Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-11-22
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! OWN ELEVATORS Il ! 4
Hill Declares That Iafners
Would Be More Iaifly
Treated

| MINSEAPOa.Is, Nov. 22.-That
railroaiA siioanId control thar opasation
Of grain elevators was tina statement
made w Iames J. Hill when ON the
standl yesterday before tins. interstate
commezce commission.
II think 1t IL great dAtrimena to
lbusineea that we cannot control the
loading OF grain" said M. Hill II
think It is thu best thing for = rail-
lr0ad. tn. HAVE It's own terminal eleva-
ltors. unload into them and include
1.-THE cf1arge for 20 doing I'M the freight
1rate. BY our building Duluth ter
Il ninai elevators we have reduced for
1.-THE shipping farmers the elevator
lcharyr. there. from one cent to- one
half cent q hushel. Thisii1clndes un-
loading into the elevatoE,. o shortage
land lH9ding into boat fnr- shipment
Through the lakes. We cleaned but
Id'd moo NIX, the grain. -
mn. sir. It should HI nemember-
led titat In cleaning the elevator gets
the screenings, which aret worth S.
to - . tom"
Favmsrs Victims Of 1pseuihasrA
/ Mr. Hill thought the. preesnA legal
lmetisOd " handling grain II wrong,
but the farmer h too much tihe victim
lof tka speculator. Ha said every rec
lceivflg elevator should SiavO4s itself
10, simply that business; tifat the op-.
J [erakfng in grain shU1in be another
Iseperate business arAf tiiet the busi-
Ines Of the grain mixers should be
J lssi1 another seperatls bsssfness. Mr..
linn hcught the burning of elevators
loo much greater scApacity IA Mfnne-s
lapOifs would not relieve the conges-s
.'Istfon Of grain trafic; but he aid think
! ltlse action Of the sUate grain commits
Isren IN sending innpsctOss ~ far out
las 1eOs miles To inspect grain was q
Hgc0d move III tnis dlrection. He
kstrongly criticised tho state law
i. (which Iegalixed tihs sharp practice Of
!. Egrain mixers.
sDo you thinle the farmer II get
!. ltink what he should for his crop ~
I Il do not think he b getting WHIST
Inc should for s0nae classes Of grain.
. lFor instance, farmers are now rais-
. ling q lot OF Uurum wheat. There N
!, II great deal Of risk In what the mr.
leigh demand win b. and marlket
: lat home for only limited amonrt.' :
!. Mr.. Hill said that elevators Ars
! lcontinuaily treating the farmers IN
I Fairly.
,rI Eiss~<oss Nssd MatchinuA
8 1--WE have to watch the elevator
10 la.l the time,'- he said. This work I,
n done BY the traffic department. bu
ia las matter -of fact the department Il
ipretty near pOwerlass.''
IL MI Hfll rave story OF how h,
- Happened 10 hold q Bufmio tsrrnina
sr elevator, the largest In the world. cost
In ling s1,z0O.0o0 He said:
m along our line and mp to Buffal
at we were able TO keep eood track .
e. grain We shipped because Il went I
rn Jour own cars and m ships manned b
he Jour own crews and owned by M. Blu
I'd ported to me : shtpload, which. whe
= weighed at Buffalo. was $500 buahc
short. Well. soon after that we hui
an elevator at Buffalo. At that tin
= the stock OF the Buffalo Elevats
people was selling at 600. They char;
ed IA cents for unloading and !
cent for shoveling. We included
- addition insurance, and charged {
up everything but half cent per busha
!. saving to the grain shippers OF
cent . bushel. Where we handle
100, o0o. 900 bushels year this mea
'1A q saving OF s1.0o0.0O0 4 year. We dol
own that elevator now. We told
ABB gentleman who offered us $200,t
be- more for the elevator than It cost II
- he could have It. The elevatov char
!. however. IL still kept down to one HI
cent per bushel."
Mr.. HIN. do you own any elevat
to stock whatever"
mo, sir. I do not. l did once. WI
- Loren Fletcher and some others sol
years ago wanted to erect Z 100y
ives bushel elevator. I told them the M
was for one Of million bushels ,
fer pacity. I agreed to take stock to ,
In this. When the elevator was b,
-. and got to paying. well, the other p,
ties bought out my stock.
lstic II want to say that no man in
Great Northern road can own 9
SER stock In anything along the line Of
road. It he does he must leave
employ, even IL he was my own so
Mr.. Hin made plea for the b
10 ter legalizing Of the elevator recei
WI given to farmers. He said they sho
be negotiable made as good as bs
drafts, and thus the farmer could
saIso q free market.
II would make the country eleva
establish relations with the termi
elevators, said Mr.. Hill. II wo
have the railroad business one tn
30 and the buying and selling OF gr
another. and I would have under
law every grain elevator q pull
- elevator"
Don't some people think you cha
ne9' too much for freight" asked Ju,
Coon. representing some Of the I
vator interests.
49, well. I keep reducing charges" '
the answer. land don't know as
ever heard Of elevator men ooing
do you favor federal inspection
ents. grain asked one OF the grain &C