The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 16, 1919, Page 11

i iz o 35 ADVERTISEMENTS Rawhide Shoes Cut Out the Shoe Profiteer On Approval—No Money in Advance Why we actunlly DO cut BLACK OR TAN out the PROFITEERING 2 MIDDLEMAN: We sell direct to you, the CON- SUMER, C. O. D. on APPROVAL. No back number styles but_ only one standard RAWHIDE _ work shoe, something that will outwear anything you_ have Double Wearproof spe- cially treated a real price. Sent on approval. Send Your Size, Not Your Money. Sizes 6 to 12 EQUITY SHOE COMPANY Boston Block Minneapolis, Minn. WANTED We will e Highest C; Pflm Wflwmoup ngotadons ‘Today. The Largest Consignmens House in the Northwest. Northwostem Hide & Fur Co. Est. Mlnneapolh. Minn, ) DOWN ONE YEAR TO PAY PIONEER 696 Traders Bldg., and the balance 1214, 7-wire, 26-inch hog fence, 80 stays to rod ' 8-wu'e, 84-inch hog fence, 80 stays to rod ° 9-wire, 42-inch hog fence, 30 stays to rod 2-pt. cattle, 6-inch space, per 80-rod spool . 2-pt. hog, 8 281 Front 8t., Fort ladlun. Iowa. ‘;_ - Kansas City, Mo. citiht Prepaid To Your Stati WHY PAY MORE? EVERY ROD GUARANTEED All our barb wire is madé of full gauge 1214 galvanized wire. Our woven fence has 914 gauge top and bottom wires Heavy 9% and 1214 Galvanized Wire - Full 123%-gauge Heavy Galvanized Barb Wire | 8-inch space, per 80-rod spool..... ; 4-pt. cattle, 5-inch space, per 80-rod 8pool .......e.eceesn... Order direct from this ad or.write for BIG CIRCULAR. The United Fence Co. of Stillwater - Offices and Pdctories akotas ...................... ' 42¢ l 44c 48¢ 50c 52¢c 55¢ Per 80-rod Spool .| $4.45 $4.75 o] . 4.65 4.95 4.65 . 4.95 Mgntion tbe Lender When Writing Adverthers How State-Owned Elevator Will Work J.. A. McGovern, Recently Appointed Manager of North Dakota Enterprise, Explains Plans Bismarck Bureau, Nonpartisan Leader. HE manner in which the #| state-owned terminal ele- vator of North ,Dakota will operate was explain- Govern, -chief deputy- grain inspector and recently appointed manager of the Mill and Elevator as- sociation of North Dakota. The new head of the proposed state industries already has clear ideas for operating the elevators and flour mills. Most interesting of these plans is one Mr. McGovern unfolded concerning the storage and control of North Da- kota’s huge grain crop. “A plan has been worked out,” said Mr. McGovern, “by which the entire grain crop of North Dakota can be stored, without putting the state to the expense of establishing an exces- sively large elevator capacity. The farmers will be supplied with plans for standard storage units on their farms. The state, in addition, will erect large terminal elevators. The farmers can store any part of the crop they desire in their own bins. When a farmer wishes to sell or raise money on his crop he will send for a state grain inspector. This inspector will grade the grain according to quality and issue a warehouse receipt. The grain will then be padlocked and the state will put its seal on the padlock. “The farmer can take this ware- house receipt to the state bank or to a private bank and get approximately 90 per cent of the market value of the wheat on it. When the wheat is sold by the state the farmer can get the remainder of the price coming to him. At any time he can rescind thesorder to-the state to sell the wheat by offer- ing his 'warehouse receipt. In that case the state seal will be removed and the grain returned to the possession of the farmer. FARMER CAN GET CASH WITHOUT DELAY 3 “The advantage of this system is that the farmer can get his money out of his wheat as soon as it is har- ‘| vested, stored and inspected. Later the state sells the wheat when the price is highest. The state charges the farmer only what it actually costs the state to do this. There is mno charge for profit. The farmer does his own storing. When the state Per rod delivered in Minn. 808 Main" St., Stillwum. lflnnmu. 3 £ e wvwd‘m"‘ TERTAT R E T ed recently by J. A, Mc- - ‘ makmg quahtles, based on sclentlfie makes a sale, it collects the wheat from the farmer’s bin and pays what- ever balance is due the farmer. Through this copartnership of the pro- ducer and the state, the big North Dakota grain crops can be completely controlled at home and held for the highest possible price and sold through the best possible agency, the state, and the farmer will get his money on it in advance. The entire system will be run at bare cost.” “Just how will a state-owned ele- vator work?” Mr. McGovern was asked. 2 Here is how one will be operated, step by step, as Mr McGovern ex- plained: HOW STATE ELEVATOR WILL BE OPERATED 1. The farmer will ship his car of wheat to the state-owned elevator. 2. The elevator management will weigh it. 3. It will next be cleaned. 4. A warehouse receipt based upon the value of the cleaned wheat and the- storage screenings will be issued to the farmer. 6. The farmer can take this receipt and get approximately 90 per cent of .its value at the state bank or at a private bank: 6. The wheat is stored in the ele- vator bins according to actual quality. 7. The farmer will be charged the actual cost of this storage and no more. 8. The farmer can remain the owner . of this wheat in the state elevator and can get it back by presenting his receipt, or he can let the state be hxs dealer and sell it for him. 9. In the former case, the farmer finds the buyer and the state transfers -the wheat to the buyer and charges to the farmer the cost of handling. 10. In. the latter case, the state waits for the most favorable time and sends out samples to the millers and adver- tises for bids. 11. The millers, knowing they can get wheat that they can grade and mix themselves and of defined quality, will eagerly bid for this wheat, it is ex- pected. 12. When. it is sold to the highest bidder, charges for the bare cost of weighing, cleaning, storage and hand- ling will be deducted and the farmer will be paid the balance over and above what he has already received for his warehouse receipts. He will also be paid for the screenings. 13. The state will publish a daily market bulletin available for all who are interested. This wfll keep the farmers informed as to prices. When price quotations suit the farmers who have grain stored in the state ele- vators or in their own bins under con- tract to the state elevators, they will order their grain sold. The state will merely - fulfill these orders for the farmers at the actual cost of doing it or at a low profit, returns from which will be used to pay off the bonds on these state enterprises, or as state revenues to be used to cut down taxes. Under this plan, according to Mr. McGovern, the farmers will have the state and all the credit behind it as protection against- the monopolies; they will be able to get money for: their grain as soon as it is harvested - and stored; they will be able to have the grain held for them by the state for the highest market prices; the state will constitute an agency that will handle and sell the grain at cost; they will get fair weight, fair dock- :age and the price of the screenings for' which ' they have .been docked; 'they will “be able to .sell grain for prices based upon. its' actual bread- ADVERTISEMENTS - ndn.r All sizes, ip) prepaid on g on guaranteed . SEHVI(?E AUTO EQIIIPI!IT W. 992 Traders Bidg., Nansas City, P We want one exclusive repre- '/ sentativein each 1 to use %’ and sell the new Mellinger -Ply, 7 hlnrl made ti 6000 Mil grf;&“ de) E%lmdped.%': es. 0 Becon o SR vt out Bpocial bectaty Drices. Weite "uméll.umfit; ERTIRE & RUBBER CO. [ Square Deal Polands Spring ‘pigs of weaning age and of good breeding, sired by some of the best boars in the Northwest.: Priced for quick sales. Call or write LOUIS STIFTER, Howard Lake, Minn, BIG rvre DUROC-JERSEYS One two-year-old herd boar; fall boars and |’ also an a_lot of spring pigs. A few sows bred to Model Orion. HERMAN DAMMANN Route 1, PLATO, MINN. tests and not for prices based upon a false system of grading. “These advantages will also greatly benefit the consumer, who will get wheat products cheaper on account of the elimination of unnecessary deal- ers, commission men, and such monop- olistic combinations of interests as the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce,” Mr. McGovern pointed out. “The sav- ing to the consumer will bé not less than 25 to 30 cents on the bushel, on account of the elimination of unneces- sary middlemen, but the consumer will. realize the full benefit of this system only when the state establishes flour mills. This will complete the circuit from producer to consumer and will bring the two the closest together they have ever been.” ALASKANS WANT LEAGUE Juneau, Alaska. Editor Nonpartlsan Leader: I desire to orgamze the Nonpartisan league here in Alaska with your per- mission and wish you would send me all the necessary information, bundle of Leaders and literature. ; The fishermen here are complaining bitterly of their treatment by the fish packers, and with good reason, for they are more completely at the mercy . of monopoly than the farmers in the States. The price of food and all kinds of. supplies, as well as transportation and freight rates, are out of sight. A. T. HANSON. TAXING LAND HOLDINGS Grand Rapids, Mich. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: In California, Miller and Lux hold 14,000,000 acres of land, and with Spreckles and Weyerhaeuser control more land than the German empire contains; the Scully estate owns 60,- 000 to 70 000 acres rented to tenant farmers in several states, and several hundreds of thousands of acres are held under government grant by the nation’s railroads. I believe there should be a tax of $5 above the tax roll assessment .against every acre held -in excegs of 640 acres, $10 an acre gbove 1,000 acres and $25 an acre. on_holdings above 2,000 acres. in any . one state, where the land is not work- +ed by the owner, E. R AVERILL.