St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-08

" any OI the wheat Kings.
e. L; Wechterman. Of Hill river.
buyers only offered rejected for. It
was graded No. at Duluth and,
although there had been q drop Of two
or three cents in the markets, he saved
two cents bushel by shipping. The
best local offer he could get was 81
cents and the net price at Duluth was
SO cents bushel.
miles this side Of winger and his
natural market would be either at Nc
lntosh, eight miles, or at Fosston
II miles. In past years he has hauled
most Of his wheat to Fosston, but. on
account Of the difference in the grades
and prices, has hauled ell but two
loads to Fertile. a distance Of rs miles
He made from three to six cents a
bushel on each load sold at Fertile,
which paid him for the extra haul
There were great many other farm
ers who hauled their wheat from the
town OF Winger to Fertile and many
OF them, who have always brought
their grain to Fosston, have not been
seen here this season.
THE LOSS OF BUSINESS
is seriously felt by the merchants of
Fosston, and they are very properly in.
controlled the prices paid for wheat
In this market, and, by keeping them
down, driven business away from the
town. Among the farmers who have
hauled from the town Of Winger are
Herman Wald, Eric Wilbur, Thedeman
Wald. Gunder Hogeland. Ole Grover,
II. II. Haugan, Andrew Berg, Sever s.
son, Ole Erickson, William Johnson, n.
T. Kile, Herman Niseltte, ]. r. Kile, G.
T. Peterson, Dedrick Olsen, Knute
Niseltte and Ertck Whitberg. Nor Is
this all; for many Of the farmers In the
towns Of Slettin and Lambert, north Of
the Great Northern, hauled their wheat
to Fertile. Among those who hauled
from the town Of Slettin are Arne ].
Hegdom. Ole Peterson and John Carl
son. They always were able to save
several cents bushel by taking their
wheat to Fertile, and, being thrifty
farmers, they saved every cent pos
sible.
It Is estimated that over zoe, 900 bush
els Of wheat was hauled from the coun-
try tributary to Fosston, Mcintosh,
Erckine and Mentor, and marketed at
Fertile, Red Lake Falls and Tilden.
AS the farmers went to these other
towns to dispose Of their wheat, they
naturally purchased their goods away
from their home markets. The loss
to the markets Of these towns Of the
amount paid for the 100000 bushels
Of wheat amounts to between $50, 900
and $4,000. 1t not only reduces the
volume of business that much, but the
purchases made elsewhere constitute
the direct loss to the business men
of the towns where 1t rightfully be-
longs.
Christian C. Tuglestad lives twelve
miles east Of Fosston, on the edge Of
the Red Lake reservation, and raised
284 bushels Of wheat. In 1894 his wheat
was graded No. northern. and this
year the line companies and the buyer
at the farmers house were all alike,
and would only give him No. 2 north
ern, Notwithstanding the fact that
the wheat this year was Just as good
as that raised in '94. He hauled one
load to the jacob elevator after he
and Mr.. Randklew had weighed it, and
pounds. The buyer weighed the wheat
and said there were "a bushels and 30
pounds, loss on weight of 2S pounds;
then he locked him 80 pounds. leaving
"a bushels, or shrtnkage of nearly
2h pounds on each bushel hauled to
the elevator.
Osten Nelson, of the town Of Winger,
hauled some Of his wheat to the farm
ers' elevator at Mcintosh, and 1t was
-
80 pounds on 45 bushels. The other
houses at Mcintosh graded his wheat
No 2 northern, and locked 1t 11a
pounds. He only sold to them during
the blockade, and would not have done
so had he not been In need Of money
and unable to sell his wheat at bet
ter price in the town. He said every
one was well pleased with the treat
ment they received at the farmers
house at Mcintosh. but no one had
much time for the line companies.
William Wermiers raised about 800
bushels Of wheat on hts farm, twelve
miles east Of Fosston, on the line Of the
reservation. He was unable to get a
higher grade than No. northern for
his wheat this year. and last year every
pound he sold was graded No. l hard.
THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE
in the quality Of the two products, and
Mr.. Weimers is satisfied that he lost
at least four cents on every buShel Of
wheat he has sold.
MartinuS Olsen Is the postmaster at
Columbia. ten miles east Of Fosston,
and raised 1900 bushels Of wheat. Dur
ing the fall he could only get No. for
his wheat and sold some at that grade.
Since he has sold some, and 1t went No.
2 northern, although 1t was all alike
and from the same field. He lost three
cents bushel on the wheat that was
graded No. northern and more on
that which he sold for No. g. ALI the
buyers, he found, gave the same grades
and had a regulation price that they all
adhered to.
Hans G. Sampson had bought at the
farmers house for four seasons, but
this year the company leased the house
to L. T. Lawson, who pays cent and q
quarter on each bushel Of wheat that
passes through the house. Mr.. Sampson
said that the first year the house was
built there was an experienced man en-
ployed and the house was full Of wheat
when there was drop in the market
Of 10 cents. The company was caught
with about 5000 bushels on hand and
came out 5000 behind. The next year
he leased the house, paying rental Of
one cent a bushel for all wheat handled,
and that season he bought $4,000 BUSH
els, which was about the average num-
Der Of bushels handled during the four
years he ran the house. When he began
to buy the first year the elevator COM
panies tried to drive him out of bust
ness by paying two cents above the
market at the commencement Of the
season. Mr.. Sampson was wise, how
ever, and advised the farmers to take
advantage Of their offers, while he wait
ed until he could at least come out even.
After they found that he would stick,
the line buyers reduced the price to II
cents below the market at Duluth,
which. after deducting freight-10 cents
left two cents margin.
THAT WAS THE WAY
the market was nearly all the time he
bought, and the dockage averaged about
one pound against from one to two and
a half pounds this year. Last year he
gave No. hard for nearly all the wheat
he bought. The line houses did not
like it, and said he could get as much
wheat If he only gave No. 1 northern,