The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-06-01

superior, grade Of flour even though
the price is little higher"
Flour Price Lowered
Basing his estimate on the fact that
about 100000 barrels Of flour are con-
sumcd in the state each year, Sorlic
said the state mill has so reduced the
price of flour that North Dakotans
have saved $1.8O q barrel or approx
mately $1,260.000
: His contention is as follows: "Since
December 1, 1924, flour has been sell
ing for approximately $3.50 per bar
rel less than it sold for in 1920 and
1921, basing the price of
flour on the price Of wheat
On December l. 1921, flour sold for
1910 per- barrel and wheat sold for
$1.42 per bushel. On December |.
1924, flour sold for $3.50 per barrel
and wheat sold for $l.62 per bushel.
There is a difference of 20 cents per
bushel on the price Of wheat between
1920 and 1924. 1t takes Az bushels
Of wheat to make a barrel Of flour.
Four and one-half times 20 cents is
80 cents, and this amount added to
500. the price Of flour in 1921, makes
the price $1,000 Wheat sold at Sl.62
per bushel in 1924, and flour at $3.50
per barrel, making difference of
$l.8O per barrel"
The terminal grain market, the gov
crnor said, provides farmers with a
market and also offers storage facili-
ties where grain can be stored not
only on grade but on a protein con-
tent basis. Contending that North
Dakota farmers should get more for
their wheat because Of its quality. the
executive said: ain an action recent
~ brought to secure rate privileges
for this terminal market on the same
basis as the terminals in Minneapolis
and Duluth, it was established with
out any contradiction that North Da-
kota wheat for the last four years
has, on the average, possessed pro-
tein content Of IL per cent and has
been worth. on the average. from 10
to II cents per bushel over the card
price at any given station in the state.
This means that in the last year alone
the wheat produced in this state
ought to have brought over 81 1.O00.-
900 over the grade price to the farm
ers Of North Dakota"
Bright Future Predicted
Sorlc predicted a bright future for
both the Bank Of North Dakota and
the mill and elevator. averring that
when they shave been in operation as
long as the other state industries, and
when their management has been TAX
en- out of politics, they will become
just as profitable to you as your
other industries
Attacking his political opponents
the executive said: "Sincc the adOp-
ton of the Devils Lake platform the
word has been spread abroad that all
state industries in North Dakota
would be closed up as quickly as pos
sible. Since the Devils Lake convcn-
ton sales of flour have fallen off
tremendously. ANY merchant hand
ling a commodity wants to be sure he
can get that commodity after he has
built up IA trade for it. Is it strange.
then, that merchants have become
wary about buying state mill flour
when they are being told that the
state mill is to be clOsed?"
Reduced Taxes Planned
Turning his attention to taxes, Sor-
lie said that North Dakota was one of
the eight states which reduced taxes
in 1926 and ranks twenty-fifth in the
rate Of tax per capita. A further re-
ducti0n in taxes is planned, he said.
Outlining the development OF the
state highway system, Governor Sor-
lie said North Dakota is developing a
state highway system second to none
in the United States.
Without directly attacking present
IVA members Of the state industrial
commission, Sorlic asked that board
of directors favorable to carrying out
the direction of the people as ex-
pressed in constitutional amendments
be elected to take office January /,
1927.
Cooperation Needed
"Sec to it," he said, that you select
people who arc willing to abide by
your constitution, who will enforce
the laws as your constitution directs
them to be enforced and WHO will be
guided the same as any board of di-
rectors Of any privately owned cor
poration would be guided IN carrying
out the directions of the, stockholders
of the corporation in which they have
the honor to serve as directors.
"North Dakota has too long been
branch state. We have depended too
long on other states for help in all
lines. 1t is high time we become q
state in the real sense of the word
developing our own resources, our
own industries and working out our
own problems in our own way for the
best interests Of our own citizens. We
need to quit fighting among ourselves
and to begin fighting for ourselves
| What we need in North Dakota is co.
operation"