The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 31, 1917, Page 14

i b | BN ¥ ! -~ K ADVERTISEMENTS 0000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000 NOTICE We wish to inform the general public that the Equity Co-operative Exchange has no subsidiary ¢ompanies. We are making this statement, because there is confusion in the minds of the people, whether or not the Equity Co-operative Exchange is in- terested in other Corporations. We have had many inquiries in regard to capital stock pur- chased in other enterprises, assuming it was all one, and that it was a part of the quutv C‘o- operative Exchange. The Equity Co-operative Exchange is dealing only in grain and livestock on commission and conducting a Terminal Elevator at St. Paul. If you buy any stock in any other enterprise you do so on its own merits. When buying stock in the Equity Co-operative Exchange be sure and ask the agent for credentials, authorizing him to represent us in that capacity. The Equity Co-operative Exchange G. A. Thiel, Sec’y-Treas. 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Gentlemen: % Please send me your book explammg your system of selling land T wish to list my land. INAINE, ssecsooscocssssocsssossssssssessssiossssessssssssssesesssessses AdAreSS.ieacscsnonsssnesonsssesssossssasssessssssassessssssssssseses aat R Y S A B Cattle Commissions Go Kiting (Continued from page 7). carload has been boosted from $8 to $10aminimum with 5 cents added for each 100 pounds over 10,000 pounds; and for a double deck load the mini- mum charge has been raised from $12 to §15 for all in excess of 22,000 pounds. On calves in double deck carloads the minimum has been raised from $12 (the old price) to $18 per carload. Single deck loads are classed as cat- tle. Taking no note of the increased ratées on individual sales in all these lines, (which have also been increased 5 cents and 10 cents per-head, accord- ing to classes) these carload charges brought together mean this: that the selling rate on ‘cattle, the price of the hot air expended in inducing a specu- lator or packer to buy the farmers’ steers will be increased $2 per carload at the very least; on hogs $2 to $3 per carload, on sheep $2 to $3 per carload, and on calves $2 to $6 per carload. MAKING, WATER RUN DOWN HILL Figure what this would mean on the 58,890 carloads. At the lowest rate it would be not less than $117,780— that much more than the present rate. At the present time the stock growers are -paying roughly about $600,000 a year to the commission men to dis- tribute the ever-shortening supply of cattle, hogs and sheep. There is no difficulty in disposing of edible animals. There is such a shortage in this coun- try that Americans are eating Aus- tralian and South American beef to make up for what this' country fails to produce. But the loss can not justly be figured on the lowest carload rate. It is higher than that. The cattle amount to about 50. per cent of the receipts at South St. Paul, the hogs to about 42 per cent, and the balance is made up of sheep and horses. The losses must be figured on the awerage facts of shipping. Figures published by the TUnion Stockyards company, show that in 1915, there were shipped in 18,510 car- loads of straight cattle. The loss to the livestock men on these in single deck carloads at $2 per car will amount to $37,020 per year. "The loss on 15,652 carloads of hogs in single deck loads at an average loss of $2 would be a little over $32,000, but since hogs are most always shipped in double deck carloads, that fact should be taken into account. If they all came double deck, the added burden upon the farmers for raising bacon material would be $93,000 this~syear, but to be more than fair, suppose half come double-deck and half single-deck. On that basis the hog loss will be $62,608 more than before. Sheep are also generally shipped in double deck loads, but many come single. The increased rate for these run the same as for hogs, and again giving the commission men the bene- fit of the doubt and supposing that the receipts run 50-50 between single and double deck carloads, the loss will be $7,460 to sheep owners, on the basis of 2784 carloads received at the yards in 1915. GETTING STUNG FOR SELLING THE CALVES There were 21,383 carloads of “mixed” animals, that is sheep and calves, or sheep’ and cattle, etc. The hogs in the same car, or hogs and commissions on “mixed” carloads take the rate that applies to the majority of the animals in the car. If a car has more cattle than sheep, the cattle rate applies, which means a minimum charge of $12 instead of $10 under the present rules. If the car contains more calves than sheep or hogs, the rate that would apply under the new arbitrary levy would be a minimum of $18 per carload commission instead of $12, etc. Dividing the 21,383 “mixed” carloads equally among cattle, sheep and hogs, this would be a loss on “mixed” cattle of $14,254 for the 7129 carloads; on “mixed” hogs of $42,726, a total on the “mixed” sheep: of $21,381, and. on “mixed” contingent of $78,397. Adding this $78,397 to the other losses on straight carloads shown above, there is a total of $185,485—the high cost of hot air under wartithe conditions. It will be noticed that in dxvxding up the ‘“mixed” carloads they were dis- tributed equally, which might seem to give sheep much greater weight in the total than they are entitled to. 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