The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-05
COMMERCIAL BODY
SECRETARIES SWAP
BOOSTING RECIPES
Market Days, Fourth OF July
Celebrations, Club Work
and Farm Nights Cited
RATE CUTS ARE SUGGESTED
Traffic Expert Shows Results; !;
Milloy Puts on Little Din.
ner for More Ideas

Economic elixirs that can be ap-
piled py their organizations to the
regeneration Of North Dakota at this
favorable period OF renewed develop
ment Of the old wheat empire OF the
north were considered by the sec.
retaries Of the states commercial
bodies at the Thursday afternoon
session Of their two-day conference
at the Association of Commerce
rooms.
Then. In the evening, Jimmy Milloy,
secretary Of the Greater North Da-
kota association. led to the Grand
Pacific dining room the secretaries
and few other guests engaged In
selling North Dakota to the world
and was host to these at a dinner
which lasted two hours and at which
he conversed with his guests OH the
aims, the programs and the achieve
ments Of the Greater North Dakota
association, while j. M. Devine, COM
missioner Of immigration, reviewed
the economic history OF the state
since wheat sold for 1925 bushel
during the war and also cited the re-
sources that must operate for the fu-
ture prosperity and greatness OF the
commonwealth.
The days topics for the secretaries
covered the range of the freight rate
actions before the Interstate COM
mcrcc commission. booster, marketing
and country-city relation activities In
the various cities and towns and the
evening reviews on how to make
North Dakota greater and happier.
Williams Shows Rate Benefits
Neil williams made the principal
talk ut the afternoon session. He Is
traffic expert Of the Fargo Chamber
Of Commerce and he spoke on the
efforts of that city to obtain rate re-
ductions on . basis considered more
equitable for his city and, incident
ally. for other cities of the state
which will profit by any overhead cuts
Fargo forces.
That such reductions are of general
benefit. he asserted, was shown by
two reductions obtained, one OH gas
oline and petroleum products in the
Tulsa case and subsequently extended
to Kansas and Texas oil, as we'll, and
the other on potatoes shipped to
Texas. where they are used as seed
on the large early potato plantations.
The cut in the potato rate was SO
cents per hundred pounds. or $243 a
car, he said. Every North Dakota
potato grower shipping spuds to the
South shares in that saving.
Save $l,ozo,000 on Oils
In the Tulsa case, reductions were
obtained on petroleum products ship
ped into the state from Tulsa, from
Kansas and from Texas. The old
rate Of 70 cents per hundred pounds
which Fargo paid was made So cents.
= saving Of $42.30 on q carload. Bis
marck's old rate Of o4is cents was re-
duced to q cents. saving $3.50 on q
carload cargo. Williston got a saving
Of el2l.20 Z car, New England, Sll8.80.
and Dickinson. $l02.60.
AS North Dakota consumed 1876, ,O0O.-
COO gallons Of gasoline and kerosene
IN 1927, the state will make a pros
pective saving Of $l,020, 900 in its caso-
line ana kerosene bill. annually, not
to consider the additional saving on
lubricating oils. Mr.. Williams pointed
out.
Talk Boosting Days
The conference went into a sort Of
round-table session on what the
various communities are doing to