The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-30
CLASH Is LOOKED FOR
Co-OperatorS and MillerS
Form Association
TO COMBINE SHIPMENTS
After Better Rates for Export
Trade
TO COMBINE SHIPMENTS

Topeka, Kans., May 29-The millers and
cooperative elevator companies Of Kan
sas have formed combinations for the pur-
pose of marketing their product. Char
tiers were issued yesterday by the state
charter board to the Kansas Flour and
Grain company of Manhattan, and the
Farmers Cooperative Shipping associa-
ton OF Topeka. The first concern is be-
ing backed by the millers and the latter
by the cooperative elevator companies
of Kansas. Nebraska and Oklahoma.
The formation of the two concerns, it
is believed, is the first move in a clash
between the millers and the cooperative
concerns. Both are organized for the
purpose Of handling the product Of the
mills and elevators. BY offering big
shipments to railroads better rates can
be obtained. and in the selling of flour
for export better terms con be secured
when a big block of stuff is offered by
one concern.
Thomas Page of the Continental Mills
Of this city. one of the directors of the
Kansas Flour and Grain company. in
speaking relative to the purpose of the
formation of the company. said:
The company was formed by the mil
lers for the purpose of marketing their
-four and other produts TO better ad-
vantage. Lower freight rates can be OBJ
tanned by offering large shipments to
railroads and better terms made with ex-
porters."
The Farmers Cooperative Shipping as
sociatiOn is a Topeka concern. 1t is
capitalized at S2O0.090 There are in the
neighborhood of 1.209 stockholders, scat
tered all over Kansas. Nebraska and Ok
lahoma. The purpose of the company is
stated to be:
ITO purchase, sell. store, ship and handle
grain, live stock. and other farm pro-
ducts and supplies and to acquire. own
and operate elevators. warehouses and
such other shipping facilities as the bust
ness of the association may require and
all lands necessary or convenient for such
purchase"
The directors of the company are:
H. II. Shall, Argonia; Robert Million,
Stafford; James Butler, Topeka; c. B.
Hoffman. Enterprise: S. H. Allen. Topeka;
H. r. Signor Numa. o. T.; Frank
Wright, Billings, o. T; ]. S. Goings,
Minden. Neb.; DR.. F. Englehart. Rising
City, Neb.
The Kansas Flour and Grain company
is a Manhattan concern. 1t has a capital
of but $4,000. The directors of the COM
pany are: "a
+. d. Shallabarger, Salina; Thomas
Page. Topeka: Robert Miller. Slyde;
Harry Work, Ellsworth; Franw Tyler.
Junction City.
The purpose of the company is stated
to be:
The purchase Of and sale of grain and
grain products; the building, purchasing,
renting or leasing of elevators and -four
mills and the operation of such elevators
and mills and all business connected
herewith: and to buy. hold and sell cor
pOrate stock issued by said corporation.
ITO act as broker or agent for the pur-
chase or sale of all kinds of grain and the
sale Of all kinds of mill products for other
mills and elevators, owners or lessees"
The stockholders of the company. COM
prising some of the best known millers of
the state. are:
David Bowie, Topeka: Herbert Hackney,
Topeka; J. L. Shellsbarger. Topeka;
Thomas Page. Topeka; r. b Miller,
Clyde; f. l.. Williamson. Clay Center; J.
W. Pinkerton, Clay Center; George T.
Wooey, Concordia; W. F. Farrell Nor
Edgar Wood. Minneapolis; Perry |
Marysville; A S. Hall. Leb- |
anon; w. Chaplin, Delphos; Robert r. |
Clark, Lawrence; E. b. Pierson, Law
renee; II. Work. Ellsworth; George F. |
Warren, Salina; l. M. Yost, Hays City; |
c N Burroughs. Plainville: H X Hum |
phrey. Abilene; C. B. Hoffman, Enter |
prise; f. Temple. Clifton: S N Higgin- |
botham, Mania titan; Thomas Hogan,
Junction City; H. E. Peck, Bridgeport.