The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-05

farmers had been led TO believe that
they woulud secure a low rate and
after storing in the companies houses
| ment of the new one, which is the
highest ever maintained.
All of the farmers at Pleasant View
have stated that their grain would
be hauled to the farmers houses and
that none of their crop should go into
the houses of either the Pacific coast
or the Puget Sound
Would Pile Grain.
r j. Tompkins, one of the best
known Eureka Flat wheat growers
! is in the city today, and is advocating
the policy of piling grain in the fields
until such time as delivery is required.
Mr. Tompkins last year piled his grain.
placing posts underneath to protect
the sacks from the damp ground. and
the grain remained in the field all win
ter, having been disposed of in May.
Not a sack was found to be defective,
and not a mouse-hole could be found.
In speaking of the manner in which
he eliminated the payment of excess
sive storage charges, Mr.. Tompkins
this morning said he had determined
that the expense of piling grain In the
field would not aggregate more than
so cents a ton for the year, and that
it was fully as satisfactorily as plac-
ing it in warehouse. That the 80
cents for the first 80 days and 10
cents additional for each 80 days
thereafter is an excessive rate, MI.
Tompkins says is known by practic-
ally every farmer in the Flat and that
thew do not propose to be forced into
paying approximately cents a bushel
for storage to the first of the year has
been mutually decided upon,
MilIers Are Responsible.
said Mr.. Tompkins this morning. The
millers have cCoperated with the ware
house companies. and the excessive
rate for storage has been made SIM
ply to force the farmer to dispose OF
his grain at this time. | do not pro-
pose to take a cent less than a dollar
a bushel for my wheat, and COMBINE
between the millers and the ware
house companies cannot force me to
it, for 1 am going to pile my grain in
the field until 1 get my price for IL.
! Several of the grain growers or the
Flat have already placed portion OF
this years crop in the warehouses Oh
the Puget Sound company, but 1T was
rumored today that they will remove
it at the expiration Of the first 81
DAYS and pile it in the fields. Ihat
30 cents a ton is a reasonable rate is
shown by the fact that the Farmers
warehouse at Clyde last year made IT,
ner cent on the investment at that
figure.
Mr. Tompkins. together with other
farmers of the Flat, are advocating
the piling of wheat in the fields this
wear and urging farmers not 10 De
forced to sell at the quotation offered
bv millers at this time. A few posts
laid on the ground, well-covered with
straw to protect the bags and the grain
thoroughly covered with straw or lum-
her has been found to be safe means
of protecting the wheat during the
/ rainy season, and by the outlay OF
! opproximately so cents ton, 1t VIII
he possible for growers to hold their
| grain for their own figure without
paving the warehouse company ex-
| cessive rates for storage.
| Mr.. Tompkins says this plan will be
general throughout his district, and
that few farmers, now that the real
facts about the new storage rates are
known, will place their wheat in ware
houses Of the Puget Sound company