The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-09

the audits would disclose.
St. Paul is favored as the location
for the state-owned terminal elevator.
j. NJ. Anderson, president of the Equi-
ty exchange, made this statement to-
day, adding that it was only a matter
OF financing the proposition.
The debt limit of the state as pro-
vided by the constitution has been
reached and no more bonds can be is
sued until the constitution has been
amended. With the execution OF
House Bill A in the senate, it may
be some years before the state can
give aid, Fs . a@--
A direct tax has been suggested by
some of the ardent supporters of the
terminal, but according to President
Anderson. there is some objection to
this method. The elevator, he said,
will cost approximately 100000.
Farmers Losing Millions.
Ferdinand King, representing the
Equity Packing company, mNde the
assertions backed by statistics, that
the farmers are losing several mil
lion dollatataannualy in not having,
their packing plant in operation. His
figures sfy6Med that the packer is
making $hb6;Niler head on every hog
marketedsi0ntside the state. The to-
tai number of hogs shipped out of the
state for, tho fyear 1915 was 756,76S,
meaning a.dossaof several million dol
lars. NorthJ Dakota, he said, stands
!, WI CT tnr cf of
in the shipment of porkers and second
also in the shipment Of cattle.
with a packing plant in Fargo, we
are going still further" said the rep
resentative, who has spent most of
his life in the packing industry. 1--WE
are going to save the switching, ward
age and freight charges, which will
mean approximately $65 a car. This
is another reason for North Dakota
having a packing plant owned by the
farmers" He lauded the articles
written by H.. P. Burton relative to
the dividends declared by the pack
ers, which were printed in the Bis
marck Tribune and excerpts. from
which were printed in the Co-opera7
tors Herald. ~. :9n inW
Best Pork From This State. ,aeH|
North Dakota is raising, afgrade of
pork which makes the best bacons
and hams, he said, stating as the rea-
son that the best grass in the United
States grew in this state.
North Dakota. pork is worth more
money than southwestern meat, yet
farmers from that section of the
country are. getting from 75 to 80
cents more per hpndred pounds for
their shipments than the farmers of
this state are, which is another reason
why the farmers should own pack
ing plant. If you can produce any
thing worse than Texas cannery
would like to see it.
Meat Free From Disease.
In commenting upon the address
made by Mrs. J. E. Stevens of Law
ton, AntiTuberculosis worker, King
asserted that government inspection
would result from a farmers packing
plant.
"How does your local butcher know
whether the cattle he slaughters are
tubercular without government in
spector?" asked King. statistics
show that per cent of the hogs are
tuoercular. With a packing plant, all
the meat will be government inspect
ed and passed, but under present con-
ditions you are getting home-slaugh-
tered meat"
Why Plant Located at Fargo.
Because Fargo affords market for
the finished products of the plant, was
one of the reasons for taking the To-
cation to that city, said King.
''The state will consume only a
small portion of the products. We
must look to the eastern markets for
the marketing Of the canned prod
ucts. One little market in the south
will use more canned products than
the whole state of North Dakota"
Other reasons for the selection Of
Fargo were the avenues of distribu
tion and the advantages offered in the
receipt of livestock shipments.
"The bankers will place thousands
and millions of dollars to finance the
European war, but will place nothing
to carry on our war;" declared Repre-
sentative J. C. Miller of Bottineau
county, author of the bill for the low
ering of the rate of interest, in an
swering C.. ]. Lee, president Of the
Valley City Equity bank, and Equity
director, who had previously made
the assertion that the lowering Of the
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