The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-03
NORTH DAKOTA ENTITLED TO HAVE
TERMINAL MARKET, GOVERNOR SAYS
States Hard Spring Wheat
Loses It's Identity in Milling
World Because of Lack of
Terminal Facilities Here
Effort Made to Prevent
Bootlegging of North Dako-
Ia Product
BY GOVERNOR A. G. sORLlE

BY GOVERNOR A. G. SORLIE
Why do we want q terminal mar
ket in North Dakota, and why do we
want freight rates on our grain to
break at that market? Let me point
out few reasons why North Da-
kota is making an. effort to have it's
market established and fairly recog-
nized. ..5s
Markets were established primar-
lily wherever there was merchandise
20 sell for the purpose of giving
consumers the particular merchan-
disc they wanted. This was, Of
course, before markets became COM
mcrcialized. At the present time it
is very evident that markets are
building the centers, rather than
having centers build dp their mar
kets at the places where particular
commodities are produced.
Wheat Loses Identity
Years ago, when we first conf
menced to raise our wonderful hard
spring wheat that we produce in
North Dakota, we had no marketing
facilities other than that afforded
by our local elevators. Our eleva-
tors had to find their markets at
some developed central point, such
as the Twin Cities, Duluth or Chi
cago. In those. days such market
ing was conridered quite satisfac-
tory. Our hard spring wheat, which
is distinctive product, was then
kept by ITSELF at such terminals as
q distinctive commodity, and it was
sold to the millars as a hard spring
wheat. In those days when the mill
ers bought wheat they knew Just
what they were getting, and they
:s,oaid lie 'ssur of | grinding hard
spring wheat for. bread making pur.
poses. But times have changed, and
today our wheat has lost its iden-
tity in the milling world.
At present our wheat is shipped,
as it was in the carly days, to the
markets in the Twin Cities, Duluth
and Chicago, but there it is blended
and mixed with inferior soft wheats
until only about 25 per cent of our
wheat is included in what is known
as "Millers' Mix" Millers who used
to grind our hard spring wheat into
flour now grind Millers' Mix.
Consu mers who think they
are getting hard spring wheat
flour are getting a blended
wheat flour which does not
contain more than 25 per cent OF
our hard spri & wheat.
Now. since We have an exclusive
product, q wheat that is recognized
as the best bread wheat in the Uni
ted States, is it not reasonable that
we should expect to have market
where we can handle our wheat SO
that the millers and consumers who
deal with US can be sure Of getting
flour that is ground from hard
spring wheat, just as they were sure
Of getting our wheat years ago!
The merchandising Of wheat is no
different than the merchandising Of
any other commodity. When you 60
into store and ask for certain
brand Of soda or baking powder. or
any other article, and the merchant
tells you that he does not handle
that brand but has another cheaper
brand that is just as good, you may
take his brand but you find, on us
ing it, that it is not ss good Is the
brand you had formerly used. This
is the case with flour made from
mixed wheats; it is not as good ~
flour ground from North Dakota
hard sprin' wheat.
Protein Basis Important :
At the present time our North Da-
kota hard spring wheat is being sold
on q protei., basis instead OF =
grade basis, although the option
markets are still based on grade
Millers now buy wheat on . pro-
tein, basis. In 1925 We produced
q good protein wheat. running some
what higher in protein than the win
ter wheat and soft wheat, conse-
ouently the premium became very
high for our protein wheat. In 1926
our wheat did not run as high in Dro-
tein q the winter wheats, and on
this account the protein spread was
very low. You can see from this
that the protein in winter wheat af.
fects the protein in our spring wheat
but the winter wheat does not make
flour Of - good quality as our hard
spring whea::.
A miller, before grading his wheat
into flour on the protein basis. wants
to know whether the basis is win
ter protein, soft protein or spring
protein.
Sine We grow the only hard
spring wheat produced anywhere n
the United States, except for Ger
tain parts Of Montana, Is Il not rea-
sonable, Just and fair, that We shonld
have our own market for our wheat,
% that any miller who wants hard
spring wheat with . certain protein
may kno where he can eet the kind
~ wheat he wants 70 grind into the
lind cf flo1~ he wishes 70 sell "a
his customers1
IA 1925 q terminal GRAIN market
Was created BY law n North Dakbts.
II connection with that grain mar
ket we have established : grain OK
change now having about twenty
members. We have the facilities for
storing more than 2,000, 900 bushels
Of grain 1T our terminal grain mar.
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