The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-05

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to buy for track shipments" where no
cooperation can be secured by the local
farmers or Independent elevators OF buy.
ers.
+ 1t is further intended to build terminal
elevators at Minneapolis, Duluth and
Chicago, also cold storage houses, where
our farmers elevator association could
unload their products, if the market was
not favorable, and hold same until the
market would be satisfactory.
This plan, if generally adopted, would
revolutionize the wheat business of the
country and not cost the farmers penny,
while it would produce fund that would
give every farmer an opportunity to be-
long to his local Alliance and pay his
dues, and furnish him enough money to
come to the alliance conventions each
year and pay his expenses for attendance
at same, and have money to spare.-St.
Paul Globe.
FARMERS ORGANIZE
A new industry is about to spring up
in the Northwest which promises to rev.
olutionize the grain business of the
whole country.
The farmer is about to take hold of
and manage his own interests and save
all the profits arising out of same through
a business-like and intelligent handling
Of same; securing cheaper railroad rates,
terminal elevator charges, and in earn
ing their own elevator charges for carry
ing their own grain, and participating in
the dividends which their own elevators
earn, which now go to build up vast for
tunes for Combine Elevator Companies"
who destroy competition at the local
points and compel the farmers to part
with their grain at several cents per
bushel less at such points where they
control the local market
1t has now been definitely settled that
rate has been offered to the business
agent of the Farmers Alliance stating in
substance, THAT if the Alliance can con-
troll twenty-five million bushels of grain
to be shipped over the railway making
this offer that they will make special
rate" for the business of the Alliance, all
rail 70 sea-board terminals equivalent to
saving of II cents per one hundred
pounds, and will build terminal elevators
at points to handle this vast volume Of
trade This offer above amounts to SIS,
100000 annually to the Northwest, and
will remain in the pockets of the farm
ers. 1t will be impossible to estimate the
other savings of this vast business enter
prise, and it has been conservatively es-
tin1ated that 100000 more can be saw
ed annually, or grand total OF $780,
100000 per annum in the wheat states
of the Northwest. In order to provide
the facilities and handle this immense
volume of business it will be necessary
to build an elevator or grain warehouse
or -four mills at nearly every railway sta
ton in the Northwest where there is no
farmers elevators or independent ware
house or -four mill controlled by the
farmers. This will necessitate the Duild-
ing of over one thousand farmers ele-
vators and flour mills in the Northwest.
Already active steps have been taken to
commence the organization OF Grain
Growers Associations and Cooperative
and Independent Elevator Companies
throughout the country. The National
Organizer will furnish details to any COM
munity free of charge Gas to plans and
specifications, cost OF buildings, the most
improve dmachinery. fuel-saving machin-
cry, lecturers who will visit every district
and explain in detail this whole plan,
etc.).
Arouse yourselves, farmers, and be pre-
pared to take advantage of those substan-
tial advantages for this years crop.
Address all communications for the
present to J. c. Hanley, National Or
ganizer and National Lecturer, 400 and
4o1 Baltimore Block, St. Paul, MINI.