The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-06-22
OUTLOOK VERY PROMISING
TO THE WHEAT GROWERS


In letter received by the local
officers of the Oklahoma Wheat
Growers Association from theid secre-
tary-treasurer at Enid, Oklahoma,
the last of the week, the local MEM
bers of the Association are given
encouragement and advice of inter-
est to all members. The letter in
part, follows:
II am certainly more than pleased
that you are elated over the fact that
Oklahoma has contract and also
Kansas is going to get one with the
Liberal elevator. There is no reason
on earth why the elevator company
cannot sign two contracts.
You are absolutely right when you
say the farmers product should move
through former-owned elevators. We
have constructed or built about TWEEN
ty-five elevators in the State of Ok
lahoma. Where there are only few
members it would be much cheaper
to scoop wheat but in the long run
it is not so efficient, and that is the
reason J have had to be liberal with
the elevator companies as to charges,
etc.
ave are getting things in real
fine shape in Oklahoma. We have
arrangements all made. The machin-
cry is all set and ready to run as soon
as we get our blanks off the press.
The elevator manager at Liberal will
fill out draft for the loan value Of
your wheat when you deliver, one
load or a dozen loads. You will re-
ceive your money at your local bank.
The draft is drawn on the Enid Ma
tional Bank, Enid, Oklahoma. Then
as soon as the wheat is loaded on the
track and the bill of lading is at
tached we can draw money at Fort
Worth, Galveston, New Orleans, Kan
sas City, or we have two and one-half
million dollars War Finance money
at our disposal, and one and one-half
million dollars of Oklahoma City
bankers money, or we have the SELL
ing of the wheat, provided we sell
it direct from the elevator. So you
see we have arrangements made for
financing. We are moving our fur
niture in today. Have mighty fine
office. Am proud of the officers we
have hired, and believe that every
thing is going to work fine for Okla
homa.
eve have rs elevators signed up
now and will have the other 80 in
in the next two weeks. We are push
ing that matter hard now.
eyes, I figured on the question of
combination wheat. tried to get.the
boys to have the elevator manager
to notify by telegram and think
it will be carried out when the mem
Der has delivered combination wheat
SO that it can be put promptly into
car and gotten to a place where it
will be kept properly. The main
thing is not to thresh combination
wheat too wet. Under our plan if
sample is sent in of combination
wheat and it goes beyond the stan
dards for moisture, it will throw the
grower into the sample column. Now,
fellows, you will admit there is no
sense in a man threshing wet wheat.
It just as we'll rot in the field as in
the bin or elevator. The danger to
us is losing it in transit. We are
not afraid of it after we get it to the
terminal elevator, but we are afraid
of it in transit so you should advise
your members to be very careful
along this line and work with us to
the best interests of everybody con-
cerned. We will push the combina-
ton wheat. I see no reason on earth
why the man with combination
thresher will not be able to deliver
his wheat right from the field"
NJ. - NJ. De-, Taafb arms n