Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-09-30

Recently the Record was forced to
call the hand of the local league
newspaper for its untruthful claims
about supposed "steal" by the grain
gamblers of twenty cents a bushel Or
wheat.
Last week, the league paper again
makes a statement that is absolutely
preposterous and untrue. We refer
to its claim that the grain-gradine
law had saved the farmers more than
million and half on dockage. In
nearly every instance, we have found
their raw claims to be untrue. Now,
we have reached the point where we
believe'it our duty to check up few
of their wild yarns from time to time.
We have found that their dockage-
saving claims are pure punk. Listen
to this: Thousands of bushels Oh
wheat are marketed in the various ell
evators of Linton and Hazelton. Ii
the league had saved more than a mil
lion and half we should expect 70
find some of that saving here at home.
What are the facts? We nave askel
some of the grain-buyers for the
facts. Here they are:
Chris Bosch, manager of the Far
mers' Elevator, was asked how much
he had paid back under the law for
valuable dockage. His answer was,
''Not a cent, either on the 1919 crop,
nor this year up to date"
Ed. Krueger, Of the Schilling e.
Kruger elevator, was asked the same
question. His answer, eve have r.
ceived no grain that had the neces-
sary z per cent dockage to secure the
payment provided. Neither has
here been any money paid back by
any elevator in Linton"
H We were also interested in the con-
dition at Hazelton, where binders arc
more generally used and where there
would be more dockage. We found
that the payments have not amounted
to one dollar for one thousand bushels.
In other words, on 10000 bushels
purchased, there has not been a pay
ment of even $119.
Just think of it, The league news
papers all publishing the same un-
truthful rot to mislead the farmers in.
to thinking they are getting some sort
of value for their $18 and their polit-
ical support, when the facts do moi
bear out their claims at all. EN-
mons county raises grain under much
; the same conditions as most Of the
other counties of the state. Linton
and Hazelton are typical trading
points. Both towns have thriving
, farmers elevators run by the far.
: mers themselves.
If the league claims were true, ther
there would be some evidence of il
in this county. They are lies pure
and simple. And the local league ed
itors do not even take the trouble L
investigate the wild yarns sent t.
them from league headquarters befor'
they pass them on to their readers.
The law requires that dockage ex
ceed seven per cent before the eleva
tors make any pament. This is t,
, cover cost of cleaning shrinkage, etc
Practically none of the grain meets
the requirement of the law in thl'
respect. Hence, the howl about dock
age saving is wild fable, and thu
!, men who are putting over such frau
dulent claims on the people are Ger
J tainly unfit to dominate our affairs
; Of government. J.
This dockage yarn reminds us o1
the league claims that thousands o1
settlers are being brought to No1tf
Dakota monthly by the immigration
commission It's another lie. If il
were true, wouldn't our own people
find some evidence Of these new ses
tiers in our midst? Certainly. Blu
the fact is that socialist activities il
, this state, and the campaign Of ex
travagance and crooked politics, in
: stead Of bringing settlers to the state
: are keeping them out. Any Ian,
. Eman can tell you that it is impossibl
E TO get people to come here to locat
e under present conditions. Any ban
or loan agent can tell you that j
is practically impossible to sell Mort
$ Daokta real-estate loans to outsider
!, any more.
Farmers, it's up to you. If yo
like to imagine yourselves on eaa
street, with . second Moses leaain
you into the land with flowing mil
- and honey. 80 to it. Have 4 gos
6 time while it lasts. But il you !,