The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-10-15

places have had the same experience.
3-That old chestnut about the So
called suction-draft in the terminal
elevators, by which systematic steal
is being worked on shippers, the Ed
uity speaker dwelt upon at length.
Now, shippers who weigh their
grain out carefully usually find that,
state weights correspond with their
own weights; but if any leakage, or
shortage, they fall back on the rail-
road company and make it pay for the
shortage. Is there any man in Crosby
or elsewhere foolish enough to believe
that the railroad companies would al
low the terminal elevators to steal any
part of the grain from shipments
when they know their local agents
give receipts for so many blu. Of grain
in each car and that as common car
riers they are under the law, bound to
make good any shortage between ship
pers weights and state weights? No,
railroad companies are not made that
way.
4-That the members Of the Cham
Der of Commerce are in Combine"
in restraint of trade, and that there are
prohibited by iron-clad rules from SELL
ing grain consigned to them to any
firm not a member of the Chamber,
was one of the main points Mr.. o.
born tried hard to impress upon his
hearers.
The undersigned knew this to be an
other falsehood and called the speak
er's attention to it, but he grew angry
and insisted that it was true and that
he could prove it, which he, however,
utterly failed to do. The writer sent
to our Minneapolis Office for records of
cars sold to non-members Of the
Chamber lately, and in order not to
take up more space than needed in
your valuable paper, will give the
record here of only one car, as any one
will understand that if we can sell one
car to parties not members Of the
Chamber, we can sell thousand cars:
On May 10th, 1914, John Wild, Post
Office address Milton, N. D., consign-
ed to us at Minneapolis from his ele-
vator at Osnabrock, N. D., G. N. car
No. 2O5734. This car arrived at Min
neapolis on May 23rd, graded No. I
Northern, IL pound dockage, and
was sold the same day to the L. c.
Campbell Milling Co., Of Owatonna,
Mimi, not member of the Chamber
Of Commerce or any other grain ex-
change. The price this car sold for
was SO ia cents, gross weight 1920
bu., dockage % bu., net weight 1892
bu., aggregating $1051.O5, less freight,
inspection and commission, $98.42, and
net proceeds, $95263, for which our
check was mailed to John Wild on
June End. In Duluth we also sell grain
to parties not members of the Board
of Trade, in fact there is no restric-
ton at either markets, we sell con-
signed grain outside of the trading
floor to any responsible party who
will pay the highest market price for
| it, whether members of the exchanges
or not.
have deposited One Thousand Dol
lars ($1000.O0) in the First State Bank
Of Crosby and will suggest that the
equity people also deposit One Thous-
and dollars in the same bank; that
they name one member of a committee
Of three and the undersigned name
one member; that these two members
select the third party and that the
three members constitute committee
who shall have full authority to ex-
anime the books of the Atwood-Lar-
son Co., both at Duluth and Mime
apolis. If said committee reports to
the First State Bank of Crosby that
Atwood Larson Co. have not the last
three years sold consigned grain to
parties not members of the Chamber
Of Commerce or Duluth Board Of
Trade, then the First State Bank has
the authority to pay our deposit of
one thousand dollars to the Public Ii
brary Of Crosby, while the other thous-
and dollars shall be refunded to the
Equity epople. But if said committee
finds and reports to the First State
Bank that the foregoing record Of the
car sold to the L. G. Cambell Milling
Co. is true and that our books and
other records show that we have made
sales of consigned grain to parties not
members of the Chamber Of Com
merce, then the one thousand dollars
deposited by the Equity Exchange
shall be paid to the Public Library Of
Crosby, while our deposit Of one
thousand dollars shall be refunded to
US.
Could anything be fairer than this ?
Hoping the Equity people will now
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