Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-11
lected by these four. This commit
tee will take over all elevators in its
communitY and will annoint one man

10 manage the enIre group Inc
owners Of the elevators, whether they
or line elevators, will be paid q rea-
sonable rental, based upon the actual
assessed valuation. Inasmuch az the
actual assessed valuation Of farmers
elevator plants usually has been very
low. the average rental fee will not
be small. In towns where there are
now v elevator managers n v
distinct STATS, under the new plan
there will be but one manager and
one staff Of helpers, who will operate
all of the elevators. There will be a
ing, and thence the grain will be de-
livered to the different elevators. One
plant may be reserved for one type OF
wheat. while another elevator will re-
ceive a different type. The Defense
Council corporation claims that
weighing and grading may be done
more systematically and the grades
separated more satisfactorily. It is
also claimed that the corporation plan
will overcome difficulties now existing
where small elevators have found 1t
difficult or too expensive to put in all
the grading equipment which h gov
eminent tests require.
Wheat and other grains will be
bought on a safe margin, the cost Of
handling and the rental of the eleva-
tors, salaries of managers and as
sistants and proportionate expense
ACQUIRING to the defense corporation
will be deducted, and m surplus re-
naming in the hands Of the commit
tee at the end of the season will be
pro-rated among all those who have
sold grain through the local commit
tee. The defense council holds that
! ifS nrnrniffoo roS1Icin0 0VorhAQH
expense to a minimum and paying
but one managers salary in each
town where now there may be as
many as a dozen, can do business on
a closer margin than any private or
cooperative concern and that where
as the elevator cost of handling a
bushel of wheat under the present
plan has been as high as eleven cents,
the o 8 under the new system OF
state control should not exceed an
average Of two cents. The difference
of nine cents per bushel, says the de-
Tense council, will go to the farmer.
The board of trustees to be selected
by the community from city and
county will have full control locally
employing the manager and other
helpers. Present employees of eleva.
tors who are not needed under thu
new plan will be released for othe1
work. Over the whole system thu
North Dakota Council Of Defense cor
poration. born of the council of de.
Tense yet distinct in law from 1t, vii
have jurisdiction.
The same plan will be applied t
creameries and cream stations. The
business will be handled through loca
boards Of trustees, selected by tn.
community, with the approval of the
defense corporation. In each lOcalit!
one man will manage the entire
creamery business, and excess EN-
ployes will be dispensed with. An!
profits ACQUIRING from the manage
ment will be pro-rated among TIL
cream producers.
In the matter Of Ignite, the mines
are not to be taken over for the pres
ent, at least. The project is one o
distribution, the defense council cor
poration announces. 1t is planned t.
conduct a campaign of publicity
which the Ignite producers will A
nance, and the present intention is t,
establish a distributor in every tow
and village in the state, providing
there is nc distributing agency al
ready on the job, or If such alread!
established agency refuses to co
operate" Cooperation will consis
principally in producing the sinew
of war and in investing in a share O.
two of the corporations non-dividend
paying stock. In exchange for thi
support, the corporation will advertise
Ignite coal, relying upon the patr
otto press of the state for liberal FREE
publicity; will take up Inc thresh GU
traffic problems, go into the matter o
price-fixing and do other thing
which the corporation contends cal
best be done through the well recog
nized trust form Of control. Thu
defense council corporation will no
concern itself with the distribution o
anthracite or bituminous coal, but will
concentrate its efforts on the exclu
sion of imported Goals, by educatinl
the people Of the state to burn tn
;, native fuel. .