The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 18, 1919, Page 14

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Best and biggest breeding; lots of quality, with heaviest bones. The kind you -are looking for. Write me. . . C. F. GUMMERT, Renville, Minn. Pioneer breeder in the state. ° Mention the Leader Big TypeChester Whites FOR SALE AT CLOVER BLOOM FARM which carry the best blood lines in the bregi. ,Nothing but the best offered for sale. stock guaranteed, Can supply you with al- most anything. you need. . Visitors always wel- come. . When writing mention -the Leader. A. P. RANS, Sprinzfleld. Minn. Menfion the Leader ‘When: Writinz Advereiserl A Progressives Win Idaho City Elections (Continued from page 9) fore the meeting and invited a few . farmers to come into town to help elect these officers, these business men were astounded to find, on ‘entering the hall,that the farmers had respond- ed. In fact, the farmers had respond- ed to such an extent that the bankers and merchants, who, of course, ex- pected the farmers to help sustain the commercial club, were somewhat wor- ried. And they had a right to be. The farmers made up' their minds that if they were to help maintain the commercial club, they should have a voice in choosing the officers and this they proceeded to do to the amaze- ment, chagrin and annoyance of the business men, who expected to have things all their own way. It was then decided by the formers of the club that a $10 membership fee was necessary before anybody could vote. This move to check the farmers failed and faster than the recording: secretary could put down the names and .give out' receipts 66 farmers stepped forward, handed over $10 and became members of the organization. This action on the part of the farm- ers, who were supposed to act merely as dunmies and concur in everything whicn the town crowd said or did, so enraged those who thought they were going to have things their own way A $2,000,000 Loss 1 (Continued from page 3) your claim agents it looks to me like there was a nigger in the woodpile somewhere—they are not satisfied with the reports these people put in, and especially some particular lines of houses. Some are so much worse than others. That is, receipts and ship- ments vary so much we wonder where they got it all.” Mr. Hagan then asked what was the objection of the railroads to track scales. S. W. Derrick of the Soo line objected to the cost of hiring weigh- masters where there would not be work to keep them busy. He also stated that in dry weather a car would weigh much less than after a rain, and that no accurate measure could be taken. He was inclined to cast doubt local elevators. . Doctor E. F. Ladd, president of the state agricultural college and state in- spector of weights and measures under a new law, said that all scales in the state are being carefully checked up. He told of finding a mill that had two sets of scales, and each bushel of wheat was weighed in and out. “The difference as between the amount sent out. and the amount received and paid for was $700,” said Doctor Ladd. “Whose fault it was I do not know.” It was evi- dent by this time that the trouble was with faulty weight and that the missing grain was not really missing, but merely didn’t show on the scales. A representative of the Equity Ele- vator and Trading company .of Lisbon, N. D., presented some figures for 1918 shortages. These showed 33,020 bush- els shortage in wheat shipments and a loss of 1,430 bushels of oats. The elevator took in 263,437 bushels of grain in the year and filed claims with the railroad for 23 cars that were short. It did not enter complaints on 40-pound shortages, or even for two bushels. The largest loss from one car was 132 bushels and 20 pounds. “Have you ever had returns from the terminals in excess of what you claim to have put in the car?” asked one of the state’s experts. The reply, was an emphatic no. R. E. Bemmels of a milling company at Lisbon presented information for two months whlch mdxcated a shortage on the accuracy of the scales used at - that there were a couple of fist fights and the business men withdrew, vow- ing vengeance on the farmers, while the farmers proceeded to organize a commercial club and elect officers. Knowing that they had been beaten at their own. game, the deserters called another meeting, formed their own commercial club and Ashton, Idaho, now has the distinction of harboring two separate commercial clubs. Several hundred farmers own the Ashton’ Enterprise and that weekly paper published the facts in the case. As a result practically all advertising has been withdrawn from the paper by the merchants of the city. And there the matter stands today. Summing up the situation in Idaho, I will say that the future is indeed bright and the people have discovered that they can really come into their own provided they stick. I asked a citizen of Weiser the other day to what he would ascribe the sud- den repudiation of the special interest politicians. His answer is easily understood. “The stench of the 1919 legislature, which never made a move except in the interests of the few as against the interests of the whole people of the state, has' had much to do with the change,” he said. in Grain Shipping on 10 cars of 54 bushels on wheat and 2,390 pounds of screenings. What action will be taken to rectify the discrepancy in weights has not yet been indicated by the railroad commis- sion. At the close of the meeting Commissioner Frank Milhollan asked the country elevator men present: “You, gentlemen, have heard the testi- mony relative to the installation of track scales. You would contend that the installation of track scales would eliminate a lot of this loss?”" “We certainly have that 1dea,” was the reply. Undoubtedly there is w. aste of grain left in the.cars by the terminal ele- vators, at Minneapolis and Duluth. Without doubt, also, there are some poorly adjusted scales in'the country elevators and in the great terminals. The state of North Dakota is proceed- ing to check up the country scales. Then, with each car of grain weighed on the track before it leaves the state, it will have double proof of the weight of grain sent to the g'rain markets. And when North Dakota is sure of its ground, this loss of 1,000,000 bushels a year will have to cease. It will be able to prove where ‘the blame lies, and the farmer will not have to stand this loss. AID Missoula, Mont. Edltor Nonpartisan Leader: : - - SOLDIERS’ I noticed in one of the last Leaders an expression of appreciation from a .returned soldier of what North Da- kota has ' done for its returned sol- | diers. In the same letter he wonders what Montana has done with its $250,- 000. I don’t know what Montana is doing, but I have been informed, on the best authonty I can find, what Mon- tana is not doing. I want to add a word of praise for the federal em- ployment office. When my elder ‘boy returned he walked into the office to get a job. Five minutes later he was at work at just the job he was look- ing for. He has been at the same -job ever since. The other boy, re- ferred to in the correspondence, had no trouble when he got over the ef- fects of four operations which neither state or federal departments-: helped him with, but only old man Colvill lumself. 7 H.C.B. 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