Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-20

vent of competition tSalva hau not
been the market for more than It's nat
ural local trade but before the FARMERS
elevator was ready for business, gram
was being hauled to Gtalva from re-
mote parts of the county. some OIL 1t
going from within four or five miles
of Ida Grove the higher prices offered
at Galva making the longer haui
profitahle 1t was evident that the
line company hoped to swamp the new
concern with high priced grain me
farmers were able to grasp the idea
aud felt that their elevator was pay
ing them handsome returns even II
IL did not handle a bushel OF grain,
owing to the higher prices they coltid
pet for their produce. However, their
estah1ishment was not entirely idle,
while waiting for the side track 10 De
extended to them, as they handled aao
tons of coal at retail at good pfoHt
to themselves. besides which the price
of coal handled by the line concerns
come down to an extent benete1ai 10
the whole community whether patrons
of the Farmers Union or not
Company Made Excuses.
In his capacity as presloeiie y. .n
elevator company, Rob Baxter, ei S'ii
yer Greek township, made many iruis-
loss trips to confer with the poilte pu.
avasiye railroad officials and also Win
tbe railroad commissioners. fiie|hs
realizing the hopelessness OF LOOKING III
relief from these sources. OH was
nrenared and during the latter part OF
the recent session of the legislature ne
set about securing pledges from MEM
hers To vote for the measure. de hao
not zone far with this canvass before
, representative of the, railroad tapped
him an the shoulder e.nd told him the
matter need go no further, and that
he Galta people would get their side
track. However. by the time the DICK
or was completed the elevator people
had TO pay the railroad company saoo
toward the cost 90 of the sidetrack.
When it came to the actual construe-
ton of the switch, this past week, the
railroad company found that 4xo-Too'
culyert. which four raen built in one
day. would answer in the place they at
FIRST claimed a 81 900 bridge to be nee-
essary. and C. & II. w. locomotives
now make their way around the al
legged to be prohibitive curves without
apparent difficulty.
Farmers Will Celebrate.
IT is now more than a year since the
start of their exertiors but the eleva-
tor is at last in position TO handie
business and the farmer stockholders
are feeling correspondingly Jubilant. TO
celebrate the event they are arranging
for a picnic to be held in Galva on Sat
urday. May Is. The speaker of the day
will be Hon c. Vincent. of Oman tho
well known Farmers Union organizer.
Music by the Holstein band and
match ball game between the Kingsley
and Galva mines will also offer diver
sion to visitors.
a considerable attendance from
neighboring localities, whose people are
interested In the results of this coop
erative effort, is expected. Particularly
is attendance expected from the town
of Kingsley, in Plymouth county, which
is likely soon to be the scene Of revolt
against the domination of the lire grain
concerns.
The situation at Kingsley consists In
there being no available ground adia-
cent to side tracks A good portion of
the locations adaptable for elevator
purposes are occupied by buildings,
cribs and stable yards. whose greatest
|yaiue consists in their being in the way
of the erection of competing elevators.
| or course not all of this ground is con-
trolled By line concerns but so effect
fualIy is access to traekage blocked that
| many farmers feel that II the monop-
aifstic hand is hidden 1t is none the
less present The only attempt SO far
I in the way of cooperation among the
Kingsley farmers Is in the establish
ment of coal yard.
The feeling in this section was shown
last fall by the sudden and extensive
organization of the Corn Belt Meat