The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 7, 1916, Page 8

ey e i fatal. ~elevators and an inspection system, it ' should take care to see that this danger _into . it is. Lo |- 8 showed 95.3. : 1 No. 4 showed 94.5; while ’ < on guesswork grading. . of the millers’ secret profits to the farmers’ pockets. make such a fair gradmg system possflple. This is the bolting machine in the A. C. flour mill, where the wheat,.after pas- sing over the breaker rolls is separated through different screens and retnmed to the breakers or the smooth rolls for further reduction. The eqmpmenf is modern - and complete, and produces grades of flour similar to those produced in the blg mills. of several thousand barrels capaclty. ernor or any other. department of the ‘<state. The examinations should be so~ “framed that they would eliminate all | possible inefficients, and once the man . was given such a position, he should not be removable for any political reason. “The grain inspectors in Minnesota,” ‘“are appointed by the i.governor—a defect that could well prove If. North Dakota establishes i-is removed, and that the men chosen to i do this work are free to do it according "to scientific standards without any out- side .interference.- There are no prac- ' tical difficulties that can not be over- ‘come by a study of the situation, both . in devising and fixing the grading . system, . practice.” and in maintaining it in To show what he meant by taking consideration the °bread-making qualities, Dr. Ladd referred. to bulletin No. 114 where the baking tests on a large number of samples of wheat were . tabulated. In’ the manufacture of flour these baking tests are a continual bar- ometer to the miller, guiding him in the blending of his wheats and the adjust- ent of his machinery. Nos 1 in color, and even thé rejected gave “lighter” bread. In regard to color and texture of the rejected wheat it should be stated that it was above the standard required, its percentage on the color score being 87.7, and on 'texture 98.7. The tables for the other varieties showed similar facts, namely that the lower grades iake almost as; flour in one or two of the scores ‘and better on-some than No. 1. ' Yet, while facing these facts, made facture flour good enough to meet the ,up out of No, 2 and lower grades. _ they shipped out or had on hand at the plain by their owtx laboratory experi- ments, the big mills maintained their present standard of grades with-a spread of 15 cents per bushel between No. 1 and rejected, even while they had to take the rejected and other low grade wheats to mix with their No. 1 in order to manu- demands of the public. The Minneapolis eleyators recelved (1912) 15,571,000 bushels of No. 1 Nor- thern, and shipped - out 19,987,000 bushels of No. 1 Northern. The amount received includes what they had on hand at ‘the beginning of the period, and the amount shipped out includes what they had on hand at the end of the period, so there is no wheat unaccounted for on either side. How did they get so much No. 1 Northern, 4,407,000 bushels more than they bought? Answer: they made it They bought 20,413,000 bushels of No. 2, but finish 22,242,000 bushels, 1,829,000 more than they bought. Where did they get it? They made it up out of No. 8 or No. 4. They bought 9,770,000 bushels of No. 3, but they only had to ship out of this low grade wheat 7,664,000 bushels, What became bushels? Answer: they went to swell up the great surplus in the No. 1 and No. 2. The elevators bought 2,812,000 ‘bushels of No. 4, but when they got through mixing it with the higher grades to swell the tonndge of these ‘shipped out, they only had 624,000 bushels of No. 4 left. In other words they had taken 2,188,000 bushels of wheat which they bought as No. 4 at 90 »—h-u%cents per bushel, and mixed it with ier grades, which would have ‘Stick: by Candldates Farmers (Edltonal in Cooperators Herald) It is said there is a “pussyfoot” cam- paign under way to defeat the candidates for the supreme court who have the Non- partisan League indorsement. That is very natural—indeed you could hardly expect the “old gang” to do any- thing different, ° But—you farmers who know the situ- ation as relates to the present supreme court want to do some pussyfooting too. See every farmer in your engihborhood .—whether he is a member of your organ- ization or not—and tell tbat ‘man to. be on his guard. The three men who were selected: to _ carry the banner of the farmers as can- . LIGHTEST AND BEST LOAF FROM REJECTED WHEAT Flour must_-produce bread that is 85 per cent perfect in color, and texture,- «and the greater volume this bread pos- ' gesses while remaining firm and regular in texture and of proper color, the better The baking tests at the Agricul® tural college upon bluestem, fife, velvet chaff and durum showed high percent- “ages for all the lower grades from rejected upward, and better volume in the lower grades than:in No. 1, which enjoys under the present grading rules, the best market price. Rejected wheat gave ‘a loaf ‘of 25568 cubic centimeters ‘volume, while No. 1 gave only 2347 cubic . Zentimeters, and every gtade-.between those gave greater volume, that is pro- " ‘fluced “lighter” bread, than the No. 1 und the “lightest” of all was from Tejected wheat. i In the color of the loaf No. 1 was ‘scarcely ahead of the lower grades. and jt fell below No. 3. For instance No. 1 showed 96.8 per cent good color, and No. Against’ 96.8 for color of No. ‘against’ 95.4 .for. texture xt showed 93 'percent. PR “Thus it is Seen “that in color and tex- 70 per cent as nearly perfect as No. 1, ‘but the grading rules do not reflect this' h : ei'fectlon. No. 8 actually excelled the ‘ - masses ‘of -thi - %ure of the-loaf made from bluestem’ rul wlmat the lower grades ate within about ] didates for supreme court judges ought to be elected. *There are several good and sufliclent reasons therefor. z They are-able men—successful sttor- neys—clean cxhzens-honest, upright and progressive. No taint of connection w1th ‘big busn- ness rests upon them. B Are Wakmg Up Now 1t is openly asserted i in many quarters today that, all opxmons to the, contrary, the people will never. be able to control theu- own government, and we are. bound to confess‘that the lgck: of interest in politics displayed heretofore by “the ,‘ e people, gives'a semblance of truth to that statement. ‘The greal N been too._ busy getting a hvmg They- are pledged to a square deal for all the people of the state. They cannot be controlled by any inter- “—est or combination of- interests opposed to the people. They were nominated in a campaign in which every interest opposed to good government in the state of North Dakota .was lined up against them. - They will have no campaign debts to pay off by fe.votltism to the corporations. ' They have grasped the vision of today —the desire on the part: of the people that their courts may: be Free and un- trammelled. It is very important that they receive in the election the same unqualified sup- port which the farmers and other good citizens gave them in the primary. Here are the three names on the - judicial baliot whom you should keep in mind—bost for—and eleet. Grace such a thing can neyer be honest and confess‘ “Re]ected” wheat makes a better flour than No. 1 and nearly as much of it. The blg elty nulls knew that long ago, but they have kept it dark. The little “story. Millers and elevator men are making their fattest profits through the North Dakota can easily provi mill on the campus found it out and told the “spread” in prices based ide for a grading system that will divert some | A ternunal elevator owned by the state will of those 2,118,000 . J. B, Robmson, ‘Lo E. Bxfdzell R. H. _ which are *thought to’ be necessary in order 1 keep the masses in subjection? Our belxef -that democracy ‘has never ‘to_pay - Ve ‘much attentlon to govemmenta afl’au's,’ th is. “the . “experi D ta thro gh th T. Sanderson, whose picture is shown above, has been in charge of the Agri- cultural college flour mill-ever since it was established, and has. personally, gleaned the data that has been used by -President E. F, Ladd in showmg the evnls : of the present grain grading system. Mr. Sanderson lias been in the flour in- dustry since 1886, and was head miller when the Agricultural -college establish- ed -its plant, and began looking for a competent man to take charge of it. . cost them if they had honestly paid the farmers according to its value $1.016 for No. 1, 98 4-10 for No. 2, and 96 6-10 for No. 3 ! NORTH DAKOTA CAN SAVE FAT ELEVATOR_PROFITS Dr. Ladd shows how, by establishing North Dakota grades based upon this mxllmg value which the millers recog- nize the m&mnent they begin to sell their wheat, the North Dakota terminal ele- vators will have a recognized basis for grades to which no one can object, and which will give the farmers the' benefit of the good quality their grain possesses. This, as Dr. Ladd asserted, would be no revolution in the grain trade, but would be applying to the farmers’ end of the wd .at a large mill at Breckenridge, Minn., - "~ st bargain exactly the standards that the millers already apply in all their other dealings with wheat. And these stand~ drds are ascertained by the milling tests and ‘the baking tests, which all the mills - now maintain, requiring nothing new in this line. : 5 v