The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 22, 1917, Page 19

¥ ADVERTISEMENTS 25, One of our moderate priced monu- ments, Our skillful workmanship is at your service. Our reputation for fair- ness is your safeguard. Best equipped plant in the Northwest. Write us for catalog showing 100 cuts of monuments which will be sent you free. Dakota Monument Co. 101 Front St. “es ”F;;’ul-bgo,,.N. D. ‘GETTHEBESTALFALFA Buy Quality Seed From the Grimm Al- falfa Seed Producers’ Association Grimm Alfalfa is making alfalfa growing successful . the Dakotas, does nmot Farmers have mar- keted ‘over $50 worth of hay per acre and as high as $200 worth of seed. Our seed is only f; fields~of GRIMM alfalfa. from noxious weeds. It is. SCARI- FIED so all seeds will grow, TESTED for germination. . Seed a third less per acre than if ! ordinary alfalfa is used. It takes 11 pounds per acre when seeded in rows or a cost of 75c per acre. If seeded solid it takes five to seven pounds per acre or from §2.50 to $3.50 per acre. This is a low seed cost when the high qualities of our Grimm Alfalfa are considered. = Money refunded on re- turn of seed if it is not satisfactory. Price of the seed in small lots, per pound 60c 10-pound pound Grimm Alfalfa Seed Producers Ass'n, of North Dakota 824.11th St. N. FARGO, N. D. APPLE TREES TW%ZS““IS 4 $6 PER 100' I‘;agllgev;)shybigi Plum§.~ | 25¢c; Evergreen Seedlings, $1.25 per 100; Everbearing Strawberries, $1.75 per 100; Bend for catalog full of bargains. Mankato Nursery, Mankato. Minn. FOUND— Farmers Best Market - for Poultry—Cattle Hides—Horse Hides—Furs—Veal— Cream— Beans. Postal brings price list. E. COBB COMPANY e 13 E. 3rd St., St. Paul, Minn, s More Potatoes” ” From ground planted secured 'ATO PLANTER than any. other method of e mote, Srpns fhu'able mach!n[é. ‘write : PLATT, MFR. pox' ¥ FLSTERLING, X “Stock at Minneapolis” 640 - Acre Homesteads New law just passed. New towns, business opportunities. Send 25. cents for maps and information. Address U.S. Commissioner, Outlook, Mont. LD OATS -~ What percentage of this pest will you sow this season? Hoiland’'s New Im- roved Wild Oats separator is sold on L guarantee to take 99 per cent of the Wild Oats out of any seed — even Ask any user of Hoiland’s separator for a recommend. Write for catalog today. Sold from manufactu{er to user. ALBERT HOILAND FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA Delicious and Healthful North Dakota by Manchester Biscuit Co. Fargo, N. D. G S T i by use of The KEYSTONE |- POT. for CATALOG, price, etc. | ground, they handled about 2500 cars of fruit, against-probably 1500 handled by this private exchange. Last year, however, the private company handled about 3000 cars and the co-operative general agency only 1500, There are other private exchanges in the field doing a commission business. * Then there are the firms that buy fruit for cash from growers or growers’ dis- trict agencies. The leadef in this class is the Earl Fruit company, which is fast becoming a big factor through the Pacific Northwest. The third big fac- tor at present in the field are the growers’ district co-operative com- panies. Many of these companies, since withdrawing from the Distrib- utors, have put in selling agents of their own and market their members’ product for cost. A notable example of this class is the Spokane Fruit Growers’ company, which handled 1000 cars in 1916. This company is co-oper- ative and does business in three coun- ties of Idaho, in the XKennewick .(Wash.) district and in the Spokane valley. P. R. Parks, its manager, told me the company controls about S0 per cent of the fruit crop in the districts where it operates. HOPE OF NORTHWEST IS IN ACTION BY STATES The hope of the Pacific Northwest ‘ fruit industry, as I see it after spend- ing two weeks talking to. growers, sell- ing agents and officers of co-operative companies, is not in the present Grow- ers’ agency or any plan like it. The North Pacific Fruit Distributors was the right kind of organization—a strictly co-operative general selling agent of which strictly co-operative growers’ companies in the various dis- tricts are members, each district sub- agency, operated by the growers’ them- selves,to control the output of its dis- trict. To assist this co-operative sell- ing plan the machinery of the various state governments should be used. State-owned and operated canneries, to absorb the excess product and stabilize the market, should be built, and state-owned warehouses and cold storage plants. . | do not believe the fruit indus- try. of the Pacific Northwest can be saved by co-operation of selling agents, regardless of whether they are farmers’ companies or not. The present Growers’ agency (growers in name only) is not a selling agent .and it does not dis- criminate as it should in favor of farmers’ companies. Growers’ com- panies, if necessary, should be en- couraged by state aid, financial or otherwise, and the private selling agencies and brokerage firms grad- ually pushed out of the field. The growers will never be saved by _plans devised by profit-taking firms, middlemen or brokers, or by the commercial and business in- terests. The growers must devise their own plan of salvation and work it out them- selves, accepting the aid and advice of the commercial and business interests, but running the thing themselves and using their-votes politically for such laws as will help them. Those (who are making commissions and profits from growers for handling the fruit crop are interested primarily just to the extent of-those commissions and profits, and naturally so. They are not primarily interested in profits to growers. But growers are interested in profits to growers, and they are the chief ones in- terested in such profits. Therefore they, and not anybody else, must work out the plans that ' are _to assure those profits. There haS been no attempt, except in a very general way, to work out and get through the legislatures of the fruit states legislation that will -help the grower and fruit industry. The gover-" nors of Washington, Idaho and Oregon did get together for a conference re- cently when things were looking so blue for the fruit industry. Late the governor of Montana joined the confer- ence. Supposedly the purpose was to frame uniform legislation for these states to help the situation. The Joint State Commission on Fruit Marketing was formed by the governors. Each governor appointed three men on the commission, making 12. Some meet- ings have been held but really nothing done. This commission apparently is waiting to see how the present Grow- ers’ agency plan turns out. “RULE OR RUIN" “The League presumed to rule or ruin” say their opponents. Heretofore the powers that dominated had no ef- fective opposition. Their edicts pre- vailed. No one had the temerity to withstand them. But when just or- dinary men stood up firmly for the ex- pressed will of the people, no wonder it seemed like a “rule or ruin” policy. However to rule in the interests of the pecple means the ruin of the discredit- ed machine. — NEW ROCKFORD STATE CENTER. > ADVERTISEMENTS If one-half of the stories you have heard derogatory to the leaders of farmers’ movements were true, they would be . guilty of all the sins in the world. - However We have never been guilty of selling your grain or livestock for less than it was worth. The best paying farmers’ or- ganizations in the world are Ehose which ship everything 0 us. Think it Over The Equity Co-operative Exchange St. Paul, Minnesota Superior, Wis. LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT South St. Paul, Minn. ““ Always fighting for the farmers’ interests ’’ ALFALFA — CLOVER — BROMUS NORTHERN GROWN SEED CORN MILLET—-TIMOTHY—SWEET CLOVER Write for 1917 Price List ' N. J. OLSEN CoO. Moorhead, Minn. w2\ QUALITY SEEDS ‘Write for Speecial Farmers ‘Wholesale Catalogue Everette R. Peacock Co., 4019 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Il ALFALFA- CLOVER—BROMUS NORTHERN GROWN SEED CORN Write for 1917 Price List N. J. OLSEN CO. Moorhead, Minn. _1\& Livestock Grower! YOU ARE SURELY ENTITLED TO THE FULL MARKET VALUE FOR THE LIVE- STOCK YOU RAISE IF YOU DO NOT GET IT, Somebody else gets the benefit you should have. The day is passed when business is done on senti- ment, and only results in do)lars and cents count. ‘We want you to compare the results in dollars and cents we get for¥you with those received elsewhere. A comparison will convince you that ‘‘KIRK SERVICE’’ gets you the most money for your livestock. J. R. Kirk Commission Co., Inc. SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINN. AUTHORIZED SALES AGENCY OF THE AMERICAN SOCIE- : TY OF EQUITY - : Mention Leader when writing advertisers MILLET—TIMOTHY—SWEET CLOVER | - g ) e R s -