The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-22
Progress to Complete
DiversificatiOn Must
Be Slow in State

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flation period there has been a pro-
nounced trend toward a greater and
greater decrease in farm population.
This is not as it should be. There
are thousands and thousands Of
acres of land in North Dakota wait
ing the industry of the farmer.
In such . situation. after the pc
riod of heavy deflation, the institu-
tions of which am manager by vir-
ture of my office as governor, came
into existence. Heretofore, our
farmers had no terminal facilities,
no terminal storage or marketing
facilities within the territory of our
state, other than that afforded by
local elevators and track buyers.
There was no way by which our pro-
ducers Of grain could authoritatively
ascertain the grade and protein
character of their grain, other than
by sending the same to the term
inals outside the state, such as Min
neapolis or Duluth, where the state
laws Of Minnesota or Wisconsin ap-
piled in inspection, handling or stor-
ing.
"Now, with federal inspection,
federal warehousing, federal weigh
ing in operation at our terminal elc-
vator, along with a protein testing
laboratory, the producers of our
grain may ascertain the grade and
quality of their wheat and other
grains at home before selling, either
at our terminal or at terminals out
side the state.
State Should Cooperate
1--WE think it highly important
that the state should cooperate with
the farmer in handling and market
ing his Grain, just as the federal
government and some other states
are cooperating in the proper grad
ing and handling of grain. Mr.. Jar
dine, Secretary of Agriculture, has
stated that agriculture in any form
has never succeeded for any COM
munity until that community has
placed a label on its products and
has made and established market
for such products at home.
"The two institutions of which I
am manager are seeking to aid the
farmers of our s.ate in thu ham
ding and marketing of the;, princi-
pal product, wheat. The terminal
elevator, in connection with the
North Dakota Terminal Exchange,
is offering an opportunity to the
farmers and shippers Of our state
to find out the quality and quantity
of their grain, as we'll As ar oppor-
tunity to market or store their
grains in and at our terminal. This
terminal seeks to market this grain
10 the consuming public with a label
On It showing that it il pare spring
~heat. It seeks tho privilege Of do
ing so On = basis Of equality with
cthe.. terminals that likewise handle
ou. wheat. Our state mill seeks
not only to furnish Il market for our
hard spring wheat; it grinds our
exclusive spring wheat and Demon
strates that flour made from pure
hard spring wheat, high in protein
content, is superior for bread-mak-
ms purposes.
Cannot Absorb All Output
1.-THE size of our state mill re-
4uires the marketing Of it, products
outside our state. The citizens Of
North Dakota could not absorb the
output Of the mill, even if they used
its products exclusively. The state
is not in any manner attempting to
usurp the market possessed by local
mills within our state. I. is seek
ing to aid them to the end that by
pltting label on our kind Of flour,
J: :dll help them to market their
tlo::r. With such label the consum-
er knows that the flour is made
from pure hard spring wheat and
rot adultcrated or mixed with in
terior grains. j
Il do not pretend to be familiar |
with intricate rate problems, but |
think that. in the operation Of our
institutions, our wheat, standing in |
y distinctive class o4 its own, and
coming into active competition with |
Canadian wheat Of the same charac-
ter in axcort markets, whether in |
ths.raw state OF manufactured into |
-four, il entitled to have transit |
privileges in origin market for
our terminal, on 4 basis Of equality !
vith other terminals handling the
saHac wheat.
II believe that our North Dakota
state mill. and other flour mills in