Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-08
CHARGES FOR GRAIN
HANDLING Changed
BY STATE BUREAU
Straight Loading Price Fixed
at Two Cents; Service In
Two Glasses.
Tribune's Helena Bureau

. Helena, July Tn place Of the
storage grain elevator charge OF ~
cents per bushel for the handing Of
grain. which has been in effect in Mon
tana during the period of the market
ing of the 1921 crop, a price Of > cents
for straight loading and / cents tor
receiving, grading. insuring and - days
storage has been authorized by the
state department of agriculture foT the
marketing Of the 1922 crop. Notices
of the change in rates have been sent
to all elevators and milling concerns
by the department, the new rates be
ing made effective as of July /.
The change in rates comes after a
conference conducted in Helena May l
at which were present farmers. repre-
sentatives of farm organizations and
of grain warehouses. At this confer
ence the representative of the Mon
| tana Wheat Growers association. the
largest grain pooling concern in the
state and which last season handled
about 1,00O.000 bushels of wheat, made
the statement that a 4 cent handling
charge was reasonable and just.
Speaking of the new basis of grain
handling charges and of their applica-
ton. Chester c. Davis, commissioner
OF agriculture. SAID:
Changes that are made in the form
of the storage ticket this year are for
the purpose of defining more exactly
the respective rights and obligations
Of the owner and the w~arehousemen in
case grain is stored or handled through
a public warehouse. Experience of the
last year has shown the need of clear
ing up some points that continually
arise.
Since there are two clearly defined
forms of service rendered by the ele-
vator which in the past have been con-
sidered as identical under the term
handling of grain. it is thought best
TO divide them and fix a different
charge for each form of service as the
maximum charge which public ware
houses can make. Where a warehouse
simply loads grain through Il house
| and delivers it on car for the farmer
without guaranteeing the grade or
weight at terminal. the maximum
charge is fixed at , cents per bushel.
In this case the warehousing facilities
are merely used as substitute for scoop
shoveling grain on car. Under certain
conditions three days are allowed for
this service, which is termed 'imme-
diate delivery
Where the warehouse receives,
grades, weighs. eievates, insures, gives
II days or part thereof free storage.
coopers the car and makes delivery
in accordance with the terms of the
warehouse receipt. the maximum
charge is 4 cents per busheL. In this
case the warehouse receiving the grain
accepts the responsibility as to grade
and weight when settlement is made
The charge for storage of grain is
one-thirtieth of a cent per bushel per
day after the period of free storage
has elapsed.
Under this storage ticket the option
as to whether the grain shall be deliv-
cred back to the owner at point of
storage or at any terminal point is de-
fined as belonging to the owner. with
the provision that in case either party
endeavors to enforce settlement that
is inequitable or unfair. appeal may be
taken to the department of agriculture.
Another provision of the Montana
law, which to avoid future disputes.
appears on the storage ticket this year,
requires that the warehouse receipt
may be issued only on an actual deliy-
cry of grain into the warehouse and
shall not be given to cover grain of
which the warehouseman is owner