Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-10-21
MINI, FARMERS
HAUL Grain TO
N. D. ELEVATOR
WiIkin Sod Busters Save Over
81 Per Load In
Dockage.
A TRIBUTE TO N. P. l.
Minnesota Star LOUNGES a Singing
Dart at the Enemies of the
Farmer-Labor Pro-

"oNNS
in some instances by hauling their
grain to the North Dakota side Of the
Red and Bots de Sioux rivers for sale.
The saving is especially large where
the dockage is heavy in wild oats.
In commenting upon the decision Of
Wilkin county farmers to haul their
grain across the line the Minnesota
Star recently said:
1.-The laws which compels grain
buyers to pay the market price for
the foreign seeds in the grain, con-
shutting the '%dockage,' is one Of the
'socialistic' measures of the farmer
legislature in North Dakota. The
most fragrant abuses in the buying of
grain surrounded the custom Of dock
ing in weight to allow for the wild
seeds in grain. By taking an excess
sive amount for dockage a grain buyer
could allow a grade and a price that
apparently We're high and still reap
unreasonably high profits. Managers
of local grain elevators were regularly
instructed by line company managers
to play safe on dockage by taking
more than enough.
Curbs the Sharpers.
1.-THE new North Dakota laws, en-
acted by a group Of visionary and
| socialistic farmers have made practic-
ally impossible all the old sharp prac-
tees in grain buying. And it hasn't
taken a horde of politically employed
samplers and inspectors to do the
work. In North Dakota every elevator
manager or buyer of grain must have a
state license as a deputy inspector Of
grain. A single deliberate offense in
m%isgrading or a repetition of mistakes
will cost him his license and close his
elevator until q new man can be found
Fwho is satisfactory to take his place..
The character and ability Of these
grain buyers must be certified by
farmers with whom they deal. There
is a state grain inspection department
which operates merely a testing labor
atory and hears complaints, If grain
has been misgraded a sample sent to
the state laboratory will tell the story,
and Mr.. Grain Buyer will have to
show good reason why his place
shouldn't be closed up.
1T is a simple system, but suffi-
Gent. They don't cheat in buying
wheat in North Dakota any more since
the first few suffered the penalties OF
the law.
"Dockage' seeds are valuable feed.
They used to constitute the velvet of
the trade. Their quality is no longer
guessed at in North Dakota, but it is
accurately calculated and the market
value of the dockage is paid to the
farmer, ~
"The case Of dockage in North Da-
kota is merely an item Indicating what
it means to the farmers to have their
interests represented in the state gov
eminent. rather than the interests OF
grain dealers exclusively. In North
Dakota they have not used their polit-
tcal advantage to cheat anybody. They
have used it merely to enforce hon
eSty in the grain market
Whether you like A. C. Townley or
not, YOU must admit that he can pan
the plutocrats from the platform as
ironically as any other speaker on this
side of Kingdom Come.
The Independent Voters association
is essentially and fundamentally moth
ing more than a Union of Twin City
Grain Dukes and Paid North Dakota
Lackeys organized for the purpose of
attempting to Tecapture this state
from the Common People, reduce labor
to a condition of abject s%ervitude,
farm the farmers and cut the salaries
of office men, because of greatly in
creased overhead expense.
McKenzie-About 80 silos were built
In Burleigh county this year.
Venlo-The big new elevator will
soon. be ready to receive grain.
Devils Lake-Intercity volley ball
will be played with Grand Forks.
misunderstanding with convict
labor and machines costs $50 an hour.
Nome-Nine buildings were destroy
ed in a midnight fire with a loss of
$4,000.
Bismarck-Several thousand dollars
of state road aid money is being dis
%tributed.
Q Langdon-A barn door fell upon the
~five-year-old son of Emil Squirting and
killed him.
Mott-The first of the states series
of 80 horse sales are being held in
this vicinity.
Werner-The first carload of coal
has been shipped from the new High
Carbon mines,
Valley City--John Carlson, IS, was
killed by the kick OF n horse he VAS
embarrassing.