Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-30

nave AOr 64de-t8kce pace OIL
|from one to- dozen local buyers at
every shipping point. who hadsbefore
devoted all. their time TO diving
over the country and gathering herds
for shipmnet and is able to make
for larger returns than were ever OBJ
tafnable under the old plan.
Fruit Growers Prove IL Value.
3. A third object lesson has been
seen in the success Of s.c0spperatiug
fruit growing crganizatsoas, which,
since they learned the ropes" OF
packing, shipping and fnatheting,
have ha dan uninterrupted succession
Of good seasons whereas, under
the old method OF individual ship.
ments to commission houses, the
losses Of one season might. offset the
grains Of several good ones.
4. In the operation Of the Coop.
terative Farmers elevators, now SO
numerous all over the Northwest. It
ras been fonnd that not only can tar
better prices be obtained tor grain.
locally. than when the line elevators
inonopol!zed the local shipping trade,
hut Q good, fair profit usually remains
at the end Of the seasons business
for division among the Stockholders
and patrons.
Illustrative OF the way in which the
principle Of dividends among pat.
rons all profits in excess OF 8 per
cent, the story is told Of a good Ger.
man farmer at whose. station there
was both q Zine" and a co-opera-
tive elevator. He wouldn't take any
stock In the latter when 1t, was or.
ganized, but to show his good viii
to the boys he would when thaer
ere not too many wagons to unload
ahead Of him, deliver his wheat to
the cooperative. concern; otherwise.
he would drive to the Zine" elevator.
At the end of the season he had
sold about the same amount ~ wheat
to each. and been paid approximately
the same price and he thought "all
was right" But one day the post
man brought him a letter which con.
tanned a handsome check tor .his
share Of the profits" in the business
Of tn ecO-Oparative elevator. AS. OF
course no check cama from the
line elevator. it is easily. imagined
to, which concern he gave ali his
business for the next season.
The Weight on Farmer's Neck.
Now the weight Of the. Minneapolis
Chamber Of Commerce MONOPOLY,
resting Q n the necks of. the farmers, il
infinitely greater than was that OF
the monopOlist butter man before the
day Of the cooperative creamery. The
army Of buyers. agents aid middle
men in the Chamber OF Commerce
Organization, to be supported by the
farmers, is vastly larger than was
ever dreamed, Of in the livestock mar
keting business. "
II cooperation makes every. season
q good season for the fruit grower and
lifts him to higher plane OF living
why may not the same resuit4be Oh
tanned IN the cooperative marketing
Of grain? It local cooperation,
through the farmers elevators; BRING
larger profits to the grain grower,
why may not like profits be. gained
blythe cooperative marketing 81 grain
at the terminals? Why employ $50
expensive men in the, Chamber OF
Commerce to handle the selling OF
the grain when. a single. expert selling
agent can do all the businessman do
it better? s.;
Are u farmers to be blamed that
they no longer worship that grand
spectacle o.; organization in the grain
trade at Minneapolis. when it is de.
manded of them; that they support
$50 agencies where one. chosen by
themselves. is enough; and where the
substitution Of the one for the $50
will transfer to the pockets of the
farmers from $5.o00.000 to .$10,OOo,0oO
which now goes to- the support Of
said grand spectacle?"
ing q decree of said 4Cnhrt FIR snrh