The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-06
READY FOR WAR.
Fight on the Grain Trust is
About to Commence.
Cooperative Association is Per-
fecting Details.
WILL NOT BUILD NOW.
ThinR They Can Get Along
Without an Elevator.
Eoo.,-.o u c-skI, - Ko-,os-,r.k0
WILL NOT BUILD NOW.
George E. Smith, of KensingtOn,
Elected Treasurer.

The stockholders and directors of the
Farmers Cooperative Grain and Live
Stock association are holding a meeting
in Topeka this week to complete the or
ganization of the association. and to dis
cuss methods to be pursued in handling
the business of the company.
Offices have been opened en- the second
floor of the Office block On East Fifth
street, and on or before the first of July
the company will be ready to handle all
the business that is coming 70 it. A
few carloads of grain VIII be handled
within the next ten days
The company wiz have & direct wire
from Chicago and the business will be
conducted on the basis of q commission
house. The main volume of business will
While the local organizations which are
being formed all over the SKATE VIII act
as buyers for the state association. THE
object of the state association said
Secretary James Butler to a State Jour
nal reporter today, will be to overcome
the shrinlSage in weights in shipping from
which the Shippers have heretofore had
no redress, and also to give the grain
growers the benefit Of the full grade of
their product. The association will work
Tor the benent OF It's members as against
The Kansas farmer" said J. A Buck
lin Of Oakley, annually produces about
40.000000 bushels Of wheat over and above
what he consumes on the farm. This
pa city of 500 bushels each The experience
OF the independent shipper or the farmer
age in weight which will average not less
than 10 bushels per car Or on the total
Kansas farmer, or by him sold to others
Tor shipment this shortage annually
From which the farmer receives no re-
turns whatever Loaded into cars Of 800
bushels each. it would i'll 625 cars.
Every car in this train is loaded with
wheat from which the producer. gets no
There is a shrinkage in price well
weight. where there is no opposition to
the trust, which amounts to not less than
three cents per bushel. on all the wheat
marketed. In round numbers this shrink
age in price viii reach the snug sum Of
SLQuVOOo, or a total loss to the farmer OF
not less than S1,500.000 annually These
combination was all against YOU It was
fortunate in this respect to get a car.
and the car reached Kansas City, then
would refuse to sell it. But since the Sa-
lima meeting We have gained friends. NO
SION men are tumbAlng over each otner
in trying to secure the farmers BUSH
the way. nave you any assurance OF 1alf
sswer to this question. It is safe to judge
the future by the past
He continued: 1.-THE principle of CO.
operation, however as business PROPOSE
ton has come to stay and the roar OF
all the mouthpieces of the grain trust
can not prevail against It. The great
railroad corporations cooperating with
the steamship lines have secured better
service 70 their patrons at less expense,
ana at the same time are earning greater
dividends to the co-operators or stock
holders. The skimming stations located
n various parts ot the state cooperating
with we'll established system of cream
cries revolutionized the butter making
1ndustry-have improved the product
lessened the labor Of the farmers wife
and at the same time brought untold
wealth into the community where these
stations are located.
cooperative insurance is giving its
patrons all the protection offered by the
old liners at a much less cost At Ken
slngton the farmers have a. shipping as
ISOLATION which has existed for sixteen
years. Last year this association shipped
~ car loads OF hoss and eight car loads
Of cattle These people after sixteen
years experience IN a cooperative live
stock shipping association are now max
ing ARRANGEMENT for the building Of an
elevator. and expect hereafter not only
to handle the 1--we stock but also the
grain There IS a large number Of SIM