The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-06
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1908

times it takes man of iron nerv
with a petrifed conscience or soul
less corporation to do a bushes
which borders on the brink of lille
gality in order that they may becom
rich in short time. But company
whose past record is so well know
as the one that makes the abov,
statement and their manner of do
ing business familiar with every
farmer, must be credited with sufhci-
ent nerve and the proper kink of a
conscience to do grain business,
such as has been done here on Nez
Perce and Camas prairies. 1t has
been the belief of almost every farm
er and business men on these prai-
ries that this company was buying
grain With the object in view of max
ing money out of it for itself and was
not buying the grain just because
it sympathized with the poor farmer
and was doing it to help him out re-
gzrdless of whether tie company
made or lost on the grain. But now
let US investigate for little while
how their acts correspond with that
statement. We find by referring
back 10 quotations on October "a,
1907 that this company was paying
go cents on that date for No. brew
ing barley at the Tramway and IS
cents at Vollmer. On OF about
this same day two Independent buy
ers by the name of Lawrence and
Price from Pullman Washington,
entered this field and went to buying
grain and on the following Monday
or Tuesday this same company paid
John Klaus S1.00 per hundred for
1929 sacks of barley at Vollmer or
an advance of IS cents per humid
red in less than one week. We also
have the statement from this same
P. w. Lawrence that commission
man by the name of P. J. Fran
sioli, of Spokane. called him Qaw-
rence) up on the telephone from
Spokane, on or about the "a day Of
October, 1907 and told him that a
member of this same grain company
had asked Fransioli to take Lawren-
&C and Price out of this territory as
I belonged to this grain company, {
,r words similar in effect. It IS also
/ known fact that the price of barley q
rheat and oats all advanced several
oints within three days after these n
buyers entered this
erritory at every point where the .
rain was being bought by these in !,
ependent buyers. It is also report
from good authority that this =,
lme grain company bought in an
warehouse in the Pa :,
use country at price very much :.
advance Of what they we're paying
re. Now if their statement is true :.
by did they not let these indepen-
mt buyers have this grain when -
Iey entered this held7. Why did 7.
ey telephone for outside help to
It the independent buyers out of ar
is territory if they preferred so -
rongly not to buy the grain7 Why
d they go to another warehouse to -,
~ grain if they did not want it. 81
gain let US see how their statement
'rresponds with their action with
enry Sullivan, farmer living -
UT miles northwest of here. Mr..
Illivan had contracted wheat and
riley with this company during the
Il to deliver a certain amount Of
riley and wheat to them on or be- sue
re January LIST. 1908 at an agreed thr
ice and after he had delivered the nev
ain in their warehouse at the Tram ing
y as per contract he went to this bac
npany to get his money and what tax
s the reply7 They had no money ord
d could not pay him then. He scr
Mt back second and a third time be
did not get his money. AT one trui
c they offered to give him their you
E. Finally an independent buyer will
the name Of Robson came into con