The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-01-18

S. Mcdonald who talked on The His
tory Of the Minnesota Farmers Ex-
change. & sN -.
Il want to say to you that though
when I was here last / said fellow farm
ers, and though / wish could say it
today, many things combined to
force me out Of the practical farming.
{ But, farmers, want to say to you,
while we have no fault to find with
the man who puts a price on his ner-
or machinery, we do have
fault to find with the man who says that
the farmer hasn't right to put price
on the products of the soil. 1
1 "But the question before us today is,
if as has been stated there would be so
immense. sum coming into the state
through the farmers doing their own
grain, isn't it worth attention?
1t strikes me that such a state of affairs
would upbuild the state. and / believe
it would be better to have the. money
shere in the state, than to have it go to
Minneapolis and Duluth TO buy auto
mobiles. t 2v.'-.
aThey call me crank4on this subject
.of farmers elevators. Well. it takes
cranks TO turn the machinery of com
merce, and I'm just one of those cralks.
Gentlemen, the No. / hard that you
raise here, never gets to the export
trade. as.& III 5...a& 81. =
It's mixed with rejected and soft
southern. wheat and still sold as No. I
hard northern r." t
Now, farmers, to remedy these con-
dftions, you've got your elevators all
over this state, a terminal house at the
market and a commission house to ham
die your grain. .@usF =
Senator McCumber has the right
idea on the national grading of wheat.
Il tell you, gentlemen, the greatest
! No. wheat soil in the world is not
North Dakota, it is the terminal elevat-
ors Of Duluth. They buy thousands
| of bushels of no grade wheat at Duluth
| but they never ship it out. not bushel
| of it. 1t is mixed with the No. I hard
Eand they ship out thousands more bush
els of No. than they really buy-they
grow it in the mixing house. ~
CA word about our Minnesota FARM
fers exchange. &
| We organized under the laws of Min
II1esota was selected as the one tc
apply for membership so that we might
lbe able ourselves to market direct the
grain of the farmers of the northwest.
II received four black balls out oil
live. Why? Because I'd been telling
you farmers the truth about the way
tthey handle grain. and the real RENE.
dies for il.
ii want to impress on you gentlemen
the fact that you've got to organize, get
your elevators, and you'll get Wha
you're entitled to for your crops.
Recently we thought we'd try the
IDulutf Board Of Trade. We were tolc
THAT we need not apply for membership
lsince the board didn't want the farmer,
Iof the northwest in business for them
lselyes. Why should we want to do ouI
Town business when there's Z sucf
a nice slick bunch Of fellows to do th,
i work for you, and you pay the freight
#f''If each one of the 100000 farmer
lin North Dakota wotld put up $I eacl
1.-THE problem would be taken care Of,
t.I want YOU to investigate this ex
|change proposition, and I believe syo,
will all come in, buy a block OF the ex
Ichange stock and help yourself TO q plac'
Iof independence.
Co operation is what you have 60
Ito have before you get what YOU re ell
Titled to for your crops
A general discussion followed of tn
1 financing Of the farmers excllange tn
building of terminal houses and tn
Handling of the grain of the tartner
and farmers elevator comp paflles. /.
N. IS. Blair Of Grand Forks, secretar
Iof the Minnesota Farmers exchai1g
Il was then introduced and talked on Th
i Work OF the Farmers Exchange.
The work OF the exchange has bee
to raise the grades Of the grain. On
Itliflg want TO impress on you is shi
5lyotrr grain clean. When you Ship
Iin dirty and full of cookie, it knock
Il the grain off one grade. OF co,irs
Ire inspection or appeal will show q
il what we really have, but you save IN
Il time and the dernurrage, re-itlspeetio
and appeal charges.
l The North Dakota people should p
\ interested enough to help in getting a
Il 1.-THE benefits accruing through the care
n fu1 watching of the grain shipped.
Our work is llampered BY our lac
| of capital If we had rating Of $50
Il 900 OF $4,000, we could have a men
al DeTSllp OH the Cfi<tii vi ~
!, I've could tileir handle more grain an
could handle ii direct at q better prot
IIor the customers of the exelange an
EIfor the stockhold lders.
ssWhat We want for complete siicces
lin the exchange, is the active suppo
of the farmers elevators.
sH we have that support, we can a,
4 iIconiplisfl wonders for the farmers /
I lthis northwest Z
President Worst then repeated b
T finvitatiofl to- the opening of the new
library at the agricultural college.
He also urged q large attendance
tomorrow s sessions when DraInas
I Will be the general subject.
FL Mr.. Major announced q meeting
1 Lie commercial club this evening for
u farther DISCUSSION Of the Farnlers u
4 change and the organization OF son
I other new farmers elevators
George Murray Of Hope, N %. clo
I'd the morning session with a brI
ltaIk oil How the Farmers Elevate
gl Continued On Page Two.