The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-05-10
AND IN THE MEAN TIME.

At Jerry Bacons ant-nonpartsan meeting recently held at Grand Forks,
the Almighty fixed up for Chief Clerk Bowen to veal thru life, mot at all
pleasing to GUY, Treadwer Twichel, a battle SCARED veteran of various
political armies and battles, asked for a little information. It is not often
lreadwen asks for information, for be it known there is not much he does
not know and the little he does not is seldom worth inquinng about
But OF this occasion Treadwen, in the presence Of corporation lawyers,
brilliant, tried and true gang politicians and Judge spading, humiftated him.
that he expected no present could answer. And if there were those pres
ent who could answer they refused to speak.
wheat alone What Tresduen wsrtsd u ~ xnow ws uSethsr - +bt stst~meu NJ
"a true or not. He had heard that n John H. Worst and also another
one, Dr.: E. F. Ladd, had made such a statement Treadwen thot it was i'm
portant, if true, hence his yearning for information. He even intinated that
it was mighty important to know whether the farmers were even losing half,
that amount He w went so far a to say it was important to know if the
farmers were losing a palry million a year in that way"
The Journal meekly confesses a lack of frst-hand knowledge N the ques
ton, but it has recently stumbled upon a little information which may throw
some light upon the question.
MI: John J. Burtscher, a we'll known merchant tailor Of Devils Lake, hd|
local elevator in a nearby town. He took a sample of the grain and the
buyer graded it as No. 4 or D feed, o. something like that, and offered him
and John wa not exactly satisfied with the bid. He tried other elevators
with the m result Someone suggested to him that he send a sample to
the Equity Co. Operative Exchange at St. Paul for a bid and in the next mail
he received a offer of 1888, a little matter of AZ cents a bushef moe than
the local elevator offered. From which should be deducted a freight charge
y It is a we'll known fact that last fall this grade # wheat sold at local
elevators in this section for as low as 7e cents. Fred zessinr a farmer near
Devils Lake, recently sold for $3.50 some of the sal wheat HI "a offered
If al. the farmers we're compelled to sell their wheat to ieva'ors, II II
would be easy to figure out just how much they lose o m account IT market
to hold until market conditions suit them, but most of them have to sell as
son az they thresh to meet urgent bills, o. because they have insufficient
storage room. ~ ~ tho ~ vo,,o of
the screenings lost, the freight paid on the screenings, and figuring N a.
basis of a hundred million bushel crop, a considerable portion II Inc $780,
OO000 loss is accounted for.
AS W understand it however, Mr.. Worst bases his estimate of the loss
the farmers sustain largely upon the milling of wheat tin Minneapolis instead
of in our W state, thus saving the mill by-products, the freight the screen-
ings, and the loss in "grading" .
In the meantime the little matter of solving the problem which" Will permit
the farmers of this state % earn a fair return upon their labor and invest
ment goes merrly on, with the farmers attempting TO- soVe II 'nenH Sas1,
while others, who have long had the opportunity and failed, decry m efforts
of the farmer, claiming that it is revolutionary, sociahstH, anarcnnac' ao
the Lord only known What not.-D~ls Lake Journal. .
New Rockford State Center: What seems passing strange is IN on
cen that certain politicians and newspapers arem anifesdng IN relation &c
the fec that farmers pay for the conduct OF the nonpart1san campaign. Il
- -~ ..ll In ,v +a foo w0md he a different NATTER uC since ney
80 not asked to nav anything it is none of their business. The motive thai
nromnts heir concern, therefore, is apparent They evidently consider i
nnnertinent-for farmers to organize for their protection. They would them
selves prefer tt safeguard the farming interest-as they have one mere
tfore. 3#h. "s @m4&E a@ ~ "a,.@1t&, nM@t W%#.f #+@# tmf
If you aren't planting a garden of your own, It east 10 not ugn - IN
true patriot who lies awake nights studying intensified ruck farming 1ron
a Undiscovered seed catalog. .#f"#