St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-19

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minal market had always been one
half pound on his wheat whether it
was famed or not; and here it was
never less than pound, even when it
was cleaned.
Henry Miller is another farmer who
has been short from one-half to two
bushels when selling at the elevator.
Jacob Heppola shipped three car
loads, and did so well that he advised
all of his neighbors to ship their wheat
instead of selling to the elevators here.
Gust Hyry shipped two carloads, and
made good margin of profit
on each. He did not ship the second
carload until the returns from the first
shipment had been received.
Isaac Strolberg and John E. Stroll
berg shipped several carloads between
them, and will ship their wheat again
next season unless there is an indie
pendent house here. @sgs
Other farmers who loaded on track
and shipped direct were: Thomas
Poti, Aleck Kumbula, John Mursu,
Peter Ratama Mats Johnson, Peter
Bernstrom, Thomas Salo, Mats Maxi,
Henry Peterson, Christian Olsen, Abra-
ham Matson, Sackers Pajumpaa, John
Pajumpaa, John Ront, Gust Wakkmin,
Charles Neami, Charles Jaska, Eric
Nara, Jacob Jokela, John Pernu, Lean
der Perm
Gust Karvanen shipped a carload of
little more than 500 bushels and made
$40, or nearly four cents a bushel.
Mats Lohi was offered No. 2 northern
for his wheat by the elevator buyer,
but shipped it to Duluth, where it was
graded No. l northern. He saved the
elevator charges besides gaining a
grade, and made five cents a bushel.
William Kemp shipped two carloads
to Duluth and although the market
was falling, made cent and a half, or
$40 on the two carloads.
Reuben Kemp shipped one carload
at the same time and made So. Neither
he nor William Kemp estimated from
the prices on the day the wheat was
sold at Duluth.
Jacob Anderson shipped one car to
q different commission house and only
came out a little ahead. The second
car he consigned to the house the 9TH
er farmers were dealing with, and was
well pleased with the transaction.
John Krumberg and John Fraki
Joined in shipping 640-bushel car, and
made three cents bushel more than
was offered by the elevator.
Jacob Kukas shipped one carload
and when the returns came was well
satisfied and shipped three more car
loads to the same house. He made
several dollars on each carload.
Gustave Pajukoski shipped one car
load, and, after he received the money
for it and found he had been we'll re-
paid for the additional trouble, shipped
another with the same result.
Charles Peterson shipped two car
loads. and his average gain was two
and one-half cents a bushel.
Gustave Berg shipped one carload,
and made two cents bushel. He aft
erWards shipped a second carload and
made three cents a'bushel on this load.
sacris Pihlajamaa shipped two car
loads and made good profit over the
local prices. He had some more wheat,
but not enough to fill a car so he
joined with one of his neighbors in
shipping direct.
Andrew Anderson shipped two car
loads, and when the returns came
shipped a third. He was well paid for
the extra trouble and has still another
carload, which he will ship direct
Henry Kaupi shipped three carloads
and made several cents a bushel over
the price offered by the elevator.
Mrs. Alexander Pikkirine shipped a
carload, upon the advice of a neigh
Dor, and made a profit by doing so.
A. Parson, who lives fifteen miles
north of New York Mills, hauled his
wheat to Sebeka, on the Park Rapids
branch Of the Great Northern He
was not satisfied with the price offered
by the local elevator and shipped his
wheat direct to Duluth, making $40
on the carload more than the offer at
Sebeka. Several of the farmers in
the section where he lives shipped
their wheat direct and made from SIS
to $50 on each carload Every one of
them came out ahead, and next year
all Of the farmers in this locality will
ship direct unless there is an independ-
ent buyer at Sebeka
Peter Bierwagen hauled one load
here early in October, and claimed that
he lost one and one-half bushels in
weight. He was dissatisfied and took
his wheat elsewhere after that
Oswald Fisher hauled a forty-bushel
load to the elevator and only got thir-
ty-eight and one-half bushels. That
settled 1t with him. and the balance of
his wheat was sold at Perham, where
he not only received better weight but
an advance in price.
Another cause for complaint was
that when farmers were a little late
in reaching the elevator the agent
would refuse to take in their wheat.
and they would have to haul it back
home
The Andrews G Gage house has a
capacity Of 10000 bushels, and it is
estimated that $4,000 bushels were ham
OlSu through IT. On oU,OOO bushels ham
died early in the season the farmers
lost from three to five cents a bushel
and $1,000 is a conservative estimate
of the total loss. On the balance of
the wheat the margin has been fair
and the house has not made more than
a legitimate profit. During the month
of October the farmers shipped fifty
five carloads and the elevator fifty-tWo
carloads of wheat. The figures for
the other months are not available.
but estimating on basis that gives
the elevator So per cent and the track
shipments 40 per cent, the farmers
shipped $4,000 bushels making the to-
tai shipment 175,000 bushels.
Among the farmers who shipped di-
rect We're Jacob Percla, who made a.
profit over the elevators Offering, and
was so we'll pleased that he will ship
direct in the future, unless there is
competition in the local market.
Mats Eikila was another of those
who came out ahead by shipping di-
rect.
Isaac Oman and Henry Oman
shipped their wheat direct and gained
several cents a bushel by doing bust
ness direct instead of through the ele-
vator
Henry Fiskari shipped to Duluth. and
made about $40 on a carload.
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