Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-25
SHIPPERS HOLD
ANNUAL SESSION.
Report For the Niagara
Shawnee Association
Submitted.

On Friday afternoon the Niagara
Shawnee Shippers association held
their annual meeting. At this time
the president and manager, Hans
Geofgesen, Hade & detailed report Of
the years business Of the association,
During the year So ears Of stock
were shipped which. included LAO
462 head of cattle, bringing a total
price of $S3,392.23. The cost Of ship
ment varied during the years business
from 50 4-10 cents per hundred
pounds to IS 5-10 cents per hundred
pounds, the average total cost of ship
faeht being 86 ITO cents per hundred
pounds for the years business.
Records were kept Of the initial
weights OF the hPgs that were shipped
and the shrinkake was determined on
these animals. The average weight of
1888 head at the shipping point was
1877 pounds the average shrinkage
2 $40 pounds per hundred pounds.
This shrinkage varied from S lilo per
cent on lot to 5 per cent on an
other.
Both the cost per hundred pounds
OF shipping and the shrinkage on
these hogs is considered as generally
exceedingly satisfactory. While it is
impossible to make a definite COM
parison between values received by
shipping through the association and
selling to local buyers, a number of
instances were reported at the meeting
where very high increases were noted.
In n case n shipper had a local
bid SIS under the actual net returns
on IL head, while in another case a
; farmer had a bid $50 under the. actual
receipts. Another case was reported
where the shipper received a net
profit Of Is per cen above local bids
on 10 head OF hogs. 1t was noted also
that the local buyers paid much
higher prices-that is, did their
business on a much closer margin
citation handled considerably more
than SO per cent of the shipments
from this vicinity.
Handled SO Shipments.
OF the total shipments from Nj
agara of 62 cars during the year., the
association handled So, or about 60
per cent of the total shipments. The
conservative estimate of actual saving
made by the manager was placed at
10 per cen Of the gross receipts, or
about So, 800 on the years business.
At this meeting the officers and di-
rectors were elected for the ensuing
year. The following men were elected:
Hans Georgesen. president, and IL
vice presidents and directors were
elected as follows: Fred Shaley, F.
A. Munson, L.. D. Moen, Bert Krueg-
ger, Oscar Ellertson, Gilbert Rustic
bake, Herman Urness, Axel Luke.
Geo. Axelson, A. A. J~orgenson, Ernest
Kirk, J. Dalgarno. F. A. Munson
was elected OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
Hans Georgesen manager.
Some changes were made in the
rules of the association covering the
handling Of carload shipments. The
amount OF money from each shipment
to be placed in the sinking fund wa
designated as IS per car for SO and
sc sizes and Sc per car for a..
|, The years business just closed
showed that the association am out
even with no money in the treasury
at the end Of the years business.
The association decided to w and
operate their own scales and author
lied the purchase and installment OF
scales to be placed at the new shipping
pens in the near future. The scales
will cost from $500 to $500 and will
be owned exclusively by the Shippers
association.
Nearly fifty men paid their annual
! dues of 81 at the meeting and at the
same time exhibited every satisfaction
with the manner in. which h bust.
ness had been conducted during the
past year. The association extended a
vote of thanks to their manager, Hans
G~eorgesen, and to the officers of the
association for their services.