Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-30
Difference IS
MOST UNJUST
GRAIN MAN REPLIES.

MluueapOllS, MIuA., DcC. o.
Replying to the charge of Prof.
Ladd that Minneapolis, Duluth
and Superior markets were dis
eliminating against velvet chaff
wheat. and bearing the prices, G.
F. Piper. president Of the Min.
neapolis Chamber Of Commerce,
said today that all the wheat
that comes upon the Minneapolis
market sells on it's merits.
Every buyer is guided by
what he believes to be the value
to him of the samples offered"
said Mr.. Piper. There is abso-
lutely no discrimination against
any kind of wheat other than the
Judgment of the buyer. Professor
Laid sees merit in velvet chaff
that he believes should make it
sell at an even price with No. l
Northern, fife or blue stem
wheat. 1t would seem to be mat
ter of judgment, but to imply
that there is any collusive dis
elimination hero against velvet
chaff or any desire to discrimin-
ate against it, is wholly errone-
ous."
Unfair and unjust discrimination
against the velvet chaff wheat, even
under the new ruling of the Superior
or Duluth markets where there is q
margin of only cents between No. ]
northern and velvet chaff is charged
by Commissioner l.. F. Ladd, commits
sioner of pure foods of the state OF
North Dakota. This point is brought
out by the commissioner in connec
ton with a report on the work of the
states experimental -four mill at the
college and it's relation
to the placing of velvet chaff wheat
on the market in it's true light.
"The Minneapolis market in the
early part of the season paid 7 cents
under the price of No. Northern
for velvet chaff, while Superior and
Duluth markets paid s cents under
the price for No. Northern wheat
showing here a difference of 2 cents
for these different markets." says
Commissioner Ladd in bulletin just
issued.
ION completion of tests made by
the state experimental station, the
buyers of the Duluth and Superior
market cut down the. margin to 3
cents under the No. Northern price
which margin is still maintained-a
that is unfair and unjust but
still shows marked advance-unfaiI
and unjust because of the manipula.
ton that is said to be made in the
of this class of wheat, fur.
nishing means of Juggling with
grades in many markets, if we are
informed. However, we be.
lieve that the experiments have been
made at the experimental station at
the agricultural college have result
ed in giving the farmers of the state
a much better market and price for
velvet chaff wheat, and in the near
future it will be recognized as the
equal value of fife and blue STEM
The experiments that were made at
the station in Fargo were made in
with the efforts of the
North Dakota board of railroad com.
and the Wisconsin state
grain commission, the results being
some time ago. 1t was as
a result of these tests that the market
price of velvet chaff was advanced.
1T has cost the state to maintain
the experimental milling plant for the
past two years, $4,000, or $4,000 a
year, and if no other good has been
accomplished than bringing about
these market improvements, the writ
er believes it would be money we'll
on the part of the state, "
continues the bulletin. 'The appro-
priation was for the biennial period,
and If the work is to be contfnu ed,
a new appropriation will be neces-
sary. Bulletin No. SO, now on the
presses, will give the results Of many
other valuable tests and experiments
that have been made during the past
year. We have been enabled, thru
the cooperation of the federal de-
partment of agriculture, to study the
milling and baking qualities Of grains
from all parts of the United States
as compared with the North Dakota
products"
THE cOFFEE'S FINE
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