Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-03-30

only way to have fair play. Mr.. Hill
owns large farm in the valley, and
speaks as farmer.
A high tribute to the valley was paid
extra fine soil and good climate. Rail-.
road rates were from Is to 40, per cent
lower than anywhere else; land was rails
| ing in price. and big chances for making
money.
Mr.. Hill made a good impression and
the stern. cold, selfish, millionaire, as pic
| tured to many, changed to a pleasant, So
| ciable. accommodating fellow-farmer.
The applause was tremendous.
With notifications to include and rec
ognize iron and lumber interests. the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted, pursuant
| to the recommendation in President Hills
address:
The Interstate Grain Growers Conven-
| ton in meeting assembled at Fargo, wish
Ing to promote the interest of the grain
growers of the country and to secure the
opening of new markets for their pro-
| ducts by and through which process con-
ditions now existing may be relieved and
better prices secured, do hereby call upon
the senators and representatives in con-
gress to secure fair and equitable encour-
agement of American shipping interests,
and Introduction of American food stuffs
into Asiatic markets, for by such means
we feel positive that permanent and SUBJ
stantial financial good will result to our
entire agricultural interests.
Resolved That copies, certified by the
president and secretary of this conven-
ton, of this resolution be forwarded to
! our senators and representatives in con-
NJ ~
The committee on wheat cleaning ma
chinery made a report, saying that their
test was not satisfactory, but reporting
the Cleveland machine.
The preponderance of sentiment in the
convention has been decidedly in favor of
growing corn. milet, Hungarian clover,
timothy, etc.. with cattle, sheep and hogs,
as expedients to keep land in the highest
condition of productiveness for wheat,
rather than by losing idle capital by leav-
ing land in summer fallow. 1t has been
taught that there is little if any advant-
age in exchange of seed wheat from a
distance. The best seed obtainable, wher-
ever obtainable, is the lesson inculcated.
President Worst of the agricultural COL
lege together with Professors Shepperd,
| Bolley and Waldron Kaufman, have af-
forded the convention the facilities Of
fered by that institution for the instruc-
ton of the convention. Superintendent
Gregg and Professor Hays, of Minnesota.
and Director Braithwaite, of Manitoba,
| have been in tireless service. Among the
prominent workers were Colonel Powers,
! G. S. Barnes. r. S. Lewis, Charles Nc
Kissick. Thomas Harrison. Commissioner
Thomas and many others. Mayor John
| son and President Worst, the president
and secretary of the convention, respec-
lively, have left nothing undone to pro-
mote the work in hand, both in arranging
! preliminaries and supervising details dur
| ing the sessions.
| Touching the present system of inspec-
tion President Worst read the letter from
Inspector Clausen:
| The reputation of our grades in Eastern
| markets has received a strain this year
that has caused me great deal of anxi-
ing its standards, it has been on the side
| Of liberality to the farmer and country
shipper. Our grades of this crop are not
Up to the standards of Manitoba and
Kansas, two of our competitors in the
production of hard wheat. This is re-
fiected in the relative prices paid in New
| No; 2 red winter. a soft grade of wheat,
| is bringing a premium Of more than a
cent cen bMs s over our No. l Northern
the East this year concerning the per-
centagee of smut, cookie and bleached
wheat in our crop. These facts. which I
dence, will be laid before our committee.
-; Another important point is the fact that
the requirements of our rules are SO much
stance, our No. hard. No. 1 northern
| and No. northern rules provide a min
imum test weight Of IS. 81 and IS pounds,
pounds for No. l hard, 60 pounds for No.
l northern and So pounds for No. 2 north
ern: Kansas No. hard and No. 2 hard,
| which practically correspond to our No,
| hard and No: / northern grades, are
required to weigh 60 pounds and SO pounds
to the bushel, respectively. Owing to the
between 100000 and 6, 900, 600 bushels We're
brought to Minneapolis last year and
ground at that point.
559-pound wheat for their No. 1 hard and
No. hard grades. respectively. send
| you herewith the printed rules for these
The tendency in the Northwest for sew
i Grai years has been toWard deterioration
| in quality and crop. The past two crops
have shown an abnormal increase in
weeds and impgrities over former sea;
Scotch fife wheat has become practically
thing of the past. These are unpalata-
ole statements TO many people, but fair
minded, observing men will nevertheless
cOncede, they are true.
For such ills, an ultra-liberaI inspection
of the grain is not panacea. When our
grain comes in competition with that of
our competitors in the markets of the
world it will stand or fall on it's actual
merits and not upon any fictitious grade
or name which may be given it..
While we in the Northwest have been
trying. to placate the prevailing discomfort
by reducing our grades and Standards to
meet the changed conditions our Compel
itors have taken the other course, main
tanned high standards and constantly en-
couraged improved methods of produce
ton. The Northwestern states no longer
enjoy the monopoly of producing hard
wheat. Within five years, at the present
rate of increase. Kansas and Manitoba
will overtake us in the race.
Bitter and Sweet.
Selling her hand, he raised it to his lips;
that being the correct level ior the ultra.
fashionable shake