The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25

working OF the terminal elevator plan
in Canada was largely deduced from
the printed official reports Of the Can
alden government and state that those
reports are on file in their Office
where they are at the disposal Of any
one who desires to examine them.
In telling of the conversations held
with Mr.. LOTUS the board says:
"Mr. LOTUS stated that he believed
the proposed plan would help to over
come the abuses which he claimed ex-
listed at the terminal market; that it
would better the price of grain and
help the farmer of North Dakota.
When asked if he believed the grain
department of the state Of
Minnesota made an honest and eff
cient inspection weighing and grading
he stated that he had no charges to
make against it, but that at times he
though the judgment of the Individual
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be. When asked If he believed gov
eminent inspection would overcome
the abuses which existed at the ter
minal market, he stated he did not be-
lieve government inspection would do
so, but that in his judgment state
owned elevator was necessary to &C.
complish this. Mr.. LOTUS stated he
believed st. Paul would be the proper
location for any terminal elevator.
North Dakota might build because he
believed the bankers and business
men Of that city would aid the plan;
that owing to the fact that Minneapo-
lis had so many more shipments to
handle, and st. Paul had so few ship
ments to handle, the railroad facilities
switching facilities were
better in St. Paul than in Minneapo-
lis, and that for this reason there
would be no congestion in the yards.
Mr. LOTUS spoke of abuses which he
believed existed at the terminal and
made it very plain to the board that
he strongly favored a state owned ele-
vator."
At the conclusion of the discussion
Mr.. LOTUS promised to furnish the
board with facts and figures to en-
body in their report but they state
that this was never done.
Mr.. LOTUS introduced the board to
Mr.. Greedy who he said was man
we'll versed in the grain business and
one who had all information as to the
workings of the business and a man
who he believed was in position to
give the board some facts and figures
in the matter of the state owned ter
minal elevator.
The board then retured to the pri-
vate Office of Mr.. Greedy and in this
discussion, when asked as to his opin-
ion as to the ACCESSIBILITY of the state
of North Dakota building or operating
a system of terminal elevators in the
state of Wisconsin or Minnesota or
both Mr.. Greedy stated in most EN-.
phatic terms that no such system OF
elevators would in any way shape or
manner overcome the abuses which
he believed existed at the terminal
market, and that it would not be OF
any benefit whatsoever to the farmer
of North Dakota and that if Mr.. LOT.
tus had had the practical experience
that he, Mr.. Greedy has had, he would
know these things to be a fact. He
stated that while he believed that Mr.
Lotus was sincere in his belief that
such a plan would benefit the farm
ers Of North Dakota, that he, Mr.
Greedy, knew better, after twenty-five
years of practical experience, and that
he believed that if Mr.. Lotus had had
the practical experience that he, Mr.
Greedy, had had. he would not think