Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-05-22
STATE elevator SYSTEM WILL
Save MILLIONS FOR FARMERS
Grain Growers to Get Higher Price and Money That Went
Spectators Will be Spent Within North Dakota.

partment, assert this method will
mean an increase of several cents a
bushel In the price which the average
farmer receives for his grain.
This plan has been in operation In
Australia, New Zealand, many Of the
countries of Europe, and in terminal
elevators on the Pacific coast and
Canada. Everywhere it results in
stablizing the market. checking specu-
lation, and thus giving the actual pro-
Queer more for his grain.
Will Establish New Grades.
The second big benefit of the North
Dakota Elevator and Mill association
will be to establish an entirely new
method of grading North Dakota
grain. This method will make the
farmers of this state independent of
the Minnesota and federal grain
grades, both of which are unfair and
discriminatory.
The new North Dakota grades will
be determined by the milling value of
the wheat. In other words, If mill
test shows that No. 1 Northern and
wheat now given an inferior grade
make flour Of practically the same
standard and amount, the grades will
be fixed to show the true value of
the grain and prices will adjust them
selves correspondingly. This will
mean that the farmerss of North Da-
kOta will receive, on an average sew
eral cents more bushel for their
grain, for it is notorious that the
wheat raised in this state has been
persistently, under>graded.
The unfair system of dOckage which
prevailed all over this state, until DIR.
Ladd and Mr.. McGovern compelled the
grain buyers to treat the farmers
fairly, also will be made impossible
when the state-owned elevators are in
operation. This, too. will save the
farmers Of North Dakota millions of
dollars annually.
For years the grain growers of
North Dakota have been exploited by
the grain buying and milling combine
Of Minneapolis. The principal prod
uct Of the farmers of this state was
purchased at an uhreasonably low
price, shipped to Minneapolis ut the
expense of the producer, manufactured
ut an excessive profit, and then the
flour shipped back to North Dakota
and sold after dozen middle-men
had handled 1t. The by-products,
bran, shorts and middlings. were lost
to this state or sold back to the farm
ers at 81 profit even more excessive
than that charged for flour.
Means Prosperity for People.
The state-owned elevator and -four
mill association will put All end to
this systematic exploitation of the
people Of North Dakota. The grain
growers will get fair price. The
flour will be milled in North Dakota,
thus saving freight both ways and
developing milling resources in our
cities. The mill feed by-products will
stay in this state and b,rild up much
needed dairying industry.
The immediate result will be that
the farmers of North Dakota will get
several million dollars more each year
for their grain; that several million
dollars additional will be saved in
freight charges; that the money paid
for wages and profits to the Mime
apolls lnillers will be spent with North
Dakota businessmen; and that for the
first time in its history this state will
be industrially independent. Every
legitimate business within North Da-
kota will benefit as consequence.
The only interests affected will be the
milling combine of Minneapolis and
this explains why the Chamber Of
Commerce crowd is financing the fight
in an effort to repeal this law.