Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-07-03
Joint Debate Staged at Aneta Be
tween LOTUS and Cass
County Orator.
DECLARES PROGRAM OF
EQUITY NOT LOGICAL
Remedy Lies in Federal Legisla-
tion to Prevent Price Fix
ing by Speculation.

Aneta, n. d., July 2.--Hundreds OF
people are here in attendance at the
Nelson county fair. The chief a:trac
tion are the two debates between
Treadvell Twichell, a Cass county
farmer, and George S. Lotus, sales
manager Of the Equity Cooperative
Exchange. There are two subjects
for debate, one whether the state
should build an elevator in St. Paul
and the other whether the last legis'
lature should have enacted a measure
providing for the construction Of an
elevator.
Lotus takes the affirmative both
days and Twichell has the closing ar
gument n the negative. Under the
arrangement each speaker is to have
AIN houI and a half and there are to
be no ire, ruptions.
Lotus First Speaker.
Loftus,, being the first speaker, ad-
vanced the line OF arguments he had
made over the state during the past
few months in advocacy OF the state
owned elevator proposition. He pre-
sented the question fully, claiming
great advantages for the farmers and
relief from the alleged monopoly Of
the Minneapolis Chamber of Com
merce.
rWichell is one Of the members Of
the last legislature, who opposed the
terminal elevator proposition. He
ably expressed his convictions why
the Ian would be a mistake and as
he is one OF the most eloquent speak
ers n tie state his remarks carried
conviction =
Mr.. Twichell said in part -."-
"Thosc in favor Of terminal ele-
vator in St. Paul are advocating the
plan 3becanse they desire higher pric-
es for the products Of their farms.
Weak Vengeance.
1T is also possible there may be a
few favoring the St. Paul plan who
desire to wreak vengeance on the
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce.
"a terminal elevator is, in general
terms. big warehouse located in a
terminal market or at some terminal
point, where for some reason it is
natural and advantageous to unload
for use or to transfer for the pur-
poses of further transportation.
Some terminals are such by vir-
tue Of their location, some by virtue
of being the centers of manufacturing
industries. Duluth and Superior are
typical illustrations of the former
idea. They are terminals because of
their location at the had of the lakes,
because they are nearest to the grain
fields of the northwest and are the
points at which grain in transit can
be transferred from the higher rate
of railway transportation to the lower
rate of water carrying. Minneapolis
is terminal because of it's being the
largest consumer of our raw mater
ial-wheat-and without the presence
Of the milling industry, it would, in
no way be a terminal point. -
| Business Of a Terminal.
''The business Of terminal elevat-
or is to receive. handle, store and ship
out grain belonging to it's patrons. It's
only special privilege is in the. issu-
ance of terminal receipts against the
grain in store. These receipts are ne
gotiable ana can be issued as collat-
eral ssI... IT,
"The principal source of profit for
terminal elevators arises from the
mixing Of grain. 1t would seem
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