Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

closing the purchase report No. us oi
my grain for 1918.
TINS report shows that my hybrid
wheat Sample tested No. - brought
sacked, s1.95 per bushcl.
THE sacks tabout half of them were
carried over from 1913. cost an aver
age Of about 20 cents each, leaving net
Sl.s5 per bushel for the wheat.
Il paid the Houser Flour mill 1920
cash Tor my last AS lb. sack Of flour
or s 2-3 cents a lb. l have bought no
mill feed (bran, shorts, etc. recently
but am told that tne~same mill retails
mill feed at IA cents a Id.
"One bushei of wheat makes az lbs
flour at 2-3 cents $3.50
zone bushel wheat makes IL
lbs. mill feed at "a cents ...... 40
Total one bushel wheat is -. $500
Net price received Tor l bushel
my wheat ................... ..$1.so
difference .$l.3o
'The farmer hauls his wheat TO the
mill and hauls the mill feed back and
pays the miller s1.35 per bushel for
grinding 1t into flour and the weights
he gets is seldom II ever satisfactory"
SAME OLD BUCKET
Thus you see the old time toll buck
ct just slightly abbreviated in size
and which cnafacterizes the miller.
who INDUCES in the shortcomings as a
common THIEF is made TO look like
80 cents as compared with the finan-
ciers who are operating at this day and
age.
The department of agriculture as
legally authorized second to the Idaho
producer has made more or less COM
ment during the season upon this sort
of thing and 1t is hoped that with the
assistance and support of the fans who
surround the ring we Will be able in
another season to eliminate elements
in our commerce which have a ten
dency to discourage production and
hamper the development Of the state.
EACH NEEDS OTHER
II is very necessary to have mills.
elevators, warehouses and corpora tons
strong enough TO handle the ever in
creasing tonnage from the farms. Be
fore the wheels turn round, however.
we must have farmers to produce the
grain. The buyer, the producer and
the consumer are entitled to a square
deal and each should play the game &C
cording to the rules of the ring.
There is no excuse for a feeling of
dissa tisfaction and enmity between the
producer and the dealer, neither will
there be when both understand and
comply with the rules and regulations,
The success of mans life Is not
measured by the amount Of money he
steals, but by the good he can do to
his fellow man, his contribution to the
happiness of all the people. the amount
of distress he can relieve, the assist
ance he can render to building up the
state, creating new homes, increasing
production, and contributing generally
to the clements of strength which sus-
tain the ciyiliza ton OF our age.
DEPARTMENTS AIMS
II is the purpose Of this department |
to promote honest industry, to solldify |
as far as possible outside as well as To-
cal Investments in our state whether |
small or large. to create hearty feel !
ing OF cooperation between the pro-
Queer and the dealer. to enlarge our !,
markets and Increase production: to |
assist in Increasing bank accounts, and |
iiiiing UP our schools and colleges with |,
bright and hopeful young men and /
women, In making possible the build
ing Of more churches and hospitals. In /
enlarging the subscriptton lists Of the
worthy newspapers and focusing the /
public eye upon tho common thiOG
VINO hampers and retards the progress
VI our commonwealth.
IN other words. II II our purpose. as
Iar as possible. 10 comply with the In
.ssructions Of our governor ~ seeing
.nsI no Advantages accrue to ANYONE L
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e ~ .v!Elue of Any un1uef1 stllex1ty Nqsh4