The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-10-08

DUPLICITY
OF GRAIN
COM BIN E
NORTH DAKOTA GRAIN INSPEC.
TOR SAYS ONLY HARM
LESS ACTIVITY rs
APPROVED


TOR SAYS ONLY HARM
LESS ACTIVITY rs
APPROVED
FARGO, n. DIN letter to the
Courier-News of this city, j. A. Nc
Govern, chief grain inspector OF
North Dakota, exposes the love for
cooperation preached by the grain
combine and the politicians.
They don't object to cooperation
says McGovern. so long as co-opera-
ton stays ON the fringes of business,
but when the farmers try to get into
the central market. their private
sanctum, cooperation is going too
Tar.
The Nonpartisan league plan for
marketing is therefore particularly
bad because it goes right to the heart
Of the grain combine.
"Friends' of Cooperation ---
Mr.. Mc0overn also points out
how the grain combine has friends
in places whore they should not be:
"The Farmers National Grain
Dealers association, says Mr.. Nc
Govern. with Mli1Ard r. Myers,
manager Of the educational depart
ment of the Farmers National Grain
Dealers association also editor and
manager of the American Coop
erative Publishing company, Chica-
go. is against the plan proposed by
the American Federation Of Farm
Bureaus for the marketing of grain.
The Chicago Board of Trade and
the Chamber of Commerce OF MIN
neapolis. and every board OF trade
in the United States is also against
rhe present system Of marketing the
farmers agricultural producta,
.sTo their way of thinking they
have perfect system (for tl1em-
selves) and why should the produc-
or disturb their perfect sysetem1
Therefore, the grain trade In Chs
cago has really wakened to the dan
ger that is lowering over them and.
taking their cue from the meat poGlte
ers, who are~buying space in aM the
farm papers that are for sale, tell
ing the dear people what q wonder
fully constructed piece OF machin-
cry they have in operation in Chica-
20, owned and operated by the board
Of trade.
"They say you must have CEN
tral market All true enough, but
that central market should not be a
monopoly central market operated
in the interest of few grain gamb-
lers. Tom Lawson's exposure OF the
gambling operations on the Chicago
Board of Trade has not been for
gotten by the grain raisers. 1t is not
80 many years ago that the mem-
bers Of the Chicago Board Of Trade
refused to handle grain shipped by
farmer elevator companies or inde-
pendent shippers in the state OF
Iowa, who were not connected with
the line elevator combine.
Cooperation on Fringes ----
ED Dunn, an Independent ship
per of Mason City, Iowa was driv-
en- out of the grain business by the
Chicago board OF trade members
refusing to handle his grain for the
only reason that he refused to join
the line elevator combine. He after.
ward had the satisfaction Of organ.
izing some 800 or 400 farmer co.
operative elevators and the mem
bers of the Chicago board OF trade
very suddenly became converts te
cooperation.
"Their idea is that cooperation
locally is the finest plan evolved
providing always that 1t is not car
ried too far. The farmers organize
locally, build their own warehouses
furnish their own money; pay al
expenses for operation and take al
risk in their business, and ship theil
products to the members of thi'
board of trade, and the aforesaid
members will do the rest.
"Now this is the extent of thei
cooperation: but when this grea
cooperative body of farmers wishes
to place one of their members II
this central market to sell their owl
products, then to their way D
thinking you are carrying co-opera
ton too far.
"You are doing away with tn
gambling in farm products and
gambler fights to the last ditch be
fore he surrenders. This crowd II
all states where they have centra
markets are, we'll protected by la,
and it will be no easy matter t
rout them. They have their Millar
r. Myerses on their payroll in ever
nook and corner of the country, VIII
preach and talk cooperation that
Just as harmless as a two-year.ol
child.
Baer Bill Advocated
s.The bill introduced in congres
by John NJ. Baer is step in tn
right direction. It forbids gamt
ling in farm products, and whe
you take gambling out Of the whea
and hog crop Of this country 70
will get down to solid foundatio
for the producer to stand on; an
do away to certain extent with th
uncertainty when IL comes to ma