The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-10
clean. Hands off. II we will not
help, let us at least not hinder.
Yours truly,
w. d. HARTMAN
4 Reply to K.

l notice an article in your last is
sue headed ''Farmers' Elevator,
written by x, rs follows:
s'For the farmers TO build now, is
like locking the door after the horse
is stolen. l no longer ship my own
grain. At the price they handle it
for mc there is no object to do so.-l
". T. McCulloch.
Mr.. Editor, the above Is the old,
old method of culling q sentence,
and by insinuation and misrepresen-
tation, attempting to deceive the pub
lie, BY insinuating that I was oppos-
ed to Farmers Elevators, and many
of your readers think that I wrote
the article over my own name as it
appears above.
All men who heard tho speaker
know that the insinuation is false,
and had x quoted in full what the
speaker did say he could not have
used the speakers name, by insin-
uation, Or otherwise, to bolster up q
forlorn hope.
If through early application the
speakers grain was handled at a
stated price, as agreed, was no proof
that line prices were right towards
the majority who dump wheat, and
the speaker had good reason to be-
lieve that in the aggregate his state.
ments were true, that had the farm
ers Of Origgs county locked their
barn doors, BY building farmers els-
vators twelve or fifteen years ago,
that they would have had, from the
smallest farmer to the biggest, who
dumped their grain into the line ele-
vators, from one to two, three, 1--WE,
six or seven thousand dollars more
to spend upon the improvement Of
their homes, their farms or addi-
tional lands to their farms. And the
arguments now used, that there 10
no need Of farmers elevators on &C.
count Of the little profit on handl-
ing grain ia line elevators, is only
what We should expect to head of.
farmers elevators as they see that
the day Of extortionate profits are
gone under the farmers proposed
move.
Yes, fellow farmers, better late
than never. Close the barn doors and
save your colts, as they are necessary
to having horses.
The reason of closer margins on
grain Of late are easily understood.
But fellow farmers, should this ruse
succeed in preventing you from help
ing yourselves would you not still he
under the power and spell of those
same manipulators who have appro-
priated to themselves all that the
traffic would bear of your slavish
toll. Is it because those jugglers Of
your products have grown better,
or more considerate of their own &C
cord, or is it because they see dang
er ahead? Draw your own conclus-
lens. The old adage might again
apply: ''The lord helps those who
help themselves. And fellow farm
ers, We have the power to help our
selves, if un'tedly applied, even
against Rockefeller and Standard oil
methods, of which We have q glaring
example Of their philanthropy to-
ward the citizens of Cooperstown AMI
surrounding country: selling them
kerosene at 20c per gallon, and haul
ing it by team Is to II miles to the
northwest and selling it for 15c, an
other pointer for K, as the Standard
is proving that there is no need Of
independent oilcompanies.
W. T. McCULLOCH.
N. B.-To the farmers of Jessie
and surrounding country for many
miles: Please do not forget to at
tend the: farmers elevator meeting
at Jessie on Saturday, March 12;
everybody come and let US talk the
matter over whether you are in favor
of it or not.
w. T. McCULLocH.
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