The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-08-24
POOL
HOLD
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81 WIN olShCu uD W DOOl
their grain and then sold to other
elevators are retarding the work
of the Wheat Growers association
and working against their W in
terests. He credited the Wheat
Growers association with being
responsible for the paying of good
protein premiums by the old line
elevators in communities where
the pool is operating. He said pre-
miums were paid on the protein
content basis, where other years
a slight premium of 5 to 10 cents
a bushel was paid for extra good
wheat.
Mr.. Demaree came to Wolf
Point expecting to explain the
commodity form of cooperative
marketing and was unprepared
for some of the questions that
were put to him by farmers who
were in the pool last year. The
farmers had been invited to ask
questions and they did. All of the
pool members wanted to know
when the final payment for last
years wheat will be made. They
had expected to get this in July
and some of them had counted on
using it as working capital during
harvest; others needed the money
to buy machinery.
Farmers informed
Among the farmers who made
talks at this meeting were julius
of Volt, who had given the
pool method of marketing consid-
with it but dissatisfied with the re-
obtained by the farmers
here last year. He had observed
he successful operation of the
pool marketing system in Canada.
He said that his understanding of
he matter was that the grain was
be held in storage until the
grain price was stabilized after
he fall drop, and that it was di-
'ectly opposite to the pool princi-
lies to sell the grain Immediately
IS it was claimed had been done
With wheat shipped from Wolf
POINT last year.
Percy Peterson of Volt, told of
he experience of the farmers at
)ooley and said that they opposed
he pool this year because they
ad felt that the price received
asst year was not as much as it
hould have been.
Charles Myers of the Lustre
.untry had with him data con-
the different cars shipped
) the Pool from Wolf Point last
ear. and said that this showed
lat in every instance the cars
ere sold the day they were TAX
in or the day following. j. B.
Telzenbach and John Dorgan
ere also among the speakers. {
H. B. Taylor read a letter which
2 and several other wheat pool {
s had sent to George Duis, pres E
.ent of the organization, request
g him to meet with them. He t
so read the reply. Both letters t
published in full in another f
,lumn of The Herald.
What They Asked T
Among the questions that were
,ked Mr.. Demaree, were: Why
as grain dumped on the open
arket as soon as it was received
the pool terminal? When is the
nal payment to be made? Is I
ain all dumped together or is a !
.parate record kept of the grain :
each station? Is al account II
,pt so that a record of the diff d
rent grades of protein is kept .
parate?
Demaree was at a disad-
.ntage as he had not been in
rmed that questions would be
ked dealing directly with the
off Point situation and he had
It the data at hand so that he
uld give definite answers. He
omised, however, to take the m
rious matters up by correspon-
nee after consulting the records .
the Grand Forks office. He
ged that if any pool members =
IRE dissatisfied with their con- :,
acts the proper thing for them :,
do was to request that their :,
ntracts be returned to them.
Mr.. Demaree had expected to !,
We the meeting over by the
ne No. 8 left, but this was i'm -
so he and Mr.. Findings -
i'd manager of the pool elevator A
left after the meeting to NJ
We to Havre where he had a =;
nday engagement. He also -,
mt to Chinook to speak on Sun