People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-05-07
4 HILTON RusheI Elav.tor

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pies -e chair 4ad Will, +. Folks
ac-.5 a- .r.-,arF.
eea-tJr Fy.uey stated taa, tic Oh
Ieci @. The meeting vas i.r tbe Fur-
pose @ obtaining views If tue business
uea. 10 regard to building al III
mems elevator 10 hod a half million
ora milton 5usle.sor wheat, at T. ich-
ita. lie stated that 10 order 10 get.
iavee rates something must be offered
Tie railroad companies JoiGduce them
o. -educr rates. He explained l0w
The ce1tra,iz4ti0n Of al. the grain at
Wichita would give a basis t. dea!
with the railroads. He showed how.
witl d natura. outlet % the sJuta.
Ei-u-u 100 miles. as We have. and d
low freight Eete. farmers could get
from sixto F.. cents more PER bashel
lOr tLe.r wheat. \ small gain means
prosperity. If grain costs forty cents
per 5usheI to raise it. fyrty-iye cents
means prosperity, while thirty-uine
cents means adversely. The farmers
mere should get as much for their
grain Is farmers within 100 mics Of
New York. He said ne did Lot think
the railroad commissioners were
TTere u any benefit along these lines
snd thought the Office Of railroad
commissioner a Sinecure. The cen
.trallation O.. all the grain il TIL, sec
zion Of the country was the oIy rem
ely, Is the railroads would not reduce
rates until there was something ia
sight for them to figure 90. The way
rLings are now il costs more TO send
grain directly 10 Galveston than L
does to send the grain north to Kan
sas City and then from Kansas City TO
galveston. showing that the farmers
must pay tribute u Kansas City
whether the grain goes 10 Kansas City
or not. One great elevator. under one
management, could deal with the rail
roads and gst low rates. As matter
Of fact, the railroads pay no attention
70 traffic rates when it is to the! al
vantage not to DO %. The people
must build the elevator themselves,
is the Export Commission Co.. IN
whose interest he was talking. could
not afford to take the risG and this
would cause TIE farmers TO study
these rate questions and with five or
ten thousand people behind il. the
ydi-rJad would be obliged tOmake con-
cesSiOns.
Senator F0rney spoke al some
length. after which D. c. Im5gdep
explained that the scheme was for the
people to build the elevator and then
his company, the Galveston Export
Commission Co.. would come here with
capital to establish a market. The
idea is this: The people buy bonds
IN any sums from ten dollars I'd. II
, man puts in ten dollars he gets ten.
One-ioIlar bonds, one payable each
year, so that in ten years he gets all
lls money back and the benefits of
The elevator all this time. This
money is put into the hands Of a
treasurer elected by the people. When
enough money is in the hands of the
treasurer the company huilds the eIe.
vator and after completion gives the
people first mortgage on it for the
money. They will charge one cent
per bushel for storage of grain aud
Lhis will also be theirso commission
charge, aud they will be the only
'seMmlSSion men between the pro- !
Queer and consumer. He further ex. |
planned how the thing would work for
all concerned, and succeeded in get-I
ting those present interested in tho
plan. The cost of a million husbaI |
elevator would be $4,000 10 ner cAn,
more or less: OF q oDe.balf million |
bushel elevator. $4,000. 10 ner cent
more or less. according to time nricas
Of lumber, and whether work was car.
ried on both day aud night
Willis X. Folks then made a few
remarks. and told how he had Sbinnad