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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-27

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cradle portion will be taken by the
weather. farmers themselves $,
that, to that extent, the growers Will
finance their own operation.
1t is apparent that the effect G,
this plan will be: First. to give a
definite standing to agricultural ma
per issue for marketing purposes
and, second, to establish a more d.
rect connection between farm mar
keting and the investing public.
Existing bank and financial institu
lions may adopt themselves to the
new situation, or Il they fail to do
so, the associated farmers will un-
doubleday find a way to maintain
the relations established with the in
vesting public, and to build up
credit system of their own.
How Plan Would Work
Application OF this system to con-
ditions in different agricultural dis
tricts suggests some extremely I'm
teresting possibilities. How would it
work out in North Dakota? In
] 1920 North Dakota produced g.
100000 bushels of wheat. If ware
house receipts or bonds had been is
sued secured by this wheat on tine
basis of $1.0O bushel, as was done
by the northwestern association. the
credit secured would have been in
excess of $S0,OOO,OOO. The value Of
all field crops produced in North
Dakota was equivalent to 100000
900 bushels of wheat. II this meth
cd had been applied to the market
ing Of all crops and a proportional
amount OF paper issued, the total
credit obtained would have been
$40 900, 900.
How does this compare with the
credit actually extended. under nres.
ent methods. for the marketing OF
North Dakota crops? On August 81,
1920, rediscount Of the Federal Re-
serve Bank of the Ninth district TO
North Dakota amounted to $685.
1888. Commercial banks OF The
Twin Cities had $23.S36,S44. out
in North Dakota at that time. The
total credit accommodations to
North Dakota from these two sour
ces was something in excess Of $780,
1000. 1t has been estimated that
accommodations from all outsidt
sources thru North Dakota banks
were more than $5O,O00,000. So
that under the plan proposed, there
would be fair prospect for credit
Tor marketing purposes more than
three time the present amount.
Will Lower Interest Rate
Furthermore. there would un-
doubtedly be considerable saving
IN interest rates. The bonds of the
northwestern grain growers associa-
tt2n found ready sale at 8 percent.
WIS probable that short-time credits
to North Dakota farmers have cost
them on an average at least 10 per-
cent. On total credit for the seo-
son of $4,000. 900. this would
mean saving OF 100000 On
four hundred farm. yielding 10
bushels to the acre. the farmer
would save $50 on interest alone. II
ne borrowed to the amount OF 800
a bushel; and this in addition to the
probability o: receiving better prices.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-27
NORTH Dakota.
OFFERS A SURE
INVEST 7
WHY FARMERS AND OTHERS
INTERESTED IN AGRICuLTURE
SHOULD BUY NORTH DAKOTA
MILL AND ELEVATOR BONDS
Importance of Grand Forks Elsya.

tor
1t is generally admitted by all who
are connected with the National
Sales Agency and the Wheat Crow
ers Association that the great Mil,
and Terminal Elevator now being
built by the State of North Dakota
at Grand Forks will be q vital link
in the chain of elevators necessary
to efficient handling of grain by the
farmers organization. Hon. Usher
l.. Burdick, president of the North
Dakota Federated Farm Bureaus,
declares this unit a necessity and
so do all who know the situation
confronting the farmers.
Capacity
The Mill and Elevator at Grand
Forks is the most up-to-date plan,
of its kind in this country, being
equipped with all the latest appli-
ances known to the engineers and
planned to handle both wheat and
flour at the lowest possible cost.
For instance, all cleaning machinery
is located in the top stories of the
workhouse, above the bin floors and
the grain dropped from one process
to another, largely elip,inating re-
elevation and thus greatly reducing
cost of operation. This feature is
not possessed in any other terminal
in the Northwest.
The receiving and shipping capa-
city is 10000 bushels of wheat an
hour. or 100000 bushels for every
day of ten hours. But, as it is in
tenedd to operate the plant contin-
uously on an eight hour shift basis
whenever necessary, the daily re-
ceiving and shipping capacity can
be brought up to 100000 bushels.
The mill consists OF two 1000
barrel spring wheat units and one
1000 barrel macaroni unit. Its
capacity is 5000 barrels of -four
per day.
Shipping Facilities
Shipping facilities are unsurpas-
sed. Wheat can be run into the
great terminal elevator at Grand
Forks in the morning and in few
hours be on its way to the docks at
Duluth Mimi, there tn be pumped
from the cars to whaleDack ships
which will take it down the Great
Lakes and Erie Canal or st. Law
renee river, connecting with ocean
going vessels to all ports Of the
world, at the lowest transportation
rates.
Bonds, Mill and Elevator Series
The Mill and Elevator property is
state-owned, and 100000 per
cent bonds have been issued to
build and equip the plant above de-
scribed. These bonds are fully
guaranteed by the State of North
dakota. They are tax free in North
Dakota and exempt from fedora.
taxes. No better securities were
ever offered to investors and their
quick absorption will give a power
full impetus to the great movement
now under way to establishh cheap
and direct marketing facilities for
grain. uncontrolled by spectators
and profiteers. and made free of the
panics and fluctuations that now
make farming such an uncertain and
profitless business.
Write for free booklets and cir
culars, containing full information
relating to North Dakota bonds, to
THE BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA,
Bond Department.
Bismarck, North Dak
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-27
NO CHANGES IN FEDERAL GRADES.
SAYS SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

Declares He Knows Little of the 1ssueRepublican Ad
ministration Follows Policy of Democrats Wheat
Question = Georgia Banks Oppose Reserve Bank
Strange Methodist. S. Chamber of Commerce Re-
solves Against Bonus for Soldiers-West Virginia Mine
War Grows Out of I'm American Conditions
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-27
THE WEST VIRGINIA. WAR

Notlce by state authorities that
they were able to cope with the civil
war in Mingo county, w. Va, kept the
federal administration from declaring
martial law in that territory and send
ing in federal troops. A great deal of
shooting has been done but compare
lively few killed or wounded unless
reports of casualties are concealed.
Most newspapers, while giving
front-page accounts of the violence,
give no clues rs to its cause which
would enlighten an intelligent mind.
To get at the cause one must open up
the nasty features of SO many of our
mining communities. These COM
munities operate for the most part
under system not unlike that of
slavery days.
Mines are necessarily in remote
corners away from the large cities.
The corporation owns the land around
them and it puts up novels to house
the workers. 1t also runs the stores.
1t also runs the politics, especially the
0sheriff's and the coroner's office. Thus
the corporation controls all the fac
tors necessary to keep it's workers at
the minimum Of existence. An in
crease in wages ordered by a state or
federal board means nothing because
miners are paid in store paper, not
money, and the company owns the
store.
Il miner shows signs of leadership
for improving conditions, the sheriff
runs him out Of the county. If miner
is killed, the coroner helps the com
pany rob the family he leaves Of just
compensation. A small army Of spies
and gunner are employed to keep the
workers from demanding better condi-
tions.
Add to such background the facts
that union leaders have succeeded at
last in organizing large part Of the
West Virginia miners; that they are
on strike for better conditions; that
the company gunner elected them
from the company-owned novels, and
that gunner have tried to break up
their tent colonies, and we have the
essential factors in the latest indus
trial war.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-27
COURT AIDS GEORGIA BANKS


The federal supreme court has re-
versed the courts of Georgia, which
refused to enjoin the federal reserve
bank ct Atlanta from certain prac-
tees which were q great handicap to
nonmember banks.
The federal decision, however. de-
sides merely that the complaining
banks have . case. No principle Of
The controversy was decided.
Under the cloak Of forcing collec-
don Of checks at par, the reserve
bank system holds checks drawn on
tanks outside its system until . large
amount Is on hand. Then It suddenly
demands cash over the counter for iii
the checks.
This means that nonmember bank
must keep much larger cash reserve
than member bank. In fact, it is
likely TO Be question for the bank Of
joining the reserve system or Of going
eut q the banking business. It q one
ef the little known ways by which the
money trust can force the banking
world 70 carry water for the controll-
ing hnancie1k
Counsel for the federal reserve
board piously denied that Il ssintended
! any illegal act" and whitewashed the
practice complained Of with the asser.
ton tAat par collection Of checks
would save the public more than So.
00oO0O year. Some of the worst
hn1l3nR mr. fieaa ~ tnsaav - ,nk -
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-27


Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to
make any changes in the federal
grades. was not unexpected by close
observers here and elsewhere because
The big marketing interests do not
sant these grades changed
They naturally come first because
heir men rather than those represent
ng the farmers and other plain peo-
ole acquired political power last fall.
Republican congressman and sena-
sors from the spring wheat sections
feel badly about the matter. They
iad campaigned largely on this issue,
shich the Nonpartisan league had
made too popular Ito buck, and they
probably hoped the Republican ma
chine would offer few changes as q
sacrifice to enable them to hold their
ground.
!; Seine Of the disgruntled are talking
about preparing bill to repeal the
NV which gives the secretary of agri-
culture power over grain grading, but
they admit at the same time that it
would have no chance of getting
through congress.
No one, of course, knows what Sec
setary Wallace actually thinks on the
issue. He declares that he knows lit
tie about it and must make an inves-
6gation-the usual method of dismiss
ing delicate political subject. And
his claim Of mo knowledge" surprised
many Of the Northwest representa-
lives, because Wallace was pulled as
practical Northwest farmer and ag-
ricultural editor of 20 years. expert
pnce.
FARMERS VS.. GRAIN TRUST
When the Equity farmers, and later
the Nonpartisan league farmers, pro-
sested against the old Minnesota grad
ing system as being a means Of ena-
bling the millers 10 secure good wheat
ct less than milling value, they were
hrst met with local scorn. Then as
the feeling grew that wheat should be
bought according TO what it is used
Tor, namely, making bread, the poll
ticians had to do something.
ana their actlOn was characteristic.
they replaced the old Minnesota sys-
TEN OF grading with federal grading
system in 1917, and for a season did
lot Of Dragging about what had been
done. But as League leaders such as
Dr.. E. F. Ladd pointed out at the
time, these federal grades were better
tor the grain combine and worse for
the farmers than the old grading sys-
lem. This is now generally admitted
IN spite Of government reports trying
to prove the opposite.
None Of the politicians from the
Northwest, who are now tearing their
hair, really stand for what the farm
ers want and need-grading according
10 milling value. What they are look
ing for is something to keep the
farmer vote quiet without hurting the
grain combine, which controls their
machine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-22
ACCUSES 90 MAGISTRATES.
Chicago Prosecutor Gets Evidence of
Blackmailing Motorists.

CHICAGO. Oct. 22.-Evidence of ex-
tortion, blackmail and conspiracy to de-
frasd has been obtained against 20 po-
lice magistrates and justices of the peace
and 16 motorcycle speed officers in out
living towns and townships. Deputy Sher-
lift Manuel Sultan declared yesterday.
Sultan has been gathering evidence in
connection with complaints of motorists
of alleged blackmail and extortion by
county magistrates who operate speed
traps.
Nearly 1000 witnesses have been sum.
moned to appear before the grand Jury
next week. Sultan said Witnesses have
charged that the country officers take
jewelry, tires, accessories and other val
uables in lieu of bond or fines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-22
WILL NOT USE WAR POWER.
Administration Expects TO Avert Strike
BY Other Means

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-Use by the
government of its war powers to avert
the threatened nationwide railroad strike.
while suggested in some quarters, will
not be exercised, il was stated yesterday
in high administration circles.
The impression was given that the adj
miniStration feels other avenues are open
by which settlement may be reached.
No indication was given. however, as to
what course would be followed or what
information the government may have
had from the labor board.
1t was made plain by high officials
that they believed the use Of war powers
was not necessary. meanwhile declaring
that this nation is at peace" Belief
was expressed that amicable and definite
results could be obtained through nego-
tiations rather than by use of force such
as involved in the exercise of war powers.
In high administrative circles it was
reiterated yesterday that it was 'still the
labor boards affair."" While the Presi-
dent had not been advised officially of tha
boards action at late hour, it was un-
derstood that he approved the move.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-22
Shortage of Beds in Evi-
dence All Over
Country

KEENE, n. H., Oct 22.-Robert T.
Kingsbury, chairman of the hospital cam
paign executive committee, at the start
of the appeal to raise $225,O0O for the
new Community hospital, commented to-
day in an interview on phase of the
campaign which has a direct bearing
upon hospitals in other townsville ma
tion-wide hospital shortage and the effort
that is being made from one end of the
country to the other to build new hos
pitfalls in order to provide the half million
hospital beds which the United States
health service declares are needed.
'Keene is by no means alone" said
Mr.. Kingsbury, ''in its desire and deter
mination to build a new hospital in keep
ing with the ever-increaSing needs of the
times for better hospital facilities. The
movement to build new hospitals and to
improve their equipment is countrywide,
and in the state of New Hampshire it is
active.
Even before the war, the tendency
all through the nation was to make wider
use of hospitals than ever before. This
was partly because the public had
learned to trust and rely upon hospitals
as it came to understand more fully the
advantages of hospital care. Partly it
was due to the constantly rising standards
of medical practice, which, through spe-
cialization, demanded in the care of dis
ease equipment the use of which in the
home was so costly as in most instances
to be out of the question.
THE war, for two chief reasons,
checked what already had become a pro-
nOunced trend toward more and better
hospital facilities. For one thing, all
the national energies were directed toward
the prosecution of the war; for another,
the mounting cost of building materials
and of labor, to say nothing of hospital
supplies and equipment, made eXpendi-
lures prOhibitive. ...
AT the close of the war the hospital
needs had therefore accumulated. Not
only had the natural rate of increase
been retarded, but the new demands for
hospital service had been virtually ig
nored
AS a result according to a recent re-
view of hospital conditions by the federal
Public Health service, there was ma
fional shortage of hospital beds that ran
into the hundreds of thousands. Even
if there had been no new demands for
hospital service. it would therefore have
been necessary to build. new hospitals
to meet the old demands that remained
unsa tisfied.
But, as was said. there were new de-
mands. The public was realizing more
and more the benefits of hospital service.
The facilities which hospitals offer when
operations are necessary. the increasing
use of meteorological and pathological
as well as the X-ray, in
and the realization that hospi-
tails. in most cases are better than homes
for the care of expectant mothers and
newborn children. all were causes of
these new demands. 1t was understood
that the best medicine and surgery had to
give was to be found in the hospitals, and
that very few persons indeed could hope
to enjoy the advantages of this skill and
care within their own homes
Everywhere in the United States these
facts are now recognized. To meet them,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-22
Sporting News
MEXICANS REAL
BASEBALL FANS
American Players Giving Exhibition
Games Find Them Real Up-tO-
Date on TmpireS.

MEXICO CITY. Oct. 22-Teams of
baseball players which came here from
Texas for a series of exhibition games
in connection with the centennial cele-
bration found the real American game
was played here, even though with a
Mexican accent. Some of the players
expected to find a city unaccustomed to
baseball and a public attending thegames
merely out of curiosity to see the sport
that sets all the United States on its
ears for so many months each year.
Instead they found city with at least
10 firSt-clasS diamonds, two full-hedged
leagues and a number of independent
clubS-aIl of them Mexican or Spanish.
They met critical rooters who were not
loath to tell the umpire that his eyesight
was lost or to pan runner for max
ing a poor slide to third.
Baseball is a popular sport in Mexico
and has been for many years. Introduced
by Americans it was readily taken up by
the Mexicans and for some time a city
league has been maintained here which
each year meets the champion of a league
comprised of outlying cities such as
Vera Cruz, Puebla and Monterey.
Newspaper sport pages each Monday
give the standing of the various clubs and
American lovers of the game may be
found every Sunday at the parks watch
ing nine-inning battle.
/ President Obregon, several months ago,
offered a silver cup to the winner of the
CITY series and FL DepOrtO nine won 1t.
This entitled it to play the winner of the
San Antonio-Dallas series which was
scented those cities in the Texas league
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-22
100000 TO BUY cATNIP.
Miss Even Provides for Worldwide Care
of Cats.

NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-Cats all over
the world will benefit from the 100000
obtained by the sale of the Even home
stead here
Miss Caroline Even. who occupied the
property for years with her two sisters,
had a passion for caring for cats
1t was her dream that every cat should
have plenty of catnip and milk and a
comfortable backyard fence to play on
during every one OF its nine lives.
She devoted her life to establishing
sanitoriums and relief organizations for
stray cats, and when she died left all her
estates Tsave $500 for carrying on the
work. She cut off her two sisters in her
will because they were not sufficiently en-
thusiastic about eats.
The money for rescuing the cat popula-
ton of the world became available when
her nephew recently settled his contest
of her will out of court
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-22
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Mr.. and AIRS. sRoliinsBrown have taken
two rooms in the American building.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Dwyer of South Deerfield,
Mass, is a guest of Miss Anna and Miss
Regina Heaphy.
Miss Bridget Long of Cedar street is
visiting in Fair Haven with her brother,
Rev. z. j. Long.
Miss Margaret Gillette went this after
noon to her home in Springfield iYt.l to
visit until Monday.
Mrs Thomas Rice went last night to
Amherst, Mass, to spend a week with
Mrs. f. l. Nolan.
Wallis Goldsmith of Chester came yes
terday to visit at his home on North
street over the weekend.
Mrs. Joseph BrouiIlard, who has been
confined to her house by illness for two
weeks, is little improved.
Mrs. A. f. Wood and daughter, Mary,
went Thursday to Boston where they
will visit relatives 10 days.
|: Miss Dorothy Hubbard of New Lon
don, Conn, came last night to spend the
weekend with Miss Addie Bailey.
]. Clifford Clark of Glens Falls, n. Y,
who had been a guest at the Clark farm
10 days, has returned to his home.
George E. Foster returned today to his
work in Vaughan & Burnett's jewelry
store, after q two-weeks' vacation.
Henry Lamb of Pontiac, Mich. came
yesterday to visit in the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. F. n. Rugg of Organ street.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert f. Coombs and
sons, Robert and james Richard, went
today to New Haven, Conn, to visit over
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Eudoff Tur-
ner.
Mrs c. f. Warner went today to
Athol, Mass, to visit over Sunday in the
home of her son, Aiken Warner and
family.
Mr. and Mrs George NJ Clay and
daughter, Miss Eleanor Clay, and Miss
Minnie d. Brown are spending a few days
in Boston.
Allan Colt returned last night from
Boston, where he had been spending 10
days with his sister, Mrs. Carl S. Whit
temore, and family.
Mrs Fred Holcomb and Mrs. William
Lucius of Meriden, Conn, are guests of
Mrs. Holcomb's aunt, Mrs. j. L. Mack
of South Main street.
Mrs Fred l.. Childs, who is i'll in her
home on Pine street, is a little improved
Her daughter, Miss Helen Childs, is at
home caring for her.
Mrs. Diana Gregoire, formerly of
Turner'S Falls, Mass, came here recently
10 make nerh nome Win neF sister, solfS.
Ross Moquin of Walnut street.
Miss Irene Cooper of Greenfield is a
guest today of Miss Dorothy Rice, coming
to attend the Greenfield Brattleboro high
school football game this afternoon.
Miss Lena Walker, a bookkeeper in the
Office of the Holstein-Friesian Register
company, will return to her work Monday
after a vacation spent at her home in
town. H. 4sSfzE@
MIR. and Mrs Arthur l.. Trip and
children are in Putney today to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Trips father, Alfred
Levi Howard. which will be held this
afternoon at o'clock
Miss Dorothy Schwenk left yesterday
for Boston TO begin her sophomore year
in Boston university. She was unable
on account of illness to return to Boston
at the beginning of the college year.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Estey Miss
Edith Tyler, Jacob z. Estey and Dennison
Il. Cowles went to Amherst this after
noon to attend the AmherSt-Aggie foot
ball game Dennison Cowles viii remain
in Amherst over Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-22
DAIRY COURSES.
Those Who Are Interested Are asked to
Send Names TO Farm Bureau and Sc.
cure Information in Detail.


cure Information in Detail
All persons interested in the short
dairy courses which will be conducted at
the University of Vermont from Nov. S TO
Dee. 21 are asked to send their names to
the Farm Bureau office. Detailed infor-
nation will then be furnished by the Blu
reau and the names will be sent for reg
istratiOn with II. B. ElIenbcrger at the
university.
Course l, which WILL deal with the
testing of milk and its products, will be
gin Tuesday, Nov. s, at p. m, and will
continue until Tuesday, Nov. Is, at noon.
Course :, will be on creamery testing.
1t will Opes at p. m, Tuesday, Nov. Is,
and will close Friday, Nov. is, at 6 D. M.
Course 3, will consist of stock feeding
and herd management. 1t will open
Tuesday, Nov. ID, at . D. M, aud close
Saturday, Nov. %, at noon. ...
Course 4, will cover creamery manage
ment and will open Tuesday, Nov. %. at
p m, continuing until 6 p M, Friday,
Dec ,
Course ., cheesemaking, will be covered
IN the period from Wednesday. Dec. Z, at
8 a. m, to Wednesday, Dec. 81, at noon.