The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-25
STATE MILL
WILL BE HELP
TO OTHERS
Is Not Competing With Pri.
vately Owned Mills, Cow
crnOr SOrlie Contends
URGES THEIR SUPPORT
North Dakota Wheat Should
All BE Made Into Flour
Within State, He Says

Contcnding that the state mill and
elevator at Grand Forks is not in
competition with privately owned
mills in the state but will eventually
be help to them, Gov. A. G. Sorlie
today issued plea for statewide
support for the Grand Forks project.
The state mill and elevator, he
said, came into being for the same
reason that the hundreds of farmers
elevators throughout the state were
organized, to meet the needs Of the
, people. In many communities. the
governor said, farmers elevators
brought profit to the producers
even though their own books showed
losses because Of the fact that line
elevators were forced to raise their
prices to get the grain. This in
crease, the statement said, was ap-
proximatcly six cents per pushed
more than they had paid before COM
petition entered the field.
Paid More For Flour Here
Until the state mill and elevator
was organized, the executive said,
North Dakota people were paying
more for flour manufactured in this
state than persons living in Eastern
states were paying for the same
flour. The reason, he said. was that
they were forced to meet more
competitive market in the east and
had to charge more for. their flour
at home in order to make IA profit
or even to break even.
"ln other words the buyers in the
cast were better buyers than we
were statesmen" the executive said.
This fact. he said. applied to mills
in the Twin Cities and elsewhere in
hn M, ,.$1 !, al
North Dakota. Although flour sold
for $3.50 barrel less in December
1924. than in December. 1921. the
state mill and elevator was able to
.make profit Of approximately $26.-
600 in September and $4,000 in Octo-
Der. the governor said, although the
privately operated mills in North Da-
kota were not rticularly prosper
Gus in 1921 despite the higher price
: then prevailing. The reason, he
said. was that "the mills in the east
came into our territory and estab-
lishcd the price on our flour"
Output Sold In Four States
The state mill and elevator. he
said. now is selling all it's output in
North and South Dakota, Minnesota
and Wisconsin because ''the people
in this territory appreciate the supe-
not have to go into the eastern mar
kcts to dispose of our entire output"
Pointing out that all mills in the
state are milling 100 per cent hard
spring wheat, the governor stated
that when the state mill, operated
as state laboratory, has succeed
ed in creating a demand for this
high-grade flour the other mills in
;, the state will profit by it. 1t is for
this reason that the privately owned
mills in the state should cooperate
with the state mill and elevator in
order to take advantage Of the supe-
rior product we have here in the
Northwest. Our hard wheat, high
in protein content, produces Il supe-
rior article and it us the function Of
the state mill, operating as labo-
ratory for all the mills of the state,
to help the producers receive their
fair compensation for that superior
article.
Not In Competition
"The State Mill can only grind a
small percentage of the wheat raised
in North Dakota. Because Of this
fact the State Mill is not in competi-
,tion with the other mills of the
state. 1t is a laboratory for these
other mills to help them manufac-
ture and sell superior quality of
flour
"By cooperating with the State
Mill the smaller mills in the state
should be able to operate every day
at a profit, instead Of selling flour
to eastern buyers at loss. | hope
all the mills in the state will have
printed on their flour sacks these
words: Made from 100 per cent
North Dakota hard spring wheat; not
blended or mixed in any way with
winter or soft wheat BY cooper
ating in this the smaller mills in the
state will help the State Laboratory
>. sell our superior grade of protein
wheat manufactured into the best
grade of flour.
"Whcn we manufacture all our
wheat into flour in our own state
. the by-products, such as bran, shorts
and middlings, which consists Of
about rs per cent Of the wheat, can
be left right here in our state to be
used in bringing about healthy di-
versification of farming. When
bran, shorts and middlings can be
bought here at home at reasonable
prices, our farmers will be far more
| interested in raising cattle and hogs
then they are now. when they are
com,,olloi m huy food that is shin.