Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-11-30
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Farmers a HI l are Robbed

farmers are Robbed
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ana call your attention to the
faGt that nothing lower than
Nd 8 wheat Was stippea OUT
The profit in mixing the re-
eeipts Of this elevator fue the
three months, as shOWn by: their
report was S83, 720. 60 IN order
DO arrive at Che probable profits
ofehe terminal elevators should
Se added to the above. the
amount realized from the screen
ings, the charges for hand ling:
the grain and the proceeds1 Of
the sale of wheat and other
grain taken from the screenings,
for; we found that all screenings
are carefully cleaned over and
alleged grain taken from the
screenings is shipped out as
scraensnga in ag eass n yoia sigs-s
apection and appearing in the
amount Of grain shipped out OF
the eleN N the
opinion that grain hospitals,
either independent sor inn eels
neetion with terTninal lei tors,
.shpuld be established where
shippers could have '-off grade's
grain cleaned or secured at a
reasonable cost before it lis
offered. for sale. The shipper to
pay this expense and, reeeiVesthe
benefit resulting. from such
treatment Of his grain needing
treatment ia q hospital elevator.
Wesalso favor the amendil q OF
existing laws governing the
handling OF grain BIZ terminal
elevators so as to allow no more
grain of a given grade to, be
shipped out than Is { ken in.
Your committee found much
4 30 eriricise by visiting the freight
yards, an eseareless manlaenrial
which cars are handled 81 tlse
railroad cornpanies. and the very
4 poor class OF grain doors used.
The snlouEst ef grain lost by
4 leakage from cars and by the
careless shilnting 0f and switch.
ingOf cars in the yards is very
large. 81 q SE5's
ADJ thu foregoing are Of course
matters of minor iEnporEai Dc
Compared with the apparent COM
bination OF the railroaa and ole.
water isakeEes3 s iisse eSeing ~
Grain reSe 5 OH fa il s / y5sss n lsJsEs
10 be inspected under Minnespo.
ais Inspection rules. a. COMPEL,
tive market was estabi isf ila.
der iseonsin inspection at Su.
peri5r. TIE Wisconsin law pro.
yidg that the grain and were
hoIse commission shall consist
S0e three IneInb ers IL one from
w onsin, one from New Cri
I azl one from North 81,
er This law the ship Der in THU
asa ilas 8 repr ina Ell sssJ
ed and the influence of tIlif
sem sentative car )ae nz
benz s o our shippers, ;Y his
siatiag are eiiegattii e1
6orI e. 81
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tors enc veio err ssas IA q see 8,
8 That llssz ecEi0il and weighing
as o d al &
Our shippers were ind ubtedl,
&Ee sd lil Til
WISCONSIN Inspection was i,
fore, but by the apparent CON.
y bined efforts Of EiiS ilSf ereai,
abo e named, this n b
lion is mop
Ean received &C tie head of fil,
aall b must be if1ssy p IL,
meta iilspectors llla lse
rules. Is.
story Of how the ygiiscasl
sin sy WaS made hgoiueelY III
4 tive lis an interesting one
TIE )ulntil board Of trade mad
b lze that no mem her at the Dr
llzt board of trade could holt
M1eI Jesllig III q similar Organi
xat5s1 within d hundred lilies b
Dnl This was done ID CON
i pei III grain men doing bnsines,
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