac-
cept the price quoted and made five
cents by shipping direct, as the sale
netted him 81 cents. He has shipped
so far twenty-five car loads, which he
sold direct at Minneapolis and Duluth.
| He thought there was omething rotten
with the grading at terminals and be-
lieved it to be worse than formerly.
| He thought there was something rotten
wheat which received the same grade
under state inspection should not bring
| the same price on the same day That
! there should be a difference Of three
cents on wheat given the same grade
was something he would like to see ex-
planned. Mr.. Younggren cited an in
! stance where No. wheat had been
sold on the same market the same day
| at AZ and 81 cents.
When he could get the cars he loaded
direct into them and when they were
not on hand he built cribs and stored
his wheat in them until the cars ar
rived. He was well paid for the ad-
dftional expense, and from what he
knew from personal experience and
that of others any one who dealt
with the elevator companies was sure
| to get the worst of it,
| Charles Younggren, brother of the
| sheriff, certainly did get the worst Of
it, and he and the agent Of the ST.
Anthony & Dakota company engaged
treatment Of him. He came out $500
behind on the deal, and will never sell
any more wheat to the barons. The
st. Anthony & Dakota people wanted
to buy his wheat, and offered him the
grade Of No 2 northern and the cor
responding price. Charles thought the
| company would stand by their agree
ment, and delivered his wheat at their
| elevator. When he had finished haul
ing and asked for a settlement they
| informed him that they had received
new samples to fix their grades by,
and could only pay him for rejected
wheat. He either wanted them to pay
what they had agreed or to return his
| wheat He had concluded that he
could save money by shipping direct.
The elevator offered him some wheat
but he claimed that It was not his
by grade or two, and he refused to
take 1T. They insisted that 1t was his
wheat, but he says that 1t was not the
wheat that he had delivered at their
warehouse; and he ought to know
something about wheat, for he has
been running a threshing outfit for
twenty years. He could take the
wheat they offered him or accept the
price they were willing to pay That
was the ultimatum of the vassal Of the
wheat barons, and Charles was tight
and fast in the clutch Of the octopus.
1t mattered not how hard he strug-
gled, he was in their power and must
| abide the consequences. That was
what he did, and received SO cents for
his wheat and dropped 300 hard earned
dollars into the Golfers of the barons.
Thomas Harbour was more fortu-
nate than Charles Younggren. He
wanted to ship direct, but could not
get cars, although he was one of the
1lrSt farmers in this section to thresh.
The elevator company made him
good offer, for at that time their bins
were empty, and they were buying on
close margin. Mr.. Harborn delivered
lO,o0o bushels within seven days. Of
this 1880 bushels graded No 1 hard.
4,Oo0 NO. northern and 1000, which
contained some frosted wheat, was re-
Jected. He was satisfied with the
transaction, but said those who sold
their wheat later in the season were
nelther as fortunate nor as we'll sat
iSfied as he was
Mr.. Harborn said he saw smutty
wheat which was shipped direct and
sold within five cents of No. | hard
cents Of the same grade in the local
market. The first Of the No. hard
MI. Harborn marketed brought him
AZ cents, and the balance A cents a
bushel For the No. northern he
received SO and for the rejected wheat
81 cents a bushel. The prices began
10 drop and the margin, between the
local ana the terminal markets, to
spread, and the difference was SO
greatly increased that Mr. Harborn
was satisfied that he saved all the ex-
penses of threshing by getting his
wheat to the market before the rush
began The expense of threshing in
cludes three cents bushel for the
machine and the crew. besides the
teams and men furnished by Mr.. Har
born.
II there was any discrimination In
supplying cars at Northcote, Capt.
donaldson, manager of J. J. Hills
farm, did not benefit thereby. AL
though Mr.. Hill is president of the
Great Northen road, his manager was
unable to secure cars to transport the
grain from his farm. 1t was hauled
to the town and ''cribbed" on the
right of way. The section foreman
ordered Capt. Donaldson to remove
the cribs" but he refused. and tbe
station agent gave him the same in
struction, but the cribs remained.
Finally Supt. jerks told Capt. Don
aldson to remove the cribs as soon as
the cars came.