The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-08

or 125 bushels an hour THAT is bushels
minute) the grain must be good.
Under such threshing the charge at 1913
per hour Is twenty-six cents and four
wheat; while only fifteen and eighteen
and occasionally twenty cents per BUSH
ell has been charged for fax thresh-
ing heretofore, and flax usually aver
aGd sa e9 and per
The threshers urge that wages and
food and equ ipment are high. We
doubt If they Justify any such boost in
Waees Of and Dfe th are fne
ed at $3.50 day by the threshermen
in this same schedule Of prices and that
$3.50 day is fixed as the price to be
paid for team and wagon making $500
large fourteen rig outfit, to which
may be added $40 a day for engineer
wages, $500 a day for separator man
and $1,000 day for two other men at
a day for gasoline or fuel and you have
$125.00 day for wages and expense for
such an outfit to which can be added
the cost Of feeding twenty men, which
$40 per day for cook car employees and
you have a total expense of $155.00 per
day. This does not include horse feed,
but it is a we'll known fact that every
the thresher,s horses Int IF ak m 10
allowed (though never paid) for feed
of fifteen teams you have a total eX-
pense Of $1,000 day, for which
charge is made under this schedule of
from 1880 for ten hours work to s52S
for sixteen hours work or a difference
Of $50 to 1858 per day profit for the
question this is out Of all reason and
greatly excessive,
- - ~ o+o5 ~ H.. .,
10 ~ .u &c Ioteu w 'ha. tncSe
cnarges t., pS ne nour cover Inc tlme con, CON
Sulheu III seltlHs anu moving. from
.n ne a''i,e we ''dcnl,e stp'kes d iarmer ;
' n un ~. ~ ,eaEes ne paNH 'ne per
n I "aSG' "ieSs " IeHu'ts ootaln-
a a+,, Hno f th 10 n our " thin 'ne worse
teat uLe o. Tue Wiioie lhlns, may the
,naii, +bras,, erai, Nv an, ~
r Ts..is tr,res' sl'lt qt ehli ms nro',Gy
az hn ha Ie9 i he tb ,nss at stare
as ne mas WHefe he threshes by the
'u III cron, oro ,oor +,o ox,,orso 30
sead bas boan a. g M Inc eApt ti u
nnmae V - lee ,no mas aqnea 10 that as much
more the ufoushI mas SlHrh us ha,t
n,Gin at IT,. ne me a''uS' VINE ~ Houple
AND mIs aIso "f feod dre me '"rne1
now IL seems ,,1i 1tat re dnrenmr@ Az
nntCad h VIZ w :, 'mGSe ~ lco3 are
this coninm Ga+nrfav onoti,a, n,,,,
49, tu.a, at5, % III ICY, anotne' 1I"
bnvn hean incran Sod tent fIa ne cent
t'Ve peell li'creaseu t"efltynVe per cent,
Nfnnt ~ 80 ten,,in,Is Pti ,'NlIra irbli
fnra Vyhi ie ~ WIGS e"9ii EYER n "
al tat tha a. Ic i th ,1t ne
nn =; d fo ma Prize Is te price heretofore
imn, nhaat that Inntos WV o'S e'''.
rrraived f'nn5 '' tvo to CIV -
ely p Ill A!.u ne ntHt pilce
Is iour cents less or SI,d1 W c Is Lne
one Hard wbent iustaad of % 81 % as s
oanor .,," snnasad o % as
nhaa Tb be nsxt er pfLee on premium NUN
W1eat t. me e. heNt grace ana tne PROD
"'e .Gnr1a tT rtnfo "t'iri ,l NhoW
four < cents nda, s. O. w De ao4 Out
t ~. neh.e uI 1rI VI a. 'hc
t'7tnat rs ,rnnaaa1i 'nu req Price Oh
WIS IN MiHneapod,S ae &c OF ohe farmer
wv a. 81 ~ pl 1e,to 'roWu Ply Per nuSn
trv viii viii not AVERAGE over II five v's or roa civ
ousvaS per of TIr ot CIV m,la1' wv mean
en- a av w, o. 10y 10 eSceeu -" per acre
80 10 ~. M Wea' txaI NV ~ o. ms wea
$500 per acre vii; be taken at least and
Perhaps ~; more lor tnre resi- ing Wnen me
,niGSll p'il: me seeo piil, twlne, 1eed ana
nai'ul'ng. plllS are counted me tarmer
WI, VIII not De le th IN excess OF - or 80
men W. W. cou1lt themselves iucky TO re-
celye mat Under these circumstances
ana WIN theSe llgures before US we can
not resist calling the prices for thresh-
ing as promulgated grossly excessive, to
say the least. And the threshermen
are FARMERS We doubt If they have
considered cons. these facts and the practical
erect OF their prices. II this country
had ntteen or twenty bushel crop we
would say nothing, but under the cir
cumstances it is not patriotic for any
combination OF men to thus take ad-
vantage.
we understand that meeting has
oeen called for next SATURDAY evening