The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-10-05
PLAN TO BUILD BIG MILL
ONE OF 12O-BARREB CAPACITY
IN SIGHT.
Farmers Have Chance 20 Own and
Operate Plant and Get More
for Wheat.

The prospect for the erection IN
GoodIand OF an up-tO-date Touring
mill may soon be brought within the
pale Of reality. Its erection depends
entirely upon the farmers and bust
ness men OF Sherman county, for, II
erected, Il viii be owned and Operat-
ed by local stockholders. It Is not
only q public spirited enterprise, but a
profitable one TO every farmer who
raises wheat profitable to Good1and's
business interests, and Indirectly pro-
ftable to all the people. That is what
the enterprise stands for, and to man
ufacture at home what the farmer
raises in raw material Such a mill
In GOOdIand viii raise the price Of all
kinds OF wheat all the way from to
10 cents per bushel, and still return
about 25 cents for every buShel ground
into -four to the stockholders.
Mr.. Bartholomew, who has been
operating one OF the elevators in this
city, says that 100000 bushels OF
wheat have been shipped out OF this
county within the last thirty days.
Then, if the mill had been in opera
ton, the farmers Of this county would
have been 81, 900 better Of upon the
basis that the mill should have raised
the price 10 cents per bushel. A large
flour market would thus be establish
-four is out Of reason with the price
OF wheat at our local elevators The
consumer has to pay the freight on
wheat to an eastern Touring mill and
then pay the freight on the -four ship
ped back It is easy to see that il you
add the freight to the wheat and the
Hour, the price Of the wheat here
would be higher and the flour cheap
er than it is now.
The mill meeting at the Office Of G.
L Calvert Tuesday evening, at which
there was considerable interest
shown BY all those present, had for
its purpose the arranging OF necessary
preliminaries to put the mill enter
prise on foot. A l. Crist, a practical
miller and promoter Of such pro-
jects, laid q proposition before the
meeting whereby a first class maca-
rOni and hard wheat mill may be
erected in GOOdland by selling stock
to the people Of the county. His me
thOd is fair and impartial, as he IS to
do the work OF soliciting stock for q
commission OF 10 per cent, and is at
all times under the control and direc-
ton Of a board OF trustees, chosen By
the stockholders from among their
own number He is also to assist II
called upon, in planning the erection
OF the mill and to actually operate it
when completed until such time as it
IS demonstrated to be in perfect order
and ready for the administration Of
any experienced mill man the trustees
may employ to run it.
II the sum Of $4,000 cannot be
Of its own weight The people are to
say by their subscriptions to stock
whether they viii have a mill or not.
It IS far better that the farmers
while they are able, lay hold OF an
institution that is so vitality connected
with their Welfare and prosperity. It
is a worldwide principle that any
country, producing largely OF raw ma
terials without using its own product
in manufacture, shall always remain
a poor, and not q wealthy country.
This principle may be reasonably ap-
piled with regard to wheat produc-
ton and milling in Sherman county,
That the mill would be q wealth pro-
Queer, scattering its accommodations Of
profit among the people. cannot be
denied.
At another place In the columns OF
this paper appears the called meeting
Of the citizens at the Office Of G. L.
Calvert on Friday evening at O'Clock
October 3, when definite plans will be
laid for the carrying forward OF this
necessary enterprise.