East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-11

| SPOKANE, wash. May 11,-Three
hundred Inland Empire farmers who
met in spokane SATURDAY decided al
most unanimously in favor of dis
carding sacks for the bulk handling
of grain,
Farmers and warehousemen who
have been awaiting the decision of
this convention will be making charg-
es in their farm storage facilities and
warehouses in the next so days,
The essence of the meeting was
the reaching OF the conclusion that
bulk handling effects a net saving OF
Ia cents per bushel. The total cost
per bushel of handling wheat in sacks
was found to be 26 "a cents, in bulk
81 1-2 cents per bushel. Subtracting
three cents for return Of sacks the net
saving is found to be IA cents.
An executive committee represent
ing the various counties that sent del
egates to the meeting, made the fol-
lowing report:
we believe that a successful sys-
tenn Of handling grain in bulk depends
upon the individual farmer providing
his own storage on the farm; either
by bins, granaries or farm elevators,
where grain may be held until sold 1t
has been fully demonstrated that theI
present flat warehouses can be sue
cessfully adapted, at comparatively
small expense, to handling grain in
bulk. Full assurance has been given
by the railway officials and terminal
warehouses that they will meet far i
mers and interior warehousemen in |
arranging for the fun handling of
grain in bulk.
In answer to the argument that |
grain must be sacked for exporting I
from the Pacific coast, authentic re-
ports show that less than 25 per cent !
of the grain from the northwest is ex-
ported annually, and the Panama ca
nal has removed the necessity Of
sacking the greater part of the small
percentage of the crop that is ex-
ported. The grain prices in the
worlds market are quoted on a bulk
basis, therefore there will be no diff
ference in the price of bulk grain or
sacked grain when the bulk system
prevails throughout this territory.
Since it is practically the unani-
nous opinion of the 300 grain grow
ers at this convention that change
should be made in the Inland Empire
from sacked grain to bulk grain, we
urge the necessity of immediate action
by the individual farmer and the in
terror warehouse companies, to pro-
vide the necessary equipment to han
lie the 1915 crop in oulk. United
action on the part of the farmers is
to the success of bulk han
Hing of grain"
The report was signed by Almer
heCurtain, Davenport, chairman;
Harold Hooker, Spokane, secretary.
md by the following county repre-
'entatives: Whitman county, NJ. E..
La Crosse, and A. C. Whis-
er, Garfield; Spokane county. J.P
Hill, Rockford, and Joe Hueter, Che
ley; Franklin county, John Howton,
and John Steele, Kahlotus;
Grant county, g. j. TgDert, Krupp.
md Louis Deliyuk. quincy; Lincoln
county, Almer Mccurtain, Davenport.
and Edgar Williams Mohler; Adams
county. J. II. Griffith, MarcelIus ].
N. Robbie, Lind; Douglas county, G.
A. Lanphere, Withrow. and T. NJ.
Friel, Wateryille; Walla WaIla coun-
ty, w. c. Clark. Walla WalIa. and E.
NJ McCaw. Prescott Idaho d. s.
Wallace. Lewiston: J. z. Grow. Gff-
ford; Chas. h. Hoag. WorIey; Riley
Rice. Cottonwood. and II. T. Lewis, /
Moscow.