The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
MILLERS WANT
CONF PETITION
SAY HASTINGS MILLER DIDN'T
SPEAK FOR THEM.
City Millers Believe Competition,
Makes a Good Grain Market and
Preserves the Prominence of Min.
neapolis as a Milling Center Carter
Told of n "Close Agreement

Representative nillers of Mime
apolis are, inclined to attribute to 4
uiatoward causes the. renar rs ererf-
tied by-ISansas City papers tos Sc 81
rnour Carter of Hastings, Mimi, " hoS
was one of the speakersssat the ban
Duet given at the Kansas City club
to visiting members of the National
Millers' asso ciation.s ssg IS NJ, q S
Mr.. Carter'ss remarks which ac-s
count says We're warmly applauded,x
are reported by the Kansas City Star.
as follows:
THE National Millers'l association and
the local organizat ions affiliated with it
must soon show its ablity<to curtail the
production of flour. In our country (the
northwesO there is q close agreement. [
believe. / may say this without fear of dis
closing any state secret so as to keep
each other posted. on the price Of flour for
the day Thus far the buyer has not
whipped us TO any noticeable extent.
We cen, without being indicted for
conspiracy. eurtail the output of -four so
as~not to oHersupply the market.ssl've been
told that under the Sherman Law you cam
not agree to- sell flour below. 1ost. but We.
can certainly shut down our mills, and
believe that with a little iudicious treat
n1ent we can prevent the market from be
ing glutted withS.flour that no one wants.
This&very frank declaration that the
mlllers of Minnesota are working UNI
buyer has not whipped them to any
extent is denied by local millers.
They sayMthats Mr.. Carter has no sau-
tflorty to speak for them. This leaves
the inference that Mr.. Carter, if he
spoke for anybody, was referring to
the country millers. This is the state
nient given out. by representatives of
the Washb,trn- Crosby Milling COM
pany: .-e,: - - .
THE nillers evidently had q good
time at Kansas City and some ofethose
III attendance at the banquet, in their
desire, to uphold the section of the
country represented, evidently made
some extravagant remarks which
ought not to be accepted as actual
facts, but merely as the froth of cham
payne. .-'&
I'VE do not belong to any .organiza :
ton to regulate prices and" have al
ways believed that the prestige Of Min
neapolis and the Minneapolis millers
was dependent upon the active, keen
competition and rivalry of the three
big milling companies here. ..-. -,
IF this comp etition did not#eXist
we are quite sure that Minneapolis
would cease to be a. milling center
The keen rivalry to get Wheatrresults
in the n1arket.here going. higher than
other markets of the country, rela;
lively. The success Of Minneapolis
as a wheat markets. due entirely tc
the competition among the lnillers, -.
Tt is the same in the flour trade
Every corner in this country and the
field in many foreign countries is COW
cred by agents of the various com
panies, and there exists the same ri
Nalry to sell flour as there is to secure
the wheat. -
h Our company was Snotareprese nted
at Kansas City, and we do not know
OF the happenings there except thru
newspaper reports. But Mr.. Garter
was not authorized to speak for, thu
Minneapolis @millers.'' 'os>s - .vzs sFy.a