Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-16
.BARES GRAN Trust
Tom Worral's Expose" Con-
tains Some Interesting
Things About Lowans
FIGHT IN NEBRASKA COURTS
Alleged Methods Of the Grain Trust in
Their War on the Cooperative Con-
Germs at Rockwell and Elsewhere Are
Given-worraII Suing for Big Dam
to Tsn,es-Republtcan.

Special to Ttn!es-Republtcan,
Les Moines, Oct. 16.-Law suits for
damages and prosecutions by the state
under antitrust statutes are being
carried on in Nebraska now against
the members Of the grain dealers as
ISOLATION of Nebraska, which haye
more or less interest for Iowa people.
A grain man named Tom Worrall is
the plaintiff in the suits for damages,
amounting to $12S,OO0, and which now
have been transferred to the federal
courts. He has just issued book en-
titled, "The Grain Trust Exposed" In
this book are sundry references which
make the matter of interest to Iowa.
NVorrall was one of the participants
in the organization of the Nebraska
Grain Dealers Association, and for
many years was the brains of the Or
ganization. He declares that he was
forced into it originally to save his
grain elevator business from ruin.
Finally he left it, for good, to engage
in the grain commission business in
Omaha and declares that he faces ruin
again because of the fact that he could
not dispose of grain bought of "irregu-
lar" elevators, such as were owned by
the farmers When he found that even
the exporters were forced to cease
buying grain from his because he in
sisted on buying grain from the farm
ers of Nebraska instead of from the
line elevators and the elevators Of the
dealers In the Nebraska association he
sued for immense damages and SUBJ
mitted his evidence Of the existence
of a grain trust to Attorney General
Norris Brown, formerly of Iowa, who
now is proceeding against the assocfa-
ticn in the supreme court of Nebraska.
1t is claimed by Mr. Worrall. that the
association divided the state OF Me-
br;aska in thirteen buying districts,
and the members of the association in
these respective districts posted for;
feits not to bid more for grain than
did their So called competitors The
prices were fixed by cards sent out
from Omaha to the dealers in the diff
fel,ent districts. When elevators
by different members of the associa-
ticn were located at the same station.
their business was checked up and
balanced monthly.
The sixth annual meeting OF the Ne
braslka Grain Dealers association was
held at Lincoln, April 1, 1904. Mr..
on page 14S of his book, says:
D. Hunter, of Hamburg, Ia, presi-
dent Of the grain dealers union Of
southwestern Iowa and northwestern
Missouri, was asked to address the
and said In part:
ut is with a great deal OF pleasure
that meet with you to-day, but did
not come prepared to make speech.
have noticed in the past season. in
which we have had a peculiar situa-
ton in Iowa, that you have been work
Ing in harmony with us. Some of our
to sell, however and we found that
some Of it was going to Objectionable
parties. The question was taken up
with your secretary, the proper parties
were notified, and card bids were at
once withdrawn from those not en-
Titled to them. / wish to say that this
Is the way things should be; and as
sure you that, II the tables are turned,
w, will reciprocate. / can congratu-
Jate you upon your association"
There were other references to Iowa
in the Worrall book. For instance, on
page 161 ana following Mr.. Worra1l
describes the campaign which, he says,
The Nebraska grain dealers undertook
% kill off the popular farmers organ
zations for cooperative elevators, etc
Worrall tells of meeting held in
Omaha in the Bee building at which
t was decided to expend $1,000 in pub
fishing matter designed to discourage
he building of cooperative elevators.
After Mr.. Fowler, as spokesman for
the literary committee, had said that he
believed the publication of the matter
would be wise and would result bene-
icially to the line house operators, Mr..
Bewsher, former secretary of the asso-
citation and the real boss of the organ
cation, took the floor and Mr.. Worrall
.r,ats of what he said in this way:
He said that the grain dealers as
ISOLATION in Iowa had adopted these
;actics, and its members were well
hat at towns surrounding Rockwell
City they were fighting this co-opera-
i've craze and were meeting with good
,esults; that Secretary Stebbins of
he Iowa association had sent him
,cme hot stuff to be printed and. had
promised to send him much more If
t was needed.
Stebbins, he said, thought that by all
means the Nebraska association should
adopt this plan and do everything pos
,ible to check the wave that was
to engulf the grain dealers
n every agricultural state In the .un-
on. ~
The state railroad commission of
iowa for long time followed the pol
CIV of discouraging the erection OF
elevators at stations where the ca
oacity OF the elevator already estab-
ished was sufficient to accommodate
Ill Of the grain handled at that mar
set. Lately, however, intinlation has
been given that this rule will not be adj
1ered to longer.
A Queer Branch.
Iyncfe George-How do you like arith-
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