St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-12

er, who raised 1000 bushels close to
Town. could not get better than No Q
northern for his wheat, and Skinned a
440-Dushel car load direct TO DuIuth
Inc wheat graded No. l hard and NET
eeu MN ~ cents above all expenses and
cents above the local price for No. 1
Hafu AS there was difference of A
Genus between No. l hard and No 3
northern in the local market. and that
was the best grade the eIeva tors would
onef, ne saved 10 cents busheI. or
S44.4o on the small car load shipped.
ne sold enough to pay his threshing
DiIis ana other expenses and will shin
the balance of his wheat direct. These
are fair samples of the treatment the
farmers tributary to this place were
compelled to submit to until they were
afcrded relief by the open market and
the sharp competition of the track buy
efs at keystone. Those who sold he
lore the market at that point all lost
money, and every one who shipped d.
rect saved all the way from to 10 cents
bushel -
= From the town of Mentor, on the
fosston branch of the Great Northern
there comes the same COMPLAINT oF tho
treatment of the farmers and mer-
chants by the wheat barons that is
True at cIher points where there is No
competition. Much Of the wheat that
would naturally be marketed at This
point seeks the more distant but omen
markets of Fertile on the south. Red
Lake Fails on the north and Tilden on
the west. There are mills at Fertile
and Red Lake Falls, and at the former
town there is also a farmers elevator.
"hlch mas bought an immense amount
OF wheat this year and paid fair prices
for every bushel taken in. On account
OF the other markets. near being omen
while that at Mentor was controlled NV
the llne houses, and competition thus
smut on the farmers would haul their
wheat double the distance to obtain the
advance in price paid at the points
Where there was competition. The
farmers and merchants ATTEMPTED TO
secure cars for track shipment. but
tney were In the main unsuccessful
although there were some direct ship
ments made from this town
Evangelist Quesnel lives four miles
north or Mentor, and raised last year
S24 bushels Of wheat. After trying to
secure car for direct shipment he was
compelled to sell his wheat to the ele-
Vators at Mentor, and lost to 5 cents
by selling to the line houses instead Of
shipping direct to the terminal market
AT Erskfne there are two line houses
the st. Anthony & Dakota and the
minneapolis & Northern, and they have
iiNA ~ Pi SIty lllCSh tHclI OWN way during
the fall, and until about month ago
During the fall the farmers could get
no cars, so they either Ind to sell to
the wheat barons or haul their wheat
to some other market. Those living
north of the town were the greatest
sufferers, as the distance to Red Lake.
Fails was too great, in many instances.
and the roads to Erskine were better.
than to the more distant town. The
farmers who live south and west Of
the town were more fortunate. and
many of them sold their wheat in the
free market at Fertile
Martin Nelson, of the town of Sletten.
southeast of Erskine, hauled 1874 bush
els or wheat to Fosston, and tried to
get car to ship direct. He had the
wheat piled up in sacks Mr.. Nelson
sold the wheat he had already hauled
anc ,00f bushels mare TO S. S. Stads-
void, the miller at Fosston.